Sowing
- Seed rate: 60 kg / ha
- Use of pre-germinated seeds
- Sow the seeds by drum seeder or broadcast uniformly with thin film of water.
- Dual cropping of rice-green manure is economic for nutrient budget and efficient for grain production.
- Manually drawn seeder has been used to sow pre-germinated paddy and green manure daincha crop ( Sesbania aculeata ) in alternate rows in puddled soil.
- After one month of sowing the daincha crop was trampled by cono weeder.
- Seeder sows four paddy rows and four daincha rows in a single pass. Paddy was sown at 60 kg/ha seed rate and green manure crop at 20 kg/ha seed rate.
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| Paddy Cum Daincha Seeder | Paddy Drum Seeder | Pre Germinated Seeds |
