About Lesson
Planting Methods:
- First prepare a pit of standard size i.e. 30-60 cm3
- Fill it with soil and FYM in recommended ratio (1:1 or 2:1)
- Irrigate it so that it replace air, soil particles cohese each other. Now refill it
- While planting plant on the pit use planting board to locate the plant at the centre
- While planting plants keep graft union above soil surface
- Irrigate immediately after planting , In order to replace air otherwise root may dry
- For better contact of root with soil particles , Staking (giving support) is needed to the sapling which is very young and tender
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Planting distance
- The plants should be planted at proper spacing so as to favor proper growth of shoot and root
- A properly spaced plant grows and develops in a proper canopy and produce proper yield and quality of produce