Soil Requirement :
- Structure thrives well in arable an well drained soil structure.
- Texture : clay loam to loam soils are best.
- Soil pH between 5.5-7.5 is favorable for finger millet cultivation.
- Fertility : It can be grown under wide range of fertile soil favorable for higher yield.
Land Preparation :
- Finger millet mostly cultivated as relay crop with maize. So , in this case , it is not necessary to do separate field preparation for finger millet.
- For sole cropping , both direct seeded and transplanted field preparation should be done.
- Filed should be friable and weed free.
- Tillage operations and machinery used are similar to maize cultivation.
- Primary tillage operations include one deep ploughing by local plough or cultivation followed by planking.
- Secondary tillage operations include 2-3 times harrowing by local plough , harrow or rotavator followed by planking.