Bruni/Mother rhizome Harvesting
- 40-50% cost is occupied by rhizome as seed/planting mateirals
- Mother rhizome is lost by 50% if not harvested in between crop growth
- Mother rhizome if harvested in Shrawan/Bhadra after 4 months after planting
- 90% mother rhizome can be returned as bruni
- Bruni/Mother rhizome is harvested without injury to plant.
Harvesting
- It takes about 9 month for harvesting after planting
- Normally, Mansir-Paush is the harvesting time when crop reach into maturity, when crop turn into green yellow in field
- Harvesting is done by ploughing or spade, or mechanical harvester.
- Collect rhizomes clumps carefully without bruising/injury
Yield
- 15-25 ton/hectare with improved practices whereas 7-10 ton at normal traditional practices.