Production Guide
Adaptability: 16 – 18°C (mean monthly temperature)
Maturity: 90 – 115 days (AFTER SOWING)
Planting Distance: 5 cm X 10 cm
Plant Population: 2,000,000 per ha
Seeding Rate: 3 – 4 kg/ha
Number of Seeds (per gram): 600 – 750
Method of Planting: absolutely direct seeded
Sowing To Germination: 9 – 12 Days
pH Requirement: 6 – 6.5
Harvesting: Uprooting — leaves are removed up to 2 cm from root base
Potential Yield: 30 – 40 t/ha (800m altitude)
Post harvest Handling:
- Bunched with leaves will store up to 3 weeks in cool place
- When topped (foliage removed) and stored at 1 – 4°C with 95% relative humidity, can remain in good condition for 100 – 150 days
Fertilizer Management
- Basal (2 days before planting)
- Sidedressing (45 days after planting)
- Chicken Manure (1kg/ m²)
- 14-14-14 Fertilizer (200kg/ ha)
- 14-14-14 Fertilizer (20g/ m²)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (150kg/ ha)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (10g/ m²)
