It can be grown on a wide variety of soils. It can withstand alkalinity
and salanity it can be grown even in the soils with pH 8.5.
Varieties
Gola, Kaithilli, Umran, Seb and Mundia are suitable to arid zones
of A.P.
Planting
Buddings should be planted in pits of 0.60x0.60m with spacing of 6x6m.
Pits should be filled with 1kg single super phosphate at the base and
with mixture of 1:1 good top soil + FYM and 100g of endosulfan 4% dust.
Pruning
Pruning in the month of May immediately on receipt of monsoon rains
for rainfed crops is good. For high yield and quality fruits, pruning
up to 4-6 secondaries should be done.
Manures and Fertilizers
Entire FYM, half the dose of nitrogen and entire dose of P2O5
and potash should be given after pruning in June, taking advantage of
rains. The remaining nitrogen should be applied in September.
Age of the Tree
FYM (kg)
N(g)
P(g)
K(g)
1st year
10
100
50
50
2nd year
30
200
100
100
3rd year
50
300
150
150
4th year
70
400
200
200
5th year onwards
90
500
250
250
Intercrops like groundnut, greengram and horsegram can be grown up
to 3 years after planting. Spray GA-10ppm after fruit set for increasing
size of the fruit.
Pest Management
Fruit fly
To minimize the pest infestation, orchard soil should be ploughed
during March-April, May-June and August to expose the hibernating pupae
to the bright sun and birds. The dropped fruits infested with fruitfly
should be collected and buried deep in to the soil to destroy the pest.
During fruiting season spray dimethoate @ 2ml l-1 or malathion
@ 1.5ml l-1 or dichlorovos @ 1.25 ml l-1.
Fruit borer
Fruit borer can be effectively controlled by foliar spraying at pea
size of the fruit and again after 20 days with profenphos 40% + cypermethrin
4% @ 1ml l-1 or monocrotophos @ 1.6ml l-1 or profenphos
1ml l-1.
Disease Management
Powdery Mildew
The disease can be effectively controlled by foliar spraying after
appearance of the disease and again after 10 days with dinocap @ 0.1
g l-1.
