Groundnut

Management Time Table

Calendar of operation for irrigated groundnut

Days before / after sowing
Nature of operation
-10
Irrigation for field preparation.

-8
Ploughing the field at optimum moisture level (2 times) to obtain good tilth.

-3
Spreading of well-decomposed FYM (12.5 t/ha), application of Bio-fertilizers (TNAU 14 Rhizobium and Phosphobacteria) and incorporation by ploughing.

-2
Forming beds and channels and levelling

-1
Irrigation for sowing

0
Marking lines and opening furrows at optimum moisture level.

0
Application of recommended fertilizers and stirring.

0
Seed treatment with T. viride (4 g/kg of seed) and sowing.
0
Micronutrient (12.5 kg of MN mixture/ha) application.

2
Application of recommended dose of herbicide application as pre- emergence.

6
Life irrigation for uniform field emergence.

10
Gap filling to maintain plant population.

18
Irrigation for hastening the flowering.

20
Hoeing and weeding

21
Recommended dose of systemic insecticide (monocrotophos @ 750 ml/ha) spray

25
Nutrient spray for synchronized flowering (DAP, ammonium sulphate, borax, NAA).

30
Irrigation at flowering phase.

35
Nutrient spray for synchronized flowering.

42
Irrigation for peg development.

45
Hoeing and weeding and gypsum (200 kg/ha)application and earthing up to encourage pod formation and better filling up of pods.

46
Insecticide spray (dichlorvos @ 750 ml/ha)

55
Irrigation for pod development.

60
Insecticide (chlorpyriphos @ 2.0 lit/ha) + fungicide (mancozeb @ 1.0 kg/ha) spray to control defoliators and foliar diseases.

65
Irrigation for kernel development.

75
Irrigation for kernel development.

85
Irrigation for kernel development.

105
Irrigation for harvesting.

*Frequency of irrigation may be decided based in the soil type.

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