Syngenta Lucky Cauliflower Commercial Agriculture Seeds

Selection of the field/land preparation practices;Select medium to sandy soils for cauliflower.It should have excellent drainage history. Soils with good nutrients helps cauliflower cultivation.Land should be levelled and low weed flora history.Seed Treatment rate of timing/chemical; Seeds are treated with Carbendazim 2g + Thiram 2 g per Kg of seeds; Sowing Time; Summer, Rabi, Kharif as per product segment.Summer :Tropical - March to May;Kharif :Tropical / Sub-tropical - Mar to June & July to Aug; Rabi : Temperate - Sept to Mid Dec; Seed Rate/ Sowing method- line sowing with row to row and plant to plant distance/direct sowing; Seed Rate: 100 - 120 g per acre;Sowing: Sow the seed on nursery. After 21 days, seedling gets ready for transplant.; Spacing: Tropical - 60 x 30 cm, Sub-tropical - 60 x 45 cm, Temperate - 60 x 45 cm; Fertilizer dose with timing; It needs balanced and adequate fertilizer supply.Put FYM; 5 ml + 50 kg SSP + 50 kg mop as basal dose. Apply 50 kg urea just before ridge making. 10 days after transplant apply 100 kg urea. 20 days after transplant apply 50 kg DAP + 50 kg 10:26:26 + 800gm;Boron.30 days after transplant apply 75 kg 10:26:26 + 25 kg urea. Weed Control- Chemicals with doses and timing; Timely weed removal is very important, need based hand weeding can be done to ensure healthy crop; Diseases & Pest control- Chemicals with doses and timing; Far effective crop control use following Insect and disease solution Powdery Mildew and Anthracnose-Apply Amistar (200ml/acre), Fruit rot - Apply Kavach @ 400g/acre and for any other diseases apply fungicide as per recommendation from the Department of Agriculture (plant protection);White Fly + Mites - Apply Pegasus @ 250g/acre;Spodetara+ Fruit Borer -Apply Cigna @ 250 ml/acre; Fruit Borer - Apply Proclaim @ 80g/acre and for any other Insects apply recommended Insecticides; Irrigation Schedule;Cauliflower need optimum irrigation at all stages. Light soils and summer season need more frequent irrigation. It is advised to have running (light) irrigation in winter and rainy season. Harvesting;Curd maturity depends on product segment. Tropical cauliflower matures at 55 - 65 days after planting, sub tropical and temperate matures at 60 - 75 and 75 - 85 days respectively.Expected Yield;Average yield: 12 - 13 MT Sub - tropical; 14 - 15 MT, Temperate; 16 - 18 MT per acre..