Fenugreek, used for vegetables and spices, is a wonderful medicine and an important winter crop. Doctors and scientists use this green as well as dried fenugreek to make medicine for many diseases.
There are two types of fenugreek in our country.
Desi fenugreek
Champa fenugreek
Champa fenugreek is mostly grown in the northern and eastern plains of the country. While native fenugreek is grown in every state of the country. Currently, Uttar Pradesh is a priority in fenugreek cultivation.
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Planting time and recommended varieties
The first fortnight of November is more suitable for fenugreek cultivation. Farmers can also make farming profitable with limited irrigation in important crops like fenugreek. For which improved varieties yielding more than the local varieties are released. Improved varieties like Gujarat-1 yielding up to 2.15% more than the local variety at an average of 150 kg per hectare. Fenugreek gives grain production. For this 15 to 20 kg. Seed rate per hectare is Rs. Two lines should be sown at a distance of no. 20 kg per hectare Nitrogen and 20 kg. Applying phosphorus as base fertilizer. Applying 10 kg of sulfur per hectare as base fertilizer in fenugreek crop can increase the yield by 3%.
Irrigation
The first irrigation should be given at the time of sowing while the second irrigation should be given at intervals of fifteen to twenty days as required. It is necessary to irrigate fenugreek crop 5 to 6 times to get more production. Irrigation of fenugreek crop by Kuwara method gives 3% more yield. In addition, 27% of water can be saved. In order not to reduce the production of fenugreek, it is advisable to irrigate at the stage of emergence, emergence of seeds, emergence of seeds and development of seeds. It is not desirable to irrigate the crop in cloudy or dewy environment to protect the crop from powdery mildew.
Disease
To prevent powdery mildew or white fungus, spray 200 mesh sulfur powder at the time of dew 20 to 3 days before sowing at the time of dew.
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Pests
Molomshi, Tadtadia, Thrips: Spray 10 ml Methyl-O-Dimethone or 12 ml Phosphamidone in 10 liters of water.
Locusts: Destroy locusts from the field, do deep tillage, mix 50 ml endosulfine (35% EC) or chlorpyrifos (20% EC) per 10 kg seed in half a liter of water before sowing.
Weeds
To keep the sheds free from weeds. Use weed free seeds, plow the standing crop, weed by hand and use pendimethalin.