American Sweet Corn
Farmer friends, American sweet corn is in high demand these days. Sweet corn recipes are made at parties and weddings. Everyone from children to adults enjoys eating sweet corn roasted corn. The sweet corn crop is ready in 90 days and the return is good.
Land
Goradu to moderate black soil is suitable for crops.
Convenient area
Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Banaskantha, Narmada, Kheda, Chhotaudepur etc.
Districts Planting time
Sowing in monsoon June 16 to July 15, winter October 15 to November 15 and summer sowing from January 15 to February 18.
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Varieties
Madhuri, Winorange Sweetcon are prevalent varieties and give good yield.
Planting method
Thane
Planting spacing and seed rate
The distance between the two rows is 30 cm. And 3 cm between two plants. And 15 kg of seed is required per hectare.
Seed grooming
Apply 5 gm of Captan or Thyrum for 1 kg of seed before sowing and apply 500 gm of Azetobacter / Azopospirillum culture for 10 kg of seed after 3 hours. Apply the same amount of phosphobacter clearances.
Chemical and indigenous fertilizers
150: 30: 00 No: Pho: Po. K / ha Domestic Fertilizer: Apply 10 to 12 tractor manure and 1 ton of Dewali flour per hectare 15 days before sowing.
Basic compost
10% urea (21 kg urea) and 150 kg DAP. Apply RO% urea (4 kg urea) at four leaf stage, 40% (8 kg urea) at eight leaf stage, 40% (4 kg urea) at skin stage and 21 kg urea at milk stage.
Weeding and intercropping
Atrogen 2 kg / ha. After sowing in 500 liters of water but before the plants grow, spray on the feet as well as in 30 days. Intercropping.
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Pest control
Cabbage caterpillar: 15 to 20 days after sowing of the crop, after transplanting, Cabonfuran 3% granular drug or Cabril 5% or Kivanalphos 1.2% ground drug 8 to 10 kg. Hey. As per plant break.
Disease control
(1) Drying of leaves: Selecting disease free and certified seeds for sowing. Use recommended Immune Varieties.
(2) Backwards Sukaro: Organic manure must be used. Opting for disease free and certified seed sowing. Apply 1000 kg of lemongrass per hectare in the soil at the time of sowing.
Pruning
Sweet corn husks are usually ready for sale in the market 30 days after planting in monsoon and 30 days in winter. When the color of the mustache on the doda turns from gray to black, it means that the green doda is ready.
Production and income
One hectare yields an estimated 50,000 to 6,000 nos. Of green corn husks weighing approximately 15,000 kg and if the price is estimated at Rs. 18 per hectare, the income is Rs. Out of which net income after deducting expenses of Rs. 50,000 can be estimated at Rs. 1,3,000.