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Okra/Bhendi/Lady Finger: Climate: Okra love warm moist (25C to 30C). Don't love cool or very low temperatures. But it can sustain low temperatures. Requires warm climate and humidity to grow rigorously.It can be grown throughout year except in winter in India. Soil: Loves well drained soils like sandy loam,clay loam soils with high percentage of organic matter. Give high yeilds in soils which have pH 6.5 to 7.5( slight acidic to near neutral is best 7 pH).Can adopt in wide range of soils. pH is not a problem for growing okra. Seed: Approx 5 -10 kg per acre seed required in general.In Summer up 8-10kg  per acre seed required .More plants on rain-fed,less plants on irrigation. 21780-43560 plants required per acre.Select virus free and disease free  a seeds from farmer. Soak seeds overnight before planting because of seed shell hardness.Approx seed germination time is 7 days. Duration: Below 90-120 days under full sunlight.From 40 days flowers will start appr

Climate: Musk Melon love light warm moist (21 C to 35 C) conditions. Don't love cool or very low temperatures.Requires warm climate and humidity to grow rigorously.High temperature and sunshine produce melon high in sugar contents. Though sweetness and fine flavor are hereditary characteristics, yet they are greatly influenced by environmental condition. If Temperature is above 32 C at flowering stage, flowers will not turn to fruit. Soil: Loves well drained soils like sandy loam soils with high percentage of organic matter. Give high yields in soils which have pH 6 to 6.8( slight acidic to near neutral).Can adopt in wide range of soils when provided with good drainage facility. Seed: Approx 1 kg per acre seed required. Approx 10000 plants required per acre,.Select virus free and disease free  seeds from farmer. Approx seed germination time is 3-5 days. Duration: 90-120 days. From 30 days flowers will start approx from 45 days harvest will start.  Spacing:

Cucumber : There are wide verities of cucumbers exist but most popular is salad cucumber and lemon cucumber. Lemon cucumber also called as sambar cucumber in South India. Climate: Cucumber love light warm moist (16 C to 32 C). At 25 C Cucumber plant thrives well. Don't love cool or very low temperatures.Requires warm climate and humidity to grow rigorously. Soil: Loves well drained soils like sandy loam soils with high percentage of organic matter. Give high yields in soils which have pH 6 to 7.1( slight acidic to near neutral is best 7 pH).Can adopt in wide range of soils and tolerate moderate levels of acidic soil when provided with good drainage facility. Seed: Approx 1 kg per acre seed required.  4000-6000 plants required per acre.Select virus free and disease free  seeds from farmer. Approx seed germination time is 3 days. Duration: 90 days. From 30 days flowers will start approx from 40 days harvest will start. Spacing: If your soil contai

Growing Pulses  A session on CWF Whatsapp group Held on 31st March 2018 Session Leader : Sivaram gadde from Kurnool Andhra Pradesh, Doing Natural farming from past 3 years.Session in session leaders own words As I am in less rainfall area. I preferred to go with Pulses, like red gram, green gram, black gram with intercropping of Millets You can refer http://www.ecosecretz.com/2017/10/intercropping-model-by-kurnool-farmer.html 1. Red gram Red gram/Pigeon pea/Tur is good source of Protein.. Sowing time:   Kharif : June,July Rabi : Sep 15 to Oct 15 Seed rate 2-3kgs (Kharif) / 6-8 kgs(Rabi season) Seed spacing 150*20 cm or 180*20 cm Duration 160-180 days (Kharif) / 120-125 days (Rabi) Soil:  Saline soils/ water clogging soils avoid... Rest of the Soils are fine. Yield:  6-8 Quintals / 5-6 Quintals. Inter-crops: Less duration crops like Green gram, Black gram, Groundnut., Millets like Finger millet, Pearl millet, Foxtail millet. Popular and regular intercrop are Red gram + cotton I

Session in Whatsapp group on !st April 2018 by Shri Ravi SankarTekuru  This veggie controls diabetes, excess heat,cancer, piles, cough etc. Now a days it became popular in markets. In Telugu it is called as Adavi-kakara or Agakara. Climate:  Teasel Gourd love light warm moist (25C to 30C). Don't love cool or very low temperatures. But it can sustain low temperatures. Requires warm climate and humidity to grow rigorously. Soil:  Loves well drained soils like sandy loam soils with high percentage of organic matter. Give high yields in soils which have pH 5.5 to 7.1( slight acidic to near neutral is best 7 pH).Can adapt in wide range of soils. Seed: Approx 1-2 kg per acre seed required. But we can't predict how many male/female come out of seeds.Better idea is going with tubers or plant stems 1210-3630 plants required per acre, 10% should be taken from male plants that is male tubers or stem cuttings required.Select virus free and disease free a se