Farming Practices

• Seed Selection
  • Farmers procure seeds from the trusted sources – government agencies, agricultural universities and Research centers
  • Seed required for 1 acre of the cultivation is 5-8kg approximately
• Treatment of Seed
  • 1kg salt is diluted in 10 litres of water to prepare solution for treatment of the seed
  • After this 8 to 10 kg of seeds poured in this solution, in this way quality seeds are drowned within the solution and seeds which float on the upper surface are thrown as waste
  • The left seeds are washed with the water for 3 to 4 times so that the salt is completely washed out
  • The seeds, then are kept in the solution of 10 litres of water, 5 grams Emison and 2.5 grams of Agromycin or 1 gram of streptomycin for 24 hours
  • After this the seeds are spread in a small area with wet sacks on the seeds to germinate and sacks are continuously watered or regular intervals
• Nursery
  • To prepare a Nursery for a desired area for cultivation of Basmati Paddy, the sprouted seeds in the proportionate quantity are sprinkled within ? or 1 acre or even bigger area as per the requirement and are left for 30 to 40 days' time before the transplantation to the area of Cultivation.
• Field Preparation
  • Preparation by mechanical mans for easy transplanting.
• Transplantation
  • Ideal Time of Transplantation – 1st fortnight of July.
  • Transplantation of seeds 25 to 30 days, 1 to 2 seeds per hill
  • 32 seeds per meter
  • Distance between the two plants should be 6 inches or 15 cms
  • Distance between the rows 9 inches or 20 cms
  • To strengthen the roots, the water is filled within the field for a span of 6 to 10 days to a height of 4-5 cms
• Weed Cleaning
  • During the II or III week of August weeds are cleared
  • During the month of August there is a chance of outbreak of diseases like Blast and Brown Spot in the crop
  • If the symptoms of the diseases are seen, it should be treated during September
• Top Dressing
  • Basmati varieties require low to moderate fertilizer quantity, specially nitrogen to avoid excessive vegetative growth
• Irrigation
  • Timely & proper, but low quantity of water during specific growth period is required.
• Pruning
  • Cutting of flag leaf at 10 cm from "Upper most leaf collar" to reduce the plant height and prevent it from lodging without affecting the yield.
• Drainage
  • Removal of water from the field 15 days prior to harvesting is mandatory to get higher yield and good quality.
• Harvesting & Threshing
  • Manual harvesting of golden color crop at 20% moisture at 35 days after 50% flowering to get maximum grain yield & head rice recovery. Every step is carefully undertaken to help produce the finest & highest quality Basmati.