Hybrid Marigold Cultural Schedule
Hybrid Marigold Cultural Schedule
Date | Activities |
2 weeks before woil preparation | Soil analysis (Nutrient & Disease) |
0 | Sowing |
1 | Sowing preparation (Plow by 7 disc tractor) |
7 | Till fine by Rotary Tiller |
7 | Sow Marigold seeds |
7 | Set up bed by waling tractor
Bed preparation |
8 | Apply soil improvement material + Basal fertilizer N:P:K 15-0-0 apply 30 gm. per sq.m. |
8 | Mix soil improvement material with soil and bedding process |
Irrigation system | |
10 | Drips : install drip tape and testing irrigation system |
11 | Cover bed by plastic mulching |
12 | Pierce holes for planting |
Transplanting | |
15 | Transplant plugs directly to beds |
15 | Apply Basal fertilizer N:P:K 15-0-0 apply 30 gm. per sq.m. |
Pest control : Prevention | |
16 | Weed : spray pre-emergency herbicide in between beds |
17 | Insect : install 1 yellow sticky trap per 4×4 sq.m. area with 30-40 cm. height |
21 | Apply N:P:K 15-15-15 (3 gm./jplant) |
28 | Apply N:P:K 15-15-15 (3 gm./plant) |
Field management | |
35 | Weed control : Manual by spraying post emergency herbicide |
36 | Apply fertilizer granule rate 5 gm./plant
Top dress fertilizer 14-14-21 N:P:K |
42 | 2nd Top dress fertilizer 14-14-21 (5 gm./plant) |
Once a week after 40 days | Apply fertigation rate 750 ppmN of N:P:K 15-0-0 |
Once a week after 40 days | Spray multimicro nutrients once a week (B, Zn, Ca, Fe, …etc.) |
49 | Apply N:P:K 8-24-24 (5 gm./plant) |
Pest control : Control & Eradicate according to monitor | |
Every week | Spray insecticide |
Every week | Spray Fungicide |
Every week | Spray NPV (Nuclear Polyhedroses Virus) |
Bio control – grower chooses | |
Every week | Spray Trichoderma |
Every week | Spray Bacillus subtilis |
Flower date | |
70 | Floret opening date : one flower per plant, 50% per plot |
Harvesting | |
75 | First harvesting date |
78 | Second harvesting : 2-3 days after first harvest |
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