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Fodder
Hedge lucerne(Velimasal)
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CROP IMPROVEMENT
1. SEASON
Irrigated : Throughout the year
Rainfed : June - October
CROP MANAGEMENT
PREPARATORY CULTIVATION
1. PLOUGHING
Plough two to three times with an iron plough to obtain good tilth.
2. APPLICATION OF FYM
Apply and spread 12.5 t/ha of FYM or compost
3. FORMING RIDGES AND FURROWS
Form ridges and furrows 50 cm apart using ridger and irrigation channels across furrows.
4. APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS
a Apply NPK fertilizer as per soil test recommendations as far as possible. If the soil
testing is not done, follow the blanket recommendations of 25 : 40 :20 kg NPK/ha.
b Apply full dose of NPK basally before sowing.
5. SOWING
a) Pure crop
Sow the seeds at 20 kg/ha in solid stand on the side of the ridges
b) Mixed Crop
Sow the Velimasal seeds in one row and plant Cumbu- Napier hybrid grass in the subsequent
three rows (at 1:3 ratio)
c) Velimasal seeds are to be treated with Rhizobial culture at 3 packets/ha (600 g).
6. WATER MANAGEMENT
Irrigate immediately after sowing, life irrigation on the third day and thereafter once in a week.
7. WEED MANAGEMENT
Hoeing and weeding are given as and when necessary.
8. HARVESTING
a. Pure crop
First cut on 90th day after sowing at 50 cm height and subsequent cuts at intervals of 40 days at
the same height.
b. Mixed crop
First harvest on 60th day after sowing. Subsequent cuts at intervals of 45 days at 50 cm height
of Velimasal which is maintained throughout.
YIELD POTENTIAL OF VELIMASAL (HEDGE LUCERNE)
Characters Velimasal Grass +Legume Grass
(BN 2)
(CO 2 +Velimasal)
1. Total green fodder yield (t/ha/year) 125.00 225.00 250.00
2. Total dry matter yield (t/ha/year) 33.75 52.50 60.00
3. Total crude protein yield (t/ha/year) 6.45 6.25 5.25
4. IVDMD (%) 55.28 50.00 45.00
SEED PRODUCTION
PRESOWING SEED TREATMENT
Acid scarification with conc. sulphuric acid @ 200 ml kg-1 of seed for 15 minutes
SPACING
Adopt 60 x 20 cm
FERTILIZER
Basal NPK @ 25:40:20 kg/ ha-1
After first cut – 45:60:40 kg NPK ha-1 as basal
FOLIAR SPRAY
acid 200 ppm thrice after 50 per cent flowering at 10 days interval
HARVEST
Seed attain physiological maturity at 35 days after anthesis, when the pods turn brown and seeds
become shiny brown.
PICKING
Harvest the pods in different pickings
Delayed harvest leads to 100% shattering loss.
SEED SIZE
Grade the seed using BSS 14 x 14 sieve
SEED TREATMENT
Treat the seed with diflubenzuron @ 2 ppm as slurry treatment for scarified seeds
Scarified seed can be stored upto 12 months without viability loss.
STORAGE
Use gunny or cloth bags for short term storage with seed moisture content of 10%.Use polylined
gunny bag for medium term storage with seed moisture content of 8%.
Application of FYM
Apply and spread 12.5 t/ha of FYM or compost
Application of Fertilizers
a | Apply NPK fertilizer as per soil test recommendations as far as possible. If the soil testing is not done, follow the blanket recommendations of 25 : 40 :20 kg NPK/ha. |
b | Apply full dose of NPK basally before sowing. |
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