FERTILIZER
RECOMMENDATION FOR MAJOR CROPS
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| |
N |
P |
K |
PADDY
(kg/ha)
Upland(Modan) |
|
|
|
PTB
28,29 and 30
High-yielding short duration varieties |
40
60 |
20
30 |
30
30 |
| Wet
land (All regions) |
|
|
|
High-yielding
short duration varieties
High-yielding medium duration varieties
Local varieties
H4
Mashuri |
70
90
40
70
50 |
35
45
20
45
25 |
35
45
20
45
25 |
| COCONUT
(Adult
palm)kg/palm/annum. |
|
|
|
| General
recommendation |
|
|
|
(a)
Average management
(b) Good Management
(c) For reclaimed clayey soils
(as in Kuttanad) |
0.34
0.50
0.25 |
0.17
0.32
0.35 |
0.68
1.20
0.90 |
| Hybrid
and high yielding palm |
|
|
|
(a)
For irrigated areas
(b) Rainfed |
1.00
0.50 |
0.50
0.32 |
2.00
1.20 |
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|
|
|
|
RUBBER
| From
1st year to 4th year :-10:10:4:1.5 NPK Mg mixture at the following
rates: |
3rd
Month |
225g
/ plant |
9th
Month |
450g
/ plant |
15th
Month |
450g
/ plant |
21st
Month |
550g
/ plant |
27th
Month |
550g
/ plant |
33rd
Month |
450g
/ plant |
39th
Month |
450g
/ plant |
|
From
5th year till tapping begins
12:12:12
NPK Mixture @ 125 kg /ha during April – May and September –
October
(Where
mulching was practiced during initial years)
15:10:6
NPK Mixture @ 200 kg /ha during April – May and September –
October
(Where
mulching was not practiced during initial years)
Mature Rubber under tapping
10:10:10
NPK Mixture @ 300 kg /ha or 900 g / plant March -April
or
15:15:15 NPK Mixture @ 200 kg /ha
or
17:17:17 NPK Mixture @ 175 kg /ha
or
19:19:19 NPK Mixture @ 160 kg /ha
|
| |
N |
P |
K |
TAPIOCA
(kg
per hectare)
H.97, H.226 |
75
|
75
|
75
|
| H.165,
H.1687, H.2304 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| M4
and Local |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| SWEET
POTATO (kg/ha ) |
75 |
50 |
75 |
| SESAMUM
(kg/ha ) |
30 |
15 |
30 |
| GROUNDNUT
(kg/ha ) |
10 |
75 |
75 |
| BANANA
(g/plant) |
|
|
|
| Nendran
(irrigated ) |
190 |
115 |
300 |
| Palayamkoden
(Rainfed) |
100 |
200 |
400 |
| Other
varieties according to soil fertility |
160-200 |
160-200 |
160-400 |
| PINEAPPLE
-
g/plant/year |
8 |
4 |
8 |
| kg/ha/year
|
320 |
160 |
320 |
| MANGO
( g/tree/year ) |
500 |
360 |
750 |
| SUGARCANE
( kg/ha) |
|
|
|
Pandalam
and Thiruvalla area
Chittoor area
Newly – cleared forest area |
165
225
115 |
82.5
75
75 |
82.5
75
90 |
| PEPPER
(g/vine/year ) |
50 |
50 |
150 |
| GINGER
(kg/ha) |
75 |
50 |
50 |
| TURMERIC
(kg/ha ) |
30 |
30 |
30 |
NUTMEG
( g/tree/year )
CLOVE ( g/tree/year)
CARDAMOM ( kg/ha)
CASHEW (g/tree/year) |
500
300
75
750 |
250
250
75
325 |
1000
750
150
750 |
| COCOA
( g/plant year) |
|
|
|
For
plants yielding less than
50 fruits per year
For plants yielding more than
50 fruits |
100
200
|
40
80
|
140
280
|
| COLOCASIA
(kg/ha) |
80 |
50 |
100 |
| AMORPHOPHALLUS
( kg/ha) |
40 |
60 |
50 |
| DIOSCOREA
( kg/ha ) |
80 |
60 |
80 |
ARECANUT
(Adult palm, gram per annum)
Variety – Mangala
(Other varieties)
|
150
100 |
60
40 |
120
140 |
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|
|
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NUTRIENTS
IN ORGANIC MANURES
| |
N |
P2O5
|
K2O |
Neem
cake
Coconut cake
Groundnut cake
Gingelly cake
Castor cake
Mahua cake
Farm yard manure
Compost (Rural )
Compost (Urban)
Cowdung ( fresh)
Biogas slurry
(cowdung based)
Sheep manure
Poultry manure
Bone meal
Fish meal
Meat meal
Blood (dried)
Sunhemp
Daincha
Kolinji
Sesbania
Gricidia
Paddy straw
House hold ash
Coirpith Compost |
5.2
3.0
7.0
6.2
4.3
2.5
0.5-1.5
0.4-0.8
1.0-2.0
1.5
1.6-1.8
0.8-1.6
1.2-1.8
3.5
4.1
11
11.5
2.6
3.3
3.20
2.7
2.90
0.36
0.5-1.9
1.26 |
1.0
1.9
1.5
2.0
2.0
0.8
0.4-0.8
0.3-0.6
1.0
0.3
1.1-2.0
0.4-0.6
1.4-1.8
21
3.9
1.5
--
0.5
0.7
0.3
0.5
0.50
0.08
1.6-4.2
0.06 |
1.4
1.8
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.8
0.5-1.9
0.7-1.0
1.5
0.2
0.8-1.2
0.3-0.4
0.8-0.9
--
0.3
0.6
0.6
2.0
1.30
1.30
2.2
2.8
0.71
2.3-12.00
1.20
|
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NUTRIENTS
IN COMMON FERTILIZERS
|
Name
of fertilizer |
N |
P2O5
|
K2O |
Ammonium
Sulphate
Ammonium Nitrate
Diammonium Phosphate
Ammonium phosphate Sulphate
Calcium Ammonium Nitrate
Urea
Super Phosphate
Rock Phosphate
Mussuriphos
Muriate of Potash |
20.6
33.5
18.0
16.0
25.0
46.0
--
--
--
-- |
--
--
46.0
20.0
--
--
16.0
28.4
18-20
-- |
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
60
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CONVERSION
OF PURE NUTRIENTS TO FERTILIZERS
|
Quantities
of fertilizers required to supply specified doses of nutrients
Rate
of
application
(kg/ha) |
Ammonium
sulphate
(20% N) |
Urea
(46% N) |
Super
Phosphate
(18% P2O5) |
Muriate
of Potash
(60% K2O) |
10 |
50 |
22 |
56 |
17 |
20 |
100 |
44 |
112 |
34 |
30 |
150 |
66 |
168 |
51 |
40 |
200 |
88 |
224 |
68 |
50 |
250 |
110 |
280 |
85 |
60 |
300 |
132 |
336 |
102 |
70 |
350 |
154 |
392 |
119 |
80 |
400 |
176 |
448 |
136 |
90 |
450 |
198 |
504 |
153 |
100 |
500 |
200 |
560 |
170 |
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