Bhindi-Inter cultivation

It is necessary to keep the crop weed free during the first 20-25 days of plant growth. Conduct weeding regularly and earth up rows during rainy season. A total of 3 to 4 weedings are needed. The first weeding is done when the seedlings are two weeks old and subsequent weedings are done at an interval of 25 days.

The second dose of fertilizer has to be applied in one month after transplanting. Fertilizers are applied by opening up a deep narrow furrow on one side of each sowing ridge.

Top dressing with groundnut cake (1 kg/10 litre of water) (200 gram/cent) at fortnightly intervals upto flowering. Groundnut cake soaked for 3 days and the supernatant solution serves as the spray fluid.

A light irrigation given soon after seed sowing ensures good germination. It is better to irrigate the crop at an interval of 2 to 3 days in summer. Furrow method of irrigation is best suited for bhindi.