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SOWING GUIDE
CROP
DAYS TO MATURITY
PLANT SPACING
(cm)
PLANTS/HA
X1000 AVERAGE
SEED PER
GRAM SEED
REQUIREMENT
(Kg/Ha) COMMON PESTS COMMON
DISEASES
WARM COOL IN ROW BETWEEN Garden Beans 55 65 7 50 285 4-5 75 Bollworm Rust
Anthracnose
Halo Blight
Beetroot 80 110 10 20 450 50-60 8 Aphids Cercospora
Rhizoctonia
Broccoli 70 90 40 70 36 225 0.2 Diamondback Moth
Aphids Black Rot
White Blister
Butternut 90 120 50 100 20 8-10 3 Fruit Fly Gummy Stem Blight
Anthracnose
Cabbage 80 110 40 50 30 300 0.2 Diamondback Moth
Aphids Black Rot
Club-root
Sclerotinia
Carrot 90 120 3 15 1100 800 2 Nematodes Alternaria
85 110 40 70 36 240 0.2 Diamondback Moth
Aphids Black Rot
Club-root
Cucumber
Field 60 85 40 150 16 40 16 000 Seeds Red Spidermite
Aphids Fusarium
Powdery Mildew
Downy Mildew
Cucumber
Tunnel 65 85 45 150 16 40 3 per m Red Spidermite
Aphids Fusarium
Powdery Mildew
Downy Mildew
Eggplant 75 90 50 75 27 220 0.15 Thrips
Aphids Powdery Mildew
Gem Squash
Semi- bush 50 70 35 150 18-22 10-12 4 Pumpkin Fly Powdery Mildew
Gem Squash
Vine 55 80 50 150 14 10-12 2 Aphids Virus Diseases
Hubbard
Squash 110 130 100 150 7 6 1.5 Pumpkin Fly
Aphids Powdery Mildew
Lettuce 50 70 30 60 55 800-1000 0.05-0.07 Aphids
Leafminer Powdery Mildew
Bacterial Rot
Marrows 35 55 40 150 18 8-10 2.5 Fruit Fly Virus Diseases
Powdery Mildew
Melon 85 100 40 150 16 20 1 Fruit Fly Anthracnose
Fusarium Root Rot
Onions 170 190 8 20 850-1000 250 3.5 Thrips White Bulb Rot
Pink Root Rot
Alternaria
Peppers 70 85 40 150 30-35 150 0.25 Aphids
Thrips Virus Diseases
Phytophthora Root
Rot
Pumpkin
Semi-bush 90 120 80 180 8 4 2 Pumpkin Fly
Cutworm Powdery Mildew
Fruit Rots
Pumpkin
Vine 120 140 100 180 5 4 1.5 Pumpkin Fly
Cutworm Powdery Mildew
Fruit Rots
Sweet corn 75 100 20 90 55 8 8 Stalk Borer
Bollworm Rust
NCLB
Swiss chard 60 75 20 45 200 60 4-6 Aphids Cercospora
Tomato 80 100 40 150 16 250 0.1 Bollworm Blight
Bacterial Wilt
Viruses
Watermelon 80 90 50 180 6 20 0.3
Nematodes
Fruit Fly
Gummy Stem Blight
Anthracnose