We have used the Drum Seeder to plant Paddy at our sathy farm. Around 22 cents.
Divided in to two 11 cents each.We have called it Madhavan's technology and the other as Madhavan+Natural Technology.
In one plot we have used Mr.Madhavan's inputs.The land has been treated with Gypsum,Muriate of Potash and Super Phosphate and left idle after irrigation for 21 days.Weed Were burnt using Roundup after 21 days.DAP was applied before 24 hours and the seeds were sown using a drum seeder.The drum seeder seed preparation is a special process.I quote from Mr.Madhavan's Mail:
"As said earlier, the land preparation is very vital especially the leveling
The seed has to be incubated in the following pattern ( please ensure while doing this that you are not allowing the seeds to sprout too long as that will be pruned while dropping from the seed box)
1. Day one 6am put the seed bag in the water
2. Same day evening put the bag out of water over night
3. Day two put it in the water by 08AM and pull out evening by 5pm and keep in dark
4. Day three morning open the bag for seeding.
As mentioned earlier you can check the seeds on day two for sprouting if it has sprouted you may start seeding on the same day. as this depends on the temp of that region and type of paddy Seeds."
DRUM SEEDER - AT SATHY APRIL 15TH 2011
Divided in to two 11 cents each.We have called it Madhavan's technology and the other as Madhavan+Natural Technology.
In one plot we have used Mr.Madhavan's inputs.The land has been treated with Gypsum,Muriate of Potash and Super Phosphate and left idle after irrigation for 21 days.Weed Were burnt using Roundup after 21 days.DAP was applied before 24 hours and the seeds were sown using a drum seeder.The drum seeder seed preparation is a special process.I quote from Mr.Madhavan's Mail:
"As said earlier, the land preparation is very vital especially the leveling
The seed has to be incubated in the following pattern ( please ensure while doing this that you are not allowing the seeds to sprout too long as that will be pruned while dropping from the seed box)
1. Day one 6am put the seed bag in the water
2. Same day evening put the bag out of water over night
3. Day two put it in the water by 08AM and pull out evening by 5pm and keep in dark
4. Day three morning open the bag for seeding.
As mentioned earlier you can check the seeds on day two for sprouting if it has sprouted you may start seeding on the same day. as this depends on the temp of that region and type of paddy Seeds."
In the Second plot we have used Madhavan's Inputs and Natural inputs combined.(Ganajeevambratham+jeevambratham etc.,)
The First Drum Seeding was done beginning of April when the seeds did not fall off the seeder.The cause was found to be over sprouting.
The Experiment was repeated on 15th April.Seeds were allowed to sprout for two days and seeded.This time the seeds were falling of the seeder but there were bald spaces in the field.Levelling and speed of the seeder seemed to be the issue.The Seeder was tested at various speeds by Mr.Joby,Ganesh and Xavier at Sathy Farm
The Experiment has been repeated for the third time with the seeder being moved at various speeds,but the bald patches seem to continue.
The Experiment was repeated on 15th April.Seeds were allowed to sprout for two days and seeded.This time the seeds were falling of the seeder but there were bald spaces in the field.Levelling and speed of the seeder seemed to be the issue.The Seeder was tested at various speeds by Mr.Joby,Ganesh and Xavier at Sathy Farm
The Experiment has been repeated for the third time with the seeder being moved at various speeds,but the bald patches seem to continue.
LEVELLING FOR DRUM SEEDER
SPROUTED SEEDS FOR DRUM SEEDER
DRUM SEEDED PLOT WITH PATCHES (PUNGAR) JUNE 2011
DRUM SEEDED PLOT WITH PATCHES (ADT38) JUNE 2011
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