Sugarcane Crop Management

 

Sugarcane Crop

 

Season

Suru – 15 Dec – 15 Feb

Purv – Hangami – 15 Oct – 30 Nov

Adsali – 15 July – 15 Aug.

 

Land and planting –

Select medium and heavy land.

Vertical bundle, clay etc. Make a good frieze by cultivating the land.

Planting

Broad furrows are formed at a spacing of 150 cm and in the middle of the furrows sugarcane setts are planted in two rows adopting a spacing of 30 cm between them. 

Intercropping

Suru – Groundnut, Gram, Onion, Cucumber, Watermelon, Muskmelon.

Purv hangami – Potato, Gram, Onion, Cauliflower.

Adsali – Groundnut, Soybean Veg.  

Integrated pest Management

The soil should be weighed properly and let the soil heat well in the sun.

Organic fertilizers should be used by land management.

Previous crop should be used as spinach manure as well as green manure.

Sow the sunflower in the sugarcane.

Micronutrients improve juice quality of sugarcane. Along with major and secondary nutrients Zinc and Iron nutrients are essential for sustainable cane yield with quality.