how to grow broccoli

Broccoli is one of the cabbage class vegetables. Its plants and flowers look like cauliflower. Its flowers are green , yellow and purple in color. In which green broccoli is the most popular. You can get some important information related to its cultivation through this post.

suitable time for cultivation

• Broccoli is cultivated in the cold season.

• It is better to have a temperature of 20 to 25 degree centigrade for the germination of seeds.

soil and climate

• For its cultivation, sandy loamy soil rich in organic manure is best.

• It can be cultivated by adding organic manure to the soil with light composition.

• Cool and humid climate is required for good yields.

• Due to high temperature, the growth of plants is affected as well as the leaves start turning yellow.

Field preparation and fertilizers

• While preparing the field, first of all do deep ploughing once with earth turning plow.

• After this, make the soil friable and level the field by doing light plowing 2-3 times with cultivator or native plow.

• After each plowing, apply light irrigation to balance the moisture content of the field.

• Add organic manure or decomposed cow dung to the field at the time of last plowing.

• Along with this add 20 kg of nitrogen, 40 kg of phosphorus and 20 kg of potash per acre of field.

• Prepare beds in the field for transplanting plants.

• In transplanting, keep 50-60 cm between the beds and about 45 cm distance from plant to plant.

• The evening time is the best for transplanting plants, so transplant the plants in the evening.

• While transplanting, remove the diseased / diseased and weak plants and throw them away and select healthy plants.

• Light irrigation should be done after transplanting.

• One month after transplanting, spray the field with nitrogen at the rate of 20 kg per acre.

Irrigation and Weed Control

• Apply light irrigation at the interval of every 8 to 10 days in the field.

• To control weeds, keep weeding and hoeing at intervals of some time.

yield

• It takes 60 to 70 days for broccoli crop to mature.

• About 5 to 6 tonnes of broccoli is produced per acre of farmland.

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