COLEUS

Intercultural operations

Manuring

Broadcast 10 tonnes of FYM and N:P2O5:K2O @ 30:60:50 kg per hectare and incorporate into the soil at the time of land preparation. Top dress with N and K2O at the rate of 30 and 50 kg/ha respectively at 45 days after planting.

After cultivation

Give weeding and earthing up, at 45 days after planting along with topdressing. Cover a portion of the vine with soil to promote tuber formation.

Plant protection

To control the root-knot nematode, plough the field deeply in summer, adopt crop rotation and destroy root residues and other plant parts by burning. White flies (Bemisia tabaci), leafhoppers, termites, grasshoppers/crickets and millipedes are also associated with the crop.

Last updated: 10-06-2008