🌱 Castor
Location: Rajkot, Gujarat
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Gujarat (State) →Reference crop schedule — Castor
Days from sowing| Days from sowing | Stage | Activity | Category | Indicative cost / acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -25–-15 | Pre-sowing |
Ploughing and harrowing
One deep ploughing and two harrowings.
|
Land preparation | ₹2,550 |
| -10–-4 | Pre-sowing |
FYM basal dose
6 t FYM + 50 kg DAP per acre.
|
Fertilizer | ₹5,050 |
| 0–3 | Sowing |
Sowing
Spacing 4x2 ft, 3 kg seed per acre.
|
Sowing | ₹2,700 |
| 20–28 | Vegetative |
First inter-culturing
Hoeing at 20-25 days.
|
Weeding | ₹2,200 |
| 30–35 | Vegetative |
First urea top dressing
30 kg urea per acre.
|
Fertilizer | ₹1,450 |
| 35–45 | Vegetative |
Semilooper / leafhopper watch
Scout weekly and spray on ETL.
|
Plant protection | ₹1,350 |
| 55–65 | Spike formation |
Irrigation at spike emergence
Critical stage for main spike.
|
Irrigation | ₹850 |
| 58–66 | Spike formation |
Second urea top dressing
30 kg urea at spike emergence.
|
Fertilizer | ₹1,450 |
| 80–95 | Capsule development |
Capsule borer control
Spray at capsule formation if needed.
|
Plant protection | ₹1,500 |
| 120–135 | Harvest |
First spike picking
Pick main spike when capsules dry.
|
Harvest | ₹3,700 |
| 150–165 | Harvest |
Second spike picking
Secondary spikes after 30 days.
|
Harvest | ₹3,350 |
| 165–180 | Post harvest |
Drying and threshing
Sun dry and decorticate.
|
Post harvest | ₹1,850 |
| Total | ₹28,000 | |||
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