Potato and Tuber Crops

Transplanting Mini Setts to Main Field

• The minisetts will be ready for transplanting in about three to four weeks time.
• Two to three fully opened leaves’ stage is the optimum time for transplanting.
• Uprooting minisetts from nursery beds could be done with the help of a khurpi, taking maximum possible care not to break roots.
• Prior to uprooting, the main field should be properly prepared. It should be thoroughly ploughed and brought to a fine tilth.
• About 12.5 t/ha of dry FYM is spread in the field.
• Ridges of 30 cm height are taken with a spacing of 45cm between the ridges.Uprooted minisetts are then carefully planted on ridges at a spacing of 45 cm.
• If the variety is branching type, then ridges may be made 60 cm apart.
• On an average, about 50,000 minisetts could be transplanted in 1 ha of land.
• It is very essential that the transplanting of minisetts must coincide with rainfall, if the crop is to be raised as a rainfed crop.
• If it is a dry period, unless irrigation is given the minisetts may not establish and would eventually dry off.
• Availability of moisture in the field must be ensured till the transplanted minisetts are established.