Spices and Condiments

Planting

• The onset of monsoon is ideal time of planting. But where support plants are used, the planting may be done up to October-end, Nearly 40,000-75,000 cuttings are used for hectare where support crop is used, whereas 1,00,000-1,20,000 cuttings/ha are sufficient in bareja (closed) system of cultivation. Rooted cuttings raised in nursery are also planted. The planting season varies from state-to-state and even place-to-place. Most prevalent planting seasons are given in Table 2. 'Planting is done in rows. Spacings followed in different states under Bareja conditions are: given in Table 3.

Table 3. Spacing followed in different states

State	Spacing
	Row-to-row	Plant-to-plant
West Bengal	50-70 cm	10-20 cm
Uttar Pradesh	100 cm	10-15 cm
Maharashtra	80 cm	20 cm
Bihar	80-100 cm	10-20 cm
Madhya Pradesh	50-60 cm	15 cm

• In Karnataka Basin method, Begalum or Flat method, Deep trench system long bed and trench method, short bed method, Trench and furrow systems are adopted in cultivation of the crop.

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