Spices and Condiments (1+1)

Land preparation and planting

Land Preparation

Land preparation

• The land should be ploughed 4-5 times to bring the soil to a fine tilth.
  
• Beds of 1 m width, 15 cm height and 3 m length, or of any convenient length, are prepared at a 40 cm spacing.
  
• About 2,000 beds of 3 m x 1 m size are prepared in one hectare of land.
  
• Being an irrigated crop, the ridges are formed 40 cm apart.
  
• The width of the channels between the beds is about 30 cm.
Planting

• The planting is done in shallow pits, 4-5 cm deep, on 15 cm-high beds.
  
• For an irrigated crop, the planting is done on flat beds of convenient size for irrigation, or on ridges.
  
• The recommended spacing for this crop is 30 cm x 30 cm under the bed system of planting.
  
• A bed of 3m x lm can accommodate about 40 plants.