Commercial Floriculture

Interculture

• In order to keep the plots free of weeds and to avoid the exposure of bulbs, the plots are weeded and earthed-up once a month.
• Earthing-up enables the spikes to grow erect, despite strong winds and rains.
• The application of Atrazine (@ 3 kg/ha) as a pre-emergent weedicide keeps the plots weed-free.
• A pre-emergent treatment of Gramaxone (@ 3 kg/ha) followed by three post- emergent sprayings at intervals of 110 days in between the rows also keeps the crop weed¬ free.
• Mulching the plots with strips of black polythene, dried grass and chopped straw is effective in controlling weeds. 
• The flower-spikes should be supported by stakes after about 2 1/2 months of planting.