Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Sowing and Manuring

Sowing
Basella is propagated by seeds as well as by stem cuttings. Usally stem cuttings are preferred and commonly followed cuttings of 40-45 cm long are planted before the onset of monsoon. Both direct seeding and transplanting after raising the seedling can be adopted. For trailing on the ground a spacing of 60cm x60cm can be adopted. If it is trained on trellis, a spacing of 60x30 or 60x20cm can be adopted. Rooted cuttings can be used for planting.

Manuring
A basal dressing of 20-25t of FYM and 60:60:40 kg of NPK/ha has to be applied before transplanting/sowing.