Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Seed production

• It is a self pollinated crop and requires 50 and 250 metres. Isolation distance for Foundation seed and Certified seed respectively. The crop should be inspected thrice during the crop period. First, before flowering second at the time of flowering and finally at the time of pod ripening. Dried pods are plucked from time to time from the plant, these are dried and seeds taken out by beating with stick or on large scale by tractor.