(Mustard Crop – Cultivation Guidelines)

🌦 Climate
• Cool and dry weather at the time of sowing
• Clear and dry weather during crop maturity
• Suitable for Rabi season in India

🌱 Soil
• Sandy loam to clay loam soils
• Light loamy soil is best
• Avoid waterlogged soils

🚜 Field Preparation
• Deep ploughing followed by 2 cross harrowing
• Keep soil clean and moist

🌾 Sowing Time
• Mustard: Mid–end September to first fortnight of October

📏 Spacing
• Mustard: 30 cm × 45 cm row spacing
• Thinning: After 3 weeks, maintain 10–15 cm plant-to-plant distance

💧 Irrigation
• Two irrigations are beneficial:

• Before flowering (pre-bud stage)
• At pod filling stage

🧪 Fertilizers
• Compost/FYM: 15–20 tons/ha
• NPK: 60–90 kg N, 60 kg P₂O₅, 40 kg K₂O

🌿 Weed Management
• Weeds can cause 20–30% yield loss
• Control by hand weeding or spraying:

• Pendimethalin 2–2.5 L/ha
• Isoproturon 1 kg/ha
• Quizalofop 10% EC (post-emergence)

🦠 Major Diseases
• Alternaria blight → Spray Azoxystrobin 11% + Tebuconazole 18.3% w/w SC or Dithane M-45
• Downy mildew → Spray Zineb 0.2% or Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP
• White blister → Spray Zineb 0.2% or Hexaconazole 5% EC or Dithane M-45

🐛 Insect Pests
• Termite → Apply Chlorpyrifos or Fipronil 5% SC with irrigation in soil
• Aphid → Spray Dimethoate 30% EC or Imidacloprid 17.8% SL

🌾 Harvesting/Threshing
• Harvest when the crop turns yellow at maturity
• Harvest manually or with a harvester once seeds are hardened
• Dry up to 12% moisture before storage

⚠️ Special Note:
The above cultivation practices are based on recommendations from agricultural universities and best scientific methods. Crop yield depends on favourable weather, soil fertility, irrigation availability, pest and disease incidence, and other natural factors. The seed company will not be responsible for any loss or reduced yield due to such uncontrollable factors.