CULTURAL PRACTICES UNDER INM IN TOMATO. Groups of vegetables are grown on different sections of a plot of ground each year Helps in maintaining the

CULTURAL PRACTICES UNDER INM IN TOMATO

Groups of vegetables are grown on different sections of a plot of ground each year

Helps in maintaining the balance of soil nutrients for successive crops

Avoids the build-up of pests & diseases

Assists in weed control

Leguminous crops should be included to maintain soil fertility

What is crop rotation


Method and planning for crop rotation

Make group of vegetables according to their botanical relationship

Allocate each rotation group to a plot of land marked A, B, C, and D and draw up a monthly time table for each space

It saves more time later than fighting disease

and pests if not done prior to planting

Contd….


Tomato belongs to Solanaceous group and can be rotated with any one crop from the following group

Legumes : Broad bean, French bean, Pea, and Runner bean

Brassicacea: Cabbage, Cauliflower, Radish, Turnip Onion family: Onion, Garlic, Leek, Shallots

Leafy vegetable: Palak, Spinach, Methi, Bathua

Contd….


Minimum tillage operation may be adopted

Tomato should be planted on raised bed to reduce the fruit rotting and water requirement

Bed solarization by covering bed with transparent polythene sheet during hot summer month (May) after harrowing is beneficial

Burning not advisable due loss of beneficial microorganism

Compost/FYM should be mixed with Trichoderma

Greenmanuring is recommended for areas with assured rainfall and for irrigated crop

Cultural practices


The land may be ploughed and harrowed 3 or 4 times to obtain a fine tilth.

About 10 tonnes of well Farm Yard Manure (FYM) or vermicompost/compost @ 1-1.5 t per acre is applied at the last ploughing.

Beds are prepared against the slope and field channels of 50 cm breadth are prepared at intervals of 1 m

Field and bed preparation practices


Tomato is well fitted in different cropping systems of cereals, grains, pulses and oilseedsCropping systems rice-tomato, okra-potato-tomato, tomato-onion are popular Maize -tomato-watermelon and paddy-peas-tomato are economical systems Palak or radish can be grown as inter-crop in tomato successfully

Intercropping in tomato


Pre emergence or one week after planting application of alachlor or butachlor @2kg ai/ha

Post emergence (after weed germination) application of Metribuzin @ 0.5 kg ai/ha will control the weed upto 45 days

One or two hand weeding sufficient at one month interval

Organic weed control by using organic matter as mulches

Crop rotation, mulching, sanitation, and shallow tilling also helps

After transplantation, regular weeding is required to remove weeds

Weed control

Chemical Weed Control


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