Fertilizer

FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATION FOR MAJOR CROPS


 

N

P

K

PADDY (kg/ha)
Upland(Modan)
PTB 28,29 and 30
High-yielding short duration varieties

40
60

20
30

30
30

Wet land (All regions)
High-yielding short duration varieties
High-yielding medium duration varieties
Local varieties
H4
Mashuri

70
90
40
70
50

35
45
20
45
25

35
45
20
45
25

COCONUT (Adult palm)kg/palm/annum.
General recommendation
(a) Average management
(b) Good Management
(c) For reclaimed clayey soils
(as in Kuttanad)

0.34
0.50

0.25

0.17
0.32

0.35

0.68
1.20

0.90

Hybrid and high yielding palm
(a) For irrigated areas
(b) Rainfed

1.00
0.50

0.50
0.32

2.00
1.20

       
RUBBER

From 1st year to 4th year :-10:10:4:1.5 NPK Mg mixture at the following rates:

3rd Month

225g / plant

9th Month

450g / plant

15th Month

450g / plant

21st Month

550g / plant

27th Month

550g / plant

33rd Month

450g / plant

39th Month

450g / plant

From 5th year till tapping begins

12:12:12 NPK Mixture @ 125 kg /ha during April – May and September – October
(Where mulching was practiced during initial years)
15:10:6 NPK Mixture @ 200 kg /ha during April – May and September – October
(Where mulching was not practiced during initial years)

Mature Rubber under tapping

10:10:10 NPK Mixture @ 300 kg /ha or 900 g / plant March -April
or 15:15:15 NPK Mixture @ 200 kg /ha
or 17:17:17 NPK Mixture @ 175 kg /ha
or 19:19:19 NPK Mixture @ 160 kg /ha

 

N

P

K

 TAPIOCA (kg per hectare)
H.97, H.226

75

75

75

      H.165, H.1687, H.2304

100

100

100

      M4 and Local

50

50

50

SWEET POTATO (kg/ha )

75

50

75

SESAMUM (kg/ha )

30

15

30

GROUNDNUT (kg/ha )

10

75

75

BANANA (g/plant)
      Nendran (irrigated )

190

115

300

      Palayamkoden (Rainfed)

100

200

400

      Other varieties according to soil fertility

160-200

160-200

160-400

PINEAPPLE – g/plant/year

8

4

8

                        kg/ha/year

320

160

320

MANGO ( g/tree/year )

500

360

750

SUGARCANE ( kg/ha)
Pandalam and Thiruvalla area
Chittoor area
Newly – cleared forest area

165
225
115

82.5
75
75

82.5
75
90

PEPPER (g/vine/year )

50

50

150

GINGER (kg/ha)

75

50

50

TURMERIC (kg/ha )

30

30

30

NUTMEG ( g/tree/year )
CLOVE ( g/tree/year)
CARDAMOM ( kg/ha)
CASHEW (g/tree/year)

500
300
75
750

250
250
75
325

1000
750
150
750

COCOA ( g/plant year)
       For plants yielding less than
50 fruits per year
For plants yielding more than 50 fruits

100
200

40
80

140
280

COLOCASIA (kg/ha)

80

50

100

AMORPHOPHALLUS ( kg/ha)

40

60

50

DIOSCOREA ( kg/ha )

80

60

80

ARECANUT (Adult palm, gram per annum)
Variety – Mangala
(Other varieties)

150
100

60
40

120
140

 


NUTRIENTS IN ORGANIC MANURES

 

N

P2O5

K2O

Neem cake
Coconut cake
Groundnut cake
Gingelly cake
Castor cake
Mahua cake
Farm yard manure
Compost (Rural )
Compost (Urban)
Cowdung ( fresh)
Biogas slurry
(cowdung based)
Sheep manure
Poultry manure
Bone meal
Fish meal
Meat meal
Blood (dried)
Sunhemp
Daincha
Kolinji
Sesbania
Gricidia
Paddy straw
House hold ash
Coirpith Compost

5.2
3.0
7.0
6.2
4.3
2.5
0.5-1.5
0.4-0.8
1.0-2.0
1.5

1.6-1.8
0.8-1.6
1.2-1.8
3.5
4.1
11
11.5
2.6
3.3
3.20
2.7
2.90
0.36
0.5-1.9
1.26

1.0
1.9
1.5
2.0
2.0
0.8
0.4-0.8
0.3-0.6
1.0
0.3

1.1-2.0
0.4-0.6
1.4-1.8
21
3.9
1.5

0.5
0.7
0.3
0.5
0.50
0.08
1.6-4.2
0.06

1.4
1.8
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.8
0.5-1.9
0.7-1.0
1.5
0.2

0.8-1.2
0.3-0.4
0.8-0.9

0.3
0.6
0.6
2.0
1.30
1.30
2.2
2.8
0.71
2.3-12.00
1.20

NUTRIENTS IN COMMON FERTILIZERS

 

Name of fertilizer

N

P2O5

K2O

Ammonium Sulphate
Ammonium Nitrate
Diammonium Phosphate
Ammonium phosphate Sulphate
Calcium Ammonium Nitrate
Urea
Super Phosphate
Rock Phosphate
Mussuriphos
Muriate of Potash

20.6
33.5
18.0
16.0
25.0
46.0





46.0
20.0


16.0
28.4
18-20










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CONVERSION OF PURE NUTRIENTS TO FERTILIZERS

Quantities of fertilizers required to supply specified doses of nutrients

Rate of
application
(kg/ha)

Ammonium
sulphate
(20% N)

Urea
(46% N)

Super
Phosphate
(18% P2O5)

Muriate of Potash
(60% K2O)

10

50

22

56

17

20

100

44

112

34

30

150

66

168

51

40

200

88

224

68

50

250

110

280

85

60

300

132

336

102

70

350

154

392

119

80

400

176

448

136

90

450

198

504

153

100

500

200

560

170

 

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