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Traditional Technology Solutions Presents Organic Farming Methods Part 5 Organic pulses cultivation (Black gram) Presented by, N. S. Santhana Krishnan, Traditional Technology Solutions, E - mail: [email protected] , Website: www.tts.org.in .

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Traditional Technology Solutions

Presents

Organic Farming Methods – Part 5

Organic pulses cultivation (Black gram)

Presented by,

N. S. Santhana Krishnan,

Traditional Technology Solutions,

E-mail: [email protected],

Website: www.tts.org.in .

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Organic pulses cultivation

In this presentation we are going to discuss about cultivation of Black gram.

Black gram and few other pulses have tendency to fix atmospheric nitrogen in roots which will be used for the next crop

We started the cultivation at the end of rainy season since the crop could not with stand heavy rains.

This cultivation took place in our lands situated in the Village named “Thiru-Magaral”.

We chose one acre for black gram cultivation. We also cultivated black gram in our ancestral residential plots in

Neyyadupakkam village. We didn’t irrigate the lands but used the monsoon rain itself for

cultivation.

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We initially ploughed the land using tractor with tine attachment.

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Soil after ploughed with tine attachment in tractor

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We used TN state government certified black gram seeds

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Seeds got dispersed evenly on ploughed field

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Land was ploughed after seeding using tractor with rotary plough

attachment which converts and covers the seeds with soft powdered soil

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Black gram seeds got germinated after ten days from seeding

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Plants after twenty days

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Plants after thirty days

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Plants after forty days

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Black gram pods started to appear after seventy days

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Plants got plucked and kept as bunches for collection

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Plant bunches were collected and kept covered for three days for

the pulses to get matured.

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The plants were allowed to dry after three days of maturing

to separate the pods

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We got 40 kg of black gram from 60 cents of land without

adding fertilizers and pesticides. We didn’t even irrigate the land

Plants got grown using little drizzle of rain and morning dew

water

Simultaneously we cultivated black gram in our residential

land at neyyadupakkam village with an area of 59 cents.

We did this cultivation to reduce weeds and increase soil fertility.

In this land we used only around 40 cents of free land for

cultivation since rest of the land was occupied by trees &

construction materials.

In this land the soil was sandy loam type hence we distributed

the black gram seeds and ploughed over it with tractor.

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Ten days after germination of seeds.

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Other side of land

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After forty days of seeding

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Fifty days after germination of seeds

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After sixty days of seeding

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Seventy days after seeding

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Eighty days after seeding

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Other side of the land

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Plants got matured by ninety days and the leaves turned yellow

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Plants got plucked after 95 days of seeding

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Harvested plants got collected , covered with plastic sheet for

three days and allowed to dry

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We got around 15 kg of black gram from this small place

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We husked the external black cover of black gram and

it was packed to avoid moisture leakage

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Conclusion:We got very good quality of black

gram. It was practically tested in our home by making idly

and vadas. The taste of the food products were good and also

it gave three to four times volume of wet grinded flour for

unit quantity of dry pulses.

Since we have cultivated in small area

we have limited amount of stock for sale. We are getting good

feedback from the customers who used it. This time we have

started to cultivate black and green gram in an area of around

7 acres. Hence we expect to provide sufficient amount of

pulses to every customer in another three to four months.

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