COTTON

• Irrigate immediately after sowing followed by life irrigation on 5th day after sowing.


• Irrigate twice during vegetative phase (16 - 44 days), five times during flowering phase (45 - 100 days for hybrids and 87 days for varieties) and five times during maturity phase (beyond 100 days for hybrids and 88 days for varieties).


• Regulate irrigation according to the soil type, prevailing weather conditions and receipt of rains.


• Ensure irrigation at critical crop growth stages, namely, Square formation and boll maturity stage.