TNAU Agritech Portal :: Indigenous Farming

TNAU Agritech Portal ::Traditional Varieties grown in Tamil nadu

Sorghum (Kona Cholam)
This sorghum is cultivated as an irrigated crop. All type of soil is suitable for this sorghum cultivation. After first ploughing, Farm Yard Manure is applied as a basal. After that 2nd ploughing is done, during the 3rd ploughing seeds are sown. Seed rate is 3kg/acre. Season for cultivating kona cholam is Jan-Feb and the duration of this crop is 90 days. Irrigation is given once in 10 days interval. No need to done weeding. Grain yield in one acre of land is 2500kg. one kg of seed Rs.12-15 for cultivating one acre of land Rs.12-15 for cultivating one acre of land Rs.3000/- is required.