Maize

• Soak seeds in 2% Panchagavya (20 ml of Panchagavya in 980 ml of water) for 2 hours before sowing for the production of healthy seedlings.

Sorghum (Jowar)

• Treat the seeds with asafoetida solution (75 – 100 gms in 1 litre of water) and shade dry before sowing. This seed treatment method prevents ergot disease in sorghum.
• Mix the seeds with the extract of Ashwagandha and Datura (for 1 kg seeds, pound 250 gms of Ashwagandha / Amukura (Withania somnifera) roots and 50 gms of Datura / Oomathai (Datura metel) leaves by adding water) and shade dry before sowing. This will help in the production of healthy and disease free seedlings.

• Treat the seeds with dried cow dung powder and cow’s urine (100 gms cow dung powder and 250 ml cow’s urine per kilogram of seeds). This will break the dormancy and improve germination.
• Soak the seeds in lime water (1 kg lime in 10 litres of water kept for 10 days and the superficial water is collected and used) for overnight. Dry the seeds before sowing.

Pearl Millet and Finger Millet

• Soak seeds of pearl millet / finger millet in Panchagavya (35 ml in one litre of water) for 7 – 8 hours before sowing for the production of disease free seedlings.
• MixtheseedswiththeextractofAshwagandha and Datura (for 1 kg seeds, pound 250 gms of Ashwagandha / Amukura (Withania somnifera) roots and 50 gms of Datura / Oomathai (Datura metel) leaves by adding water) and shade dry before sowing. This will help in the production of healthy and disease free seedlings.

Updated on : Nov 2014