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Crop Production - Forage Crops - Fodder Cholam
Crop Production - Forage Crops - Fodder Cholam
Crop Production - Forage Crops - Fodder Cholam
and Varieties
District/Season Month Varieties
Irrigated
PARTICULARS CO (FS) 29 CO 31
Derivative of the
Gamma ray (400 Gy) mutant of CO
Parentage cross TNS 30 x
(FS) 29
Sorghum sudanense
Multicut Multicut
Duration (Days)
(3 years) (3 years)
Average green fodder yield (t/ha) 160-170 (6-7 cuts) 190-(6-7 cuts)
Morphological characters
Quality characters
dder Cholam can be intercropped with CO 5 and CO (FC) 8 Cowpea at 1:1 ratio and harvested together to provide nutritious fodder.
of Practices
Season : Can be grown throughout the year as a multicut variety under irrigated conditions.
Soils : All types of soil with good drainage. Does not come up well on heavy clay soil or flooded or waterlogged condi
Preparatory cultivation : Plough 2-3 times to obtain a good tilth. Form ridges and furrows of 6 m long and 60 cm apart. Spread 25 tones
before ploughing and incorporate well.
Seed rate : 5 kg / ha
After cultivation : First weeding on 25-30 days after sowing. After each harvest a weeding may be given before fertilization
Plant protection : Generally not needed. If shoot fly is noticed, spray Endosulphan 35 EC 500 ml/ha or Dimethoate 30 EC 500 m
litres water. Plant protection sprays may be stopped one month before harvest of green fodder.
Harvest
Fodder : First harvest 65-70 days after sowing and there after the ratoon crop may be harvested once in 50 days depen
flowering.
Storage : Fed to cattle as green fodder or dry fodder and also ensiled.
Yield
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