![]() Image Credit: paidforarticles Inter-cropping System in Chickpea Cultivation To get more yield, add 50 kg cow dung manure, 1000 grams Nitrogen, 500 grams Phosphorous, 500 grams Potash per plant per year. Manuring is essential for good growth of fruits. It is better to use drip system for irrigation. Sapota cultivation does not require irrigation in monsoon, but irrigation should be done at an interval of 7 days in summer season and 15 days in winter season. The black leaf variety is grown in most parts of Gujarat. ![]() Cricket Bal, Kali Patti, Bhuri Patti, PKM-1, DSH-2 are among the improved varieties of Jhumkia Chikoo. Many advanced varieties of Sapota are popular, whose pulp is sweet and tasty. in June-July the plants should be transplanted. It is filled in April-May and after one month i.e. For sowing in sandy soil, dig pits of size 60 cm X 60 cm X 60 cm and fill it with cow dung manure, 3 kg single super phosphate and 1.5 kg muriate of potash and 10 gm phorate dust or neem empty pit. Plant to plant distance of 8 meters and row to row distance of 8 meters should be kept at the time of transplanting. July is the best month for transplanting saplings for sapota cultivation. The optimum temperature for fruit development is 11 to 38 ☌. Sapota should not be cultivated in clayey soil and soil having high amount of calcium. The pH level of the soil should be 6-8 and it is also important to have a good drainage system. What is the soil and climate required for Sapota cultivation?Īlthough chickoo can be grown in many types of soil, but deep fertile sandy loam soil is considered best for it. For successful cultivation of Chikoo, it is necessary for the farmers to have the right information from soil to climate. Sapota is the second most cultivated fruit after mango and pomegranate. Chikoo is cultivated on a large scale in Kutch, Gujarat. Farmers can earn good profit by cultivating Sapota. It is also being cultivated extensively in India, but its birthplace is considered to be Mexico and Central America. Chikoo is a very sweet and tasty fruit which is rich in carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fibre, minerals, iron and calcium.
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