GREEN GRAM – MOONGI – मूंगी (100 Gm)

🌧️🌱 Barsati Moong (Green Gram) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Moong, Green gram, Barsati moong
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vigna radiata
🔹 Type ➜ Pulse crop 🌿
🔹 Season ➜ Kharif (Rainy season)
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Rainfed farming

🌟 Why Barsati Moong?
✔️ Fast growing crop ⏳
✔️ Improves soil fertility (nitrogen fixing) 🌿
✔️ Good for rainy season 🌧️
✔️ Low cost farming 💰
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Crop rotation
➜ Intercropping
➜ Soil health improvement

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Kharif sowing ➜ June – July 🌧️
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • Mid June – July (after first rain)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained sandy loam
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic pulse farming
➜ Rainfed areas
➜ Light soils

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Organic moong seeds 🌱
• Desi green gram seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Strong plants
➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Better adaptation

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 8–10 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 30–45 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10–15 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Good airflow
➜ Better pod formation

🌿 Seed Treatment (Important)
➜ Use Rhizobium culture
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better nitrogen fixation
➜ Higher yield
➜ Healthy roots

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 4–5 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Pod formation
➜ Soil fertility

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
✔️ If dry spell: ➜ Light irrigation
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Pod filling
❌ Avoid waterlogging

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Whitefly
➜ Aphids
➜ Pod borer 🐛
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Sticky traps
➜ Ash dusting
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic pulse farming
➜ Chemical-free production

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 60–70 days
Harvest when: ➜ Pods turn black/brown
➜ Seeds hard
✔️ Do 2–3 pickings

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2–2.5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 4–6 quintal/acre
✔️ Good rainy season crop 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Improves soil nitrogen 🌿
✔️ Breaks pest cycle
✔️ Ideal for intercropping
✔️ Best for: ➜ Sustainable farming
➜ Organic systems

🪴 Growing Moong on Roof
✔️ Possible (trial)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 10–12 inch
Notes:
➜ Limited yield
➜ Good for awareness