JHORAR NARMA – झोरड़ नरमा (50 Seed)

🌿🧵 Jhorar Narma Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Jhorar narma, Desi narma
🔹 Scientific base ➜ Gossypium arboreum
🔹 Type ➜ Desi cotton (indigenous variety) 🌱
🔹 Category ➜ Traditional / desi beej

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej conservation
➜ Rainfed / low-input farming

🌟 Why Jhorar Narma is Special?
✔️ Very hardy & drought tolerant 🌞
✔️ High pest resistance (less spray needed) 🐛
✔️ Grows in poor soil conditions
✔️ Seed saving possible (non-GMO) 🌱
✔️ Best for: ➜ Punjab traditional farming
➜ Organic cotton production
➜ Sustainable agriculture

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Kharif crop ➜ May – June

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • Mid May – June (after irrigation)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–38°C
❌ Sensitive to frost

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Sandy loam to medium soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–8
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Dryland farming
➜ Organic cotton farming

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Jhorar narma desi seeds
• Organic kapas seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Strong adaptability
➜ Natural resistance
➜ Can reuse seeds next season

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 60–75 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 30–45 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Good plant growth
➜ Strong root system

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
➜ Biofertilizers
✔️ Improves: ➜ Boll formation
➜ Fiber quality 🧵
➜ Soil health

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
➜ If needed ➜ irrigation every 12–15 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Boll development
✔️ Requires less water than hybrid cotton

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Bollworm 🐛
➜ Whitefly
➜ Aphids
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Pheromone traps
➜ Bird perches
✔️ Jhorar narma is naturally resistant ✔️

🌼 Flowering & Boll Formation
➜ Starts ➜ 60–75 days
➜ Bolls form after flowering

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 160–180 days
Harvest when: ➜ Bolls open
➜ White cotton visible 🤍
✔️ Pick in dry weather

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 5–6 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 4–7 quintal/acre (lint cotton)
✔️ Yield slightly lower
✔️ But: ➜ Very low cost
➜ Stable profit 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Best for organic cotton 🌿
✔️ Suitable for low-input farmers
✔️ Supports desi beej movement
✔️ Demand in: ➜ Handloom industry
➜ Organic textile brands

🪴 Can You Grow Jhorar Narma on Roof?
✔️ Possible (trial only)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 15–18 inch
Notes:
➜ Limited yield
➜ Good for awareness/demo