RED COWPEA LOBIA – लाल लोबिया फली (20 Seed)

🌱 Red Bean Cowpea (Lobia) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Lobia, Cowpea, Red bean lobia
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vigna unguiculata
🔹 Type ➜ Legume crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Vegetable (green pods) + pulses (dry seeds)

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Pulse crop farming

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Kharif crop ➜ June – July 🌧️
➜ Summer crop ➜ February – March

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • February – March (best)
• June – July
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C
✔️ Heat tolerant crop 🌞

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained sandy loam
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Low-input agriculture
➜ Dryland farming

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Organic lobia seeds
• Desi cowpea seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Nitrogen fixing 🌿
➜ Soil improvement
➜ Seed saving possible

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 45–60 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 20–30 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Better plant growth
➜ Good pod formation

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 5–7 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Rhizobium culture (important)
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Nitrogen fixation
➜ Pod yield
➜ Soil health

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 7–10 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Pod formation
✔️ Drought tolerant
❌ Avoid waterlogging

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

🧺 Harvesting
For vegetable (green pods):
➜ Harvest ➜ 45–60 days
For dry seeds:
➜ Harvest ➜ 80–100 days
✔️ Harvest when: ➜ Pods dry
➜ Seeds hard

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2.5–3 months

📦 Yield
➜ Green pods ➜ 40–60 quintal/acre
➜ Dry seeds ➜ 8–12 quintal/acre
✔️ Good for: ➜ Dual income (vegetable + pulse) 💰

🪴 Growing Lobia on Roof (Grow Bags)
Container size:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 12–15 inch
Soil mix:
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
Support:
➜ Bush type ➜ no support
➜ Climber type ➜ support needed

Sunlight ☀️
➜ 6–8 hours sunlight

Watering 💧
➜ Every 1–2 days (light watering)

Production
➜ 1 plant ➜ 200–500 g pods
✔️ Good for: ➜ Terrace gardening
➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Organic pulses