FAVA BEANS – बांकले (24 gm)

🌱🫘 Fava Beans (Bakla / Bakle) Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Fava Bean, Broad Bean, Bakla, Bakle
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vicia faba
🔹 Type ➜ Winter legume vegetable 🌿
🔹 Special ➜ Protein-rich pods and seeds 🫘

✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Kitchen gardening
➜ Terrace gardening

🌟 Why Grow Fava Beans?
✔️ High protein crop 💪
✔️ Nitrogen-fixing plant 🌱
✔️ Edible green pods & dry seeds
✔️ Improves soil fertility naturally
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
➜ Home gardens
➜ Winter vegetable production

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Winter season crop ➜ October – December
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • October – November
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 10–25°C
✔️ Cool weather gives the best yield.

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Fertile well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6.0–7.5
✔️ Rich organic matter improves pod production.

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Fava bean seeds 🫘
➜ Organic broad bean seeds
➜ Desi vegetable seeds
➜ Open pollinated varieties
✔️ Healthy seeds provide: ➜ Better germination
➜ Strong plants

🌱 Seed Rate
➜ 25–35 kg seed per acre
🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing preferred
Seed depth: ➜ 4–6 cm
✔️ Germination: ➜ 7–14 days
🌿 Spacing
➜ Row ➜ 45–60 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 15–20 cm
✔️ Proper spacing improves airflow and pod formation.

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 5–8 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Compost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya spray
✔️ Helps: ➜ Better flowering 🌸
➜ Higher pod yield 🫘

💧 Irrigation
➜ Light irrigation after sowing
Then:
➜ Every 7–10 days as required
Critical stages:
➜ Flowering
➜ Pod development
❌ Avoid waterlogging.

☀️ Sunlight Requirement
➜ Full sunlight preferred
✔️ Minimum: ➜ 5–6 hours sunlight

🌿 Support (Optional)
Tall varieties may benefit from:
➜ Bamboo sticks
➜ Net support
✔️ Prevents plants from falling over.
🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common issues:
➜ Aphids
➜ Pod borers
➜ Rust disease
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Yellow sticky traps
➜ Good airflow between plants
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming

🌸 Flowering & Pod Formation
➜ Flowering starts ➜ 45–60 days
➜ Pods begin forming soon after flowering.
✂️ Harvesting
Green pods:
➜ Ready in 80–100 days
Dry seeds:
➜ Ready in 110–130 days
✔️ Harvest regularly for tender pods.

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total crop duration ➜ 4–5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Green pods ➜ 30–50 quintal/acre
✔️ Good-value winter vegetable crop 💰
🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Rich in protein 🫘
✔️ Improves soil fertility 🌱
✔️ Excellent crop for organic farming
✔️ Best for: ➜ Crop rotation
➜ Kitchen gardens
➜ Sustainable agriculture

🪴 Growing Fava Beans on Roof
✔️ Excellent for terrace gardening 👍
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 12–15 inch depth
Soil Mix
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
Sunlight ☀️
➜ Full sunlight
Watering 💧
➜ Regular moderate watering