BLACK CHICKPEAS – काले चने (15 Gm)

🌱⚫ Original Black Chickpeas (Kala Chana) Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Kala chana, Desi chana, Black chickpeas
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Cicer arietinum
🔹 Type ➜ Pulse crop 🌿
🔹 Category ➜ Desi / original variety

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Rabi season farming

🌟 Why Original Kala Chana?
✔️ High protein crop 💪
✔️ Strong root system 🌿
✔️ Drought tolerant 🌞
✔️ Better taste than hybrid
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Desi food market
➜ Organic pulses
➜ Seed saving

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Rabi crop ➜ October – November ❄️

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • Mid October – November
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 20–25°C (early stage)
➜ 15–20°C (flowering)

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–8
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Rainfed farming
➜ Organic pulse farming

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Desi kala chana seeds 🌱
• Organic chickpea seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Better adaptability
➜ Strong plants

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 30–35 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 5–6 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 30–45 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Strong root growth
➜ Good branching

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

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 5–7 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Pod formation
➜ Soil fertility

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
✔️ If needed: ➜ 1–2 irrigation only
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Pod formation
❌ Avoid excess water

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Pod borer 🐛
➜ Aphids
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Pheromone traps
➜ Bird perches
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic chana farming
➜ Chemical-free production

🌼 Flowering & Pod Formation
➜ Starts ➜ 50–60 days
➜ Pods develop after flowering

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 100–120 days
Harvest when: ➜ Plants dry
➜ Pods hard
✔️ Cut and dry properly

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3.5–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 8–12 quintal/acre
✔️ Stable income crop 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Improves soil nitrogen 🌿
✔️ Breaks pest cycle
✔️ Good for crop rotation
✔️ Best for: ➜ Sustainable farming
➜ Organic systems

🪴 Growing Kala Chana on Roof
✔️ Possible (trial)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 12–15 inch
Notes:
➜ Limited yield
➜ Good for learning