WHITE MAIZE – सफ़ेद मक्की (20 Gm)

🌽 White Maize (Safed Makka) Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ White maize, Safed makka
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Zea mays
🔹 Type ➜ Cereal crop 🌾
🔹 Use ➜ Food grain, flour, fodder

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Grain production

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Kharif crop ➜ June – July 🌧️
➜ Rabi crop ➜ October – November (mild areas)
➜ Summer crop ➜ February – March

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • June – July (main crop)
• February – March (irrigated)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 20–30°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 5.5–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic cereal farming
➜ Natural soil management
➜ Sustainable agriculture

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Organic maize seeds 🌱
• Desi white maize seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better taste
➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Good adaptability

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed depth: ➜ 3–5 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 60–70 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 20–25 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Better cob formation
➜ Proper sunlight
➜ High yield

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
➜ Biofertilizer
✔️ Improves: ➜ Plant growth
➜ Grain quality
➜ Soil fertility

💧 Irrigation
➜ First irrigation ➜ after sowing
➜ Then ➜ every 7–10 days
Critical stages: ➜ Knee height stage
➜ Tasseling 🌾
➜ Grain filling

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Stem borer
➜ Fall armyworm 🐛
➜ Aphids
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Trichogramma release
➜ Light traps
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic maize farming
➜ Chemical-free crop

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 90–120 days
Harvest when: ➜ Cobs dry
➜ Grains hard
➜ Husk turns yellow

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 15–25 quintal/acre (grain)
✔️ Depends on: ➜ Variety
➜ Soil
➜ Management

🪴 Can You Grow Maize on Roof?
✔️ Possible (small scale)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 15–18 inch
Planting:
➜ 2–3 plants per bag
Sunlight ☀️
➜ 7–8 hours sunlight
Production:
➜ 1 plant ➜ 1–2 cobs
✔️ Good for: ➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Home experiment