MOTH DAAL SEEDS – मोठ दाल (100 Gm)

🌱💛 Moth Dal (Moth Bean) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Moth dal, Moth bean, Matki
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vigna aconitifolia
🔹 Type ➜ Pulse crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Dal, sprouts, fodder
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Dryland farming

🌟 Why Moth Dal?
✔️ Very drought tolerant 🌞
✔️ Grows in poor soil
✔️ Low cost farming 💰
✔️ Improves soil fertility (nitrogen fixing) 🌿
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Rainfed areas
➜ Sandy soils
➜ Low-input farming

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

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • June – July (rainy season)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C
✔️ Tolerates high heat

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Sandy loam / light soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Dryland farming
➜ Low fertility soil
➜ Organic farming

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Organic moth seeds 🌱
• Desi moth dal seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Strong adaptability
➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Better survival

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 8–10 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 30 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10–15 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Better plant spread
➜ Good pod formation

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

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 3–4 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Pod formation
➜ Soil fertility

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
➜ Very low water requirement
✔️ Drought resistant
❌ Avoid waterlogging

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

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 70–80 days
Harvest when: ➜ Pods dry
➜ Seeds hard
✔️ Harvest in dry weather

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2–2.5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 3–5 quintal/acre
✔️ Low cost + safe crop 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Improves soil nitrogen 🌿
✔️ Prevents soil erosion
✔️ Good for mixed cropping
✔️ Best for: ➜ Sustainable farming
➜ Desert/dry areas

🪴 Growing Moth Dal on Roof
✔️ Possible (trial purpose)
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 10–12 inch
Notes:
➜ Limited yield
➜ Good for learning