DESI NARMA – देशी नरमा (20 Gm)

🌿🧵 Desi Narma (Desi Kapas) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Desi narma, Desi kapas

🔹 Scientific name ➜ Gossypium arboreum (also some types of G. herbaceum)

🔹 Type ➜ Fiber crop 🌱

🔹 Category ➜ Indigenous / desi variety

✔️ Suitable for:

➜ Organic farming

➜ Natural farming

➜ Desi beej conservation

➜ Sustainable cotton farming

🌟 Why Desi Narma?

✔️ More pest resistant 🐛

✔️ Low water requirement 💧

✔️ Better for organic farming 🌿

✔️ Strong fiber (good for handloom)

✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Low-input farming

➜ Rainfed areas

➜ Traditional farming systems

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳

India:

➜ Kharif crop ➜ May – June 🌧️

📍 Punjab:

➜ Best sowing: • May – June (after first irrigation)

✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C

❌ Sensitive to frost

🌾 Soil Requirement

➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy / black soil

➜ pH ➜ 6–8

✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Dryland farming

➜ Organic cotton farming

🌰 Seed Selection

➜ Recommended: • Desi narma seeds 🌱

• Organic kapas seeds

• Non-GMO seeds

• Open pollinated varieties

✔️ Benefits: ➜ Seed saving possible

➜ Strong adaptability

➜ Natural resistance

🌱 Sowing Method

➜ Direct sowing

Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm

Spacing:

➜ Row ➜ 60–75 cm

➜ Plant ➜ 30–45 cm

✔️ Helps: ➜ Good plant growth

➜ Better boll formation

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan

Before sowing:

➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre

➜ Vermicompost

➜ Neem cake

During growth:

➜ Jeevamrit spray

➜ Panchgavya

➜ Biofertilizers

✔️ Improves: ➜ Fiber quality 🧵

➜ Soil health

➜ Yield stability

💧 Irrigation

➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️

➜ If needed ➜ irrigation every 10–15 days

Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼

➜ Boll formation

✔️ Needs less water than hybrid/Bt cotton

🐛 Organic Pest Control

Common pests:

➜ Bollworm 🐛

➜ Whitefly

➜ Aphids

Control:

➜ Neem oil spray 🌿

➜ Pheromone traps

➜ Bird perches

✔️ Desi narma naturally more resistant ✔️

🌼 Flowering & Boll Formation

➜ Starts ➜ 60–70 days

➜ Bolls develop after flowering

🧺 Harvesting

➜ Ready in ➜ 150–180 days

Harvest when: ➜ Bolls open

➜ White cotton visible 🤍

✔️ Pick in dry weather

⏳ Crop Duration

➜ Total life ➜ 5–6 months

📦 Yield

➜ Average ➜ 5–8 quintal/acre (lint cotton)

✔️ Compared to hybrid: ➜ Lower yield

✔️ But: ➜ Lower cost

➜ More stable income 💰

🌱 Special Benefits

✔️ Eco-friendly crop 🌿

✔️ Saves indigenous seeds

✔️ Better for organic textile market

✔️ Demand in: ➜ Handloom industry

➜ Organic cotton buyers

🪴 Can You Grow Desi Narma on Roof?

✔️ Possible (trial purpose)

Container:

➜ Grow bag ➜ 15–18 inch

Notes:

➜ Limited yield

➜ Good for learning