KALONJI – कलौंजी (5 Gm)

🌱 Kalonji (Black Seed) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Kalonji, Black seed
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Nigella sativa
🔹 Type ➜ Spice crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Masala, oil, medicinal use
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Spice crop farming

🌟 Why Kalonji?
✔️ High medicinal value 💊
✔️ Strong demand in market 📈
✔️ Low input cost 💰
✔️ Easy to grow crop
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Spice farming
➜ Herbal business
➜ Small farmers

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

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • October – November
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 15–25°C
❌ Avoid heavy rain

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic spice farming
➜ Light soils

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Desi kalonji seeds 🌱
• Organic black seed
• Open pollinated varieties
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better oil content
➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Strong plants

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 4–5 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 1–2 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 30 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10–15 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Good plant growth
➜ Better seed formation

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 4–5 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Seed quality ⚫
➜ Oil content

💧 Irrigation
➜ Light irrigation required
Schedule: ➜ Every 10–12 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Seed formation
❌ Avoid waterlogging

🐛 Organic Pest Control
➜ Very hardy crop 👍
If needed: ➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic spice farming
➜ Chemical-free production

🌼 Flowering & Seed Formation
➜ Starts ➜ 45–55 days
➜ Seeds form in capsules

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 100–120 days
Harvest when: ➜ Capsules dry
➜ Seeds black & hard
✔️ Cut plants & dry properly

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 3–5 quintal/acre
✔️ High-value spice crop 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ High medicinal demand
✔️ Good for herbal products
✔️ Export potential 🌍
✔️ Best for: ➜ Organic spice business
➜ Small-scale farming

🪴 Growing Kalonji on Roof
✔️ Possible
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 10–12 inch
Notes:
➜ Good for home spice production