URAD DAAL – MAANH – उड़द माँह (100Gm)

🌱⚫ Urad Dal (Black Gram / Mash) Growing Guide

🔹 Common name ➜ Urad dal, Mash, Black gram
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vigna mungo
🔹 Type ➜ Pulse crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Dal, papad, dosa batter
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Pulse crop farming

🌟 Why Urad Dal?
✔️ High protein crop 💪
✔️ Improves soil fertility (nitrogen fixing) 🌿
✔️ Low input cost 💰
✔️ Good market demand
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Crop rotation
➜ Mixed cropping
➜ Sustainable farming

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

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • June – July (rainy season)
• March (limited irrigation)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained sandy loam
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic pulse farming
➜ Light soils
➜ Rainfed farming

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

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 8–10 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 3–4 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 30 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Uniform growth
➜ Better yield

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

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 4–5 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Pod formation
➜ Soil health

💧 Irrigation
➜ Mostly rainfed 🌧️
➜ If needed ➜ irrigation every 10–12 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Pod filling
✔️ Avoid waterlogging

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

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 70–90 days
Harvest when: ➜ Pods turn black
➜ Seeds hard
✔️ Do 2–3 pickings

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2.5–3 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 4–6 quintal/acre
✔️ Low cost + stable income 💰

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

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