ARBI – अरबी (4 Piece)

🌿 Arbi (Taro / Colocasia) Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Arbi, Taro, Colocasia
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Colocasia esculenta
🔹 Family ➜ Araceae
🔹 Type ➜ Root vegetable 🌱

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Root crop farming

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Best sowing ➜ March – April 🌞
➜ Also in monsoon ➜ June – July 🌧️
➜ Best temperature ➜ 25–35°C

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best time: • March – April
• June (before heavy rains)
✔️ Warm + humid climate best

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Loamy soil / clay loam
➜ pH ➜ 5.5–7
✔️ Needs: ➜ Moist soil
➜ Good organic matter
❌ Avoid waterlogging (unless special variety)

🌰 Planting Material
➜ Use: • Small corms (baby arbi)
• Pieces of mother corm
✔️ Best: ➜ Organic planting material
➜ Desi arbi seed

🌱 Planting Method
➜ Depth ➜ 5–7 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 45–60 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 30–45 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Bigger corm size
➜ Proper root growth

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before planting:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
➜ Compost top dressing
✔️ Improves: ➜ Tuber size
➜ Soil fertility
➜ Organic yield

💧 Irrigation
➜ Keep soil moist
➜ Irrigation every 5–7 days
Important stages: ➜ Early growth
➜ Tuber formation
✔️ Arbi needs more moisture than many crops

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Leaf blight
➜ Aphids
➜ Caterpillars
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Buttermilk spray
➜ Trichoderma soil treatment
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic root crop farming

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 120–150 days
Harvest when: ➜ Leaves turn yellow 🟡
➜ Plants dry
➜ Dig carefully to avoid damage

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 4–5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 80–120 quintal/acre
✔️ Depends on: ➜ Variety
➜ Soil fertility
➜ Water management

🪴 Growing Arbi on Roof (Grow Bags)
Container size:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 15–18 inch depth
Soil mix:
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
✔️ Loose + moist soil important
Planting:
➜ 1–2 corms per bag
➜ Depth ➜ 5 cm

Watering 💧
➜ Keep soil moist always
➜ Water every 1–2 days (summer)

Sunlight ☀️
➜ 5–7 hours sunlight
Production (Terrace)
➜ 1 grow bag ➜ 0.5–1 kg arbi
✔️ Good for: ➜ Terrace gardening
➜ Home organic vegetables
➜ Kitchen gardening