Farmer’s /Innovator’s Name: Mr. Kutubuddin Biswas, Nadia, West Bengal
Brief Description:
Bed preparation and fertilizer application: Beds are 3.0 ft wide, 0.5 ft. high and 30-40 ft long. In winter the beds are covered with silver colour mulch but in spring-summer season the beds are covered with milky white mulch. Before mulching required fertilizers are applied in the bed. In 1.0 ha of land 150 kg bone meal, 375 kg horn meal, 375 kg mustard cake, 150 kg DAP and 75 kg 10:26:26 NPK applied during bed preparation. Then it is covered with poly mulch 3-4 rows of chrysanthemum seedlings are planted longitudinally in each bed. Seedlings are planted in the mid of October. During planting 1500 kg of vermicompost per hectare is applied in the planting holes. Flood irrigation is applied in the channels and sometimes 10:26:26 NPK @ 20 kg/ha is applied with the irrigation water. Some liquid fertilizers like calcium nitrate, 19:19:19 and 12-61-0 NPK also applied as spray in the standing crop. Harvesting of the flower is started from 1st week of February
Application of artificial light: Artificial lights applied @ 7500 watt per hectare for six hours after sunset. This improves the size and quality of the flowers
