Fennel Cultivation Informative Guide For Higher Earnings

Fennel has its own special place in spice crops. It is known for its fragrance as well as its medicine. It is also used in making ethics along with being used in vegetables. If we talk about its medicinal importance, it is used as a medicine for many diseases. In Ayurveda, fennel has been named Tridosha destroyer. Therefore, it is capable of eliminating vata, pitta, and Kapha. Consumption of it in any form provides benefits to the body. But remember that it should not be consumed more than necessary. Fennel cultivation is mainly done in India in Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Karnataka. A very good profit can be earned if it is grown at a commercial level.

Essential Points To Consider Before Fennel Cultivation

• Fennel can be cultivated in both the kharif and rabi seasons. But rabi season gives more yield by fennel cultivation. 
• Its sowing in the Kharif season can be done in July, and the Rabi season from the last week of October to the first week of November.
• According to the masala crop amendment centre Jagudan, seeds should be sown at 4 to 5 kg /hectare while cultivating fennel.
• The seeds should be sown only after treating them because fennel crops can be produced well.
• Sowing seeds first by treating fennel seeds with Trichoderma (8 to 10 g /kg seed per biological fungal destroyer) from the first fungal destroyer medicine (carbendazim or captan) should be sown. 
• It is necessary to use drip irrigation methods for efficient irrigation.
• In the fennel rabi crop, two lateral and emitter irrigation of 90 cm and 60 cm interval, about 1.2 kg / square metres and 4 litres per hour discharge of water discharge for irrigation should be used by the dripping method.

Field Preparation In Fennel Cultivation

While preparing for the farm for fennel cultivation, make the field flat with the plough that overturns the first ploughing soil and later 3 to 4 ploughing by the New Holland Excel 4710 tractor. At the last ploughing time of farming, 150 to 200 quintals of rotten cow dung should be added. So that the manure is mixed well in the soil.

Fennel Cultivation Sowing Method

Sowing in fennel cultivation should be done in rows. It is sown in two ways in which the first is done by planting and transplanting in the second line. In row transplanting, the distance between each row should be kept at 60 cm and 45 cm between plants. Keep in mind that when its plant is sown, production should be done by planting 7 to 8 weeks in advance.

Manure And Fertilizer Requirements

Farmers who cultivate fennel in Rabi are advised to give 90 kg of nitrogen, 40 kg of phosphorus and 30 kg of potassium per hectare for fennel cultivation. Half the amount of nitrogen, the entire quantity of phosphorus and potash should be mixed in the field with the help of a John Deere 5405 GearPro tractor because the John Deere 5405 price is reasonable. After this, the remaining nitrogen should be given with watering in the form of trap dressing 30 and 60 days after sowing. Half the quantity of nitrogen and the full quantity of phosphorus and potash should be given at the time of sowing. And the remaining nitrogen should be given in a gap of 30 and 60 days.

Irrigation And Weeding In Fennel Cultivation

The drip irrigation method can be adopted for irrigation in fennel cultivation. This method takes less water. However, irrigation causes the needed amount of water to reach the plants. Therefore, light irrigation should be done after planting its first irrigation plant. After this, watering should be done as required. Apart from this, irrigation must be done while making seeds and cooking. Now talk about its weeding, it should be started after the first watering and after 45 to 50 days.

When To Harvest Fennel 

The bunches should be harvested only when the fennel is fully developed and when the seeds cook completely. After harvesting, one or two days should be dried in the sun, and to keep the green colour, it should be dried in the shade for 8 to 10 days to avoid unnecessary moisture in it. The crops should be harvested 30 to 40 days after the flowering fennel to get green fennel. After harvesting, bunches should be dried well in the shade itself.

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