05/10/2010
Hi,
Today it is 86th day after paddy transplanting!!
Here i am with more results from my SRI experiment.
On two things we saw a bit of deviation from what was told earlier in the blog.
1. We observed black colored leaf eaters at40-45 days stage, these were feeding on the chloro fill from the new leaves and the leaves tip were turning white. Since this was increasing day by day we had to spray chemical pesticide to control. However with this experience will look out for early signs of this infestation in the next season and will try organic methods like Neem oil sprays etc.
2. On the water front, We had a fairly good monsoon this time without any long rain breaks. Hence we couldnt experiment with less water logged fields. I need to still get convinced on this front. Will try for the Summer Crop.
Overall with this approach, i am seeing tremendous potential for higher paddy productivity. Some of the Key Productivity Indicators observed till now.
Conventional | SRI | |
No of Tillers per Hill | 20-25 | 50-75 |
No of Productive tillers | 80-90% | 90-100% |
Average Grains per Pinnacle | 110-125 | 210-225 |
at the moment SRI is clearly an outperformer, need to wait for Harvesting to conclude. Not long though its in next 30 days :)
Bye,
Suraj
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