How to Cultivate Bean
Bean is a popular vegetable in Bangladesh. There is an abundant amount of protein in bean. It is a winter crop.
Soil: Loamy soil is suitable for bean cultivation. But bean can be cultivated in all types of soil by good management.
Varieties: BARI bean- 1, BARI bean- 2, BARI bean- 3, BARI bean- 4, IPSA bean, Ghrita kanchan, Kartika, Naldog, Baghnakha, Baromashi etc. are the popular varieties of bean.
Sowing Time: The suitable time for sowing seed is mid- June to September.
Land Preparation: The land should be leveled by several ploughing and breaking clods by laddering if bean is cultivated in large area. But generally bean is cultivated near house- holds, on the bank of ponds, near foot path and on the ails.
Pit Preparation: The Pit having size of 45cm � 45 cm is to be prepared in the land. The distance between two adjacent pits is kept 2.5- 3.0 meter.
Fertilizer Application: Each pit should be filled with compost. Then in each pit, oil cake dust, ash, TSP and MP are mixed with soil. The pit will have to be filled up so that the height of the filled valley become 10 cm. Bean crop does not necessarily require nitrogenous fertilizers. Because it is a crop belongs to leguminous family. Roots of these crops contain nodules which can fix abundant atmospheric nitrogen.
Seed Sowing: In each pit, 5- 6 seeds have to be sown in 7- 8 days after fertilizer application. After seedlings emergence, keeping 2- 3 healthy and strong seedlings, all the other seedlings should be uprooted.
Cultural Operations: It is necessary to make matcha for proper growth of plants. If soil of the plant base is hard, soil should be loosening by nirani. Irrigation water should be supplied if there is lack of soil moisture. The soil of plant base should be lifted towards the base to protect from water stagnancy created by rain. When the seedlings started to be larger, 60 g TSP and 60 g MP fertilizers should be top dressed at 15- 20 days interval.
Pest Management: There may be infestation of aphid, thrips, pod borer etc, in bean plants. The aphids suck juice from young twigs, leaves, flowers and fruits. The extracts of neem seeds mixed with water can be sprayed to control them. The plants infected by virus have to be uprooted with soil and be put in the deep pit and covered with soil.
Crop Harvesting: Based on the variety, bean fruits can be picked up from bean plants at 95- 145 days after sowing. When beans become yellow and dry, are picked up for seed purpose. The seeds are stored in clean and dry pots mixing with dust of neem leaves after separating seeds from the beans.
Yield: Yield of bean may differ based on the variety. Such as- seed yield of BARI bean- 1 is 2- 3 tons per hectare (8- 12 kg/ decimal). As vegetable, bean can be picked up throughout the year. Bean plant bears fruits in the month of Ashwin- Kartik. A bean plant can give yield more than 4 months.
Soil: Loamy soil is suitable for bean cultivation. But bean can be cultivated in all types of soil by good management.
Varieties: BARI bean- 1, BARI bean- 2, BARI bean- 3, BARI bean- 4, IPSA bean, Ghrita kanchan, Kartika, Naldog, Baghnakha, Baromashi etc. are the popular varieties of bean.
Sowing Time: The suitable time for sowing seed is mid- June to September.
Land Preparation: The land should be leveled by several ploughing and breaking clods by laddering if bean is cultivated in large area. But generally bean is cultivated near house- holds, on the bank of ponds, near foot path and on the ails.
Pit Preparation: The Pit having size of 45cm � 45 cm is to be prepared in the land. The distance between two adjacent pits is kept 2.5- 3.0 meter.
Fertilizer Application: Each pit should be filled with compost. Then in each pit, oil cake dust, ash, TSP and MP are mixed with soil. The pit will have to be filled up so that the height of the filled valley become 10 cm. Bean crop does not necessarily require nitrogenous fertilizers. Because it is a crop belongs to leguminous family. Roots of these crops contain nodules which can fix abundant atmospheric nitrogen.
Seed Sowing: In each pit, 5- 6 seeds have to be sown in 7- 8 days after fertilizer application. After seedlings emergence, keeping 2- 3 healthy and strong seedlings, all the other seedlings should be uprooted.
Cultural Operations: It is necessary to make matcha for proper growth of plants. If soil of the plant base is hard, soil should be loosening by nirani. Irrigation water should be supplied if there is lack of soil moisture. The soil of plant base should be lifted towards the base to protect from water stagnancy created by rain. When the seedlings started to be larger, 60 g TSP and 60 g MP fertilizers should be top dressed at 15- 20 days interval.
Pest Management: There may be infestation of aphid, thrips, pod borer etc, in bean plants. The aphids suck juice from young twigs, leaves, flowers and fruits. The extracts of neem seeds mixed with water can be sprayed to control them. The plants infected by virus have to be uprooted with soil and be put in the deep pit and covered with soil.
Crop Harvesting: Based on the variety, bean fruits can be picked up from bean plants at 95- 145 days after sowing. When beans become yellow and dry, are picked up for seed purpose. The seeds are stored in clean and dry pots mixing with dust of neem leaves after separating seeds from the beans.
Yield: Yield of bean may differ based on the variety. Such as- seed yield of BARI bean- 1 is 2- 3 tons per hectare (8- 12 kg/ decimal). As vegetable, bean can be picked up throughout the year. Bean plant bears fruits in the month of Ashwin- Kartik. A bean plant can give yield more than 4 months.
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