🌱 Stage-wise schedule
Maize
Stages-wise guide for using Nacro Biotech products on maize crops
Stages: 8
What to use, stage by stage
Stage 1: Soil Health
Products to use
- • Apply 8-10 tonnes of FYM /acre to enrich soil fertility
- improve soil structure
- provides essential plant nutrients
- •100 -200 kg Neem cake is natural pest deterrent & organic fertilizer .
- • Apply PSB : Converts fixed phosphorus into available form.
- KSB : Releases locked potassium from soil minerals
- ZSB : Change insoluble Zn into soluble form.
- VAM : Expands root surface area to boost water and nutrient uptake .
- Organic Carbon : Apply Organic Carbon (2-3 kg/acre) to improve soil fertility.
- Nacro Win : apply Nacro Win (50-100kg/acre) .
- Nacro O2 : Improves oxygen availability in the root zone by slowly releasing oxygen.
- Prevents root suffocation caused by excess water or compacted soil.
- Promotes healthy
- white
- active root growth.
Purpose
To improve carbon % and good soil health, resistance to diseases .
Stage 2: Germination Stage
Products to use
- Seed Cure: Treat seeds with Seed Cure solution (250ml/L water) for healthy germination
- - Use TSB-99 solution (100g/1/2 kg seeds) to enhance germination and resistance to soil-borne diseases.
Purpose
Improve germination ,provides protection from storage insects.
Stage 3: Seedling Stage (Transplanting)
15- 30 days
Products to use
- Sea Weed Gel: Apply 2-3 kg /acre to improve soil structure and nutrient uptake.
Stage 4: Pre-tassellling Stage
30- 60 days
Products to use
- 20:20:20 - 5 kg /acre
- Nacro Shakthi : Apply Nacro Shakthi (1-2L/100L water) every 5-6days for balanced growth.
- Nacro Gold: Foliar spray Nacro Gold (1L/100L water) every 5-10 days.
- 19:19:19: Apply 19:19:19 fertilizer (1-2 kg/acre) for balanced NPK.
Purpose
Increases quantity and quality of yield ,soil fertility ,balanced growth .
Stage 5: Tasselling /silking Stage
60-90 days
Products to use
- C+ Pro : Foliar spray C+ Pro (1L/100L water) for better cob initiation
- Nacro Shakthi:- Apply nacro Shakthi for better cob setting
- Groster : Groster solution (1-21/100L water) for every 5-10days for growth.
Purpose
Improve flower production ,fruit coloring and weight .
Stage 6: Grain filling Stage
90-150 days
Products to use
- 00:52:34 : (1-2 kg/acre) for better cob size and yield.
- Foliar spray Mr. Crop :(1L/100L water) for better cob quality.
- 13:0:45 : (1-2 kg/acre) for better cob size and yield.
- 20:20:20: Apply 20:20:20 fertilizer (1-2 kg/acre) for balanced NPK.
- Mr. Crop :(1-2L /100L water) for every 5-10days for growth.
Purpose
Improves flowering ,prevents flower drop,diseases tolerance .
Stage 7: Maturity/Harvesting stage
150 -210 days
Products to use
- 00:00:50 : (1-2 kg/acre) spray for fruit ripening and shine.
Stage 8: Pest & Disease Management
Products to use
- TSB-99 : Apply TSB-99( 1 kg/100L water) for pest control
- BVM Pro: Spray BVM Pro (1 kg/100 L water)for disease management
- Neem Oil Spray Neem Oil (2-3L/100L water) for pest control.
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