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Nutrient Management

Organic nutrient management

At the time of planting, well-decomposed farmyard manure or compost @ 40-50 t/ha, neem cake @ 2 t/ha, biofertilizer (Azospirillum+PSB) @ 5-6 kg/ha applied in rows at the time of planting helps in reduction of incidence of rhizome rot and increases the yield (Reza, S. K. 2014. Pers. Communication). Two months after planting, vermicompost @ 5 t/ha should also be applied for better growth and production. Since edible part of ginger is rhizome therefore, prior to planting of the seed rhizome in the soil, six-inch cushion of leaves increases the production of ginger by the loosening of soil texture around seed rhizome at later stages.