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Irrespective of the way it is raised gram is always grown as a
cold weather (rabi) crop mixed with sorghum, wheat, barley, linseed,
mustard or pea.
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It is also grown as a seed crop. |
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Gram does not need a very fine seedbed. |
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A deep ploughing preferably with a single mould-board plough
and a second ploughing with a desi plough followed by a harrowing,
if possible, and removal of all weeds from the field before
sowing serves the purpose of ordinary cultivation of this crop.
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No fine tilth is attempted, nor is the soil compacted, but
is left loose on the surface. |
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It is grown as a sole crop in deep black soils or as a dry
season crop after the harvest of paddy in rice fields. |
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Occasionally, gram succeeds maize in some states and is also
grown mixed with sorghum or wheat. |
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As an irrigated crop, it is manured and watered. |
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Being a leguminous crop, gram utilises atmospheric nitrogen
through its root nodules. Hence, the crop is not generally manured
with nitrogenous manures or fertilisers. |
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