📅 Sowing Time

  • Recommended Sowing: November
  • Season: Rabi
  • Timely sowing is important for uniform crop establishment and better crop development.

📏 Spacing

  • Row to Row: 30 cm
  • Maintain uniform spacing for proper crop establishment and field aeration.

⚖️ Seed Rate

  • 10–12 kg/ha for line sowing
  • Seed requirement may vary depending on seed quality, germination and sowing method.

🌱 Crop Characteristics

  • Crop: Cumin
  • Botanical Name: Cuminum cyminum L.
  • Plant Type: Erect to Semi-erect
  • Flower Colour: Pink
  • Crop Duration: Approximately 105–110 days

🌾 Seed Characteristics

  • Bold Grain
  • Lustrous Appearance
  • Linear-Oblong Seed Shape
  • Brown to Dark Brown Seed Colour
  • Non-Splitting Seed Character
  • Good Grain Quality

🧪 Seed Treatment

  • Seed treated with American Technology for Better growth and yield.
  • Use healthy, clean and quality seed with good germination.
  • Seed treatment should be selected according to local disease conditions and current recommendations.
  • Biological seed treatment can be used according to the approved product recommendation.

🧱 Fertilizer & Nutrient Management

🔹 Basal Application

  • Apply fertilizer according to soil test results.
  • Ensure adequate phosphorus availability during early crop establishment.
  • Avoid excessive nitrogen application.

🔹 Vegetative Growth

  • Maintain balanced nutrition during crop growth.
  • Avoid excessive vegetative growth.
  • Monitor crop vigour and nutrient status regularly.

🔹 Flowering & Seed Development

  • Maintain balanced nutrition during flowering and seed development.
  • Ensure adequate availability of potassium and required micronutrients according to soil and crop requirement.

💧 Irrigation Management

🌱 Germination & Establishment

  • Maintain adequate soil moisture for uniform germination.
  • Avoid excessive irrigation immediately after sowing.

🌿 Crop Growth

  • Irrigation should be based on soil type, weather and crop requirement.
  • Maintain uniform soil moisture during important crop growth stages.

🌸 Flowering & Seed Formation

  • Avoid moisture stress during flowering and seed development.
  • Avoid excessive irrigation and waterlogging.

🌿 Weed Management

  • Keep the crop relatively weed-free during the early growth period.
  • Timely hand weeding and intercultural operations can help reduce weed competition.
  • Herbicide use should strictly follow the registered label recommendation for cumin.

🦠 Disease Management

Fusarium Wilt

  • Use healthy and quality seed.
  • Maintain proper field drainage.
  • Avoid continuous cumin cultivation in the same field.
  • Follow suitable crop rotation practices.
  • Regularly monitor the field for early symptoms.

Blight

  • Regular crop monitoring is important during favourable weather conditions.
  • Avoid excessive irrigation and prolonged leaf wetness.
  • Use only registered fungicides according to the approved label recommendation.

Powdery Mildew

  • Monitor the crop regularly.
  • Maintain balanced crop nutrition.
  • Avoid unnecessary irrigation during humid conditions.
  • Use registered crop-protection products only when required.

🐛 Pest Management

Aphids

  • Regularly inspect tender shoots, flowers and developing seed clusters.
  • Follow an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach.
  • Take control measures based on pest incidence.
  • Always follow the approved product label for crop, pest, dose and waiting period.

🌸 Flowering & Seed Development

  • Maintain balanced nutrition during flowering.
  • Maintain appropriate soil moisture.
  • Avoid waterlogging and unnecessary irrigation.
  • Regular crop monitoring during flowering and seed development is recommended.

⏳ Crop Duration

  • Approximately 105–110 days
  • Actual crop duration may vary according to sowing time, temperature, soil condition and crop management.

📦 Grain Quality

  • 🌾 Bold Grain
  • ✨ Lustrous Appearance
  • 🌾 Linear-Oblong Seed
  • 🤎 Brown to Dark Brown Colour
  • ✅ Non-Splitting Seed Character
  • ⭐ Good Grain Quality

⭐ Why Choose Drizzle Champion?

  • Bold & Lustrous Grain
  • Attractive Grain Appearance
  • Non-Splitting Seed Character
  • Good Grain Quality
  • Suitable for Rabi Cultivation
  • Approximately 105–110 Days Crop Duration
  • Suitable for Major Cumin-Growing Regions
  • Designed for Uniform Crop Establishment
  • Quality-Focused Cumin Seed

📌 Pro Tips

  • Prefer timely sowing during November.
  • Use quality seed with good germination.
  • Maintain proper row spacing.
  • Avoid excessive irrigation.
  • Maintain proper field drainage.
  • Keep the crop weed-free during early growth.
  • Monitor regularly for wilt, blight, powdery mildew and aphids.
  • Follow soil-test-based fertilizer management.
  • Use only registered crop-protection products according to approved label recommendations.
  • Harvest at proper maturity to maintain grain quality.

🌾 Drizzle Champion at a Glance

ParameterDrizzle Champion
CropCumin
SeasonRabi
Sowing TimeNovember
Seed Rate10–12 kg/ha
Row Spacing30 cm
Crop Duration105–110 days
Plant TypeErect to Semi-erect
Flower ColourPink
Seed TypeBold & Lustrous
Seed ShapeLinear-Oblong
Seed ColourBrown to Dark Brown
Seed CharacterNon-Splitting