DRIZZLE SULTAN  |  DESI CHANA SEEDS

📅 Sowing Time

• Recommended Sowing: 2nd fortnight of October

• Season: Rabi

• Particularly suitable for rainfed cultivation

• Recommended for Bhal and Coastal Zone of Gujarat

📏 Spacing

• Row to Row: 30 cm

• Plant to Plant: 10 cm

⚖️ Seed Rate

• 60 kg/ha

• Approximately 24 kg/acre

🌱 Variety Characteristics

• Plant Height: 35.65 cm

• Plant Growth Habit: Semi-erect

• Primary Branches: 4

• Secondary Branches: 12

• Flowering: Early

• Flower Colour: Pink

• Pod Size: Large

• Pods per Plant: 34.13

• Seeds per Pod: 1.66

🌾 Seed Characteristics

• Seed Type: Desi

• Seed Colour: Attractive Yellow

• Seed Size: Large

• 100 Seed Weight: 22.77 g

• Seed Surface: Tuberculated

• Seed Shape: Owl’s Head

• Seed Ribbing: Absent

🧱 Fertilizer Schedule

🔹 Basal Application

• Nitrogen: 20 kg/ha

• Phosphorus: 40 kg/ha

• Potassium: 0 kg/ha

• Apply recommended nutrients as per soil test and local agronomic recommendations.

🌱 Crop Establishment

• Prepare a fine and well-levelled seedbed.

• Ensure adequate soil moisture at sowing.

• Maintain the recommended 30 × 10 cm spacing for proper plant population.

• Avoid excessive soil compaction after sowing.

💧 Irrigation & Moisture Management

• Sultan Chana is suitable for rainfed Rabi cultivation.

• Under rainfed conditions, conserve available soil moisture through proper field preparation and timely weed management.

• Where irrigation is available, irrigation should be based on soil moisture and crop requirement, particularly during critical growth stages.

• Avoid waterlogging and excessive irrigation.

🌿 Weed Management

• Keep the crop relatively weed-free during the early growth period.

• Use timely intercultivation or hand weeding where required.

• Herbicide selection and dose should be based on the registered label recommendation for chickpea in the respective area.

🐛 Pest Management

• Regularly monitor the crop for major chickpea insect pests, particularly gram pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera).

• Follow an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach.

• Use need-based control measures only after monitoring pest incidence.

• Always follow the locally registered product label for crop, pest, dose and waiting period.

🦠 Disease Management

• Monitor the crop regularly for major chickpea diseases such as:

  • Fusarium wilt

  • Dry root rot

  • Ascochyta blight

• Use healthy, quality seed.

• Maintain proper crop rotation and field sanitation.

• Seed treatment and fungicide use should follow locally approved recommendations.

🌸 Flowering & Pod Development

• Sultan Chana has early flowering.

• The crop produces large pods, with an average of 34.13 pods per plant.

• Maintaining adequate soil moisture and balanced nutrition during flowering and pod development helps support crop establishment and productivity.

⏳ Crop Duration

• Sultan Chana is a Rabi-season desi chickpea variety.

• Harvesting should be carried out when the majority of pods and plants reach proper maturity and the crop attains the appropriate harvest stage.

📦 Grain & Quality Features

• Protein: 22.76%

• Total Carbohydrates: 64.02%

• Total Soluble Sugar: 10.51%

• Phenol: 0.60%

• Actual Dal Recovery: 88.12%

• Cooking Time: 26 minutes

⭐ Why Choose Sultan Chana?

• Attractive yellow seed colour

• Large seed size

• 22.77 g 100-seed weight

• Tuberculated seed surface

• Early flowering

• Large pods

• Suitable for rainfed Rabi cultivation

• Recommended for Bhal and Coastal Zone of Gujarat

• High carbohydrate content: 64.02%

• High actual dal recovery: 88.12%

📌 Pro Tips

• Prefer timely sowing during the 2nd fortnight of October.

• Maintain 30 × 10 cm spacing.

• Use 60 kg seed per hectare.

• Ensure adequate moisture at sowing.

• Avoid waterlogging.

• Monitor the crop regularly for pests and diseases.

• Follow soil-test-based nutrient management wherever possible.

• Harvest at proper physiological maturity for better grain quality and storage.

🌾 Sultan Chana at a Glance