SPACING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANT POPULATION OF IMPORTANT
CROPS IN KERALA
Sl.No
1
Crops
Rice - Virippu
Mundakan
Puncha
2
3
4
5
Ragi
Maize
Sorghum
Cowpea
a. for gain & dual purpose
b. for vegetable type
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
French bean
Green pea
Amorphophallus
Colocasia
Greater yam (Kachil)
Lesser yam (Nanakizhangu)
Sweet potato
13
Tapioca
14
Cashew
15
Sugar cane
16
Coconut
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Groundnut
Oil palm
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Clove
Vanilla
Ginger
Mango Ginger
Particulars
Medium duration
Short duration
Medium duration
Spacing
20 x 15 cm
15 x10 cm
20 x 10 cm
Short duration
Medium duration
Short duration
15 x 10 cm
20 x 10 cm
15 x 10 cm
25 x 15 cm
60 x 25 cm
45 x 15 cm
i. Dibbing
i Bush
ii Trailing
25 x 15 cm
30 x 15 cm
2 x 2 cm
30 x 20 cm
15-20 x 10 cm
90 x 90 cm
60 x 45 cm
1mx1m
75 x 75 cm
60 x 15-20 cm
75 x 75 cm
90 x 90 cm
75 x 75 cm
7.5 x 7.5 m
Ridges
Mounts
Branching type
Non branching type
1. Poor soil
2.Rich & deep soil &
Sandy coastal area
Short duration
Medium duration
Triangular method
Square
Single hedge
Double hedge
10 x 10 m
75 x 75 cm
90 x 90 cm
7.6 m
7.6 to 9 m
9x5m
5 x 5 m in rows
9m between pairs of rows.
15 x 15 cm
9. m
1.8. m x 0.60 m
2x2m
6x6m
1.8 x 2.7 m
20 x 20 cm to 25 x 25cm.
25 x 30 cm
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Nutmeg
Pepper
Turmeric
Kudampuli
a. Graft
b. Seeding
Tamarind
Arecanut
Coffee
a. Tall Arabica
b. Semi dwarf
c. Dwarf
d. Hybrid
e. Robusta
Tea
a. Up & down
b. Contour planting
c. Contour planting
Tobacco
Okra (Bindhi)
Coleus
Bitter gourd
Snake gourd
Cucumber
Water melon
Bottle gourd
Pumpkin
Ash gourd
Brinjal
a. Less spreading varieties
b. Spreading varieties
Chilli
a. Less spreading varieties
b. Spreading varieties
Tomato
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Carrot
Beet root
Radish
Potato
Garlic
Winged bean
Dolichos bean
a. Pole type varieties
b. Bush type varieties
8x8m
3x3m
25 x 25 cm
4x4m
7x7m
10 x 10 m
2.7 x 2.7 m
2.1 x 2.1 m
1.8 x 1.8 m
1.5 x 1.5 m
2.5 x 2.5 m
3x3m
Single hedge
Double hedge
1.2 x 1.2 m
1.2 x 0.75 m
1.35 X 0.75 X 0.75 m
85 x 85 cm
60 x 45 cm
30 x 15 cm
2 x2 m
2x2m
2 x 1.5 m
3x2m
3x3m
4.5 x 2 m
4.5 x 2 m
60 x 60 cm
75-90 x 60 cm
45 x 45 cm
75 x 45-60 cm
60 x 60 cm
45 x 45 cm
60 x 45 cm
45 x 10 cm
45 x 15-20 cm
45 x 10 cm
50-60 x 15-20 cm
15 x 8 cm
1.25 x 0.5 m
1.25 x 0.75 m
60 x 15 cm
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
Cluster bean
Sword bean
a. Pole type varieties
b. Bush type varieties
Clove bean
Little gourd
Smooth gourd
Ridge gourd
Bell pepper
Drumstick
Indian Spinach
Water leaf
Curry leaf
Banana
Indian Goosberry
Jack
Mandarin Orange
Mango
Papaya
Pineapple
a. Kew
b. Mauritius
Sapota
West Indian Cherry
45-60 x 20-30 cm
4x3m
60 x 60 cm
100 x 60 cm
4x3m
2x2m
2x2m
60 x 30 cm
4x4m
1 x 0.6 m
30 x 10 cm
4x4m
2x2m
8x8m
12-15 m
7-8 m
9m
2x2m
70 x 30 cm
45 x 30 cm
7-8 m
6m
Source:- Farm Guide 2012, Farm information Bureau, Government of Kerala