Castor — 2Seed selection & treatment

• Seed priming for rainfed sowing

  Under rainfed conditions, priming seed with 1% KCl for 3 hours and sowing a week before the onset of the monsoon is recommended.

  Pending expert review

  Source

  Crop Production Guide – Agriculture 2020 (Directorate of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Castor – Seed treatment (b), p. 209

  Region

  Tamil Nadu

  Last updated

  2026-11-04