Sesame planting guide

Established plant can however withstand high moisture stress but seedlings are easily susce tible. Sesame needs a very fine firm and smooth seedbed because this seeds being small produce weak and slow growing seedlings.This can be achieved by ploughing the land 2-3 times. Seed rate 4-6 kgs/ ha or 2-3 kg / acre. Planting and spacing Sesame is best started indoors 4 weeks prior to the last frost of spring. Seed sowing Sesame seeds can be sown in two ways. First, seeds sowing scattered and firmly in the land. Second, sowing seeds in rows. If we sow seed in rows, the distance from row to row will be 30 cm. The amount of seed per hectare is 7.5-8.5 kg. Sesame is an annual plant, which means it will only develop once - it will die at the end of the season. For this reason, cutting the plant back after harvesting is futile. Weed Control. Sesame plants are sensitive to many commercial herbicides, so in the event of weeds, hand removal is often recommended. Alternatively, it is necessary to Planting Sesame Place the seed 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch below the defined moisture line with a 1/4 inch to 3/4 dry covering of dry soil above that line. The total seeding depth would be from 3/4 inch to 1.5 inches. If a planting rain follows a drought, make sure that the top moisture has joined the bottom moisture. Soil Requirement for Sesame Farming:- The sesame crop grown as summer crop, Kharif crop and also as semi-rabi crop. Sesame thrives well on soils with neutral reaction (or) slightly acidic type. There should not be any water stagnation in the soil, so make sure soil is well drained and light loamy soil for better growth performance. Sesame seed is a crop obtained from a very beautiful plant with attractive dark-green leaves and have tubular flowers that can be of white or pale pink colour. The Sesame plant is part of the Pedaliaceae family and the species usually grown is known as Sesamum indicum. It is a tropical annual herb growing 50 to 100cm tall, with leaves 4- 14cm Note that about 4-5kg of sesame seeds are required to be planted on one hectare of land. You should also know that sesame seeds yield per hectare is about 1-1.5 tonnes every year. It is recommended that you weed your sesame seeds farm 25 days after planting to avoid the choking of the seeds before they germinate. In Kafta Humera, the largest sesame producing region in Ethiopia, sesame requires a high constant temperature in the range of 26°C-30° C. Sesame needs high temperature for germination and the Ideally, the planting season is often dependent on the ecological zone, but most times, it is between March and August. Sesame thrives best in loamy soil with a pH of 5.5-6.7. Planting can be done in ridges using a mechanical planter. The planting should be spaced in rows of 60 cm by 10 cm. Also, you can also broadcast the seeds on the plain land. Growing Guide GROWING NOTES Sesame will grow to a height of approximately 3', with narrow dark leaves and tubular flowers which can be white, pink, lavender or light blue. Sesame prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Do not transplant outdoors until the last frost has passed and has reached an average temperature of 60 degrees F or higher. Sesame seeds are unusually high in oil, around 50% of the seed weight, compared to 20% seed oil in soybeans. Sesame is a high value food crop, being harvested both for whole seed used in baking, and for the cooking oil extracted from the seed. This warm season annual crop is primarily adapted to areas