Mr. Nitin Vishnu Mokashi Palghar, Maharashtra. |
Total area: 4 acres of Irrigated land |
Nitin Vishnu Mokashi, a graduate farmer, has been cultivating watermelons for the last 3 to 4 years. He has agricultural land suitable for its cultivation. In November month, he planted watermelon seeds with the token method on plastic mulching paper. While cultivating watermelon, to control diseases like blight, rot, powdery mildew or pests like aphids, caterpillars, weevils etc. he had to use various chemical drugs. This increased the production cost of the crop.
In the current Rabi season, Mokashi planted watermelons (variety-Golden 786) on 5 acres of land. After 12 to 15 days of sowing, he sprayed Biofit Steamrich and Bio-99 for the first time. He then sprayed it again on the crops 3 times at an interval of 20 days. As a result, the growth of the crop was accelerated and it bloomed greatly in the flowering stage. Also, the size of the watermelon fruit increased. In the last week of November and December, he used Biofit N.P.K and Shet-1 L each with 200 litres of water through drip irrigation for a 1-acre area. With an increase in the availability of nutrients in fertilizers and the soil, the production increased too.
In the current Rabi season, Mokashi planted watermelons (variety-Golden 786) on 5 acres of land. After 12 to 15 days of sowing, he sprayed Biofit Steamrich and Bio-99 for the first time. He then sprayed it again on the crops 3 times at an interval of 20 days. As a result, the growth of the crop was accelerated and it bloomed greatly in the flowering stage. Also, the size of the watermelon fruit increased. In the last week of November and December, he used Biofit N.P.K and Shet-1 L each with 200 litres of water through drip irrigation for a 1-acre area. With an increase in the availability of nutrients in fertilizers and the soil, the production increased too.
He also used Biofit Rap to prevent fungal diseases on the watermelon crop. Along with this, he used Biofit Intact to prevent the spread of sucking insects. Due to Biofit Rap and Intact, the cost of chemical drugs were reduced.
Differences between the previous watermelon crop and the Biofit watermelon crop
Previous watermelon crop :
- Production cost/acre: Rs.55,000
- Average production/acre: 80 quintals
- Average weight of the fruit: 2.5 to 3 kg.
- Market rate/quintal: Rs.1000 quintal
- Total Production/acre: Rs.80,000
- Net profit/acre: Rs.25,000
Biofit watermelon crop :
- Production cost/acre: Rs. 60,000
- Average production/acre: 95 quintals
- Average weight of the fruit: 3 to 4 kg.
- Market price/quintal: Rs.1150 quintal
- Total Production/acre: Rs.1,09,250
- Net profit/acre: Rs.49,250
The use of Biofit products in the current season increased the size of fruit, it’s sweetness and the colour of the fruit changed to dark green.