PILLIPESARA (Phaseolus trilobus)

Dual purpose crop yielding good fodder and green manure
Herbaceous creeper grows into a short dense cover crop if sown thick. Does not produce a bulky yield, it is capable of being cut twice or thrice before being ploughed into the field

Season:
Grown in all seasons
March – April month is best for seeds production

Soil:     Rice fallow clay soils are suitable

Seed rate:
10-15 kg/ha for green manure
Seed purpose 10 kg/ha

Spacing:
Broadcasted
For seed purpose adopt 30 x 10 cm

Irrigation:      Once in 25-30 days

Harvest:
Incorporate the green mater within 60 DAS & for seed collect the seeds from 150 DAS

Yield:  Green biomass – 6-7 t/ha
Seed – 400 - 500 kg/ha