Crop Solutions · Season guide
Rice / Paddy
Paddy thrives on healthy soil biology and balanced nutrition. Urvar's program rebuilds organic matter at land prep, drives tillering with humic acid and zinc, and supports grain filling at panicle stage.
Season schedule
What to apply, and when
Stage timing comes from agricultural-university research (cited). Doses are Urvar's own label doses, shown per katha with bigha and acre equivalents.
1 bigha = 20 katha (West Bengal) · 1 acre ≈ 60.5 katha
- 1
25-day-old seedlings1
Land preparation & transplanting
Seedlings are transplanted at 25 days old. A quarter of the nitrogen and all of the phosphorus and potassium go in at final land preparation.
Enriched Vermicompost
During land preparation
17–25 kg per katha
340–500 kg per bigha · ≈ 1–1.5 t per acre
Label dose for Paddy
PROM – Phosphate Rich Organic Manure
During final land preparation
1.5–2 kg per katha
30–40 kg per bigha · ≈ 91–121 kg per acre
Label dose for Paddy
- 2
21 days after transplanting1
Maximum tillering
Half of the nitrogen is applied at the maximum tillering stage.
Humic Acid Liquid
Mix in 15–20 litres water per Katha
30–60 ml per katha
0.6–1.2 L per bigha · ≈ 1.8–3.6 L per acre
Label dose: foliar spray
Zinc EDTA 12%
Mix in 15–20 litres water per Katha
3–7 g per katha
60–140 g per bigha · ≈ 182–424 g per acre
Label dose: foliar spray
- 3
42 days after transplanting1
Panicle initiation
The last quarter of the nitrogen is applied at panicle initiation.
PROM – Humic Based Flowering Booster
Apply 10–15 days before flowering (label timing for flowering crops)
1.5–2 kg per katha
30–40 kg per bigha · ≈ 91–121 kg per acre
Label dose for Paddy
Boron EDTA
Mix in 15–20 litres water per Katha
2–4 g per katha
40–80 g per bigha · ≈ 121–242 g per acre
Label dose: foliar spray
- 4
First week of November1
Harvest
In BCKV's kharif trials at Kakdwip, the crop was harvested in the first week of November.
Deficiency guide
Spot it, fix it
General symptoms that apply across crops. Confirm with a soil or leaf test before treating.2
Upper leaves show interveinal chlorosis, eventually whitening. Leaves may be small and distorted, in a rosette form.
Growth is slow and stunted, and older leaves turn purple, especially on the underside.
Rice / Paddy FAQ
Common questions
How do I convert a per-katha dose to bigha or acre?
Multiply by 20 for a West Bengal bigha (1 bigha = 20 katha), or by about 60.5 for an acre. Every dose on this page already shows all three.
Which Urvar products does the Rice / Paddy program use?
Land preparation & transplanting: Enriched Vermicompost, PROM – Phosphate Rich Organic Manure. Maximum tillering: Humic Acid Liquid, Zinc EDTA 12%. Panicle initiation: PROM – Humic Based Flowering Booster, Boron EDTA.
Can I get a plan for my own field?
Yes. Message us on WhatsApp with your district, field size and planting date, and our team will reply with a plan.
Sources
- 1. Sarkar, Ray, Garai, Banerjee, Haldar and Nayak (2023). Modelling nitrogen management in hybrid rice for coastal ecosystem of West Bengal, India. PeerJ 11: e14903. Regional Research Station (Coastal Saline Zone), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kakdwip. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14903
- 2. TNAU Agritech Portal, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: Mineral Nutrition – nutrient deficiency symptoms (general, all crops). agritech.tnau.ac.in/agriculture/agri_min_nutri_def_symptoms.html
Doses: Urvar Natural product labels. The Flowering Booster's timing follows its label guidance for flowering crops.
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