varsha traders VARSHA TRADERS Organic Horse Gram / Kulthi / Hulthi / Kollu / Hurule / Ulavalu / Kuleeth / Mudhira / Kolatha / Kurali / Madras Gram (Macrotyloma Uniflorum) Seeds for – 1Kg Seed  (10 per packet)

Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) is normally used to Animal husbandry feed (Horse, Cow, Buffalo, Goat and Sheep) and Green manure purpose also. Its belong to legume crop, drought tolerate crop, survive low fertility soil, may be irrigate once or twice if there is a severe and prolong drought, use to both green and dry fodder. It’s grow under the temperature ranges of 22-40 Degree Celsius and it grow anywhere in India. It’s suitable for all type of soil, except sand. Seed rate is 16 kg/acre for broadcast farming and average spacing is 30x10 cm. Farmers can do harvest 40 to 50 days after for green fodder and dry fodder should make 65 days after sowing. Generally it’s having 20 % of Protein and 62 % of Total digestible nutrients. The leaves, stems, pods and seeds are highly palatable to the animals and it makes excellent hay. Green manure fixes atmospheric nitrogen in a form usable by plants, therefore reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer, 18 % in the foliage of mature plants.