A Detailed Guide to Selecting and Raising Chickpea Seeds

Chickpea is a herbaceous plant, also known as chickpea (garbanzo bean), and is one of the most important grains in India and Pakistan. It has high nutritional value and offers certain dietary therapeutic benefits for the body. So when growing chickpeas, how do you select the seeds? What are the seedling-raising methods? Let's take a look together below.

1. How do you select chickpea seeds?

Before sowing, you need to select the seeds. The chickpeas you choose should be of good quality and relatively high yield.

For seed preparation and treatment, when obtaining chickpea seeds you can buy them directly from the market, or of course you can harvest them directly from your own plants. No matter which way you obtain the seeds, before sowing you should first carefully sort through the seeds, picking out any that are not plump and any broken grains. To ensure a relatively high survival rate after planting, you should also treat the seeds with chemicals, which can prevent diseases during the seedling stage.

2. What are the seedling-raising methods for chickpeas?

1. Sowing and seedling raising

Chickpeas have relatively strong adaptability, and they can adapt well to different planting densities. For upright varieties, the suitable planting density is 50 plants per sq m, and for spreading varieties, the suitable density is about 33 per sq m. For sowing chickpeas about 5 cm under the plastic film, the bottom temperature should be stable for 3 to 4 days, and sowing can be done once it stays at around 12°C. The best sowing period is April, and agricultural plastic film can be used for covering.

2. Management during the emergence stage

During the emergence stage, if there is heavy rain, you should promptly break the crust to help the tender chickpea seedlings emerge. Once the seedlings are uniform, thin them promptly, and it is best to use a single plant as the suitable standard. During the emergence period, weed promptly, weeding 2 to 3 times. During the chickpea seedling growth period, it is strictly forbidden to use herbicides for weeding; you can use manual pulling, or use a hoe to remove them. At the early flowering stage, full flowering stage, and pod-setting stage, you can apply foliar topdressing, using 200 g of monopotassium phosphate and 100 g of urea for topdressing. During the chickpea growing process, irrigate once each at the early flowering stage and the pod-setting stage. Do not water too much later on, so as not to affect the normal ripening state of the chickpeas. Chickpeas have relatively lower water requirements than other crops, and this plant is more drought-tolerant, so normally you do not need to water it much. Also, in the rainy season you must carry out drainage work and minimize residual waterlogging in the field.

3. Harvest time

The harvest time of chickpeas needs attention. Observe the changes in the appearance and color of the chickpeas. If more than 70% of the pods and seeds in the whole field have already separated and show a golden yellow color, they can be harvested. The harvest time should be appropriate; improper timing will cause losses for the chickpeas. Harvesting too early means the nutritional value of the chickpeas is not high, and the yield will decline, while harvesting too late will also cause seed shattering, which increases the difficulty of harvesting and increases harvest losses. At the same time, the outer skin of the chickpeas will also become thicker.

The above is an introduction to chickpeas. Two months after sowing chickpeas, you should weed regularly. Before cultivating them, farmers should understand chickpeas' own habits and the related cultivation methods. Only in this way can you ensure the survival of chickpeas and increase their yield.

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