- Harvest at optimum maturity at 50% neck fall.
- Stop irrigation 10 to 15 days before harvest.
- Harvest with leaves and cure by windrow method and afterwards cut the leaves leaving 1” neck length.
- Store in good ventilated nylon bags, plastic rates in rooms or storage structures with good air circulation.
- Varieties like Arka Niketan can be stored upto about 5 months .
- The weight loss and other storage losses will be about 15% in 4 months and 20% in 5 months.
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