Vegetables to grow in march in Jaunpur up | Block-Wise Vegetable Guide

Are you a farmer from Jaunpur, up (UP)? In March, in blocks like Badlapur, Baksha, Baragaon, Barsathi, Bhuanmau, Dharmapur, Dobhi, Gyanpur, Jalalpur, Jaunpur, Karanjakala, Kerakat, Khuthan, Machhlishahr, Mariyahu, Muftiganj, Mungra Badshahpur, Rampur, Ramnagar, Shahganj, Sirkoni, Sujanganj, the usual standing or harvest-ready crops are Cucumber, Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Muskmelon. Some farmers are preparing nursery beds for Tomato, Brinjal, Chilli, Capsicum, Early Cauliflower.

In many areas, fresh leafy crops like Amaranth, Coriander, Spinach are also being sown. March marks the end of the Rabi season and the beginning of the Zaid (summer) season, a time when soil moisture is decreasing and timely irrigation is crucial. So your planning now will decide your profits in May–June.

We have prepared a farmer’s guide for Jaunpur district for the month of March. This guide explains:

• Which crops should be sown now,
• Which crops should be raised in nurseries and when to transplant them,
• Which seeds can be sown directly without nurseries, and
• When nursery plants should be transplanted if they are ready.

You will get this information block-wise in the guide so you can easily decide what to do in March according to your area.

What fields typically look like early march

• Standing/harvest crops: Sugarcane, mustard, potato, and wheat are still in the fields, ready for harvest.
  
• Nursery beds: Brinjal, tomato, chili, and cauliflower seedlings are being raised for timely transplanting.
  
• Fresh leafy crops: Spinach, fenugreek, and coriander sowing has started, ensuring early availability of greens.
  
• Pulses/cash crops: Lentil and chickpea continue in suitable areas.
  
  

👉 Overall, in early march, fields in Jaunpur show a mix of standing vegetables, nurseries, new leafy sowings, and pulse/cash crops.

What to start now (March) - Jaunpur

Direct sowing (seeds directly in the field):
Okra (Bhindi), Cucurbits (like Cucumber, Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd), Amaranthus (Chaulai), Cowpea (Lobia).
✅ Benefit – These are warm-season crops that establish quickly with the rising temperatures.

Nursery preparation (for later transplanting):
Prepare nurseries for cucurbits if direct sowing is delayed. Also, prepare nurseries for summer tomato and chili if needed.
✅ Benefit – Ensures timely availability of seedlings and extends the growing season.

Transplanting (nursery → main field):
If nurseries were prepared earlier, transplant summer tomato and chili seedlings.
✅ Benefit – Allows for an earlier harvest and potentially higher market prices.

Pulses (Legumes):
Sow summer pulses like Moong and Urad.
✅ Benefit – Improves soil fertility and provides a short-duration crop for income.

Irrigated crops (with available irrigation):
Sow summer maize (Makka) for fodder or grain and summer sunflower.
✅ Benefit – Provides additional income and fodder options during the summer months.

👉 In this way, by planning direct sowing, nurseries, transplanting, and summer crops in March in Jaunpur, farmers can increase their income.

Let’s Start in March – Crop + Method + Advantage

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Block-Wise Recommendations (Detailed)

🌾 Badlapur Block

• Sow now: Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Cucumber.
• Transplant: Brinjal, Chili.
• How & Why:
  
  • Gourds and cucumber gives good yield with proper irrigation in march.
  • Early Brinjal and Chili transplant fetches better prices.
    
• Advantage: Vegetables ensures good income in off season.
  

🌾 Baksha Block

• Sow now: Okra (Bhindi), Amaranthus (Chaulai).
• Prepare nursery: Tomato, Chili, Brinjal.
• How & Why:
  
  • Okra and amaranthus are short duration summer crops.
  • Nursery preparation ensures timely transplanting after monsoon.
    
• Advantage: Bhindi gives quick returns + timely vegetable supply.
  

🌾 Baragaon Block

• Sow now: Cowpea (Lobia), Cluster Bean (Guar).
• Transplant: Early Cauliflower, Cabbage.
• How & Why:
  
  • Cowpea and guar are drought tolerant and fix nitrogen.
  • Early cauliflower and cabbage fetch good market prices.
    
• Advantage: Soil health + market advantage.
  

🌾 Barsathi Block

• Sow now: Summer Squash (Chappal Kaddu), Round Gourd (Tinda).
• Transplant: Tomato (early variety).
• How & Why:
  
  • Summer squash and tinda are quick growing and high yielding.
  • Early tomato varieties gives good returns before main season.
    
• Advantage: Fast income + early tomato yield.
  

🌾 Bhuanmau Block

• Sow now: Watermelon, Muskmelon.
• Prepare land: For cucurbitaceous crops (gourd family).
• How & Why:
  
  • Watermelon and muskmelon are profitable summer crops.
  • Land preparation ensures timely sowing of cucurbits.
    
• Advantage: High profit crops + timely sowing of cucurbits.
  

🌾 Dharmapur Block

• Sow now: Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Cucumber.
• Transplant: Brinjal, Chili.
• How & Why:
  
  • Gourds and cucumber gives good yield with proper irrigation in march.
  • Early Brinjal and Chili transplant fetches better prices.
    
• Advantage: Vegetables ensures good income in off season.
  

🌾 Dobhi Block

• Sow now: Okra (Bhindi), Amaranthus (Chaulai).
• Prepare nursery: Tomato, Chili, Brinjal.
• How & Why:
  
  • Okra and amaranthus are short duration summer crops.
  • Nursery preparation ensures timely transplanting after monsoon.
    
• Advantage: Bhindi gives quick returns + timely vegetable supply.
  

🌾 Gyanpur Block

• Sow now: Cowpea (Lobia), Cluster Bean (Guar).
• Transplant: Early Cauliflower, Cabbage.
• How & Why:
  
  • Cowpea and guar are drought tolerant and fix nitrogen.
  • Early cauliflower and cabbage fetch good market prices.
    
• Advantage: Soil health + market advantage.
  

🌾 Jalalpur Block

• Sow now: Summer Squash (Chappal Kaddu), Round Gourd (Tinda).
• Transplant: Tomato (early variety).
• How & Why:
  
  • Summer squash and tinda are quick growing and high yielding.
  • Early tomato varieties gives good returns before main season.
    
• Advantage: Fast income + early tomato yield.
  

🌾 Jaunpur Block

• Sow now: Watermelon, Muskmelon.
• Prepare land: For cucurbitaceous crops (gourd family).
• How & Why:
  
  • Watermelon and muskmelon are profitable summer crops.
  • Land preparation ensures timely sowing of cucurbits.
    
• Advantage: High profit crops + timely sowing of cucurbits.
  

🌾 Karanjakala Block

• Sow now: Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Cucumber.
• Transplant: Brinjal, Chili.
• How & Why:
  
  • Gourds and cucumber gives good yield with proper irrigation in march.
  • Early Brinjal and Chili transplant fetches better prices.
    
• Advantage: Vegetables ensures good income in off season.
  

🌾 Kerakat Block

• Sow now: Okra (Bhindi), Amaranthus (Chaulai).
• Prepare nursery: Tomato, Chili, Brinjal.
• How & Why:
  
  • Okra and amaranthus are short duration summer crops.
  • Nursery preparation ensures timely transplanting after monsoon.
    
• Advantage: Bhindi gives quick returns + timely vegetable supply.
  

🌾 Khuthan Block

• Sow now: Cowpea (Lobia), Cluster Bean (Guar).
• Transplant: Early Cauliflower, Cabbage.
• How & Why:
  
  • Cowpea and guar are drought tolerant and fix nitrogen.
  • Early cauliflower and cabbage fetch good market prices.
    
• Advantage: Soil health + market advantage.
  

🌾 Machhlishahr Block

• Sow now: Summer Squash (Chappal Kaddu), Round Gourd (Tinda).
• Transplant: Tomato (early variety).
• How & Why:
  
  • Summer squash and tinda are quick growing and high yielding.
  • Early tomato varieties gives good returns before main season.
    
• Advantage: Fast income + early tomato yield.
  

🌾 Mariyahu Block

• Sow now: Watermelon, Muskmelon.
• Prepare land: For cucurbitaceous crops (gourd family).
• How & Why:
  
  • Watermelon and muskmelon are profitable summer crops.
  • Land preparation ensures timely sowing of cucurbits.
    
• Advantage: High profit crops + timely sowing of cucurbits.
  

🌾 Muftiganj Block

• Sow now: Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Cucumber.
• Transplant: Brinjal, Chili.
• How & Why:
  
  • Gourds and cucumber gives good yield with proper irrigation in march.
  • Early Brinjal and Chili transplant fetches better prices.
    
• Advantage: Vegetables ensures good income in off season.
  

🌾 Mungra Badshahpur Block

• Sow now: Okra (Bhindi), Amaranthus (Chaulai).
• Prepare nursery: Tomato, Chili, Brinjal.
• How & Why:
  
  • Okra and amaranthus are short duration summer crops.
  • Nursery preparation ensures timely transplanting after monsoon.
    
• Advantage: Bhindi gives quick returns + timely vegetable supply.
  

🌾 Rampur Block

• Sow now: Cowpea (Lobia), Cluster Bean (Guar).
• Transplant: Early Cauliflower, Cabbage.
• How & Why:
  
  • Cowpea and guar are drought tolerant and fix nitrogen.
  • Early cauliflower and cabbage fetch good market prices.
    
• Advantage: Soil health + market advantage.
  

🌾 Ramnagar Block

• Sow now: Summer Squash (Chappal Kaddu), Round Gourd (Tinda).
• Transplant: Tomato (early variety).
• How & Why:
  
  • Summer squash and tinda are quick growing and high yielding.
  • Early tomato varieties gives good returns before main season.
    
• Advantage: Fast income + early tomato yield.
  

🌾 Shahganj Block

• Sow now: Watermelon, Muskmelon.
• Prepare land: For cucurbitaceous crops (gourd family).
• How & Why:
  
  • Watermelon and muskmelon are profitable summer crops.
  • Land preparation ensures timely sowing of cucurbits.
    
• Advantage: High profit crops + timely sowing of cucurbits.
  

🌾 Sirkoni Block

• Sow now: Bottle Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Cucumber.
• Transplant: Brinjal, Chili.
• How & Why:
  
  • Gourds and cucumber gives good yield with proper irrigation in march.
  • Early Brinjal and Chili transplant fetches better prices.
    
• Advantage: Vegetables ensures good income in off season.
  

🌾 Sujanganj Block

• Sow now: Okra (Bhindi), Amaranthus (Chaulai).
• Prepare nursery: Tomato, Chili, Brinjal.
• How & Why:
  
  • Okra and amaranthus are short duration summer crops.
  • Nursery preparation ensures timely transplanting after monsoon.
    
• Advantage: Bhindi gives quick returns + timely vegetable supply.
  

Pest Watch & Irrigation Tips

Key pests to watch (Jaunpur, March)

• Okra: Fruit borer, Jassids, Whitefly
  
• Cucurbits (gourds/cucumber): Powdery mildew, Fruit fly, Downy mildew
  
• Leafy greens: Aphids, Cutworm
  
• Tomato/Brinjal: Fruit borer, Shoot borer, Whitefly
  
  

Simple actions:

• Scout twice a week. Check undersides of leaves and growing tips.
  
• Remove and destroy infested fruits/leaves.
  
• Use pheromone traps for fruit/borer insects and keep fields clean of weeds.
  
• Follow label-recommended sprays only when needed; rotate sprays to avoid resistance.
  
  

Irrigation (Jaunpur, March)

• Give light irrigation every 5–7 days (soil-moisture based), more often for sandy soils.
  
• Avoid water stagnation in nurseries; ensure proper drainage.
  
• Use mulching (dry leaves/straw/plastic where feasible) to save moisture and reduce weeds.
  
• Prefer drip or furrow irrigation for gourds and tomato where possible.
  

Conclusion

March in Jaunpur is crucial for summer crop success:

• Complete harvesting of late Rabi crops like potato, onion, and garlic.
  
• Prepare fields thoroughly for new summer sowings.
  
• Start sowing direct summer vegetables: Bhindi, Lauki, Karela, Torai, Kheera, Tarbooz, Kharbuja.
  
• Transplant nursery-raised seedlings of Baingan, Mirch, Tomato, and Capsicum.
  
• Ensure proper irrigation and monitor closely for summer pests and diseases.
  
  

By focusing on timely land preparation, sowing a mix of direct and transplanted summer crops, and diligent water management, you’ll secure a strong, steady, and profitable harvest throughout the summer season.