SPINDIGO knowledge
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SPINDIGO has used traditional breeding methods to select for high-yielding strains of woad. To maximise economic yield for both crops, we have identified for each climatic zone the optimum times for sowing, and the optimum times for harvest; up to four harvests per year are possible. We have also determined nitrogen fertiliser rates, irrigation requirements, row spacing, and herbicide treatments. All this information is being encapsulated in short booklets, our Agronomic Blueprints, specific for each of the Spindigo Partner countries. These will be practical guides for the cultivation of the indigo-yielding crops and the on-farm extraction of indigo.
SPINDIGO third year report (PDF file)
