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Sesame

📍 Pakistan

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Jul
Harvest
Nov
Growing period
100 - 120 days
Seeding rate
5 kg/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Sesame grows in Pakistan

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Central Punjab

31°21′52″N 72°59′40″E / 31.36444. Central punjab is rich in agricultural practices and a good part of economy depends on agriculture.

plains

Irrigated areas of NWFP (Plains of NWFP)

Soils are fertile and agriculture is strong in this area.

other

Lower Sindh

The Lower Sindh is effected by the coastline and is damper, humid, SW winds in summer and NE winds in winter and generally the climate is maritime with rainfall little less than the Middle Sindh. The maximum temperature reaches 95-100 Degrees F. In the Kirthar range at 6,000 ft and higher on the Gorakhnath and other peaks in Dadu district, temperatures near freezing have been recorded and brief snow fall is received in winters.

plains

Plains of Balochistan

These are the areas where there is proper irrigation systems.

dry arid

Pothowar region

This covers the Salt Range and the Potwar Plateau. The climate of this zone is semi-arid with hot summers.

other

Upper Sindh

As its name indicates, it is located in the upper part of sindh province. In Upper Sindh, the thermal equator passes through Sindh. The highest temperature recorded was 127 Degrees F in 1919. The air is generally very dry. In winter frost is common

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