Irrigation should be given at the following critical growth stages. Additional irrigations are also given according to soil and climatic conditions.

Irrigation schedule

In North and Middle Gujarat, wheat crop requires 8 irrigations, first irrigation should be given at CRI stage, second at 12-13 days of sowing and subsequent irrigations should be given at 8 to 10 days interval.

The information on critical growth stages and their effect on yield are given below, if irrigation is not applied at the critical stage.



Under limited water supply conditions

1) If one irrigation is possible, it should be given at 21 DAS (CRI)
2) If two irrigations are possible, they should be given, first at 21 DAS (CRI) and second at 65-70 DAS (Flowering stage).
3) If three irrigation are possible, they should be given at CRI, Jointing and Flowering stages.
4) If four irrigation are possible, they should be given at CRI, Tillering, Flowering and Milking stages.
5) If five irrigation are possible, they should be given at CRI, Tillering, Jointing or boot, Flowering and Milking stages.

In Saurashtra region having medium black soil, variety Lok 1 requires 10 irrigations each of 50 mm water depth. First irrigation before sowing, second at 7 DAS and subsequent 8 irrigations should be given at 8-10 days interval.

In South Gujarat, Lok 1 variety grown in paddy field, requires 7 irrigations each of 60 mm water depth, first irrigation is given just after sowing, second irrigation at 21 DAS (CRI) and subsequent irrigations should be given at 12-13 day’s interval.

Use of sprinkler helps in saving of water up to 31 per cent and increases 18 per cent profit over traditional method of irrigation. Sprinklers should be installed 12 m wide and run for 2.30 hours at 15 days interval up to the end of January and than at 10 days interval in the months of February and March