**2.4 Farmscaping in green gram with annual marigold and niger**

Early flowering marigold variety must be sown in well prepared, raised nursery beds at least 45 days before transplanting. Niger crop has to be directly sown 28 to 30 days before sowing the main crop of green gram. In short, sowing should be adjusted in such a manner that flowering of niger/marigold and green gram should coincide so that nectar/pollen feeding natural enemies would be attracted to the farmscape plants. The sowing operations for green gram and the different farmscape plants should be as:


The row to row distance and plant to plant spacing for green gram can be 60cm and 10cm, respectively or 45cm and 10cm, respectively; whereas, mature seedlings of marigold are to be transplanted in between two rows of green gram at a distance of 30cm.
