Expert Advisory Details

All the farmers are advised to keep regular checks at plants in the orchards

FRUITS- Regularly remove the suckers arising from the rootstock portion of the newly planted fruit plants and these plants should be supported with sticks to keep them erect post rainy season.

• As the rainy season s over, remove the large weeds such as bhang, congress grass etc from orchards and adjoining areas manually or mechanically.
• For management of canker in citrus, spray streptocycline 50 g + 25 g copper sulphate in 500 litres of water per acre or Bordeaux mixture (2:2:250) during this month.
• Powdery mildew in ber can be managed with spray of wettable sulphur @ 2.5 g per litre of water and black spot disease in ber can be managed with spray of Bordeaux mixture (2:2:250) during this month.
• The incidence of mango malformation can be reduced with spray of NAA (Naphthalene acetic acid) @ 100 in 500 litres of water per acre. Dissolve NAA in 200 ml of alcohol first.