Expert Advisory Details

PAU Advisory for Farm Forestry and Mushroom Growing

FARM FORESTRY

Poplar

• Irrigate the poplar plantations at fortnightly interval.
• In poplar nurseries, the caterpillars of leaf Defoliator and Leaf Webber feed on leaves.Control the insects by collecting and destroying the infested leaves.
• Autumn crop of sugarcane can be sown if the Poplar age is less than 3 years, however,maize/bajra/sorghum can be taken as fodder at any age of the Poplar.

Safeda

• The planting drive of seedlings or clonal planting stock should be done in pits of 50 × 50 ×50 cm. The pits should be filled with 50 % top soil and 50 % FYM.

MUSHROOM GROWING

• Start procuring fresh paddy straw by the end of the month and October. Store in the form of bundles of 1.0 to 1.5 kg in a dry and covered space.
• Start composting using wheat straw during 2nd-3rd week for growing white button mushroom following the schedule as recommended.
• Book your spawn as per requirement for cultivation of button mushroom.
• Remove the spent material (bags) of milky mushroom from the growing rooms.