Expert Advisory Details

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

FRUITS- Ensure that the younger evergreen fruit plants are protected from severe cold or frost.

• Thatches by using paddy straw, doob grass, date palm leave etc should be erected on these plants by keeping the sun side open.
• Powdery mildew in ber can be managed with spray of wettable sulphur @ 2.5 g per litre of water after weather clears up and black spot disease in ber can be managed with spray of Bordeaux mixture (2:2:250) during this month.
• Apply one irrigation to ber orchards at this time as the trees are laden with fruits.
• The planting of peach and plum can be started and preparations for planting of pear, grapes, fig etc. can be initiated.
• For management of mango mealy bug, if polythene/alkathane sheet is not wrapped till now, it must be wrapped/fixed tightly as soon as possible.
• Application of well rotten farm yard manure or other organic manures can be started for all major fruit plants except guava and ber.