Expert Advisory Details

PAU advisory for vegetables and horticulture crops

VEGETABLES: It is the optimum time for transplanting of late-season cauliflower varieties.

• This is also the best time for sowing of root and leafy vegetables.
• The climatic conditions are ideal for sowing of mid season varieties of pea i.e. Punjab 89 and Mithi Phali.
• This is also the best time for sowing nursery of onion hybrid POH-1 and varieties PRO-7, Punjab Naroya, PYO-1 and PWO-2.
• Rogue out virus affected potato plants from seed plots.
• Spray potato crop with Indofil M-45/Mass M-45/Markzeb/Antracol/ Kavach @ 500- 700 g or Copper Oxychloride 50 WP/Mark copper @ 750- 1000 g/acre in 250- 350 litres of water during the period before the appearance of late blight of potato followed by 5 more sprays at 7 days interval.

FRUITS: It is an appropriate time for planting of evergreen fruit plants like citrus, mango, guava, papaya, litchi, sapota, amla and bael.

• Apply the second dose of urea 500g and SSP 1250 g and 750 g muriate of potash fertilizers per plant (Fully grown) in guava orchards.
• This is the most appropriate time for sowing of rabi intercrops like wheat, peas, senji and black gram. Keep separate irrigation system for intercrop and fruit plants.
• Mulch the ber orchards under the canopies of trees with paddy straw @ 5.0 ton per acre.