Expert Advisory Details

Suggestions for farmers growing Vegetables and Horticulture

VEGETABLES- It is the best time for direct sowing of all the cucurbits, okra and cowpea.

• Transplant the nurseries of chilli and capsicum raised under protection on the ridges at the recommended spacings.
• For the control of purple blotch in onion, spray the crop with 300 g Caviet or 600 g of Indofil M-45 mixed with 200 ml of Triton or linseed oil in 200 litres of water per acre as soon as first symptom of purple blotch appears in the crop. The spray should be repeated at 10 days interval.

FRUITS- It’s appropriate time for planning and planting of evergreen fruit plants.

• As temperature is rising, monitor the appearance of sucking pest in different fruit crops regularly and manage as per recommendations.
• To manage citrus phylla and aphids in citrus, spray Confidor @ 200 ml or Actara @ 160 g per 500 liters of water per acre.
• Head back the senile guava trees at 1.5 m height from ground level and apply Bordeaux paste on the cut ends.