Expert Advisory Details

Tips for protecting newly planted fruit plants from dew & frost

FRUITS: Start collecting material for winter protection of new and cold-sensitive plants. Efforts can be started with the advent of cold weather.

• 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. Apply one irrigation to ber orchards at this time as the trees are laden with fruits.
• Planning, layout and other preparations can be started for establishment of new orchards of pear, p0each, plum, grapes, fig etc.
• For management of mango mealy bug, alkathane sheet can be fixed around the tree trunks.