In next five days weather will remain dry & sky will be clear. Maximum & minimum
temperature is expected to range from 29-30oC & 11-22 oC. Relative humidity will
remain between 43 to 70 per cent and wind speed between 6-7 km/h from NE
direction.
General Advisory
In lower Himachal where rice harvesting is in progress, the farmers are advised not
to burn the rice stubble in their fields for environmental safety.
Crop Advisory
Fruit Crop:-Guava, Apple Stage: Harvesting/Picking
Right time of pruning in guava plants.
After harvesting of temperate fruit ensured the cleanliness of the orchards also collect
the fallen & rotten fruits left out in the orchards & burry them into a deep pits to avoid
the spread of bacterial & fungal diseases.
Vegetables:- Main crops & its stages Stage: Sowing of Garlic
Prepare the field & apply 15 kg 12:32:16, 400 g urea and 4.0 kg MOP/bigha in peas
and in garlic apply 19.0kg 12:32:16 & 3.0 kg MOP/bigha at the time of last ploughing.
Floriculture:-
Start harvesting of marigold flowers for marketing. Plant the rooted cuttings of
carnation in polyhouses in all zones of HP.
Animals:-
The current weather is very suitable for cutting of grasses from the pastures and
storing the same for the winter use. Getting delayed in the grass cutting may reduce its
nutriential quality so farmers are advised to immediately cut the grass and store the
same at the moisture free place.
