CCRI issues technical advisory to farmers

Committee calls for avoiding hoeing by tractor if crop is 3ft high

MULTAN:

The Technical Advisory Committee of Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Multan on Thursday issued a fortnightly advisory for cotton farmers applicable till July 15.

In a statement issued by CCRI Multan spokesman, the committee advised farmers to avoid hoeing by the tractor in case the crop has attained three-foot height. However, cotton sown after May 15 should continue to undergo the process for removal of weeds.

In case the crop shows a low tendency to fruiting and more to vegetative growth or gains more height, then farmers should apply a spray of growth retardant or stop applying fertilisers and increase the duration between water applications.

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However, in the case of the emergence of white flowers at the top of the plant, farmers should reduce the duration between water application and apply nitrogenous fertilisers.

The statement read that to reduce the fruit shedding phenomenon, farmers should take 250 grammes of boric acid, 400 grammes of magnesium sulphate and two kilogrammes of urea and prepare their separate mixtures in 100 litres of water each.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 3^rd, 2020.