Farmers to complete wheat cultivation
Farmers had been advised to complete the cultivation of wheat by December 15 for a good yield.
A spokesperson for the agriculture department said on Tuesday that November was the most suitable time for wheat cultivation as sowing wheat in this month keep the grain of crop healthy. He advised that farmers should use 60kg wheat seed per acre if they failed to cultivate it during November.
He further said that farmers should use one and a half bag of DAP fertiliser and at first watering two to three bags of urea fertiliser. A bag of Sulphate of Potash should also be applied for getting good produce.
Farmers should cultivate approved varieties of wheat including Faisalabad-2008, Galaxy-2013, NN Gandum-I-2016, Sehar-2016, Johar-2016, Pakistan-3013, Anaj-2017 and Punjab-2011 which were not only disease resistant but also the capacity of giving maximum produce, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2020.