(Prepared on the basis of District level Weather forecast, IMD, New Delhi)
CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176062
Himachal Pradesh
GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA Project (Department of Agronomy Forages and Grass Land
Management)
BULLETIN NO. 2015/07/Eng/KGR/06
District: Kangra
Dated: 21/July/2015
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Weather Forecast
Past Weather
Max temperatures were normal.
Temperatur
e
Highest
Dharamshala: 28.8 on 18th July.
Temp
Min. temperatures were below normal.
Lowest
Dharamshala: 15.4 on 16th July.
Temp
\
22nd
23rd
24th
Rainfall (mm)
25
30
Max
28
Min
Temp
(C)
Precipitation occurred at many places.
Precipitatio
n in (mm)
Weather
Parameter/Date
Date
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Dharam.
12.8
6.2
134.
6
0.0
0.0
5.8
Ghamroo
r
0.0
0.0
68.0
5.1
1.0
0.0
Guler
0.0
166.
0
9.0
0.0
6.1
N.
Suriyan
0.0
49.
0
122
.0
60.0
1.5
0.0
1.2
t
26th
15
15
20
28
28
29
27
16
16
17
18
18
8
8
8
8
8
Mornin
g
88
89
89
89
90
Evening
58
63
76
76
78
Wind speed (kmph)
4
6
4
5
6
Wind direction
SE
E
SSE
SS
E
SSE
Cloud (Octa)
15th
25s
Humidity
(%)
Advisory for coming Week: 105 mm rainfall is expected in the region. Ensure proper drainage in maize
and vegetables fields
Main Crops
Stage
Pest/Disease /A Weather based Agro- advisories
biotic stress
Kharif crop: Maize Transplanting and Fungal disease Weather is conducive for attack of rice
Rice and Mung sowing, of paddy Weeds,
Cut blast in paddy fields. For control spray
Mash and Kulthi
and maize
worms
and preferably bavistin 0.01or beam 75 WP
white grubs in 0.06% in 10-15 days interval in mid
maize
hills. Ensure proper drainage in maize
and maize +pulses fileds Advised to
complete sowing of Apply second dose
of urea to maize sown in June second
fortnight. Mash Kulthi. Hybrid chari can
also be planted in lower region.
Grassland &
Sowing
For the control of erigeron and lantana
fodder, and other
in grasslands spray glycel @1.0%
crops
solution.
Cauliflower
Nursery sowing
and transplanting
Advised to sow nursery of mid season
cauliflower and cabbage in poly house
in mid hill and lower region and
advised
transplanting
of
ageti
cauliflower and cabbage nursery in
fields
Radish and turnip
Sowing in lower
areas
Ginger , Turmeric vegetative
,colcocasia
and
elephant foot Low
hills
Vegetables
Sowing of turnip and radish in lower
rainfed areas are advised.
Fertilizer
application
Sowing and
transplanting
Other vegetables
High hill regions
Sowing and
transplanting
Tomato, chilli,
capsicum and
brinjal
Sowing and
Transplanting
Live stock: Cattle,
Sheep and Goat
etc.
The crops having age of 40-50 days
should be given second dose of
fertilizers and also apply mulch to crop.
Advised to sow nursery of cauliflower
and
nursery of cabbage can be
transplanted
For the control of fruit fly in
cucurbitaceous
vegetables,
spray
Malathion 50 EC 10 ml+50g Gur per
five litre of water. Also put Palam trap
one per kanal to control the fly.
Complete Sowing of ginger, turmeric,
colocasia and elephant foot (Zimmikand)
is advised in low and mid hill regions.
Before sowing, treat the rhizomes in
fungicidal solution of Indofil M-45 (25
g) and Bavistin (10 g) per 10 litres of
water for one hour. After drying the
treated rhizomes in shade, these should
be sown at a spacing of 30-45cm
between rows and 20 cm within rows.
Top dressing of first dose of nitrogen
(40-50 kg Urea per hectare) in vegetable
crops like cabbage, cauliflower, carrot,
radish, turnip and palak should be done
during this time. Hand weeding if weeds
appearing advised.
Transplanting of tomato, brinjal,
capsicum, chilli and direct sowing of
okra. For the control of fruit borer in
tomato, brinjal and okra, spray 565 ml
Cypermethrin (Ripcord 10 EC) or 225
ml Cypermethrin (Symbush 25 EC) or
750 ml Deltamethrin (Deasis 2.8 EC ) in
750 ml water per ha alongwith the
sticker. Leaf spot and fruit rot diseases
in tomato, brinjal, capsicum and chilli
can be managed with the application of
either Ridomil MZ or Indofil M-45 (2.5
g per litre of water) with sticker keeping
in view the weather contitions.
FMD in lower
areas
ticks and mites
Deworm your livestock for ecto- and
endo-parasites in consultation with local
Veterinarian. Also, get the animals
vaccinated against H.S. and BQ diseases
before the onset of rainy season. The
vaccination is available free of cost at
Government
Vety
Hospitals/
Dispensaries.
Poultry
Poly
Agriculture
Chicks brooding
house Vegetative stage
Horticulture
Apiculture
Honey extraction
stage
Mushrooms
Sowing
Give mixture of hay & green fodder.
Ensure proper shade for animals and
sprinkle water twice a day to have more
milk yield. The weather is suitable for
the attack of pink eye disease in newly
born calves, for control prepare the
solution of 1% boric acid in boiled water
and wash eyes at regular interval of three
hours.
Temperature is still high, so ensure
proper ventilation in poultry houses.
Also protect birds from rain showers.
Replace the poultry houses with fresh
litter and keep the houses clean and
ensure drinking water to the birds.
Climate is congenial for attack of
Diathermia and cocksedia.
Powdery
Keep open top and side bent on clear day
mildew, Aphids, and close on rainy day. Advised tomato
and spodopetra and capsicum sowing and transplanting.
expected
For control of Powdery mildew, Aphids
and spodopetra spray recommended
chemicals. Ensure drainage near
polyhouses. One week before sowing of
crops , Keep yellow sticky trap in
polyhouse
and after transplanting
drench plant with amidochloropid
litchi fruit borer In litchi fruit borer is appearing for
control spray cypermethrin 10 EC @ 1
ml per litre of water at 15 days interval.
Keep the basins of the plants free from
weeds and well drained. The ensuing
weather is conducive for the attack of
leaf minor in new growth of citrus. For
its control, spray Recommended
chemicals. The new growth appearing
below bud union may be cut. Advuse to
plant
evergreen
plants
like
Mango,litchi,guava,citru,laquat and amla
For control citrus canker, spray
malathion 10 ml or metasystox 10 ml per
10 l water. Advised recommended spray
of chemicals.
For protection from ants, put the legs of
apiary into water so that ants could not
attack apiary. Examine colonies for
barroa mites. Give artificial food if
required. Examine colonies for barroa
mites .Dust sulhpur on sealed brood in
the colony and not on larvae to control
mites attack on honeybees.
For
protection of ants put the
Advised to sow Dingri mushroom.
Maintain room temperature 18-22oC for
successful cultivation.
Tea
Tea picking
Fisheries
Breeding and
rearing
Floriculture
Vegetative
-
Weeds
insects
Plucking at 8-10 days interval should be
taken. For control of Milli bug spray
Deltamethrin (Decis 2.8 EC @1340 ml
in 750 litres of water for one hectare.
For the control of mites spray Dicofol
(kelethane)@ 2025 ml in 750 litres of
water for one hectare. Repeat the spray at
15 days interval. Spray immediately after
plucking.
Maintain water depth of at least 5 feet. In
the event of high temp fluctuations in
lower plain areas, put 5 g lime per sq ft.
to avoid the stress. The cloudy day or
warmer part of day is to be avoided for
stocking. Ensure feed according to their
body weight On cloudy weather reduce
the feed quantity to fish. Ensure over
flow of water in the event of heavy rains
and provide protection by putting wire
mesh on the boundary of the pond for
fish escape.
and Intercultural operations and weeding to
be done. Mite is also expected in
carnation for control spray omite,
pyromite 1ml per litres of water and
Dicofol 2 ml per litres of water. In
marigold blight is expected for control
spray bavistin 2 g per litres of water
spray
Director of Extension
CSK HPKV Palampur