FAISALABAD, Apr 15 (APP): Agriculture experts have advised growers to start
cultivation of cotton immediately and complete it up to mid of May for getting a bumper crop.
A spokesman for the agriculture department said here on Monday that time from mid April to mid of May 10 was the most suitable for cotton
cultivation, therefore, farmers should avail from suitable time opportunity and immediately start cotton
cultivation on maximum space of their land.
He advised farmers to use seed of approved varieties for
cultivation. He termed the cotton as white gold and urged growers to
cultivate it at a large scale. He also advised to keep number of plants more than 17,500 to 20,000 in one acre with a distance of 9 to 12 inches from one plant to another.
He recommended the use of pesticides, herbicides and
fertilizers after consultation with agriculture experts and said that first watering of cotton crop
cultivated with drill should be on 30-35 days after its
cultivation while remaining wate
ring should be ensured with an interval of 12-15 days.
Similarly, first watering to the cotton crop
cultivated on “Patri (beds)” should be after 3-4 days of its
cultivation while its second, third and fourth wate
ring should be made with an interval of 6-7 days and the remaining wate
ring should be ensured with an interval of 12 days, he added.
