Agromet-Advisory Service Bulletin

Issued by

Meteorological Centre, Shimla

In collaboration with

CSK University of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Palampur & Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Himachal Pradesh

Dated 05^th December 2011

Past Weather									Weather Forecast
Temperature	Max temperatures were above normal.								Weather Parameter/Date		06^th	07^th	08^th	09^th		10^th
	Highest Temp			Kalpa: 20.3 on 30^th Nov.					Rainfall (mm)		0	0	0	0		0
	Min temperatures were above normal.								Temp (C)	Max	17	15	12	15		9
	Lowest Temp			Kalpa 0.0 on 04^th Dec.						Min	0	1	-2	-2		-3
Precipitation in (mm)	The weather was mainly dry.								Cloud (Octa)		5	5	1	6		1
	Date	29^th	30^th		01^st	02^nd	03^rd	04^th	Humidity (%)	Morning	46	76	56	77		69
	Kalpa	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		Evening	43	59	54	74		68
	Sangla	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind speed (kmph)		3	2	3	2		3
	R.PeoAWS	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind direction		S	SSE	SSE	S		SSE
									7days Cumulative r/f (mm): from 06^t^h Dec. To 12^th Dec.						01mm

Main Crops	Stage	Pest/Diseases	Agricultural Advisories
Apple , other temperate fruits	Fruit harvesting and leaf fall/management in orchards	Woolyapple aphid/canker/mites	Pruning in apple orchard ,preparation of basins and fertilizer application only when moisture is their otherwise wait for rains or apply in February Mrach when snow melts. For control of canker use copperoxychloride(600g/200L) immediately . For the control of rats use carbofuron granules(25g/tree) near trunk before the snow fall .Prepare basins and use SSP and MOP in basins as per age of plants (220gSSP and 115gMOP for one year plant and in multiple of age thereafter. New pits for the plantations can be done
Polyhouse	vegetables harvesting /sowing	**	Keep the doors of polyhouse closed afternoon onward In polyhouse Planting of Leafy vegetables /flower bulbs can be taken up Use mulch for early germination Irrigate crops only once in week with low temperature .
Vegetables/Floriculture	Harvesting /sowing	-	Sowing of flower bulbs Lilium/Tulip/Gladiolus after treatments with bavistin(1g/L)/agrosan(0.2%)
Field crops Wheat, ,saffron ,	Sowing of whaet Harvesting and maturity of saffron/	-	Saffron If harvested then apply Bavistin as soil treatment to save bulb Deep ploughing of vacant fields
Animal husbandry	**	**	Fever in animals keep watch Do not allow the animals for grazing after noon onward. Protect the small animals. Give concentrates to lactating animals.