Agriculture Crop Calendar for the Month of January

• Main field preparation and transplanting of Boro paddy in low altitude region completes.
• Harvesting of Rabi maize in mid altitude and low altitude regions completes.
• First top dressing and irrigation of wheat crop in low altitude region continues.
• Harvesting of soyabean in high altitude region completes.
• Land preparation for spring potato in high altitude region commences.
• Budding of citrus completes.
• Harvesting of oranges completes and banana continues.
• Harvesting of arecanut and black pepper continues.
• Pit digging and winter planting of fruits plants commences.
• Weeding and jungle clearing of orchard completes.
• White washing, irrigation and manuring of fruit trees in the orchard continues.
• Pruning and grafting of fruit plants commences.
• Control of lichen and moss in the orchard with caustic soda.
• Watering of vegetable and fruit nurseries continues.
• Second transplanting for seed production of cole crops in high altitude region completes.
• Seedbed preparation for sowing of tomato in low altitude region commences.
• Land preparation and sowing of lady’s finger, pumkin and french bean in low altitude region.
• Harvesting of mustard for seed (oil extraction) purpose in low altitude region commences.
• Sowing of Tea seeds in nursery completes.
• In plantation frame- forming prune in young tea commences, levelling and shifting completes.
• Collection of Paddy straw, well rotted cowdung and soil for substrate and casing for button mushroom.