Agricultural Activities for the Month of March

• Second top dressing and irrigation of Boro paddy in low altitude region completes.
• Irrigation of wheat crop in low altitude region continues.
• Land preparation and sowing of summer potato completed by 2nd week in the high altitude region.
• White washing, irrigation and manuring of fruit trees in the orchard continues.
• Watering of vegetable and fruit nurseries continues.
• Transplanting of tomato seedlings in low altitude region completes.
• Weeding and earthing up of tomato seedlings (Feb planted) in low altitude region commences.
• Seed bed preparation and sowing of tomato in high altitude region commences.
• Land preparation and planting of Kharif maize in both high altitude and low altitude regions commences.
• Land preparation and sowing of Ahu paddy in low altitude region commences.
• Harvesting of Wheat in low altitude region commences.
• Land preparation and sowing of Jute (Capsularis) in low altitude region completes.
• Land preparation and sowing of Jute (Olitorious) in low altitude region commences.
• Land preparation and sowing of Mesta, Cotton in low altitude region commences.
• White washing, irrigation and manuring of fruit trees completes.
• Land preparation and sowing of chillies, capsicum, lettuce, onion, french bean, mustard, pumpkin in high altitude region commences.
• Top dressing and earthing up of lady’s finger, cucurbits (Feb planting) in low altitude region.
• Construction of overhead shade for May –June Tea propagation, filling of sleeves for planting of clones commences.
• Weed control and first application of fertilizer, tipping in mature tea plantations.
• Spawning of compost, incubation and preparation of casing (soil and cowdung) for button mushroom.