Guava is cultivated at 58,500 hectares in the four provinces of the country.
According to a press release issued by the media liaison unit of the Punjab agriculture department on Tuesday, guava has attained trade related significance due to its capability to grow in different atmospheric and soil conditions and Pakistan produces 468,300 tonnes of the fruit per annum. Agriculture experts have urged growers to complete the process of planting new guava plants in the month of September preferably at soft and fertile land for enhanced production.
Botanical growth of the fruit is usually supported by grafting. Experts said that grafting in monsoon season should be shifted to plastic bags in a greenhouse. A mixture of soil, soil from canal and organic fertilisers be put in the bags and the bags be shifted to a shed after three months.
Water be applied soon after the shifting and the distance between two plants should be six metres. Small plants should get water regularly after short durations throughout the year, however, grown up plants need more water at the time of fruit formation, they added.
Adult guava plants must be saved from a pest attack through precautionary and curative measures. White-fly can damage the fruit and growers must consult experts in case of a white-fly attack or other diseases, they added.
Going great guavas!
