Save Your Crops from Frost: 3 Urgent Tips for Potato & Mustard Farmers!

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News18•05-01-2026, 15:39
Save Your Crops from Frost: 3 Urgent Tips for Potato & Mustard Farmers!
- •Severe cold in Kaushambi threatens Rabi crops like potatoes and mustard, causing significant yield loss up to 90%.
- •Light irrigation helps maintain moisture in fields and reduces the impact of frost on plants.
- •Burning weeds around field boundaries twice a week creates smoke, warming crops and preventing frost damage.
- •Agricultural Officer Bhagwati Prasad advises timely irrigation and warns of blight in potatoes due to frost.
- •For potato crops, spray Copper Oxychloride (1.50g/L) or medicines like Carbendazim/Mancozeb.
Why It Matters: Farmers can protect Rabi crops from frost damage and ensure bumper yields by using irrigation, smoke, and specific sprays.
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