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Friday, Jan 09, 2004
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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Climate & Weather Kerala left high and dry, once again! Our Bureau
THE northeast monsoon signed off without a whimper from the State, with as many as 12 of the 14 districts recording no rain during a week-long dry spell ending on Thursday. Alappuzha, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Wayanad recorded absolutely no rain while Kozhikode returned `deficient' rain and Ernakulam, `scanty'. According to the Agromet Advisory issued by the Met Office, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi airport recorded a meagre 02.6 mm of rain on Tuesday possibly under the effect of a circulation of light intensity over Pampan in Tamil Nadu. Mean minimum temperature varied between 21 deg C and 24 deg C in various districts. The lowest minimum of 20.3 deg C was recorded at Alappuzha and Kannur on Monday, January 5. The minimum temperature was 3 deg C below normal in Alappuzha the same day. Mean relative humidity varied between 57 per cent and 79 per cent in various districts, mean cloud coverage between 3 okta and 5 okta and mean wind speed, 2 kmph and 8 kmph. Forecast valid until Saturday, January 10, spoke of mainly dry weather in all districts. No significant change in outlook was indicated for the two subsequent days. State and stage of crops: The paddy crop has reached the flowering stages. Harvesting and processing operations were in progress in pepper, clove, nutmeg, cardamom, turmeric and ginger. Interculture and fertiliser application proceeded apace in sugarcane. Fruit trees were in the flowering to fruit bearing stage. New planting of the summer crop of vegetables can be commenced, the advisory said. 4-day farm advisory: Early flowering paddy crop is likely to meet with rice bug infestation, several cases of which could call for spraying with Mercaptothion at 2 ml/litre of water either before 9 in the morning or after 3 pm. In coconut gardens, though, irrigation operations could be persisted with. Mulching of basins with green or dry leaves can be practised if only to conserve precious soil moisture. The crowns of the affected palms should be cleaned and rhinoceros beetles, if any, fished out using beetle hooks and destroyed.
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