Pomegranate bahar regulation mrig hasta ambe bahar water stress flowering anar Sholapur Maharashtra
How do I manage bahar and water stress for flowering in pomegranate (anar) in Sholapur?
SSopan Mane8mo ago · 283 views
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓8mo ago
Bahar treatment is the practice of forcing the pomegranate to flower in one chosen season by giving a planned rest and then a stress-and-revive cycle. The three options are mrig bahar (rains), hasta bahar (post-monsoon), and ambe bahar (spring), and growers in Sholapur often choose the bahar with the least disease pressure and best market price. The method is to withhold irrigation to give the plant a rest and induce leaf drop, then resume irrigation along with light root exposure, manuring, and a balanced feed so the plant flushes and flowers together. Choosing hasta bahar in many areas reduces bacterial blight risk that is severe in the rainy mrig bahar. Decide the bahar and the exact stress duration with your local KVK because soil type and water availability change the schedule.
SSopan Mane8mo ago
We shifted from mrig to hasta bahar mainly to dodge the worst telya season. Disease pressure came down and the fruit fetched a better rate.
DDadasaheb Gholap8mo ago
On our heavy black soil near Mangalwedha the stress period has to be shorter than what light-soil farmers use, because heavy soil holds moisture and the plant does not rest if you copy their schedule. We watch for the leaves to actually drop before we resume water, that is the real sign the rest worked. Going by the calendar alone gave us uneven flowering the first time.
RRamrao Kshirsagar8mo ago
When we resume irrigation after the rest we do not flood it suddenly, we step up the water over a few days along with the manuring, otherwise the sudden water caused some fruit-stage problems later. A balanced dose of manure and the recommended feed at revival gave us a strong even flush. For the exact stress days for your water situation, the pomegranate research station near Solapur guides better than any fixed number.