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Farm Queries

Fruiting in papaya

Is there any method to make our 25 papaya trees bear large sized fruits?

Sadhana Selvakumar
Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu

Apply NPK (urea, phosphorus and potash) fertilizer once every three months and irrigate regularly.

Problem in lime

How to induce fruiting in our lime plant?

N.N. Rohatgi
Patna

Spray 1ml of planofix hormone diluted in three litres of water once over the tree and apply NPK (urea, phosphorus and potash) fertilizer two times a year.

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