January is the heart of the rabi season. Timely care now decides the boro harvest and the winter vegetables.
Rice
- Boro seedbeds: keep water on them; treat disease or pests at once; prepare to transplant at 30–35 days.
- Boro land: plough, level and fertilise ready for transplanting.
Vegetables
- Keep tending cauliflower, cabbage, radish, carrot, bean and brinjal; shelter them from frost and fog.
- Irrigate as needed and weed promptly.
Wheat and maize
- Wheat: irrigate at the critical stages; treat disease when it appears.
- Maize: apply fertiliser on time; guard against pests.
Pulses and oilseeds
- Weed lentil, khesari and mung regularly; irrigate if the soil dries.
- Irrigate mustard at flowering if the field is dry; act fast against aphids.
Potato
- Irrigate and protect against late blight; inspect the field before lifting.
Fish and livestock
- Keep pond water clean and feed regularly.
- Keep the cattle shed warm against the cold, with enough feed and clean water.
The right work in January is the foundation of the year's yield.
Photo: A mustard field in winter — Kamruzzaman Raihan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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