Since the past four years, the production of both the famous Allahabadi Guava – the ‘Surkha’ and ‘Safeda’ varieties — has failed, leading to an increase in prices.
Singh explained, “The guava trees should ideally start bearing flowers by late October and by mid-December, the fruits start to ripen and owing to the intense fog and chilly winter, the fruit gets its red colour during mid-December to mid-January.”
He added that ideally, the farmers should check the flowering of the fruit during summers by using urea (in mid-May to June) and if the trees do not bear fruits in the rainy season, the winter crops would be healthy. However, the farmers of the district are blaming the government machinery for the failure of their crops yet again. (image credits- istock)