Punjab Agriculture Department has advised growers to complete cotton sowing till May 15 and use only quality, healthy, pure and disease free seed for sowing AS recommended by the department.
A spokesman of the department also advised that seeds should be washed before sowing and for this purpose phosphoric acid at the rate of one litre per 10-kilogram seeds should be used. He also said that seeds should be sink in a tub of water before sowing and only those seeds should be used which sink and not those floating on the surface of water.