Mustard
📍 PakistanClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Mustard grows in Pakistan
Irrigated areas of NWFP (Plains of NWFP)
Soils are fertile and agriculture is strong in this area.
Lower Sindh
The Lower Sindh is effected by the coastline and is damper, humid, SW winds in summer and NE winds in winter and generally the climate is maritime with rainfall little less than the Middle Sindh. The maximum temperature reaches 95-100 Degrees F. In the Kirthar range at 6,000 ft and higher on the Gorakhnath and other peaks in Dadu district, temperatures near freezing have been recorded and brief snow fall is received in winters.
Pothowar region
This covers the Salt Range and the Potwar Plateau. The climate of this zone is semi-arid with hot summers.
Southern Punjab
Upland Balochistan
Highland Balochistan is located in the north central part of the province. It has a continental semi-arid climate with hot summers and cold winters. The most limiting factor for crop production in rain-fed areas of the highlands is the low rainfall and its skewed distribution both in terms of time and space. Annual rainfall ranges from 175 to 200 mm in the southern districts of Khuzdar, Mastung and Kalat
Upper Sindh
As its name indicates, it is located in the upper part of sindh province. In Upper Sindh, the thermal equator passes through Sindh. The highest temperature recorded was 127 Degrees F in 1919. The air is generally very dry. In winter frost is common
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