Recent content by hirenbose

Rubia Cordifolia Hello Shweta Do tells us more about the plant, the price of the saplings and your background. I think lot of us would be interested in sourcing the saplings.

Go for aromatic plants Aromatic plants have ready market. India's leading aromatic company, the G B Kelkar's buys the biomass directly at the farm.

How does one prevent rodents eating away seeds?

I own a farm where I have planted fruit trees namely mango, guava, chickoo, coconut, anjeer, lichi and others 10ft from the boundary. My plot is close to a river and is in Badlapur in Thane district. I am keen to plant Australian teak or Melia Dubia on the boundary. Is it adivisable?

Growing Date Palm Pls check out sundayfarmer. there is post (money in dates) on date palm and also a name of a nursery.

Planting bamboo as fence Dear Ashwini Thanks for your valuable information. taking consideration of the info provided by you i have decided not to put bamboo saplings on my boundary.thanks again. hiren

I'm a hobby farmer. I have an acre plot in which I have planted 100 fruit bearing trees. just wanted to know is it advisable to plant bamboo on the boundary of plot in order to create a screen for my plot. will it anyway affect the growth of my trees. which bamboo do you advise, if yes.

Stevia leaf buyers Lot of people are growing Stevia. The issue is: How does one market it? Who are the buyers? The price offered is too less by some buyers in the range of Rs 60 to Rs 100. If the grower gets direct access to extraction plant he is likely to get a good price otherwise the...

Mumbai food technologist patents wastage–less food extraction technology Think of orange powder, mango powder or garlic powder. A new food processing technology where the extraction is increased by nearly 90 per cent resulting in minimal wastage promises all that. Mumbai-based food...