Drumstick Yield

[jlaxash]

Want to start Drumstick cultivation. Want information on following points
1. Yield per plant in Kgs or in numbers
2. Plants that can be planted in an Acer
3. When will the yield start and when it will peak and when it will dye down
4. Is PMK-1 good variety.

Appreciate your help. your can reply....
please contact...
Ashok Kumar J, Bangalore.

 

[kirti s]

Dear Sir

An individual inflorescence carries 19–126 flowers but it results only in one fruit. Normally 3–5 fruits/inflorescence are obtained.
Fruit set ranges from 1.0–2.8%
The percentage fruit set varies from tree to tree.
The fruit length varies from 25–100cm.
Each fruit weighs around 230g containing 10–20 seeds each on an average.
Annual drumstick starts bearing from 6th month onwards, providing 200 fruits/plant/annum. Its average yield is 52 tonnes/ha.

The ratoon crop is obtained by pruning its trees to a height of 1m after harvesting. The plants start bearing 4–5 months after heading back.