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Planting: Dig pit size of 2’X2’X2’ filled with 1:2 ratio of red earth and farmyard manure watering for settling down the mixture. Place the healthy seedling of sandal in the center by digging the small pit ensured that all the root systems are placed properly in the pit so that the tender roots will establish quickly.
Plant the host plant in the pit 6” apart from the sandal plant.
Host plant is required for proper growth of sandal since the sandal plant is parasitic in initial stages of its growth.
plants like Lagerstroemia species (Banaba leaves); Subabul, Casuarinas, red gram etc. can be the host plant for sandal tree.
Pits should be dugged with a spacing of 12’X12’ = 303 plants per one Acre.
Plant population of at least 300 plants per Acre to be maintained.
MANURES & FERILIZERS: 8.0 tones of farmyard manure will be sufficient per one acre of sandal crop per year, chemical fertilizers required initially depending on soil fertility status.
Sandal is a rain fed crop. Young plants require watering in summer months at 15-20 days interval till they are fully established.
PLANT PROTECTION: Plants should be protected from physical damage, controlling white ants which is major problem in red soils, spray of 2% chloropyriphos on white ant attacked portion of shoot and near around the tree trunk will check the white ant effect.
Yield:
After 15 years of tree age sandal plant yields at least 2.0 C.Ft. Of sapwood per tree and 2 C.Ft. X 300 trees =600 C.Ft per one Acre.
Heart wood is used for medicinal purpose and for oil extraction.
Sandal tree yields 100 Kg. of Heart wood from stem, roots and branches of each tree and 100 Kg. X 300trees =30,000 Kg. per acre.
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M/s Farmwealth Biotech,
(Growers and Consultants For Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.)
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Madinaguda, BHEL Road,
Hyderabad - 500 050
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