raghukurudi
New Member
Hi,
We ahve a 45 acre farm in Gauribidanur in which we are growing grapes on 11 acres (4 acres planted in 2011 January and 7 acres planted in December 2011) and 12 acres of Yelaki banana (planted in October 2011). I would like to diversify and not just keep all hopes on these fruit varieties and need suggestions from knowledgeble people on what can be done.
About the place
- 600 mtrs above sea level
- Excelent ground water resources
- Soil is Red soil with gravel.
- Temperature is 20 degrees(winter) to 38 degrees(summer).
- Rainfall only during rainy season(monsoons)
- Sunny and bright all through the year
We would like to go in for plantation crops as it is not possible to manage vegetables and other labour intensive cropping. A few ideas which i have been thinking about are as below
- Mosambi (But we are doubtful if the weather and climate is suitable as we have not found any people growing citrus fruits in this area.)
- Guava (Marketing?)
- High density Alphonso (Yield?returns?marketing?)
If anyone can share ideas for anyother crop also it will be really helpful, like
- Feasibility - Marketing, cost, returns,use of machinery, labour required
- Can it be grown in the climatic conditions given
Regards
Chethan
We ahve a 45 acre farm in Gauribidanur in which we are growing grapes on 11 acres (4 acres planted in 2011 January and 7 acres planted in December 2011) and 12 acres of Yelaki banana (planted in October 2011). I would like to diversify and not just keep all hopes on these fruit varieties and need suggestions from knowledgeble people on what can be done.
About the place
- 600 mtrs above sea level
- Excelent ground water resources
- Soil is Red soil with gravel.
- Temperature is 20 degrees(winter) to 38 degrees(summer).
- Rainfall only during rainy season(monsoons)
- Sunny and bright all through the year
We would like to go in for plantation crops as it is not possible to manage vegetables and other labour intensive cropping. A few ideas which i have been thinking about are as below
- Mosambi (But we are doubtful if the weather and climate is suitable as we have not found any people growing citrus fruits in this area.)
- Guava (Marketing?)
- High density Alphonso (Yield?returns?marketing?)
If anyone can share ideas for anyother crop also it will be really helpful, like
- Feasibility - Marketing, cost, returns,use of machinery, labour required
- Can it be grown in the climatic conditions given
Regards
Chethan