Dear Kirti S,Dear sir,
Teak is very good for Planting units :
The number of plants to be planted by each farmer will depend upon extent of area and type of planting e.g. block or bund planting. The optimum spacing for block planting is 2 x 2 m accommodating 2500 plants per ha. On similar basis, the spacing of plants can be kept at 2 m in rows, in bund plantations. The minimum planting area for block plantation should be 0.2 ha or 500 trees per unit.
Planting Stocks:
It is advisable to raise nursery seedlings after collecting fruits only from plus trees i.e., phenotypically selected superior trees. In olden days teak fruits used to be collected from any easily available tree, but nowadays with awareness of genetic gain from phenotypic selections, fruits are collected from genetically superior plus trees. Hence fruits should be obtained from Forest Departments / or Forest Development Corporations. For eg., Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) has established seed orchards where genetically improved quality seeds are produced. Fruits obtained from such seed orchards will give better yield. One must be aware that in case of teak plantations any mistake in selection of planting stock may give a negative impact on the plantation which would be known after 10 years or more. So, selection of planting stock is the most important criterion in raising forestry plantations especially teak
NABARD MODEL SCHEME - Cost of cultivation :
The cost of cultivation will depend upon the extent of the area to be planted. The cost of cultivation for a unit area of one ha. at an espacement of 2 x 2 Mt.. i.e. 2500 plants/ ha. has been worked out at Rs. 40000 which is shown below.
ESPACEMENT :2M x 2M CASUALTY REPLACEMENT:20 %
WAGE RATE:Rs.50/MD SURVIVAL/HA.:2000
NO.OF TREES/HA.:2500 COST: Rs. PER YEAR
S. No. Particulars Unit 1
2
3
4
Total
1 Site preparation 12 MD 600
600
2 Initial ploughing LS 900
900
3 Alignment & Staking 5 MD 250
250
4 Digging of Pits & Refilling of pits @30 pits/MD & 100 pits/MD 108 MD &
22 MD
5,400
1,100
6,500
5 Cost of FYM @ 3 kg /pit Rs.150/
ton
1,125
1,125
6 Cost of Fertilizer@ 100 gm/plant Rs.4/kg 1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
7 Cost of insecticides LS 500
500
500
1,500
8 Cost of plants Rs.2.50 /
plant
6,250
1,250
7,500
9 Planting & Replanting 25 & 5 MD 1,250
250
1,500
10 Weeding (3,2,1) 16 MD / weeding 2,400
1,600
800
4,800
11 Soil working (1,2,2,2) 16 MD / working 800
1,600
1,600
1,600
5,600
12 Irrigation Rs.250 / Irrigation 1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
Sub Total Rs. 21475
8300
4900
1600
36275
Contingency 10% 2148
830
490
160
3628
Total Rs. 23623
9130
5390
1760
39903
Regards
Kirti S