Intensive cultivation of trees and tree cultivation along with traditional cultivation are both very old but in a way new for the farmers of our country. Given the growing demand for fruits and the declining supply from natural forest sources, the prices of fruits are getting very good to the farmers. Fruit farming is one of the main means of maximizing returns by making full use of the land, while the number of new seeds and laborers is declining year by year. Therefore, cultivation of crops like Amla (Indian gooseberry) has become very popular in Gujarat. High income returns are the biggest incentive for this crop.
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Planting
Made from seeds. Grafting (eye graft) can be used to grow more yielding varieties.
Seed procurement location
Forest Seed Traders, Industrial Area While Farmers Growing Good Varieties for Graft, Department of Agriculture, Nurseries and Israel Agro Corporation, Relief Shopping Center, GPO Nearby, traders like Ahmedabad-1 register orders for the items to be issued from time to time.
Type of soil
Sandy, loamy, well-drained soil is more suitable. However, except alkaline soils, Amla can be grown in any type of poor-quality soil. Amla crop can be grown better in arid and semi-arid areas. The pH of the soil. Amla trees do not grow well where the figure is more than 2.5, and if the soil is limestone.
Time of grafting / sowing
Usually grafting can be done twice a year, from May to October. Planting is done when there is enough rain.
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Soil preparation
૪૫ x ૪૫ x ૪૫ cm. Measure the pits in summer and mix good quality manure with soil to keep the pits ready before it rains.
Way of sowing
Sowing can be done in 2 X 2 or 10 x 10 meters. 3 cm In the measurement pit, mix the compost and water in the summer and fill the pit before the rains. Plant amla plants in the first rains.
Intercrop
Vegetables, groundnuts, beans etc. can be taken as intercrop in the early years with Indian gooseberry.
Vardhan Kalam
Amla (Indian gooseberry) can be propagated by seed as well as graft. Plants grown from seeds bear fruit in 8 to 10 years and are small in size. Ankhlam grafted plants should be grown to get large size fruits. Ankhkalam can be done in nursery, as well as desi saplings can be transplanted in the field, in the month of June and grafted on it in August-Sept. Generally grafting can be done from May to October.
Other fitness
Initially let the plant grow in one trunk, cut off the remaining buds. After that Amla usually does not need training or pruning. However, by pruning the extra branches as required, keep the crop free from weeds.
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Caution
Amla tree does not flower if it is pruned more and more frequently, so do not prune more than required.
If the tree bears too much fruit, the rate of fruit fall is higher. When this happens, give proper maintenance of manure and when the fruit is about the size of a pea, spray 2 gm of NAA solution or 2 kg of urea in 100 liters of water twice in 21-31 days.
The shade of the Amla tree is not good at all.
Amla does not do well in areas with high rainfall and high humidity.
Grow fruit
In March-April, the leaves of the Indian gooseberry fall and a large number of flowers appear. In which male flowers are more and female flowers are less. After fruiting the fruit remained dormant for 2-3 months, August-Sept. Develops in At this time, if the leaf is infested with insects, measures should be taken to kill the insects. The fruit matures from green to yellow in Dec-Jan. A grafted tree bears full fruit in the 7th or 6th year
Irrigation
Watering Amla growing plants on 30 days in summer and 20 days in winter. The higher the organic matter in the khamana, the less water is required. Older fruit bearing trees should not be watered continuously during summer, should be watered once or twice after 15th May and during monsoon when the rains are prolonged and after monsoon.
Compost
Amla plants should be given 3 kg of manure and nitrogen, phosphorus and potash in the first year as per soil requirement (after soil test). This amount should be increased for 10 years and in the tenth year 100 kg of manure and nitrogen, phosphorus and potash should be given as required. Apply nitrogen to the pucca tree in two installments, i.e. the first installment with all the fertilizers in May and the second in June. The market price of amla produced from the use of organic manure is good.
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Variety yield
About 30 different varieties of Amla are cultivated in the country. Out of which, after tests at Anand Agricultural Institute, Gujarat Anand-1, 2 varieties have been found to be more suitable for Gujarat due to their quality and high production. Other varieties from Uttar Pradesh like Banarasi, Krishna, Kanchan, Chakaiya and A-2, 3 and from Gujarat: Anand-2 selection 1 to 2, etc. are found to be under test.
Other benefits
Drug, electricity, labor surges are declining. Initially intercropping can be taken. The economic benefit is greater.
Sale
All urban areas like Nadiad, Godhra, Ahmedabad etc. are big ready markets for this crop. In addition, due to the limited production and medicinal value of the medicine and the very high nutritional and medicinal value, the village is also bought by local traders.
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Ingredients, medicinal importance
Is considered the fruit of life. Vitamin C is abundant. (400 to 500 mg per 100 g) Also contains calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, thiamine. It is invigorating, the iron in it purifies the blood, removes constipation. Useful in diseases of teeth and skin and stomach. Honey controls diabetes. Bile, flatulence, phlegm and heat