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How to Plant a Sapling? |
| • Choose a place which is not having rocky and tree cover . |
| • Clear a planting site, ensure that there are no bushes and shrubs. |
| • Align, mark the planting points with a spacing of 3mts between plant to plant. |
| • Dig a pit of 60 X 60 X 60 cms size. (for loosening the hard soil, percolation of water, Easy
penetration of root system & healthy growth of plants) |
| • Apply Folidol dust/Neem cake in the pit to control termites and other insects. |
| • Ensure that the red soil is available on need basis at the site (if required). |
| • Make sure the farm yard manure available at the site. |
| • Apply farm yard manure 0.50 cft in pit. |
| • Apply a basal dressing 20gm of Single Super Phosphate in pit. |
| • Mix the farmyard manure well with soil. |
| • Refill the soil mixture in the pit. |
| • Remove/ uncover the polythene bag without disturbing the ball of earth (around
the base of saplings).
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| • Place the sapling in the pit by holding the bottom of the sapling. |
| • Plant the sampling in the pit. |
| • Cover the soil around the plant and make the root zone air tight. |
| • Watering to be done gently at the base. |
| protect the plants for (3) years for better survival. |