If a farmer plants other beneficial trees along with traditional crops to increase his income, he can earn lakhs of rupees. The wood of many plants is sold very expensively. Farmers can earn lakhs of rupees from this. They can make a very good profit by cultivating sandalwood in this sequence. Moreover, farmers can become rich through white sandalwood cultivation. But for this, they will have to work with patience because it takes about 10 years for the sandalwood tree to get ready. After this, you can earn lakhs of rupees from the wood and oil obtained from this tree. In the beginning, when the sandalwood tree is small, you can earn well by cultivating vegetables in the space in its garden, with the help of a powerful Eicher tractor for efficient growth.
About 4 lakh rupees per acre are spent on cultivating white sandalwood. After 10 years, the farmer can earn about one crore per acre from sandalwood cultivation. Farmers can plant more than 450 sandalwood plants on one acre. At present, sandalwood is sold at Rs 30,000 per kg.
Uses Of White Sandalwood
Both the oil and wood extracted from the white sandalwood tree are used to make medicines. Apart from this, the fragrance of its oil is used in making soaps, cosmetics and perfumes. Due to this, its demand is high in the market. At the same time, many types of toys and show pieces are also prepared from sandalwood. Moreover, sandalwood is used in temples for applying Tilak and in the work of worship.
Subsidy On White Sandalwood Cultivation
To encourage the cultivation of sandalwood in Haryana, the state government supports the farmers. For this, a grant is issued by the state government to buy plants, make water tanks and install drip irrigation systems. The government provides subsidy benefits of 28400 per acre for sandalwood cultivation. For complete details, we can contact the department.
Legalised White Sandalwood Cultivation
Before cultivating sandalwood, it is also necessary to know the government rules related to it. Before 2017, its cultivation was banned. Permission had to be taken from the government for its cultivation, but now the ban on its cultivation has been lifted. That’s why farmers can earn huge profits by cultivating it on their vacant land. It is not mandatory to take permission from the government for white sandalwood cultivation, but it is essential to take a no-objection certificate from the government while harvesting.
Apart from this, you can cultivate sandalwood without restriction, but only the government will have the right to export it. That’s why if you grow it with the government’s help, you can get a lot of profit. If you are interested in cultivating sandalwood, then you can plant it. After planting the sapling, you will have to inform the Patwari and give an application to the DFO so that the administration is aware that you are cultivating sandalwood.
Grow White Sandalwood With Other Plants
Sandalwood plant is a parasitic plant. It gets its food with the help of some other plant. This is why sandalwood plants are planted with others. If it is planted alone, the plant dies within a few days. Along with sandalwood plants, you can plant red sandalwood, casuarina, and desi neem as primary companions with the help of an efficient Swaraj tractor. On the other hand, sweet neem and drumstick plants can be planted as secondary hosts. This way, you can earn good profit from these trees and sandalwood.
Quantity Of Plant Per Acre
As mentioned above, sandalwood plants cannot survive alone. For this, it is also necessary to have another plant. If you are planting 375 white sandalwood trees in one acre, you will have to plant 1125 sandalwood host plants along with it. In one acre of sandalwood with sandalwood plants as its primary crop, you can grow 375 red sandalwoods, 125 casuarinas and 125 native neems. In the secondary host, we can produce 750 plants of sweet neem and 375 plants of drumstick.
Sandalwood Availability
Many species of sandalwood are found. In this, the Santalum album species of sandalwood is the most fragrant and medicinal. Apart from this, white sandalwood, sandal, abayad, shrikhand, and pleasant sandalwood species are found. If you want to cultivate white sandalwood and want its plant, then you can buy it. Apart from this, you can also buy its seeds and prepare and plant them. For this, the Central Government’s Institute of Wood Science & Technology is in Bangalore. Here, you can get sandalwood saplings.
Sandalwood Cultivation Useful Tips
- Sandalwood is of two types. One red sandalwood and the other white sandalwood.
- The maximum height of a sandalwood tree is 13 to 16 metres. Its thickness is about 100 to 200 cm.
- Sandalwood plants can grow in all types of soil except sandy soil.
- The cultivation of sandalwood requires a warm climate. Therefore, a temperature between 12 to 35 degree Celsius is suitable for its cultivation.
- About 450 sandalwood plants can be planted on one acre of land.
- While planting sandalwood plants, a distance of 12X15 feet should be kept between them. At the same time, we must sow host plants at a spacing of 4 to 5 feet.
- Sandalwood plants do not require much water. Its plant needs 2 to 3 litres of water a week.
- Sandalwood plants should not be planted at the bottom and should not be cultivated in waterlogged places. Instead, maintain sandalwood plants at a height, so there is no water accumulation in the root.
- For better growth of sandalwood plants, vermicompost and earthworm manure should be added every three to four months. Also, properly spray fertilizer for better growth.
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