Points to keep in mind

Points to keep in mind

• Plants don’t need excess water. They only need moisture. With careful water management, one can grow plants with very little water. This is done by keeping a proper level of moisture by mulching. A good example of this is rain fed forests.Excess water retards the activity of feeder roots. It takes 52 hours to make the feeder roots functional again.


• The slope of the land should be in east to harvest maximum morning sunlight


• Plants attract insects to help rid themselves of excess nitrates. Insects help transfer these nitrates to the soil to enrich it. Human interference (by killing insects with pesticides) is harmful to both the plant and the food value of the plants for humans.


• Plants should be shielded from sunlight from the west because after noon, sun rays generate more heat and give sunstrokes to the plant stems


• By pruning the branches of a tree, its canopy can be increased. With an increase of canopy the plant can harvest more sunlight and convert it to more food through photosynthesis. This food allows the plant to produce more fruits flower, grains, branches, roots, stem, etc.


• Prune the branches, which are not capable of production, those which are dry or are infected by some disease.


• If you want to grow the branch then prune at a distance of 1 feet from the node so that it helps to bring the food storage to the new branch


• Don’t cut the branches growing towards the sky. Only cut branches growing towards the ground.


• Generally pruning should be done after the plant gives flowers and fruits. But we also can prune for shape or some other purpose


• To the portion of the plant exposed due to pruning, apply a paste of fresh cow dung and ash. By applying this paste we can protect the wound from viruses and insects. At the same time it reduces evaporation of fluids


• Some long lived trees stop fruiting. If these are pruned 70% they start fruiting again


• Pruning can also control the height of a tree allowing you to pick fruits by hand

Reasons to avoid pits

• It stops violation of the land.


• Vitality of the land is retained.


• We can prevent the carbon of the land from being converted into CO2.


• It helps the land hold water which is available in the form of dew in the morning