Fwd: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS ( JUTE )

[J.M. Garg]

Wonderful presentation, Bimal ji 

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed 8 Aug, 2018, 6:58 AM
Subject: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS ( JUTE )
To:

For last few days there are many uploads on use of indiscriminate use of plastic as packing material and the devastating affect it created for the planet earth. I come from a village in Bangladesh ( then it was East Pakistan ), Jute was the main cash crop in that part of the sub-continent , and we used to read in geography " JUTE IS CALLED THE GOLDEN FIBER ".

Even in 1964 when I migrated to India, jute was the main packing material. Rice, atta , dal, sugar even cement used to come in jute made bags. Marketing bag used to be jute made. Ropes used to be made of jute. Now you see hardly any material used for packing is made of jute. We stupid men realized the problem a little late. We are behaving like " Kalidas ", who chopped the branch of a tree on which he was sitting. Of late in some places indiscriminate use of plastic has been banned. So there is a chance for jute to have a come back, only if govt is serious about it.

Attaching 7 images which shows the journey of jute from a plant to the fiber. In addition to its use as a paching material tender leaves of jute is used as a vegetable. Jute stick has many uses in the villages.

[J.M. Garg]

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Date: 8 August 2018 at 18:05
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To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

wonderful sir.

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[Ushadi Micromini]

i love it

we often see jute growing in fields

and then left to rot

but never seen the workers working on deparating

mostly its our fualt because we were always trying to catch the  action 

while motoring to Mayapur in Nawadwip or some such

never really on a journey to see the process only

and last of the dry sticks  nicely stocked like in your picture , we saw them one year when 

we went to look at weavers  at work in their villages around Fulia

the women there use the stick as kindling.

  thank you

usha di

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Bimal ji,

I think it may be Corchorus olitorius L. as per details herein and as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jute

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>
Date: 8 August 2018 at 06:58
Subject: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS ( JUTE )
To:

For last few days there are many uploads on use of indiscriminate use of plastic as packing material and the devastating affect it created for the planet earth. I come from a village in Bangladesh ( then it was East Pakistan ), Jute was the main cash crop in that part of the sub-continent , and we used to read in geography " JUTE IS CALLED THE GOLDEN FIBER ".

Even in 1964 when I migrated to India, jute was the main packing material. Rice, atta , dal, sugar even cement used to come in jute made bags. Marketing bag used to be jute made. Ropes used to be made of jute. Now you see hardly any material used for packing is made of jute. We stupid men realized the problem a little late. We are behaving like " Kalidas ", who chopped the branch of a tree on which he was sitting. Of late in some places indiscriminate use of plastic has been banned. So there is a chance for jute to have a come back, only if govt is serious about it.

Attaching 7 images which shows the journey of jute from a plant to the fiber. In addition to its use as a paching material tender leaves of jute is used as a vegetable. Jute stick has many uses in the villages.

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[J.M. Garg]

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>

Date: Thu 23 Aug, 2018, 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS ( JUTE )
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thank you Garg ji.

With regards,

Bimal

[Ushadi Micromini]

This series about jute is after retting

so we could  focus on the fibers only

it would be impossible to say which species and its variety these pictures represent

unless you know what seeds were planted and you had the plant material including leaves flowers fruits etc 

In this case we have two choices 

a white jute fibre : Corchorus capsularis

and a golden jute fibre:  Corchorus olitorius , also known as TOSSA JUTE

The sixth picture above shows the hanging parts of the retted fibres

they appear WHITE to my eyes in my computer screen

if the fibres are white, it is surmised that it is  Corchorus capsularis 

The Indian Jute research institute has these many varieties listed 

see attached docx .  it would be impossible to further classify this plant based on fibres only.

confusion may have been because of this quote: "  and we used to read in geography " JUTE IS CALLED THE GOLDEN FIBER ".  

that bengali sentiment was due to good prices that were paid to farmers in the heydays of jute trading.

but this is white, the inferior quality of fibres.  so  i think it may be Corchorus capsularis

so what do you think???

usha di

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[Ushadi Micromini]

thank you Bimalda for the kind remarks

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From: Bimal Sar kar <bima...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS ( JUTE )
To: Ushadi Micromini <micromi...@gmail.com>

Thank you Ushadi.

It is enlightening.

Wish you happiness.

With regards,

Bimal

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[Gurcharan Singh]

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[Gurcharan Singh]

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Distributed as Corchorus olitorius ?

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[Gurcharan Singh]

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