trees which grow fast for Indian (Odisha) weather

[parthiv mehta]

Good Morning,

We have a patch of land which is not been used for any purpose.Can the group please advise which trees are best to grow, which grows fast needs no maintenance and have very less commercial value. Our goal to make the area green.

Also is  there any  analysis done on trees to determine  which kind  of trees consumes most amount of Co2 and release more oxygen?

Regards,

Parthiv

[Arathi Manay]

Parthiv - Singapore Cherry tree grows fast and is very hardy needing minimal attention.

Rgds

Arathi

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[akshay nikam]

Hey Parthiv,

I think the best thing to do is to look out for local plants and trees and plant them directly since local trees survive in their weather the best and also benefit the whole ecosystem by providing nesting and food opportunities to birds and insects which in result help pollinate increasing more green cover without any human intervention :)

As for Odisha, I think bamboo would be a good option.

Regds,

Akshay Nikam.

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[parthiv mehta]

Thanks for the Tip,

I was considering bamboos but technically bamboo have a  v short life span and villagers are not in for it, I was also considering some fruit trees  but it will create complication in maintaining them. I just want to create  a mini forest ( green patch) in 10 acres. Local trees are mango, Jack fruits trees but they take a long time to grow.

Regards,

Parthiv

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Parthiv

 

Pls let us know how many acres land is available so that a suitable plant, crop can besuggested

Regrds

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[Pragati Prasad]

Peepal trees give oxygen 16hrs a day. Peepal tree need companions such as neem or tamarind tree for growing. You can also cytrus, pomegrate along with peepal. 

With regards,
Pragati prasad

[swamynathen govindaswamy]

Dear Sir,

I am Swamynathan G.P , me too interested in this Discussion .

We have  2.45 acres of land with intention to grow more tress and make the area green one 

Please tell us what kind of trees to be grown 

Our Main intention is green belt and later on it can also have some timber value too

The land is located in Karur District , Tamilnadu 

Id be a grreat help if you tell about the trees and other ornamental plants

Thanks & With Regards

G.P.Swamynathan

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[RUPAM BANERJEE]

Dear Parthiv and Swamynathan,

Please go for NEEM trees. Best thing to do.

Rupam Banerjee

[Pragati Prasad]

For all people who are interested in growing tree's or forests. There is method which is called Permaculture. Permaculture was developed by Bill Mollison in 1979. He considered forests are perfect natural and highly efficient Food growing systems. In forests tree's, plants cooperate whereas in traditional Agriculture tree's compete. 

So the theory says tree's such as Neem, Paypal, Citrus, banana, coconut all cooperate. When you grow in permaculture model you grow thinker than any other Agriculture model. So I think Neem has its place, and other tree's has their place and all of them should be growth together. 

For people who are interested should read this book. Permaculture designer's manual by Bill Mollison. 

Austrilian Permaculture research institute has some information on the net.

http://permaculturenews.org/

For people who wants to understand the significance of growing such system should see this example of Australian Govt funded project which literally grew forests in dry desert using no external water.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk

I have myself understood the significance of this technology, if implemented in All of rain catchment zones the forests will come back and making water abundant. This also makes us richer in energy (Hydro-power would be full). 

One more significance of this technology is importance to soil is given back. Instead of using tractors for plowing, the system uses Earth worms and very small equipment to plow. This Agriculture system uses no energy to do work, depends on smaller equipment. And is a net energy producer. 

with regards,

Pragati Prasad

[Anuradha Barpande]

Hello Parthiv,

Do check the soil strata. Depending on that you can go in for Trees like Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), Putranjiva roxburghii, Dalbergia latifolia, Thespetia populnea, Mango (Mangifera indica), Jamun (Eugenia jambolana), Sal (Shorea), Lagerstromia, Neem, Karanj (Pongamia glabra), Saptaparni (Alstonia scholaris) , Kachnar (Bauhinia spp), Behda(Terminalia belerica), Hirda (Terminalia chebula), Drumstick (Moringa oleifera), Banyan (Ficus bengalensis), Peepal  (Ficus religiosa),  Poplar(Populus deltoides), Bakul(Mimusops elengi), Erythrina spp, Bibla or Peetsaar (Pterocarpus marsupium) , Pink Tabebuia (Tabebuia pentaphylla),etc

Trees like Peltoforum ferrungianum, Singapore Cherry, Spathodea, Mulberry,  Melia azadirachta, India Cork Tree,  will help in attracting birds & insects. Do plant various shrubs & climbers as well. 

Regards

Anuradha

[Manu Sharma]

On 3 April 2013 09:07, parthiv mehta <parthi...@gmail.com> wrote:

which trees are best to grow, which grows fast needs no maintenance and have very less commercial value. 

Parthiv - there's a seeming contradiction in your question. Trees that grow fast, such as melia dubia and poplar - both of which are great for carbon sequestration, also have high commercial value so I'm not sure if your question can be easily answered. 

My suggestion would be to avoid planting just a 1 or 2 varieties and go for a combination of multiple locally found trees along with fast growing ones so that it ends up as an ecosystem rather than a mono culture plantation. 

Melia dubia is very hardy and grows very fast under irrigated conditions and does well even under rainfed conditions. But as I said, it's commercially valued so theft may be an issue. This is another reason why I recommend a combination of tree varieties. If you visit an agriculture college / university in the region along with a soil test report, they will be able to guide you better on local tree varieties to go for. 

Thanks,

Manu

 

[Mihir Chaudhari]

Hi Parthiv,

In Odisha (I mean in Bhubaneshwar), the Corporation has maintained good plantation along the roads which includes a variety of trees like Kadamba (A.cadamba), Melia dubia, Millingtonia hortensis, Michelia champaka, Alstonia scholaris & Bakul (Mimusops elengi). You can consider all these if you have watering arrangements atleast for first 2 years of plantation. Melia though is fairly drought resistant. Indigenous deciduous varieties are Teak, Sal, Arjuna, Shirish. You can also add Silver Oak & Acacia mangium but these are exotic to Indian landscape. Coastal Odisha has lateritic soil so Mango, Cashew, Jackfruit would also be suitable. As someone pointed in this thread earlier it is advisable to have a mix of few varieties rather than a single variety.

Regards // Mihir