My plantation of melia dubia, the little experience
Narender Saineni
Thank you for joining the group.
I have gained very little experience on melida dubia, which I would
like to share here.
I am living in Hyderabad A.P., India.
After I studied the information on melia dubia on the net, seeing a
trial plantation of forest department at mulugu, I procured about 100
nos of 0.75ft height saplings(seedlings) from Mr BSReddy in Aug
2011 , Kurnool ( he advertises about his nursery and melia dubia
plants in Anna Data agri magazine in AndhraPradesh,India.
I have given about 20 plants each to different regions in my family
circle.
At Toopran where I had a small farm land, I planted about 40 of them ,
here the soil is red sandy soil with drip irrigation, here some have
grown to 6 feet, some to about 4 ft, So I observed variation in height
growth from plant to plant, reason I do not think soil variation or
management variation.
At my native village Sarvapur,Nizamabad dist I planted about 6 plants
in my back yard, soil black sandy soil, no drip irrigation but being
in back yard we took care of its irrigation/weeding requirements, here
also the height variation is there i.e some have grown to 6 ft height
some to 4 ft height.
At my native village Sarvapur,Nizamabad dist, in my farm land I
planted about 3 plants in my back yard, soil black sandy soil, no drip
irrigation but due to lack of care weeds and water logging made the
saplings disappear. by the time I checked them out they could not be
seen.
At Kollamaddi, Karimnagar dist, in my sisters's farm land I planted
about 5 plants, soil is white sandy soil, no drip irrigation, here the
plants are doing well , I got the report that they have all grown to
about 7 feet height. they were planted on rice field bunds.
At Kaslavada village, Medak dist, in my father in law mango garden,
about 10 plants were planted, but due to lack of care weeds and water
made the saplings disappear.
in all the above trial plantations, some manure, some bio fertilizers
were added while planting.
I am planning to get some 10..20 acres dry land for my future plan of
commercial plantation of melia dubia and also other wood plants like
sandalwood etc.
My experience so far is that we really have to care them while they
are establishing after planting to ensure that water logging does not
take place and weeds do not overpower them. there is variation in the
height growth hence we can not expect the yield to come at the same
time from these seedlings.
Narender Saineni
Chandi Prasad
Its great to see your saplings became plants now !!, I also planted around 150 saplings in an acre land near Medak in sept 2013 now they are almost 10 ft height . I still didn't get What is the market potential for these trees , however i see there is lot of information given in the internet saying it will be used in plywood industries , when i try to inquire in couple of Timber deports about Melia dubia wood ,they have no answer . If you have please share it across.
thanks
chandiprasad
Narender Saineni
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A new initiative of contract farming of plywood has been launched in Tamil Nadu. .
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam has initiated this activity.
The programme has taken off with Ambiply Panels and Doors inking an agreement with the research institute for training farmers to grow Melia dubia, a fast growing tree species that has been gaining importance in recent years in Tamil Nadu.
Research personnel at the College say that after conducting field trails for over a decade, they have released two high yielding varieties– TNAU Melia MTP 1 and TNAU Melia MTP 2 – which were found suitable for making of quality plywood.
“These incidentally, are also the most sought after species by the plywood industry. Having witnessed the potential of Melia dubia as a raw material for the plywood industry, Ambiply Panels and Doors approached us to promote and support plantations in farm holdings. Hence a consortia-based contract plywood farming model was conceived and designed for implementation in Tamil Nadu,” they said.
This model will ensure buyback and assured price supportive mechanism for the growers. This will also create sustained supply of quality raw material to the plywood industry throughout the year.
On the environmental front, the cultivation of Melia dubia tree will help reduce the atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels through carbon sequestration. This tree accumulates a biomass of 300 tonnes/hectares in six years, and removes 150 tonnes of atmospheric carbon-dioxide through sequestration. These consortia mode tree cultivation will help to protect the reserve forests of India, by reducing the pressure on them for supply of raw material, say Forest College experts.
The tree grows in all kinds of soil and the wood fetches a minimum of Rs. 7,500/tonne once it reaches a girth of 20 inches. The farmer will be able to get Rs. 6-8 lakh from an acre within six years, a source said.
More than 200 farmers, members belonging to the tree growers association, financial institutions, plywood manufacturers and other stakeholders participated in the inaugural function, held at the Institute in Mettupalayam.
Earlier, Forest College Dean P. Durairasu said that contract farming in tree species has been demonstrated in pulpwood and matchwood species by the college and more than 30,000 hectares have been brought under tree cover in 29 districts of the State.
With the availability of solid wood from natural forests coming to a standstill according to the guidelines of the National Forest Policy, 1988, the need for alternate forms of wood like plywood is on the rise.
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