Medicinal Crops

Tulasi

• Tulasi can be grown in wide variety soil, but the sandy loam, clay loam and loam are best suited for it with pH range of 6.6-8.0 Soil must be well drained and well aerated. The weather temperature 14-30 oC is most favorable.

• Tulasi typically have a lifespan of 1 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 85-100 days after planting, then harvested every 75 days.

• Tulasi crop is yield 8 to 12 MT of fresh leaf and 28 KG of oil (approx.) per acre/year in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : Mid February - Mid April, July-August

Mentha

• Mentha can be grown in wide variety soil, but the sandy loam, clay loam and loam are best suited for it with pH range of 6.0-8.2 Soil must be well drained and well aerated. The weather temperature 15-32 oC is most favorable.

• Mentha typically have a lifespan of 2 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 105-120 days after planting, then harvested every 90 days.

• Tulasi crop is yield 10 to 12 MT of fresh leaf and 48 KG of oil (approx.) per acre/year in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : Mid February - Mid April, July-August

• Isabgol Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 4.7-7.7 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 21-35 oC is most favorable.

• Isabgol crop matures in about 110-130 days and seed yield 0.32 to 0.48 MT per acre in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : November-Mid December

Prickly Pear

Isabgol

• Prickly Pear Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 5.9-7.8 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 0-50 oC is most favorable.

• Prickly Pear typically have a lifespan of 20 years for commercial production and harvesting start from 2 years after planting, depending on the varieties.

• Prickly pear crop yields 4-4.8 MT of fruit and 100-150 MT of fodder per acre/year.

• Sowing time : June - September

Stevia

• Stevia Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 6.5-7.5 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 15-32 oC is most favorable.

• Stevia typically have a lifespan of 5 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 90-110 days after planting, then harvested every 90 days.

• Stevia crop is yield 2.7 to 3.5 MT of dried leave per acre/year in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : February - March

Amla

• Amla can be grown in wide variety soil, but the sandy loam, clay loam and loam are best suited for it with pH range of 6.5-9.5 Soil must be well drained and well aerated. The weather temperature 20-32 oC is most favorable.

• Amla trees typically have a lifespan of 35-40 years for commercial production and harvesting start from 5th years after planting, depending on the varieties.

• Amla Crop is yield 4.5 to 7.2 MT per acre in moderate climate.

• Sowing time : February-March, June-August

• Neem Tree Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 4.2-9.5 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 15-45 oC is most favorable.

• Neem Tree typically have a lifespan of 80 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 5th year after planting.

• Neem Tree is yield 15 to 20 MT of dry leaf, 250-360 KG of extract (oil) and 0.95-1.40 MT of Cake per acre/year in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : June - July

Giloy

Neem Tree

• Giloy Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 5.5-7.0 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 18-33 oC is most favorable.

• Giloy typically have a lifespan of 25 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 2nd year after planting.

• Giloy crop is yield 3.2 to 4 MT of dry Stems (approx.) per acre/year in moderate climate and depending on the varieties.

• Sowing time : June - July

Guggul

• Guggul Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 7.5-9.0 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 22-39 oC is most favorable.

• Guggul typically have a lifespan of 10 years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 8th year after planting.

• The healthy plant of Guggul yields approximately 1000-2000 gram/ plant resin (gum) in 3 years, So that the total yield is 1280 KG per acre in moderate.

• Sowing time : June - July

Amla

• Kerda Can be grown in a variety of soils. However, Clay, sandy and loamy soils with a pH range of 5.5-9.0 are suitable. Also the Soil should be well trained and well aerated. The weather temperature 22-48 oC is most favorable.

• Kerda Tree typically have a lifespan of 25+ years for commercial production and Usually ready for harvesting at 5th year after planting.

• Kerda tree is yield 8-20 KG of fruit per tree/year in moderate climate.

• Sowing time : June - August