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A practice that prevents premature shedding of flowers and improves yield in mango, ZamalsinhDajibavaBarodhara from Bharuch district in Gujarat suggests a practice that prevents prematue shedding of flowers and improves yield in mango, sapota and ber or Jujube fruit (Zizyphus jujube). He digs two to three feet deep trenches around the trees in such a way that small lateral rootlets are cut with minimum disturbance to primary roots. He adds approximately 20 kilogrammes of leather, 10 kilogrammes of common salt and two baskets (approximately 40 to 50 kilogrammes) of organic matter or farm yard manure in the trench surrounding the tree and then covers it with soil. This is practiced 15 days before the onset of monsoon. This increases the yield of the crop. Dig two to three feet deep trenches around the trees in such a way that small lateral rootlets are cut with minimum disturbance to primary roots. Approximately add 20 kilogrammes of leather, 10 kilogrammes of common salt and two baskets (approximately 40 to 50 kilogrammes) of organic matter or farm yard manure in the trench surrounding the tree and then cover it with soil. Practice this15 days before the onset of monsoon.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Zamalsinh Dajibava Barodhara
Agro-Ecological Zone: Central (Malva ) Highlands, Gujarat Plains and Kathiawar, Peninsula Ecoregion (5.2
Address: Deshad
District: Valia, Bharuch
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 392001

Crop: Mango
Crop Family: Anacardiceae
Crop Scientific Name: Mangiferaindica
Crop Vernacular Name: keri
Ingredients: Leather, common salt and organic matter or farm yard manure

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