Hello Experts,
I am new to the forum. I have interest in farming and acquired few acres of land in Konkan recently. Planning to venture into farming through ginger cultivation and have few following doubts which experts here could help me with:
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I enquired about Tissue Cultured (TC) ginger plants. What I understand is 20000 plants will be required for an acre. What could be yield expected out of these many tissue cultured plants? Further, I heard that first yield of TC plants is ideal for being used as rhizomes in next cycle. If this information is right, then any insights on marketability of a part of first yield and quantity required to use as rhizomes in second cycle will be helpful. If this is the best option (1st cycle with TC and second cycle with rhizomes of first yield) my plan is to initially use 1 acre for TC plants and then do rhizome based cultivation in 3 acres.
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Can we use the land where we cultivated ginger for next cycle? Should we leave the land for next three years free or can we plant some other crops there? If yes, what about planting turmeric in same land? Drumsticks/ Or any suggestions on crops on land where Ginger was cultivated will be helpful for me to plan.
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I am planning for sprinkler based irrigation system in ginger farm. Will be working on bore well in January. Is this fine? Any rough estimations of cost for this setup?
Looking forward to hearing from friends here,
Thanks
Sangbagh