Cultivate lemon in an advanced way

Cultivate lemon in an advanced way

 

LEMON PLANTS

Lemon cultivation is an important fruit crop. Lemon is cultivated successfully in various parts of India. Lemon is cultivated in India in major states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,  Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar as well as other parts of the country.

It is known worldwide for its pudding and juice. Various citrus fruits are used worldwide to make food or juices. In addition, lemon has many medicinal properties, everyone is familiar with it.

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Lemon cultivation is also beneficial for farmers. Farmers can earn better by cultivating lemon. Because there is a lot of demand for lemon in Indian markets. For this, how to cultivate lemon to the farmer brothers, it is very important to know the appropriate climate, land, varieties, disease prevention, yield. So that they can do lemon cultivation with advanced and modern technology. For this information, Kishan Bhai read the full article below, after reading it you can get the best yield of lemon.

Once planted a lemon tree, it can give fruit for about 25 to 30 years. A tree can grow up to 30 feet in height when fully grown.

When you plant lemon trees, make sure that there is enough distance between the two trees. If trees are planted nearby, they may have difficulty growing.

Climate for lemon cultivation

The winter and summer are favorable for citrus cultivation. In areas where water is dry or there is not much rain, lemon crop is well in such areas. In areas with high humidity and where there is excessive rainfall, due to disease and kit in such areas, its proper yield is not available.

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Suitable land

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Fertile and normal-sized loam soil with good drainage is considered ideal for citrus cultivation. The depth of the soil must be about 1 to 2 meters. There should not be a hard layer of soil or a depth of five feet from the rock bottom. The pH value of soil between 5.5 and 7 is considered appropriate.

How to grow lemon tree quickly?

Lemon tree takes a long time to grow. But if you take care of some things, the tree can give fruit quickly.

1.  While bringing lemon plant, keep in mind that you should buy at least 1 year old plant from nursery. Make sure that the leaves of the plant are green and there is no breakage in the plant. Actually 1 year old plant grows fast and does not require much care to grow. If you plant this tree in the spring, it will grow before winter.

2.  Plant a lemon tree in a place where the sun's rays fall straight. To protect the plant from animals, you can cover it from the side with mesh, but do not keep anything above.

3.  While planting lemon tree, clear the grass grown around there. Grass absorbs the necessary nutrients of the soil and does not allow the tree to grow well.

4.  After planting the lemon plant, fertilize it every month. Be aware that fertilizer contains nitrogen. Apply fertilizer every two months after one year.

5.  You add water regularly to the plant.

6.  When the lemon plant is small, do not break the green leaves from the plant. If you break the leaves, the tree does not grow well.

Major varieties

The commercially viable and hybrid varieties of citrus cultivation are as follows,

Kagdi- The fruits of this variety are 40 to 60 grams of small to medium height, round, paper-like thin peels, juices is very sour and has special types of sodam. The ripe fruit looks attractive due to yellowing.

Rangpur Lime- This variety of lemon is good especially in areas with high rainfall. There is a good variety to make sherbet. The fruits of Rangpur Lemon ripen late and to some extent act as Kagdi Lemon. Apart from this, this variety of plants is considered good for rooting.

Punjab Baramasi - Usually its branches touch the ground. Lemon fruit is yellow, round in shape, long and thin. Naturally the fruits are seedless and raspberry. Its average yield is 84 kg per tree.

Eureka - Its trees are semi-strong. Lemons are of yellow peeled color; juices are very strong and taste very good. Its fruits ripen in August.

Punjab Galgal- The tree is strong and has light green leaves. Its fruits are medium sized and oval. Its juice contains 8 to 10 seeds in acid and an acale fruit. Its fruits ripen from November to December. It yields an average of 80 to 100 kg per tree.

Pramalini - This variety grows in the lemon branch, and one bunch of it takes about 3 to 7 fruits. Pramalini Lemon gives up to 30% more yield than Kagji Lemon.

Chakradhar- This lemon does not contain seeds and about 65 percent juice comes out of its fruit. Pikem-1 is also one of the more productive varieties. About 50 percent juice is obtained from its fruits.

Rasraj - This variety has been developed by IIHR. Yellow fruits contain 70 percent juice and 12 seeds. Its sourness is 6 percent and the sugar content is about 8 bricks. This variety is resistant to scorching and leprosy of leaves.

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Amplification

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Tea Kalikayan is the best method for amplification of these fruits. For this, the months of September to October are found to be very good.

Transplant the plants in their second nursery when they are one year old. At this time remove the weak, thin and diseased plants. Cut branches of the plant 15 to 20 cm in height. After selecting the plant, transplant 30 cm between two rows and 15 cm between two plants. Plants of about 60 cm height and more fibrous plants are considered good for transplanting at the age of two years.

Plantation

Numerous researches for the cultivation of lemons has found that planting at a difference of 4.5 x 4.5 meters instead of 6 x 6 meters gives about twice as much yield as 6 x 6 meters. But by planting at a small margin, the economic yield stays around 15 years. For the cultivation of lemons, make pits measuring 60 x 60 x 60 cm at a spacing of 4.5 x 4.5 meters, after allowing them to heat for 15 to 20 days in sunlight, there is an infestation of 25 kg cow dung per pit with soil and termites So Chlorpyriphos mixed 100 ml in 100 liters of water and after transplanting put 10 liters of mixture in the pit all around the plant.

Due to good rains from June to July, plant a healthy plant in the pit and press the land around it and irrigate lightly if needed. Support the stem to prevent the plant from falling in the wind and rain. Farmer brothers can also transplant according to the above process according to 6 x 6 meters.

Manures and Fertilizers

Farmer brothers should use fertilizer according to soil testing. If the test is not done, then in the cultivation of lemon, the small plant should be given rotten manure of dung as soon as it starts raining. Along with this, other fertilizers should also be used in balanced quantities, which is as follows:

Age of the plant year) Dung manure kg) Nitrogen(gram) Phosphorus(gram) Potash (gram)

First                   10                150           125               100
          

Second               20                300           250               200                        

Third                 30                450           375               300                         

Forth                 40                 600          500               400                           

Fifth and more 50                 750          625               500                           

Irrigation systems and intercrops

Roots are not very deep in lemon cultivation, so do regular light irrigation at short intervals. Give water immediately after sowing. In monsoon, rainy plants should be given water every 4 to 6 days at a time when there is no rain. Irrigate the old age plant at a difference of 10 to 12 days in winter and 7 to 8 days in summer.

Drip irrigation- If drip irrigation is started; keep 30 to 50 liters of water every day keeping in mind the weather and development of the plant. Keeping 4 drippers per plant, it is recommended to run 2 hours in January, 3 hours in February, 4 hours in March, 5 hours in April to June, 2 hours in July to September if it is not rainy and 3 hours in October to December. 

Inter crops - In the early years of planting, a lot of space is left between the plants. Some crops can be grown in this empty space, due to which the farmer may have some income in the initial years. The choice of crops for intercrops depends on the climate, soil, amount of rainfall and its distribution and irrigation facilities. The crops selected for this should be shallow rooted, quick ripening and good yielding. In addition, these crops have the ability to prevent soil erosion and water. These crops should not be competitive with the trees for water and nutrients. Among the useful crops, papaya, strawberry, vegetables, fodder crops and pulses are notable. Avoiding heavy crops in the garden should be avoided.

Weed- Intermediate 2-3 times a year to keep the soil soft and crisp. Make good soil infiltration at least, so that the root is not damaged and tillage also reduces diseases and kits. Remove weeds and dig around 3 to 4 plants.

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Harvesting pruning and flowering outside

Harvesting Pruning - Lemon harvesting is not done for pruning, flowering and fruiting but to give them desirable shape. The extra branch that grows very quickly should be cut. Similarly, any erosion that comes out of the root should be removed. All the clogged, dry or diseased branches should be cut and cut apart. Therefore, to give desirable shape to the plants, they should be well pruned from the very beginning, so that they do not cause any erosion of about 60 to 90 cm from the ground level. A major trunk develops up to this height and later three to five major branches are produced on it. After this, there is facility in composting, watering and other occasional activities to the plants.

Flowers outside- If special treatment has not been done at a particular time in the lemon crop, then only 20 percent of the total yield of the whole year can be found in the summer. When the demand for lemon is high in the summer and the prices are also good. In such circumstances, if you change the time of flowering of lemon crop, you can earn more profit by taking more yields in summer time.

Fruit harvesting

Lemon should be harvested only when it is ripe. Sour lemon plants bear fruits many times a year, and its fruits take about 6 months to be ready. When the fruit ripens from green to yellow color, then its weeding is started. While plucking the fruit, special care should be taken that the stems and leaves along with some part of the fruit are also broken so that there is no damage to the skin peel.

Benefits of lemon cultivation

There are many benefits to cultivating lemon.

·      The most important thing is that you get lemon fruit from it. Lemon fruit is very important for health.

·      Lemon is used for health, skin etc. Apart from this, lemon is also used in food and drink.

·      If you are cultivating lemon on a large scale, you can also trade by selling lemon.

·      In today's era, there is a lot of demand for lemon in the market. This is the case because more and more people are giving importance to natural things. For this reason, lemon is being used in food and beauty things.

·      Lemon prices in the market are also increasing day by day. This is because the demand for lemon is high and supply is low.

·      Large quantities of lemons are also exported from India to other countries. This is because India is a good place for lemon cultivation.

·      If you cultivate lemon once, you can benefit from it for a long time.

·      The biggest benefit of lemon cultivation is that its trees last 25 to 30 years.

Yield

In the cultivation of lemon, small fruits are grown after 1 year,

 By the age of 2 to 3 years, lemon tree starts growing a good amount of lemon fruit, and every year from 4 to 5 years of age, 50-80kg fruits are obtained from the plants.

Costs and Benefits in Lemon Farming -

 When it comes to the economics of lemon farming, profits always depend on market demand and yield times. Especially those who get the initial crop, they can get good profits. Now we calculate the cost and profit of cultivation of 1 acre of lemon.

Number of plants in one acre - 350

Production from a plant (2^nd year) -30kg

           4 year & after-80kg

Total production - 350 plant * 30kg = 10,500 kg

Price in the market - 40 rs / kg

Total production (rs) -10500kg * 40rs = 4, 20,000rs /Acre.

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