Generally 45-48 plants are planted in one acre area. But, here a new method of planting was tried out, way back in 1960, which accommodates around 120 trees in one acre of land.
Zigzag pattern of Coconut plantation
In this zigzag method of planting, each plant is spaced at a distance of 15 feet within a row. Two rows are spaced 15 ft followed by a third row which is spaced at 30 ft. Plants in each row is planted at the mid point of the two trees of the previous row, thus making it a zigzag pattern. Due to this pattern, the distance between the trees between two rows comes to 16.77 ft. The 30 ft distance left after every two rows, helps the canopy to spread. This way of planting has not affected the light or air that passes through the plantation and zero cultivation has been adopted. Growing of intercrops such as banana and cocoa has also been possible during the initial years.
With an yield of 80 nuts from each tree, it has been possible to harvest 9600 coconuts annually. In the conventional pattern, this would be only 3840 nuts. Thus, yield harvested from one acre plot with this pattern is equal to the yield from a conventional plot.
Reference from LEISA and thanks to
Dr. D.R. Prafullachandra, Krishi sampada, Lakshmipura,
Zigzag pattern of Coconut plantation
In this zigzag method of planting, each plant is spaced at a distance of 15 feet within a row. Two rows are spaced 15 ft followed by a third row which is spaced at 30 ft. Plants in each row is planted at the mid point of the two trees of the previous row, thus making it a zigzag pattern. Due to this pattern, the distance between the trees between two rows comes to 16.77 ft. The 30 ft distance left after every two rows, helps the canopy to spread. This way of planting has not affected the light or air that passes through the plantation and zero cultivation has been adopted. Growing of intercrops such as banana and cocoa has also been possible during the initial years.
With an yield of 80 nuts from each tree, it has been possible to harvest 9600 coconuts annually. In the conventional pattern, this would be only 3840 nuts. Thus, yield harvested from one acre plot with this pattern is equal to the yield from a conventional plot.
Reference from LEISA and thanks to
Dr. D.R. Prafullachandra, Krishi sampada, Lakshmipura,
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