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Meaning of horticulture, its branches and its relation with other disciplines
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Riverbed farming
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Learn Introductory Horticulture with Rahul
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Fences and walls

  • Selection of place having good marketing, irrigation transport, labor and other essential facilities
  • Selection of an open, leveled site to avoid landslide and making farm operation easy
  • Avoid river basin and jungle area to avoid flood and various pests
  • Selection of proper ventilated place with better sunlight preferably facing north-east

 

Other planning in orchard

  • Orchard building, roads, path, fencing, windbreaks, layout, system of planting, spacing of planting etc are especially emphasized in planning
  • Generally, 10 % of the total area is left aside for building, roads, paths, tube wells, channels etc
  • At the very entry of the orchard, provision of watch hut should be made
  • Farm building should be located in the centre of the orchard
  • Provision of storage house, packing etc. should be made while planning orchard
  • Roads approaching every corner of the orchard should be provided and preferably the cut roads should be at right angle
  • Generally, a road of 10 to 15 feet inside the orchard serves the purpose of movement of carts, motors and machinery inside the orchard