SRI GANDHAM (WHITE SANDALWOOD) AND YERRA CHANDHANAM (RED SANDALWOOD) CULTIVATION-EVERGREEN AND PROFITABLE CROP TO BECOME SUPER RICH IN LONG TERM PERIOD.
SRI GHANDHAM (WHITE SANDALWOOD)
Sri Gandham (White sandalwood-Santalum album) and Yerra Chandhanam (Red sandalwood-Pterocarpus santalinus) are being used from centuries. These trees have cultural, commercial and medicinal importance. Every part of sandalwood trees (heartwood-centre of tree trunk; root; leaves etc) are having commercial value and have great demand. It is proven fact that cultivation of White sandalwood and Red sandalwood makes farmers super rich due to its high demand. This is the best long -term investment, with tremendous returns. These are one of the world’s most valuable commercial crops.
Fragrant sandalwood has excellent market value and farmers can get high income. White sandalwood is a partial root parasitic plant, so it derives its nutritional requirement from other plants i.e., Host plant/supporting plant. Farmers can buy sandalwood plants from INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY [INDIAN COUNCIL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH& EDUCATION, BANGALORE] (or) from certified nurseries. While planting sandalwood plants spacing (12*12;14*14 are highly recommended spacing) is of main importance in order to get high yield. Along with sandalwood plants, host plants should be planted so that sandalwood plants can take nutrients from host plants. Sesbania, casuarina, pigeon pea, guava, citrus sps, pomegranate, mango etc are used as host plants. It gives better yield when it is cultivated by using organic method. ’DRIP IRRIGATION’ method is mostly suggested. With in the space between White sandalwood trees inter cropping can be done. Pulses like pigeon pea; vegetables like Tomato, chilli, leafy vegetables etc; fruits like citrus sps, pomegranate, guava, mango etc; flowers like chrysanthemum, rose etc can be grown between sandalwood plants. So that farmer can get continuous income (from inter crop-present income; from sandalwood-future income). Major pest attack during cultivation is ‘STEM BORER’. Management practices to reduce stem borer attack is application of lime and copper sulphate to the stem of tree (or) injecting monocrotophos or chlorpyrifos to stem. Care should be taken for 1 to 2 years after planting. Yielding time is more than 15years.Sandalwood cultivation is more profitable than any other investments. After harvesting of White sandalwood, farmer can receive minimum ‘1lakh’of profit from each tree.
Heartwood in Indian sandalwood has great fragnant value. Heartwood and roots of Sandalwood contains Sandal oil. Sandal powder is used in health and beauty incentives. Sandal oil is used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, aromatherapy, soap industry and in making perfumes. It works as antinflamatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic agent. White sandalwood is used in religious rituals and in making furnitures, carvings.
‘ SANDALWOOD OIL HAS FOREVER DEMAND.’
Price of white sandalwood: 1kg of Heartwood cost is
Rs.7,000 to Rs.9,000.
LET’S INVEST ON SANDALWOOD CULTIVATION AND LEAD A LUXURIOUS LIFE.