About Ceylon Green Cardamom planting Seeds, Elettaria Cardamomum Plant Seeds, Natural Organic quality seeds, Grade A, Product From Sri Lanka:

Ceylon green cardamom 'Queen of Spices' is important due to its distinct sharp flavor and a stirring aroma. With application of traditional cultivation skills and processing technics in spice-based crops, Sri Lanka produces high quality green cardamom to the market with unique qualities.

This main production of Sri Lanka cardamom comes from central hill of the country. Kandy, Matale, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya, Rathnapura and a part of Galle are known as major growing areas.

How to Plant Cardamom 

Soils and Climatic needs

Soil

Well drained deep loamy and loamy clay soils with high organic matter (>5%) with good litter mulch are preferable. Water logged or eroded soils are not suitable. Soil pH ranged from 4.5 to 6.0.

Rain fall

well distributed rainfall between 1500 – 2500mm per annum. 

Nearly 60% shade is essential factor for cardamom. Hence it is commonly grown under natural forest cover.

Temperature – Most favored temperature is 10-25 0C

Crop establishment

Planting material

Cardamom can be propagated both through suckers and seedlings. But suckers are better and commonly used. Suckers in 6-10 cm length with apiece of rhizome of about 8-10cm long are used and they should be dipped in a copper base fungicide before planting to protect from fungal disease.

Field planting

Spacing

Flat lands – 2.0x 2.5m

Sloppy lands – 1.25 x 2.5m (between row)

Planting points – 2000/ha

Size of a planting pit should be 60 cm x 60cm x 45 cm and pits are filled with mixture of compost and top soil. Add 100g of rock phosphate to each pit. Suckers should be planted 5cm below the ground level.

Botanical Name : Elettaria cardamomum

Green Cardamom planting Seeds

Pack Size : 5 – 50 pods PER PACK

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