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Biggest BETEL NUTS 10 Seeds For Planting Areca Palm Catechu Rare Variety Ceylon

Description

How to Grow Betel nut

• Botanical Name: Areca catechu. 

• Family: Palm.

The areca nut palm produces the common chewing nut which is popularly known as betel nut or  supari. This nut is consumed in very large extent hence has great demand. The areca nut is not a true  nut, but rather a fruit categorized as a drupe. It is commercially available in dried, cured and fresh  forms.

Climate 

•  Arecanut is a tropical crop. It is capable of growing under variety of climatic conditions.

•  It grows well from sea level upto an altitude of 1000 m in areas of abundant and well distributed  rainfall.

•  It is grown in high rainfall area about 200 to 400 cm.

•  The cultivation is mostly confined to 20° North and South of the Equator.

•  It is unable to withstand extremes of temperature and wide diurnal variations. The optimum range  of temperature is 15­-38°C for its good growth.

•  High humidity and areas free from cyclonic wind and sun scorching are congenial.

Soil 

The arecanut palm is grown in a variety of soils. The soil also should be deep and well drained. Water  logged, soils should be avoided. The depth of soil should be at least 1m with 4.5­7.6 pH. An adequate  irrigation facilities are required for its satisfactory production.

Raising of Seedlings 

• Sow selected seed nuts soon after harvest in nursery bed with stalk end up and with a spacing of 5­6  cm.
• Cover the seed nuts with sand and irrigate daily.
• Germination starts about 40 days after sowing  and the sprouts are ready for transplanting when they are about three months old having 2­-3 leaves.
• Prepare secondary nursery beds of 150 cm.
• width and a convenient length. Transplant sprouts at a  spacing of 30 X 30 cm with the onset of the monsoon.
• Partial shade to the seedlings can also be  provided by banana, Coecinia indica or by means of artificial pandal.
• Provide irrigation during hot  and dry periods and drainage during monsoon.
• Periodical weeding and mulching are necessary.

Time of Planting 

• June – December is found to be the good for it’s planting.

Planting 

• Plant tall, quick growing shade trees on the Southern and Western sides of the seedlings to provide  protection from sun scorching.
• This helps for better stand of crop in the initial stage.
• Dig pits of 90 X 90 X 90 cm at 2.7 X 2.7 m and fill up with rich top soil to a level of 15 cm from the  bottom.
• Plant seedlings in the center of pit, cover with soil upto collar and press around.

Harvesting 

The nut bearing starts after 5 years of planting. The plant is monocius, producing both male and  female flowers on the same tree. The spadix of a grown up palm produces on an average 294 female  flowers.

The colour of the fruit during its growth changes from green to different shades of yellow and red  during ripening. Nut matures after 8­9 months after fertilization. 4­5 spadix are produced by the palm  per year. The number of harvesting will vary from 3 to 6 in 1 year depending upon the season and  place of cultivation.

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