Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, February 6

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is promoting fruit nutrition garden for the farming community to meet the demand for fruits of their family at the lowest possible cost.

PAU has recommended a model ‘Fruit Nutrition Garden’ of 25 metres in length and 25 metres in width which accommodates 21 types of fruit trees. The selection of variety, time of planting, sourcing and planting distance must be done carefully, as fruits are perennial and will take at least 2-3 years to come into bearing. Tall fruit trees like mango and fig are ideally planted on the north side of the garden to avoid shading effect on smaller trees. On the southwest side, deciduous trees such as pomegranates and plums can be planted. In the far south, frost-sensitive fruit trees such as papaya can be planted. On the east side of the garden, a y-shaped trellis system can be used to grow grapevines. On the north side, sweet lime can be used as a barrier and on the west side, karonda and phalsa can be planted as hedge trees, said Gurteg Singh, Principal Fruit Scientist, PAU.

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