Deep well drained soil is necessary. Soil pH around 5.5 at the time of planting is desirable. Otherwise treat the soil with 1% Aluminium sulphate in the pit to reduce the pH. Comes up well in the plains and upto an elevation of 1200 m.
Softwood grafting approach grafting method: Large scale propagation of jack can be done by cleft grafting during July – August on 4 month old seedling rootstock
Dig pits of 1 m x 1 m x 1 m in size. Fill up the pits with top soil mixed with 10 kg of FYM and 1 kg of neem cake per pit. Plant preferably grafts during June – December at 8 x 8 m spacing.
o be applied in two splits during May – June and September – October. Manures & Fertilizers 1 year old (kg) Annual Increase (kg) 6 th year and above (kg) FYM 10.00 .000 10.00 50.00 N 0.15 0 0.15 0.75 P 0.08 0 0.08 0.40 K 0.10 0 0.10 0.50
Growing Districts: Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Dindigul, Pudukottai,Namakkal, Tirunelveli, Nilgiris Major Markets in Tamil Nadu: Panruti, Coimbatore Preferred Varieties and Hybrids: PLR 1 and Local