TREE SEEDS - Red Sander - Pterocarpus Marsipium ( Bijasal ) & Santalinus

Seeds Pre treatment

            Red Sandal seeds need long treatment otherwise seeds will not germinate. The seeds treatment is as follows. Soak the seeds in Cow dung slurry in 72 hours  Than sow the seeds in seed bed having good soil and easy drainage.

                        Nursery technique is as follows 10 – 15 kgs of pre treated seeds are sown per bed (12 x12 M) of sandy loam or loamy soil in April and covered with a in thin layer of soil or hay. After one year stumps can be prepared which are put poly bags in February to March , to be utilized after 4-5 months as spouted seedlings.