mahua
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Mahua is a oilseed crop, a perennial. Sow it in Jun–Jul and expect to harvest in 8–12 years. It wants a pH of 6.0–7.5 (close to neutral) and 20–40°C. Plant at 10 × 10 m. A good crop returns around 2–4 t. Watch for leaf caterpillar, borer.
Growing Mahua4 sentences from our guides, quoted exactly
Western India: Cotton stalks, sugarcane bagasse, groundnut shells, and traditional materials like castor cake and mahua cake.
The most common method is using Mahua oil cake at a dose of 250 ppm (about 1000 kg per acre for 1-meter water depth).
Apply Mahua oil cake at a rate of 250 kg per hectare in a small amount of water.
In Chhattisgarh, native flowering trees (neem, babool/acacia, mango, mahua where present), shrubs, and agricultural crops (mustard, sunflower, pulses, buckwheat) are important.
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