Farm Design - Design One (Ver 2.2)
We will cover the various permutations and combinations of Long Term Crops (mainly Trees) &
Medium Term Crops (again mainly Trees) and their placement at a basic design level.
So far, we have covered where the Trees will occupy the spaces in the field.
So far, we have covered where the Trees will occupy the spaces in the field.
But now, we will see the different options within the Trees Space as well.
I have provided 6 options above and we will discuss them in detail below.
I have provided 6 options above and we will discuss them in detail below.
The Options that marked with * can be applied for Long Term Crops & Medium Term Crops as well.
Option 1
- This option is a very generic option and no specific crops have been mentioned.
The Long Term Crops specifically means that we should only plant crops that are long term in nature and
similarly Medium Term Crops specifically means that we should only plant crops
that are medium term in nature.
- The only requirement in this option is that we have to alternate between Long Term Crops &
Short Term Crops in each row.
- The advantage is that the entire row needs attention at the same time whether it is pruning,
manuring, pesticide requirements, harvest etc.
- This option is very simple in nature when compared to the other options.
Option 2*
- This option has Single Type Fruit Crops in one row and Single Type Timber Crops in alternate row.
- The only requirement in this option is that only one Fruit Crop (eg Mango) has to be planted in one row and
followed by one Timber Crop (eg Teak) in the next row.
- The third row can be a different Fruit Crop (eg Coconut) and the fourth row can be a different Timber Crop
(eg Red Sanders) as well.
- The advantage is that the entire row needs attention at the same time whether it is pruning,
manuring, pesticide management, harvest etc.
- Another advantage in this option is that the alternate row is occupied by Timber Crops and
the crown size generally will be very less and hence the Odd Rows (Fruit Crops) will
get sufficient space to grow.
- This option is again very simple in nature.
Option 3*
- This option has Single Type Fruit Crops (eg Mango) in one column and
followed by Single Type Timber Crops (eg Teak) in the next column.
- The second row can be a different Fruit Crop (eg Coconut) as well as the same or entirely different
Timber Crop (eg Teak or Red Sanders).
- The advantage in this option is that the alternate column is occupied by Timber Crops and
the crown size generally will be very less and hence the Fruit Crops will get sufficient space to grow.
- The complications starts here as we have 2 different crops in the same row and
hence has to be managed differently.
Option 4*
- This option has Single Type Fruit Crops (eg Mango) in one column and followed by
Multiple Type Timber Crops (eg Melia + Teak + etc) in the next columns.
- The second row can be a different Fruit Crop (eg Coconut) as well as the same or
entirely different Timber Crops (eg Melia + Teak + etc or Pencil + Red Sanders + etc).
- The advantage in this option is that the alternate column is occupied by Timber Crops and
the crown size generally will be very less and hence the Fruit Crops will get sufficient space to grow.
- The complications starts here as we have 1 fixed Fruit Crop and 2 or more different
Timber Crops in the same row and hence has to be managed differently.
Option 5*
- This option has Multiple Type Fruit Crops (eg Mango + Sapota + etc) and
followed by Multiple Type Timber Crops (eg Melia + Teak + etc) in the next columns.
- The second row can be the same or entirely different set of Fruit Crops
(eg Mango + Sapota + etc or Coconut + Tamarind + etc) as well as the same or entirely different
Timber Crops (eg Melia + Teak + etc or Pencil + Red Sanders + etc).
- The advantage in this option is that the alternate column is occupied by Timber Crops and
the crown size generally will be very less and hence the Fruit Crops will get sufficient space to grow.
- The complications starts here as we have 2 or more different Fruit Crop and
2 or more different Timber crops in the same row and hence has to be managed differently.
- Those who use this option has to maintain records properly to knows which crops stands where.
- A mini forest is being created in this option.
Option 6
- This option is a very generic option and no specific crops have been mentioned.
One of the requirements in this option is that we have to alternate between Long Term Fruit Crops &
Long Term Timber Crops in the same row.
The other requirement in this option is that we have to alternate between Medium Term Fruit Crops &
Medium Term Timber Crops in the next row.
- The advantage in this option is that the alternate column is occupied by Timber Crops and
the crown size generally will be very less and hence the Fruit Crops column will get sufficient space to grow.
- Another advantage in this option is that both the crops (more or less) will attain
maturity at the same time since we are going for the same type of longevity of the crops and
hence the entire row can be managed properly.
- A mini forest is being created in this option.