Polyhouse Expenditure

Intresting Article About PolyHouse...

I am a farmer based in Nasik, Maharashtra, and i grow Capsicums (red,yellow,green)
Recently i did plantation for my 4300 sq mtr(1.07 acre) polyhouse with capsicums.

Costs incurred. - both my site are 3 yrs old. but to give you an idea, the same are below -
- Polyhouse - Rs. 480 / sq. mtr
- drip, fogging, venturi, disc filter - Rs. 280000
- Basal dose (rice husk, compost, red soil, nutrient soil from dam, fertilizers etc) - Rs. 550000
- HTP sprayer (with eletric motor & diesel motor) & 5 HP Diesel motor (make - field marshal)  - Rs. 73000
- Seeds - (Namdhari NS280 & NS 281) - Rs. 160000
- Bed Making - Rs 20000
- G.I & MS Wires for top support system in capsicum - Rs. 10500
- Polyester Thread for tying plant - Rs. 11000

Life of this crop and total production expected. - different people have different answers, they only know the truth. my experience says that the life time of capsicum is 20 days germination, and than around an year after plantation. could vary depending on conditions. about production. again i've heard stories of people taking out so much production which makes me wonder. my actual production was 7.3 kg/sq mtr (good quality) and 1.2 kg/sq mtr (second quality)

Expected profit ( if you are comfortable sharing true figures ;-) ) - you said expected kedar, so theres no limit

Type of soil and changes done if any.. - i've used a mixture of red soil, rice husk, POITA (soil which i got while the dam was being deepened), cow dung, neem cakes (pend)

How to find Ground water

Intresting Post...

This following technique is used in village areas.The bore well companies are using this techinque.Even the modern technolgy has failed but this never failed.It is unbelivable.

Take a 2 feet long small thin flexible NEEM tree stick.make the stick in the U shape.Hold one end at one hand and other end at other hand.The ends should meet your inner part of hands and it should not touch the fingers.

Do not hold the stick heavily.Now by holding stick move around the ground.

If the underwater level is high in a particular area the stick in your hands will automatically rotate at high speed.Depending on the underwater level the stick will rotate.

Only experts can give accurate result.Please call any Borewell operator they will must have the knowledge.

Call one operator it is not expensive.

If there is heavy rock under the ground the stick will not rotate but machine system will give you a wrong information.

This results are 100% accurate by proper experts.Even machine equipments are failure but it is not failure.

In souhthern areas every person above 60 years are having good knowledge about this and they can do.

Impressed Article

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/19/stories/2010041956350500.htm

BANGALORE: At a time when there is a strong perception that farming is not a profitable venture, this farmer from Tapasihalli in Doddaballapur taluk has created waves by earning a profit of about Rs. 22 lakh a year from merely 2.1 acres of land.

It is his innovative drive and constant experimentation with multi-cropping methods that have helped 51-year-old H. Sadananda to reap a rich harvest.

He cultivates nearly 30 varieties of crop on his land, including tomato and areca on half an acre each which yield him Rs. 2 lakh and Rs. 50,000 respectively.

Ginger is cultivated along with areca in the plantation, and it yields him about Rs. 70,000 a year. Mr. Sadananda has also made space in his areca plantation for rearing 250 Giriraja hens which he sells every three months to earn about Rs. 1 lakh a year. The poultry droppings are valuable manure for the areca plantation while agricultural waste is used as feed for the birds.

He has planted about 2,000 rose cuttings on three-fourth of an acre, which fetches him about Rs. 4 lakh a year, and has set up a greenhouse on one-fourth of an acre for cultivating capsicum and high-quality rose alternatively. Capsicum, cultivated for about six months, yields him about Rs. 5.4 lakh while the rose variety that replaces capsicum for the next six months gets him about Rs. 2.5 lakh a year. A small vegetable garden, a fish-rearing pond, coconut and jackfruit trees on the periphery of his land, in addition to coffee plants, papaya, sapota and lime trees also find a place. His cows produce 80 to 100 litres of milk a day.

Manure

Manure comes from vermicompost and the slurry from a gobar gas plant. A tiny pond is filled with azolla plants which is a good cow feed.

Mr. Sadananda, who depends on borewell for irrigation, has installed drip irrigation system for the entire land at a cost of Rs. 50,000 (excluding subsidy). “Drip irrigation allows me to irrigate my entire land even with four hours of three-phase power,” he says. Besides, it prevents weeds and also saves him about Rs. 400 a day in labour costs.

Interestingly, he also breeds Rottweiler and Great Dane breeds of dogs to earn Rs. 1.2 lakh a year.

He has been honoured with prestigious awards by the Union Ministry of Agriculture. Several agricultural scientists, farmers and VIPs from India and abroad visit his farm.

Innovative ideas

Mr. Sadananda says that his farm income increased after he adopted innovative ideas provided by the Department of Biotechnology's Bio-Resource Complex project taken up in his village. He can be contacted on 9342022146.

Artificial Pond

Artificial pond with geo-membrane lining.capacity is 75 lakh litre

Tomato

Is it possible to earn one lakh or ten lakh / acre / year from farming?

Recently i read this in one Agriculture forum......

Date of plantation:- 26-Jan-2010.
Total Extent:- 3 Acres,
Total number of Plants:-2400.
Total tenure of crops:- 2 Years concluded in Feb-2012.

Number of  Fruits average per plant:- 150.
Average weight of fruit:- 1 kg 100 grms (weight is 2.8 kg & lowest 450 grms)
Average Sale rate per KG:- Rs.4/- (Lowest rate Rs.3.25 & Highest is Rs.11/-
Wastage deduction is 5kgs for fruits for each 100kgs.
Expenditure for plant is from beginning to end excluding harvesting charges
borne by buyers:- Rs.150/-
90% fruits sold in Farm & 10% supplied to HOPCOMS @ Bangalore.

Total Income is Rs.14,00,000/-
Total Expenditure is Rs.3,60,000/-
Income per Acre if Two Years is Rs.1040000/-
Income per Acare per year Rs.173333/-

Apart from the Papaya, the bonus is Main Mango crop within border and Silver Oak and other fruit crops on Borders.Few fruits had been sent to friends at Bangalore, Chennai, Hederabad, Mysore, Mangalore etc.Finally we and our friends i.e. Birds, Monkeys, Cattle, Dogs, Chicken, Sheep and mother earth tasted them.

Is it possible to make 10 laks/acre/year ?

I have been reading your forum for some time,but interesting in farming.
I wanted to ask this question to your farming members. Is it possible to
get 10 lakhs per acre per year from farming. This is why I ask.

Recently i read this in one Agriculture forum......

He has 10 acres there on which he grows rubber, pepper, cardamon, turmeric, chicken,goats, etc. He says he gets gross income of 1 crore from 10 acres. We
asked him more detail and from his malayalam, our marathi and some
kannada and english in between, this is calculation.

Income from rubber - 10 acres - 15.00 lakhs
Sale of pepper, cardamon, turmeric, etc - 10 lakhs
Sale of 150 goats @ 4,000 - 6.00 lakhs
sale of 150 goats @ 8,000 in Id festival - 12.00 lakhs
sale of eggs @ 3,000 eggs/day for 300 days @ 2.5/egg - 22.5 lakhs
sale of chicken - 100 kgs/week @ 60/kg - 3 lakhs
sale of vegatables from polyhouse - 1/2 acre - 5 lakhs
Sale of flowers (rose, jasmine, aster, etc) from polyhouse - 7.5 lakhs
Sale of fish from 1/2 acre pond - 100 kgs/week @ 100/kg - 5.00 lakhs

The total so far is 86 lakhs. But he says some years he gets more
than 1 crore. Sometimes, also his income reduce to 50-60 lakhs.

He says he doesnt weed, but keeps goats in movable paddocks between
rubber trees. Same thing also for chicken. So he doesnt spend for feed
too much and gets benfit of waste dropping for rubber, peper and other
plants. He doesnt use fertiliser or pesticides. He has 8 cows and he
uses their dung as fertiliser. Also there is no smell of cow, chicken
and goat s**t. In his polyhouse he grows out of season vegetables and
flowers. He has two sons, one is engineer in Mumbai and other is
studying in Coimbatore - both not interest in agricultre. He has 11
labours, 1 from Kerala and rest from Bijapur, UP and Chatisgarh

Vertical Farming