PLANTATION AND ADOPTION OF A TREE

PLANTATION:

Coconut Plants 

Introduction :

 Trees contribute to their environment over long periods of time by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife. During the process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe.

Planting trees is one way of compensating for loss of natural forests as a means of providing domestic products such as building poles, fencing materials, firewood, and even fodder for livestock.

Planting a Coconut a Plant
 

Details of The Activity 

On SCR(social connect and responsibilities) activity our college organised an event on tree plantation.In our class we formed a group of 4 members as a team.

We planted a coconut tree,with the guidence of forestry coordinator. Our Lectures also participated in that event to help the student's.The main purpose of this event was to enhance the awareness about the importance of tree plantation.

SOIL TESTING:

Soil testing 

Soil testing refers to chemical testing of soils for evaluating their fertility status with the objective of making recommendations of fertilizers. 

• It is also includes testing of soils for other properties like texture, pH, CaCO3 content, lime requirement, gypsum requirement etc.

• Soil testing laboratories established in different regions undertake this work and give recommendations to the farmers

We had visited krishi vignyana Kendra in Gonikoppa, to get knowledge about soil testing. There some lectures explained how to test the soil ,and what are the material we want.

Regular soil testing is ultimately important not only for growers but can provide valuable field insights to all agribusiness players, including agri-coops, crop insurers, banks, input suppliers, or commodity traders. Nonetheless, designated laboratories describe only the current field properties. 

Explaining about soil testing 

For example, the required nitrogen concentrations depend on the soil type and are the highest for clay fields:

sandy earths (25 – 50 mg-N/kg);

loam earths (50 – 75 mg-N/kg);

clay earths (75 – 125 mg-N/kg).