how to grow red sandalwood tree

How long does red sandalwood take to grow?

“Technically, a tree has a viable quantity of heartwood at 15 years, but the mature quality that can fetch the best price takes time to form,” he says, and adds that harvest should take place only after 25-30 years.

How can I grow sandalwood tree at home?

Sandalwood saplings should be planted in well drained soil and watered frugally on alternate days. Reduce the volume of water as the years go by. Use organic manure (once in 45 days) only. Sandalwood trees are semi-parasitic in nature.

Why is growing sandalwood illegal?

Government declared growing sandalwood tree illegal due to rise in smuggling and exporting of sandalwood in recent years. However, planting of sandalwood is legal in India but plantation activities are undertaken by governments departments. The department controls the cutting of sandalwood.

How long does it take to grow a sandalwood tree?

Though returns on sandalwood cultivation are very high in which naturally grown sandalwood tree takes 30 years to be ready for harvesting whereas intensive cultivation in organic methods gives quick results in 10 to 15 years. The sandalwood grown in India has two colours which are available white and red.

What is the cost of red sandalwood per kg?

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Can I grow a sandalwood tree?

Sandalwood trees are tolerant of high wind, drought, salt spray and intense heat. They prefer full sun but will grow in part shade. They are used in the landscape as hedges, specimen plants, shade trees and xeriscaping plants. The flowers and wood of sandalwood are harvested for the plant's fragrant essential oil.

What is the price of red sandalwood?

“A tonne of red sanders fetches up to Rs 20 lakh in India but its international landing price is above Rs 50-80 lakh,” a forest officer from the Vellore range said last year.

How do I start a sandalwood farm?

Sandalwood tree crop requires hot atmosphere and it grows better in humid climatic conditions. Sandalwood tree cultivation also needs the temperature in between 12° and 35°C. It is the perfect temperature for good growth of sandalwood tree. At 600 and 1050 meters altitudes, this sandalwood tree plant grows well.

Does sandalwood tree attract snakes?

Do they like the fragrance of sandalwood or is it something else. As far as the labor of snakes is concerned, scientists have proved that snakes do not have the labor of smell. ... But the snakes are wrapped around the sandalwood tree, not because of the scent of sandalwood but to keep themselves cool.

What is the cost of 1kg sandalwood?

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Which sandalwood is best white or red?

Red sandalwood is used for treating digestive tract problems, fluid retention, and coughs; and for “blood purification”. Red sandalwood might increase the loss of body water through the urine (diuretic effect).

Which country is the largest producer of sandalwood?

India contributes 90 per cent of the sandalwood oil production in the world.

Why red sandalwood is costly?

Sandalwood is expensive compared to other types of woods, so to maximize profit, sandalwood is harvested by removing the entire tree instead of sawing it down at the trunk close to ground level. This way wood from the stump and root, which possesses high levels of sandalwood oil, can also be processed and sold.

Why sandalwood tree is a partial parasite plant?

The sandalwood tree is considered as a partial root parasite because it completes its nutritional requirements from the other plants. The roots of this type of plant are modified and called haustoria whose function is to penetrate host plants and take nutrition from them.

Which soil is suitable for sandalwood?

It can grown in different types of soils like sandy, clay red soils, laterite loam and black cotton soils. sandalwood can grow under varying conditions of soil PH from 6.0 to 7.5.

Which sandalwood is more costly?

Although Sandalwood has many species but only two of them i.e.White Sandalwood and Red Sandalwood are most widely cultivated. Due to its therapeutic and cosmetic value White Sandalwood is quite expensive. It possesses many medicinal properties and are used in alternative medicines.

What is the price of sandalwood tree?

Karnataka forest department's sandalwood auction at Mysore fetched an all-time high of Rs 38.51 lakh a tonne for heartwood (old mature tree's central portion) as against the normal price of Rs 30-32 lakh a tonne.

Where does red sandalwood grow?

Red Sandalwood Pterocarpus santalinus

santalinus, commonly known as Red Sandalwood, is a native and endemic to India and can only be found in the southern parts of the Eastern Ghats. It is a small tree that grows to 5-8 meters in height and has a dark grayish bark.

Are sandalwood trees endangered?

East Indian sandalwood tree is highly endangered due to over exploitation.

How can we protect sandalwood trees?

Karnataka government had taken the lead in inserting microchips on sandalwood trees. The move was to protect the Sandalwood -- the state tree of Karnataka -- from illegal loggers. The microchips would also help maintain a sandalwood tree count.

How much does a sandalwood tree weight?

Mature sandalwood trees weigh around 100 kg, of which 20 kg is the aromatic heartwood, which in turn produces between 600-700ml of oil per tree.