Amla (Indian Gooseberry): A Hardy Native Fruit Tree for Jaipur
Phyllanthus emblica
Amla is a tough native fruit tree that grows in dry, poor and even salty soils, needs little water once settled, and gives vitamin C-rich fruit every winter. Here is how to plant and care for it in Jaipur.
How to plant amla
- Use a budded or grafted plant. Seedlings do not come true to type and take 6–8 years to fruit. A grafted tree can start fruiting from its 3rd year.
- Dig the pit early. Make a pit 1 m × 1 m × 1 m about two months before planting, for example in May for a July planting.
- Fill the pit well. Mix the top half of the soil with 25–40 kg of well-rotted farmyard manure (FYM) and 1 kg neem cake or 500 g bone-meal. Fill it to 6–10 cm above ground level. In sodic (alkaline) soil, add 5–8 kg gypsum and about 20 kg sand.
- Give it space. Keep 8–10 m between trees.
- Plant and water. Set the earth ball in the centre, press the soil firm, and water lightly straight after planting.
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