Banswada Mahipal Reddy shot to fame after incomes a couple of crores by promoting tomatoes final 12 months.
Up to date On – 19 June 2024, 02:33 PM
Banswada Mahipal Reddy.
Medak: Banswada Mahipal Reddy, who shot to fame after incomes a couple of crores by promoting tomatoes final 12 months, says he has mastered the artwork of rising the tomato crop in such a approach that he will get the harvest when there’s a scarcity out there.
Reddy grows his crop throughout April and Might, which helps him get the harvest throughout June, July, and August, which is there normally is a brief provide of greens into the market.
After reaping wealthy advantages in tomato farming in 2023, when the vegetable was offered at a document Rs 200 per kg, Reddy elevated the world underneath tomato cultivation to 30 acres this 12 months from final 12 months’s 8 acres.
Chatting with Telangana Today, Reddy stated that the farmers must take utmost look after rising tomato crops in the course of the summer season as a result of survival is troublesome throughout April and Might. Other than rising the crop underneath a shade web, Reddy stated that the farmers must go for staking moreover giving extra water, and fertilisers following the recommendation of horticulture officers.
He stated that the farmers would wish to speculate almost Rs 3 lakh on every acre of the crop from shopping for seeds to labour, tilling, fertilisers, pesticides, and others. Normally, the farmers would make investments lower than Rs 2 lakh on an acre of tomato crop in the course of the wet season and winter. He stated they may normally get 35 tonnes of yield per acre in the course of the wet season and winter, however the yield goes down as little as 17 tonnes this era.
After the new summer season, the horticulture farmer stated the crop wants to resist the heavy rains in the course of the monsoon. The flower of the crop would drop except there was a shade web to guard the crop from the sweltering warmth. In contrast to the vast majority of vegetable crops, which might give harvest from 30 to 45 days, tomatoes will begin giving yield after 70 days, and peak after 90 days.
One other horticulture farmer MD Haneef, who has been cultivating vegetable crops for the final twenty years, stated he determined to not take up tomato cultivation as a result of it includes lots of danger. Nevertheless, he appreciated Mahipal Reddy for taking all of the dangers and overcoming the challenges to get the very best yield in the course of the season when most farmers would concern cultivating tomato crops.
Haneef urged the federal government to supply a subsidy to farmers on seeds, mulching, drip, and different agricultural implements in order that the farmers will dare to develop tomato crops throughout this season. He stated that the tomato may even be out there for customers at average costs.
In the meantime, Mahipal Reddy efficiently grew the tomato crop in 30 acres this 12 months. He began getting the yield at a time when the costs have been going by way of the roof within the retail market. He used to get simply Rs 18 per kg a fortnight in the past within the wholesale market now it has crossed Rs 50 per kg. Saying that he had seen many lows and highs, Reddy stated that he offered tomatoes at Rs 7 per kg in March this 12 months.