- The Wood that is of extremely high demand.
- ,Kerala is one of the rare places where Teak is grown.
- Cheap modes of cultivation available.
- Rubber is no more an income generating cultivation because of the fluctuating prices and climatic changes.
- Atleast one-third of the rubber estates can be used for Teak plantation which will act like fixed deposits in banks.
- It takes 10 years for Rubber to give yield. Meanwhile Teak would grow taller than 40 inches in 10 years.
- Though the initial expenditure for growing an acre of tissue culture teak is Rs30,000, it decreases to Rs 5000 in the following years.
- By investing Rs 30000in bank, the maximum interest generated is Rs 18000 in 20 years. Meanwhile if one acre of tissue culture Teak is well taken care, we can get an yield of upto 2 crores in 20 years
- The plants should be cultivated with a 10*10 spacing.
- Cultivation should not be done in a shaded place.
- The ground needs to be digged with an area of 1.5 * 1.5 for planting.
- A mixture of 250gm bone powder and 1/2 kg dried cow dung should be used as manure.
- After planting ,watering and shading should be provided during intial days. Should be protected from sunlight.
- 1 litre of fermented cow dung diluted with 7 litres of water can be used once a week for supplying enough Nitrogen and Phosphorus.
- Proper manuring needs to be done only during the first 3 years.
- Care should be taken against benting of plants due to fast growth during initial rains.
- Systemic pesticides needs to be taken for protection from worms.
- Its better to avoid growing climbers like pepper and Vanilla on Teak trees.
- . One year after planting Teak , other cultivations like Cocoa, Coffee, Theettappul can be done in the gaps.