organic farm at the dune
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Dune Organic Farm
AnnadanaSoil & Seed Savers
Managed by
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• The DUNE is an eco-friendly resort , located at 15 km from Pondicherry.
• It has a 700 meters sea front exposure to the Bay of Bengal.
• It covers over 35 acres of land with 52 aesthetic bungalows, villas and rooms, playground, swimming pool, organic restaurant and sea food bar, open all through the year.
• The restaurant and sea food bar serves healthy gourmet fusion food, The in-situ 7 acres Organic farm produce highly nutritious organic fresh vegetables, rice, millets, pulses, fruits and milk .
Location
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Organic Farm
Sea food bar
Restaurant
Bay of Bengal
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Sustainable Organic FarmOver-view
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Paddy land
Farm shed
Waste water system
Cow shed (Dairy)
Compost yard
Vermi-compost yard
Vegetable Garden
Poultry shed
Cow grass
Dryland crops
Fruit crops
Pine apple
Banana
Coconut intercropping
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Crops produced are
1. Wetland- Rice- Green manure- Pulses (Cow pea & Black
gram)
2. Dryland - Groundnut ( peanut)- Pearl Millet ( cumbu)- Finger Millet ( Ragi)- Foxtail Millet
(Thennai)- Green manure
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3. Garden land - Tomato- Brinjal- Capsicum- Chilli- Squash- Cucumber- Watermelon- Salad- Rukula- Amaranth- Gourds (snake, bitter &
bottle)- Carrot- Radish- Corn- Basil- Beans- Bhendi- Flowers- Sunflower- Corriander
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Soil Fertility Management
1. Green Manure(GM) 2. Compost 3. Bio-Charcoal
5. Organic Growth Promoter4. Botanical
cakes
7. Crop rotation6. Mulching
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Green manuring1. Wet land Green manuring technique. Green manure are grown prior to crop cultivation to enriched the soil. Those plant are plowed into the soil.
Daincha seeds Sunhemp seeds Cowpea seeds
Daincha Sunhemp Cowpea
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5 Days after sowing 15 Days after sowing
35 Days after sowing25 Days after sowing
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45 Days after sowing Green manure incorporation
10 Days after GM incorporation OGP spraying
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2. Garden land Green manuring technique
Green manure
sowing
5 Days after sowing
25 Days after sowing15 Days after
sowing
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GM incorporation
OGP application
35 Days after sowing
Covering GM with soil for decomposition and soil
fertilization
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Compost & Composting
Green layer - weeds Dry layer – Coir pith
OGP inoculationBotanical cake application
Composting is the recycling of farm residues into organic fertilizers
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Cow dung layer ¼ built compost pile
Fully built compost pile½ built compost pile
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Final layer - Covering compost pile by
soil
Fully built compost pile
Ready compost after 3 month or 90 days after 2 turning
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Bio-Charcoal
Bio-charcoal in pieces Soak the bio-charcoal in OGP prior usage
Ready bio-charcoal Bio-charcoal used while GM incorporation / pit preparation
Charcoal store nutrients and release them slowly as plants need
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Botanical cakes
Pongam cakes
Neem cake
Oil cakes residues possess natural bio pesticides property
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Organic Growth Promoters
Panchagavya
Efficient micro-
organism
OGP are natural farm preparation witch boost plant immunity and productivity
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Amirthakaraisal
Fish meal extract
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MulchingMulching conserve moisture and reduce extreme temperature
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Paddy / Rice•Wetland crop, cultivated in 2 Season
•Samba season (Aug to Dec) & Navarai season( Jan to April)
•Samba – medium duration crop of 110-120 days
•Navarai – Short duration crop of 90-100 days
•Seed treatment & seedling dip with free living bacterial bio-fertilizer
• System of Rice Intensification(SRI)/ Transplant 16-18 days old seedling
•SRI Irrigation, no flooding but alternate wet and dry irrigation until
flowering
•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after transplanting
•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main
field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.
•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar
application after transplanting
•If recommended bio-plant extract is prepared and applied to control
pest and disease.
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Paddy seed for sowing
Sowing in the nursery
bed
Bacterial bio-fertilizer seed
treatment
Covering the seed with compost
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Soil & Seed Savers Annadana
Irrigate the nursery
10 days after sowing
Germination after 7 days
15 -18 days seedling ready for
transplanting
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Single seedling transplanting at 30 x 30 cm spacing per hill
10 days after transplanting 20 days after transplanting
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Vegetative stage
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Tillering and flowering stage
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Panicle initiation and maturity stage
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Grain maturation and harvesting
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Groundnut / Peanut•Dry land crop, cultivated from December to March•Seed treatment with free living bacterial bio-fertilizer •2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after sowing•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar application after transplanting
Gr.nut seed for sowing Bacterial bio-fertilizer seed
treatment
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Shade dry the seeds before
sowing
Peanut seeds sowing
Germinated peanut seeds
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Vegetative stage
Reproductive stage
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Pod maturity stage
Peanut harvesting
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Soil & Seed Savers
Pod separation and drying stage
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Ragi / Finger millet•Dry land crop, cultivated from November to February and May to August•Cultivated in 2 way: - direct sowing by broadcasting the seeds in rain fed condition and - raised in nursery & transplanted in irrigated conditions.•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after sowing or transplanting•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar application after transplanting
Ragi seeds for sowing Sowing ragi seeds in the nursery
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Covering the seeds by compost
Ragi seed germination
Watering the nursery
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Ragi seedling transplanting
Vegetative stage
Transplanted main field
Reproductive stage
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Ragi harvesting
Harvested ragi and grain separation
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Thennai / Foxtail Millet
•Dry land crop, cultivated from November to February and March to June•Cultivated in 2 way: - direct sowing by broadcasting the seeds in rain fed condition and - raised in nursery & transplanted in irrigated conditions.•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake at main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP : 2 Soil application and 4 foliar spray after transplanting
Thennai seeds for sowing Direct sowing/ broadcasting Thennai seeds
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Vegetative stage
Reproductive stage
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Harvesting
Thrashing and seed separation
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Garden land - Vegetables
Nursery Preparation and Seed
Sowing
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Nursery irrigation and aftercare
protection
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Germinated seeds in the nursery beds
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Direct sowing, irrigation and germinated
seeds
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Soil & Seed Savers
Germinated corn, cucumuber, bhendi and
gourds
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Bio-diversity of tomatoes
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Bio-diversity of tomatoes
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Bio-diversity of tomatoes
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Bio-diversity of capsicum
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Soil & Seed Savers
Bio-diversity of capsicum
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Soil & Seed Savers
Bio-diversity of brinjal
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Bio-diversity of bhendi / okra
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Soil & Seed Savers
Bio-diversity of watermelon
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Bio-diversity of lettuces
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Bio-diversity of lettuces
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Bio-diversity of sweet corn
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Bio-diversity of sweet and popcorn
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Bio-diversity of long cow pea
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Bio-diversity of Amaranth
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Bio-diversity of bitter gourd
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Bio-diversity of bottle gourd & snake gourd
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Bio-diversity of radish
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Bio-diversity of basil
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Bio-diversity of squash and pumpkin
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Bio-diversity of cucumber
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Soil & Seed Savers
Bio-diversity of muskmelon
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Fruit crops
Banana
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Pineapple
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Soil & Seed Savers
Papaya
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Cow grass
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Soil & Seed Savers
Cow grass
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Vermi Compost
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Vermi Compost
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Soil & Seed Savers
Vermi Compost
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Milking Cow
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Poultry – Layer chicken
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Duck & Rabbit rearing
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For further enquiries, contact us at :
The Dune, Eco Village & Spa, Pudhukuppam, Keelputhupet, (via Pondicherry university),
Tamil Nadu - 605014, India. Phone : Ph: (+91) 413 2655751, (+91) 413
3244040, (+91) 9364455440, Fax: (+91) 413 2656351.
www.thedunehotel.com
For more information on farming log on to our websiteAnnadana Seed Bank, Auroville Botanical Garden
Auroville, Villupuram Dist, Tamilnadu – 605101.
E-mail : [email protected]
Phone : 0413 262 2667
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