CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
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Cinnamon is a hardy plant which can be grown in almost all types of soils under a<br />
wide range of climates. The quality of the bark is highly influenced by the soil and<br />
ecological factors. In Sri Lanka, which is the major cinnamon growing country in the<br />
world, it is cultivated on the white sandy soil. Well drained deep sandy soil rich in humus<br />
are ideal for cinnamon cultivation. The best economic produce is obtained when grown in<br />
silicaceous sandy soils, and the yield is high in other types of soils under Sri Lankan<br />
conditions. Waterlogged and marshy areas may be avoided.<br />
PROPOGATION<br />
There are 3 methods of propagation of cinnamon;<br />
1) Cinnamon is propagated through seed. This is the easiest and the most widely adopted<br />
method. It is usually necessary to bag fruits which are either packed from tree or the<br />
fallen ones collected from the ground. Ripe purple seeds would be ready for collection<br />
during June – July. Seeds are removed from the mother trees with desirable<br />
characteristics like<br />
a) smooth bark<br />
b) erect stem<br />
c) easy peeling of bark<br />
d) vigorous growth<br />
e)free from pests and diseases<br />
f)other good qualities like sweetness, pungency and flavour of bark.<br />
Propagation by tissue culture is also successful at the NRCS (1994), but it still<br />
awaits its commercial adoption. Selected adoption. Selected seeds are washed free of<br />
pulp and then sown without delay as the seeds have a low viability. Seeds are sown in<br />
nursery beds in pits filled with a mixtureof sand: soil: cattle manure (2:2:1). In beds,<br />
seeds are sown in holes 2.5 cm deep and 10 cm in diameter in rows of about 20 cm apart.<br />
About 20 seeds are sown or it may be reduced to 8 per hole. Beds of 1m width and<br />
convenient length were suggested by Bavappa and Ruettiman. Seeds may be sown in<br />
rows of 12 cm apart and coverd with a thin layer of soil. Seeds are sown in nursery beds<br />
during July-Augustin India. Beds may be watered and shade provided during early stages.