Reclamation the area for agricultural activities
       Rearing animal (cattle) Grow the grassland like Ginny grass or Signal grass mixed with Hamata bean or Zentosima bean.
       Fishery Rear the fiahes which are available, fast-growing and disease-tolerant. Its stuff should have a good taste and be popular like genus Pangasius, genus Puntius. In coastal area, rear fishes like genus Thynnichthys, perch.
       Economic crops planting Select plant suitable for the area or economic crops like cashew nut, pineapple, vegetables and truck crops.

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Soil management for planting various plants

Type

Management    

1. Mulching plant
     - Ginny grass Signal grass Hamata bean, Zentosima bean

 - Grow grass in the area 50x25x50 cm. and scatter beans 1 kg./rai. Apply chemical fertilizer (15-15-15) 120 kg./rai/year. Divide it and apply it 2 rai/month.

2. Fast- growing plant
     - eucalyptus, Casuarina

 - Grow small plants in the area 2x2 m. Apply chemical fertilizer (15-15-15) 300-700 g./plant/year. Divide it and apply it every 3 months. Add organic fertilizerbelow the hole 10 kg./plant.


3. Cashew nut

 - Grow small plants in the area 6x6 m. Apply chemical fertilizer (15-15-15) half of the plant's age but not more than 5 kg./plant/year. Add organic fertilizer 60 kg./plant/year.

4. Pineapple

- Grow the sprouts in two rows far from each other 1 m. in the area 50x30 cm. Apply chemical fertilizer (15-15-15) or (13-13-21) 120 kg./rai/year. Divide it to add every 3 month. Add organic fertilizer 3-6 ton/rai/year.

5. Vegetables and truck crops
     - lettuce, turnips, genus Terminalia
     - cowpea, cucumber, cantaloup

 - Before planting, mix compost, animal manure or BKK fertilizer 30-40 ton/rai.
- Before planting, mix compost, animal manure or BKK fetilizer 3-8 ton/rai.
- For chemical fertilizer, add it (15-15-15) 100-400 kg./rai according to plant type and divide it to add every 10 days.
 
For more information, please contact Soil and Water Conservation Division Tel. 02-579-3504
E-mail : scd_4@ldd.go.th or Land Development Regional Office
Land Development station in province