Plantation Time-             October

First Harvesting-                   60 Days

Crop Dueration-                   4 Months

Time Period-                       October-May

Buyback Rate-                     30rs/kg

Soil And Climate Conditions:

The plants are hardy and grow under a variety of conditions. The most ideal conditions are a warm and humid climate with plenty of sunshine and rainfall of 250-280 cm per annum, uniformly distributed. Regarding the soil, it can be grown from poor soils, in the hill slopes. Soil pH ranging from 4.5 to 7.5 is ideal.

Lemon grass is also known as China grass. Lemon grass has wide range of therapeutic and antimicrobial value. Its leaves are mainly used for preparing various drugs. Drugs prepared from lemongrass are used to cure various problems such as headaches, tooth-aches and for fever. It is an aromatic plant with average height 1-3m tall. The leaves are 125cm long and 1.7cm broad. It grows in India, tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, America and Asia. In India it is mainly grown in Punjab, Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.