If money is not for trees, she will laugh. Because... she's doing the same thing. This is the true success story of the Bikkavolu woman's path who poured crores with a tree. Don't know what is that story shared with Vasundhara.
Our Puttillu East Godavari District Bikkavolu. Read it in seventh grade. I came to Kadiyam after marriage. Since we have a nursery in there, that's what we take care of. Planting, footing, watering, adhesive, weeding, fertilizer, spraying medicines... doing nursery chores with laborers is my job. Plants have been part of my life for twenty years. They look like kids to me. I talk to them. I'll know if they have any problems. Twelve years ago, I brought four plants from Singapore to plant in the backyard of my house. These are called Madagascar Almondo. Almond breed plants. These are less in our country.
But I know the tree that grows in rain forests in Cambodia, China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia. These are beautiful things to look at. Four years later they have been coated and the seeds have started to fall. All our words are full of nuts. If they were swept away and thrown out, life would have been lost. I got a thought of how it would be if it was converted into plants rather than wasting it away. Just for fun I put four seeds in the pot. I don't know anything more about that tree plantation. Look... they sprouted. I'm sure they will grow well in our environment. So I collected about five thousand seeds and made them into a wrap and sowed. More than two and a half thousand trees have grown. Grew them up very carefully. Thus, from four plants, we have grown about 16 lakh plants till now.
In the first year, one lakh plants were grown and sold for Rs. Got a million and a half income. I can proudly say that I was the first to grow this plant in the Kadiyam area. These trees look attractive.. grow up to about 45 feet tall. Staying green all year long.. will give shade. The strongest winds can withstand. Supports the environment and biology. Preventing the grounds from going away. Above all, these are beautiful textures, which spread across the country because our climate has a cope with it.
The country is at four roots..
Our nursery visitors will love this plant. And that came in with an unexpected order. Exporting these to many states including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and other cities. Infosys, Wipro, TCS, HCL and other IT firms are growing these in their office premises. Also, cities are showing interest in growing these in house walk-in, farmhouses, villas, parks, private spaces. And the landscapers are buying more of these. All the trees on the way to Shamshabad, Vishaka, Vijayawada airports have left our nursery. We are growing 80 to 90 thousand plants annually. Handing out seeds to local small nurseries. Initially, these plants were very demanding. The price is now available to everyone. Ten people are getting employment through their upbringing. The satisfaction of doing good for the environment more than income gives me more happiness. Terminalia Montali that grows in our backyard. That is the scientific name of this plant. Happy to nurture hundreds of families along with my family.
- Ammula Mohit Nagaprasad, Rajamahendravaram
