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Teacher’s miracle… Himalayan fruit grown in Pune, crop ready in 15 months

Published On: December 6, 2023
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News Desk: A retired teacher from Pune has done a unique experiment in farming. With the help of modern agricultural techniques, the teacher has grown Himalayan fruits in Pune. Actually, everyone remembers Jammu Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh for apples. But, now these apples are also growing in Indapur taluka of Pune. Prabhakar Kharat, a farmer and retired teacher from Sansar, has cultivated apples.

Prabhakar Kharat is a retired teacher. He has been doing farming since retirement. Kharat decided to do a different experiment in his farming. For this he ordered apple saplings from Darjeeling. In just 15 to 19 months of planting these plants, he successfully harvested his first apple crop. Prabhakar’s son Kishore had gone to Jammu and Kashmir to visit. Then he saw apple orchards there.

Son learned farming from Kashmir
After this Kishore took detailed information about this. He also told his father Prabhakar Kharat and brother Kalidas about the environment, medicines and its cultivation. After this, the Kharat family decided to start apple cultivation and got saplings from Darjeeling. He planted apple trees in 10 guntas. After this he had to take care of many things. His entire family works together in farming.

Have been doing farming for 4 years
For the first time, Kharat conducted a successful experiment on 10 guntas of apple, hence this cultivation is being discussed everywhere. Then he again planted 10 grams of apples. He has been cultivating apples for 4 years. The special thing is that he did not use any kind of chemical fertilizers for this fruit garden. Prabhakar Kharat says that a huge investment has to be made in this farming. Also, while doing this farming, all the things have to be kept in mind. Apart from Jammu and Kashmir, apple cultivation can also be done in other places, retired teacher Prabhakar Kharat has given this message to other farmers.

Tags: , Farming, Local18, pune news

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