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Ravinder Makhaik

Ravinder Makhaik — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Manoj,

Its more than Global Warming that has killed the Apple Tree around our gardens.

Mindless management, complicated by attempting to get better yields than what the soil could support and excessive chemical inputs have simply eroded the value these lands held.

Atul

Atul — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Global Warming has played a major role in curtailing the growth and development of the Apple Orchards. But other than that, the farmers have no one but themselves to blame for the way they have gone about reducing the forest cover to meet their own selfish ends. They want more land to plant trees. Although the concerned departments have started taking action against such deeds, but the fact is that the damage has already been done.

Pooja

Pooja — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

And because of the ‘excessive chemical inputs’ flavor of the much awaited fruit too has run down :(

Hemant

Hemant — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

that’s ideally the case everywhere in India...once what used to be the most fertile piece of land has either converted into desert or is waiting for some govt takeover for industrial use. obviously we all have heard about Green Revolution...introduced to save the nation from hunger...fertilizers were introduced ...oh yes “subsidized”. Govt. employees from the Agricultural dept. used to cover the far flung villages to let people know how helpful the fertilizers are and fast forward 50 years now we have the same people coming back to us to let us know about “organic farming” and letting people know how badly the fertilizers had affected the agricultural land.

So i don’t blame global warming for what might be killing your apple trees...but i am not sure how you guys grow apple.

Parul G

Parul G — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It’s the global warming that has affected yours as well other people’s crop in the area. The increased temperatures due to global warming are taking its toll of world’s flora and fauna.

Jayaprashanth

Jayaprashanth — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

here we have people complaining about global warming. OTOH there are a few scientists saying that global warming is a hyped up phenomenon. I live in Bangalore and i can vouch for fact that the winters are getting colder and summers, hotter. If this is not global warming, what is it?

Jitaditya

Jitaditya — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

That was really touching! We can debate about the causes, but the truth is that we are heading for future where there will be no trees!

Even I realize now how the things have changed in my place. How it looked like when I was in school and how it looks now! It seems just like yesterday, but it was so different!

Somya

Somya — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

@Pooja

being a complete foodie I realize exactly what you are talkin about. The juice, the crisp bites and the natural flavor are a thing of yesterday! We all have our share of apple orchards to protect and it’s a shame that we are unable to! Yeah global warming is prevalent and the extreme weather condition is definitely attributed to the evil that global warming is. Nature has its own ways of paying back for its utter misuse and mismanagement.

Vinay Tevatia

Vinay Tevatia — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Manoj has,in his article, posed a question and answered himself and none of the other readers has caught the answer.

He has mentioned that the apple belt is moving upwards. Upwards where???? Into the jungle. This means that the jungle is being cut. The nature is being fiddled with little realising that when nature replies we humans do not know what has hit us. The changing season, the reducing rainfall etc are a result of the ’panga’ that humans are taking with nature. The jungle trees are green throughout the year while the apple trees are bald/hibernating for about five months in a year. So, it is the reducing green belt that is the cause for our problems. Now to answer the main question of ”Whos killing my apple tree”, the answer is the farmer, besides what other readers have mentioned, is killing (slow death) the apple tree. And he is being assisted in this project by the politicians for the votes.

All apple growers are requested to visit the site www.tevatia.com. It is a site to provide farmers with free knowledge on all aspects of apple growing. And all knowledgeable persons can help us in this social service.

Thank you.