Dune Organic Farm

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• The DUNE is an eco-friendly resort , located at 15 km from Pondicherry.

• It has a 700 meters sea front exposure to the Bay of Bengal.

• It covers over 35 acres of land with 52 aesthetic bungalows, villas and rooms, playground, swimming pool, organic restaurant and sea food bar, open all through the year.

• The restaurant and sea food bar serves healthy gourmet fusion food, The in-situ 7 acres Organic farm produce highly nutritious organic fresh vegetables, rice, millets, pulses, fruits and milk .

Location

Organic Farm

Sea food bar

Restaurant

Bay of Bengal

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Paddy land

Farm shed

Waste water system

Cow shed (Dairy)

Compost yard

Vermi-compost yard

Vegetable Garden

Poultry shed

Cow grass

Dryland crops

Fruit crops

Pine apple

Banana

Coconut intercropping

Crops produced are

1. Wetland- Rice- Green manure- Pulses (Cow pea & Black

gram)

2. Dryland - Groundnut ( peanut)- Pearl Millet ( cumbu)- Finger Millet ( Ragi)- Foxtail Millet

(Thennai)- Green manure

3. Garden land - Tomato- Brinjal- Capsicum- Chilli- Squash- Cucumber- Watermelon- Salad- Rukula- Amaranth- Gourds (snake, bitter &

bottle)- Carrot- Radish- Corn- Basil- Beans- Bhendi- Flowers- Sunflower- Corriander

Soil Fertility Management

1. Green Manure(GM) 2. Compost 3. Bio-Charcoal

5. Organic Growth Promoter4. Botanical

cakes

7. Crop rotation6. Mulching

Green manuring1. Wet land Green manuring technique. Green manure are grown prior to crop cultivation to enriched the soil. Those plant are plowed into the soil.

Daincha seeds Sunhemp seeds Cowpea seeds

Daincha Sunhemp Cowpea

5 Days after sowing 15 Days after sowing

35 Days after sowing25 Days after sowing

45 Days after sowing Green manure incorporation

10 Days after GM incorporation OGP spraying

2. Garden land Green manuring technique

Green manure

sowing

5 Days after sowing

25 Days after sowing15 Days after

sowing

GM incorporation

OGP application

35 Days after sowing

Covering GM with soil for decomposition and soil

fertilization

Compost & Composting

Green layer - weeds Dry layer – Coir pith

OGP inoculationBotanical cake application

Composting is the recycling of farm residues into organic fertilizers

Cow dung layer ¼ built compost pile

Fully built compost pile½ built compost pile

Final layer - Covering compost pile by

soil

Fully built compost pile

Ready compost after 3 month or 90 days after 2 turning

Bio-Charcoal

Bio-charcoal in pieces Soak the bio-charcoal in OGP prior usage

Ready bio-charcoal Bio-charcoal used while GM incorporation / pit preparation

Charcoal store nutrients and release them slowly as plants need

Botanical cakes

Pongam cakes

Neem cake

Oil cakes residues possess natural bio pesticides property

Organic Growth Promoters

Panchagavya

Efficient micro-

organism

OGP are natural farm preparation witch boost plant immunity and productivity

Amirthakaraisal

Fish meal extract

MulchingMulching conserve moisture and reduce extreme temperature

Paddy / Rice•Wetland crop, cultivated in 2 Season

•Samba season (Aug to Dec) & Navarai season( Jan to April)

•Samba – medium duration crop of 110-120 days

•Navarai – Short duration crop of 90-100 days

•Seed treatment & seedling dip with free living bacterial bio-fertilizer

• System of Rice Intensification(SRI)/ Transplant 16-18 days old seedling

•SRI Irrigation, no flooding but alternate wet and dry irrigation until

flowering

•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after transplanting

•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main

field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.

•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar

application after transplanting

•If recommended bio-plant extract is prepared and applied to control

pest and disease.

Paddy seed for sowing

Sowing in the nursery

bed

Bacterial bio-fertilizer seed

treatment

Covering the seed with compost

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Irrigate the nursery

10 days after sowing

Germination after 7 days

15 -18 days seedling ready for

transplanting

Single seedling transplanting at 30 x 30 cm spacing per hill

10 days after transplanting 20 days after transplanting

Vegetative stage

Tillering and flowering stage

Panicle initiation and maturity stage

Grain maturation and harvesting

Groundnut / Peanut•Dry land crop, cultivated from December to March•Seed treatment with free living bacterial bio-fertilizer •2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after sowing•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar application after transplanting

Gr.nut seed for sowing Bacterial bio-fertilizer seed

treatment

Shade dry the seeds before

sowing

Peanut seeds sowing

Germinated peanut seeds

Vegetative stage

Reproductive stage

Pod maturity stage

Peanut harvesting

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Pod separation and drying stage

Ragi / Finger millet•Dry land crop, cultivated from November to February and May to August•Cultivated in 2 way: - direct sowing by broadcasting the seeds in rain fed condition and - raised in nursery & transplanted in irrigated conditions.•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days after sowing or transplanting•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake for main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP spraying 2 time as soil application and 4 times as foliar application after transplanting

Ragi seeds for sowing Sowing ragi seeds in the nursery

Covering the seeds by compost

Ragi seed germination

Watering the nursery

Ragi seedling transplanting

Vegetative stage

Transplanted main field

Reproductive stage

Ragi harvesting

Harvested ragi and grain separation

Thennai / Foxtail Millet

•Dry land crop, cultivated from November to February and March to June•Cultivated in 2 way: - direct sowing by broadcasting the seeds in rain fed condition and - raised in nursery & transplanted in irrigated conditions.•2 Weeding at 30 and 60 days•Basal application of 5-6 ton compost and 40 kg botanical cake at main field preparation & 25 kg botanical cake after weeding.•OGP : 2 Soil application and 4 foliar spray after transplanting

Thennai seeds for sowing Direct sowing/ broadcasting Thennai seeds

Vegetative stage

Reproductive stage

Harvesting

Thrashing and seed separation

Garden land - Vegetables

Nursery Preparation and Seed

Sowing

Nursery irrigation and aftercare

protection

Germinated seeds in the nursery beds

Direct sowing, irrigation and germinated

seeds

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Germinated corn, cucumuber, bhendi and

gourds

Bio-diversity of tomatoes

Bio-diversity of tomatoes

Bio-diversity of tomatoes

Bio-diversity of capsicum

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Bio-diversity of capsicum

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Bio-diversity of brinjal

Bio-diversity of bhendi / okra

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Bio-diversity of watermelon

Bio-diversity of lettuces

Bio-diversity of lettuces

Bio-diversity of sweet corn

Bio-diversity of sweet and popcorn

Bio-diversity of long cow pea

Bio-diversity of Amaranth

Bio-diversity of bitter gourd

Bio-diversity of bottle gourd & snake gourd

Bio-diversity of radish

Bio-diversity of basil

Bio-diversity of squash and pumpkin

Bio-diversity of cucumber

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Bio-diversity of muskmelon

Fruit crops

Banana

Pineapple

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Papaya

Cow grass

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Cow grass

Vermi Compost

Vermi Compost

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Vermi Compost

Milking Cow

Poultry – Layer chicken

Duck & Rabbit rearing

For further enquiries, contact us at :

The Dune, Eco Village & Spa, Pudhukuppam, Keelputhupet, (via Pondicherry university),

Tamil Nadu - 605014, India. Phone : Ph: (+91) 413 2655751, (+91) 413

3244040, (+91) 9364455440, Fax: (+91) 413 2656351.

www.thedunehotel.com

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