Why invest in our plantations ?

 Although many of us have interest in managing our own plantation of Sandalwood to get a lucrative income the limitations we face prevent us from doing so.  Major limitations are the land, technology and time. We have found most of our investors are living in urban areas where you hardly find enough space for cultivation. Even if you live in a rural area where space is in abundance, you will find that continuous attention is needed in Sandalwood cultivation than in many other plantations to get good results. This is because sandalwood is a semi-root parasitic tree and requires host plants (can parasitize over 300 species including itself) for its nitrogen (N) , phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) and other requirements. They send their roots to other plants and make root nodes to suck nutrients. Sandalwood is light-demanding plant and can be easily suppressed by faster-growing host species. As such in addition to managing the main plant we have to look after the management of the host plant cultivation too.
We in our Sandalwood project take much care and attention in feeding, pest and decease controlling, irrigating and protecting our Sandalwood and host plants. We maintain several buffer stocks in different locations to supply additional trees in case of a damage to the trees by man made or natural disaster like cyclone or bush fire.