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Production method

Climate and Land requirements:

Safed Musli can be successfully carried out in basically hot regions, except the upper regions of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. The climate is suitable for the rest of India. Safed Musli is a tuber crop. Softer soil is more suitable for the growth of the roots (tubers), so that its roots can grow easily. From the point of view of production, light cotton soil, sandy loam soil, light red soil, light yellow soil, black soil is more suitable and the land should have PH in 6.5 to 8.5 range. Safed Musli is a rain crop and hence, it requires irrigation only when there is a considerable gap (>15 days) between two consecutive rains.

01.

Land Preparation

Safed Musli is a monsoon cultivation, which is planted in India in the months of June and July. Land must be prepared before the rainy season. Essential manures like Cow dung manure, Karanja cake, etc. needs to provide for better production. After proper fertilizing, Garad/beds of 6 to 8 inches height are made in the field, which have a distance of about 20 inches between themselves.

02.

Seed Preparation

The bunch of safed musli planting material is cut into two or three tubular bunches with the help of appropriate tool, which is then germinated properly using either organic or inorganic method to helps in the rupturing of seed. Prepared bunched now ready for planting purpose.

03.

Sowing of Seedlings

A 2 to 2.5 inch deep ridge is made on top of the bed or garad in which the prepared seed tuber is placed in such a way that the distance from the forehead to the forehead is about 6 to 8 centimeters. After which it is covered by soil with hands.

04.

gardening & 3 months crop

Since safed musli is a rain crop, it does not require irrigation, but after 12 to 15 days of no water fall (rain), irrigation can be done in musli crop. Irrigation and gardening done according to need and after 3 months of sowing, field will be covered by the green leaves as shown in the image.

05.

harvesting

Safed Musli can be easily harvested by applying thin tires to the tractor. It could also be done using any other conventional method. Safed musli crop has production of about 20 quintals (raw material) in 1 acre, which is further proceeds for peeling and drying process to prepare 4-5 quintals of dry material in an acre.

06.

Peeling Process

The peeling of safed musli can be done by machine, but at Kaliya Musli Farm it is done using modern technology which has been proved very effective since. The conventional peeling process could be hectic hence, it should be avoided. After peeling, prepared white wet material sent for drying, which is done by providing sunlight exposure to the material for almost 4-5 days.

07.

packaging & Selling

Prepared dry material is packed in plastic bags and could be stored in dry and cool place for selling at appropriate time. Dry material can be easily sale in the dried fruit market of big cities of India. Delhi Khari Baoli market is one of the biggest market for selling of safed musli in bulk quantity in India.