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Mala inchi well – A method of water conservation harvesting by planting wild ginger
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Mala inchi well – A method of water conservation harvesting by planting wild gingerK.S. Raghunath plants mala inchi (Zingiber wightianum Thw.) around the trench or well for conserving as well as harvesting water in it. Also, it reportedly helps in soil conservation. Earlier, he had experimented with plants such as adathoda, shoe flower, konna etc., but these did not serve the purpose. Sometimes due to vigorous growth of these plants, the soil around the well used to slide into it.He says, planting mala inchi serves multiple purposes. Its strong smell repels animals and also when the well is dry, the harvested mala inchi could be sold in the market.
:	Practice
:	Kottayam
:	Honeybee 21(2),13,2010
:	20215

1.	Kaylin Sun, 11 Sep 2011 @22:55:30
	This article is a home run, pure and smilpe!

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