Marigold Farming: These flowers have to leave traditional farming, sit only £ 50,000 and earn 1.7 lakhs! You know this trick

Marigold Farming: Kanwarji Wadhania, a farmer from Banaskantha, left the traditional farming and cultivated flowers with techniques such as drip irrigation and mulch. The low cost earned Rs 1.70,000 and the risk of pests also dropped. Local18 Last Updated: April 13, 2025, 21:09 IST written by Abhay Pandey 01 Farmer Kanwarji Vadhania of Desa Village in the Banasakantha district earlier made traditional farming, but it did not make a profit. 02 Now he has started using modern techniques such as drip irrigation, mulch and cultivated coverage. 03 Kanwarji cultivated a marigold flowers in one and a half Bigha fields, which is a tumor of low and high profits. 04 He planted about 3,500 to 4,000 gold plants for Rs 1,000 and the total cost was 45,000 to 50,000 rupees. They received about 4 kg of flower production from each plant. The demand for flowers is increasing in the month of Chaitra, which gives them good prices. 06 So far, Kanwarji has earned £ 1,70,000 by selling Marigold. Flower cultivation also reduces the risk of pests and diseases, which reduces costs.