CHAPTER IV 

 Planting. 



I. METHODS OF PLANTING. 



Before starting planting- out, the question, to be taken 

 into consideration is, what method and what distances 

 are most suitable. In the first place, these factors depend 

 upon the soil ; the better the soil, the wider should be 

 the planting; trees in less fertile soil do not mature so 

 early and the dimension of the crown will be smaller, so 

 that they should be planted closer together. 



Furthermore, when choosing the planting method, it 

 should be considered as to whether catch crops are to 

 be planted. 



If that course is decided upon, a wide planting distance 

 is advisable; Hevea should be planted preferably in 

 rows ; so that in the rows, the trees are close to each 

 other: whereas between the rows, broad paths of open 

 soil may be made use of for catch crops in the first 

 few years. 



Planting in rows has also the advantage that later on, 

 by thinning out, the plantation can easily be widened, 

 without the regularity of the plantation being destroyed ; 



