plants are to be grown on hedges, roadside, etc., the pits are of a larger size
(45 × 45 × 45 cm).
Row system
This system is followed for irrigated mulberry crops throughout South India.
The land is prepared by ploughing ridges and furrows. The distance between
the ridges is generally 45–60 cm. A rope with knots at equal distances of
about 45–60 cm is tied from one end of a ridge to the opposite end, and two
cuttings are planted at the point indicated by the knot on either side of the
ridge. Thus, the inter-plant distance between the rows and plants within the
row is about 45–60 cm ( Fig. 1.6 ). Irrigation water fl ows through the furrows
between the rows and generally the crop is grown as bush mulberry and is
harvested by bottom pruning.