Dilip'
So nice to visualize 4 hefty Dekas seriously pursuing their chosen duties ." Let their tribe increase!"
Re Best soil pH for tea-- my book says 4-4.5 . 5to7 will be a hundred-fold spread!
I am sure you are kidding.You must be meaning$7/lb--not 500gm. 2.2 lbs=1kilo. i.e.@ $15.40
Simple arithmetic is that Assam gardens are getting net average =1$/Kilo. HOW NOW?
It would have been nice if Tocklai had Full Knowledge,had teeth with bite,and had been in Some Control. Then all gardens would have made uniformly high quality,aromatic,rich-liquor teas to command the best rates worldwide.
M'da
From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] Economy in Crisis
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:28:03 -0700 (PDT)
Most articles say recommeded pH is between 5 and 7. The website http://www.parc.gov.pk/ntri.html has finer details. Toklai research center should have abundant data.What does price of tea have to with assam? - I am kidding. Price of tea in USA varies widely depending on quality. Some gourmet stores in Houston sell specific teas from tea gardens by name, including some from assam. The prices are out of sight. Bulk tea in Indian stores sells for about $7.00 for 500 gms. The grocery stores like Kroger etc. charge a little more.Dil is fine, she is teaching English as a second language. Joe the MD is busy with his residency in surgery. Sanji is in 3rd year of college studying political science and history. I am working on the front end of a project to build a new petrochemical complex in Jubail, S.Arabia, a joint venture between Chevron Phillips and the Saudis.Dilip
mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dilip'
Read my posting carefully.
China has NO POTASH at all,
Only Assam has -unlimited. Where,How,in what form? Later.
It all began from your NYT piece on tea.
Did you find out Houston retail price of tea/Kg.
Tata purchased British Tetly for a billion $ a few years back. Now Tetly has taken over some US teaa Chain.Best of luck-we should link up.
By the way study this: KCl is harmful for Tea and Orange/Citrus----but that's the only type India offers --imported from Jordan--Dead Sea. We will create K2Co3 or KNO3.Don't ask further yet.
And ask somebody who claims to know Tea-Science --what pH soil is best for Tea - The correct answer is 4---4.5. How do they maintain that?
All fine will Dil-Doctor-and Sanchi?
M'da
From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Assam] Economy in Crisis
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:03:11 -0700 (PDT)
Mukulda,
Where is the discrepancy in the Potash reports? Your email hinted that Yunnan's surplus can be sold to India through Assam, whereas my information says China is fighting hard to meet domestic needs. See the insert below. Could you be a little more explicit if trade secret does not prevent you?
Dilip
"Dilip also must be wondering How it will be possible: Tea to be doubled in 5 years what could not be done in 120 years!
Let me give you 2 clues ¨C
India imports KCl. Assam can create million tons/year superior Potash K2CO3
India has no Phosphorus ¨Cnearest is in Libya/Mauritania. There is a vast deposit with our neighbour-Yunnan. Patkai-Noadihing-processing-Bargeloads to sea and to India ."
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2
nd China Fertilizer Market Forum(2005)
Kai Wah Plaza International Hotel,Kunming, China
22
£23 September£¬2005Make sense of China¡¯s fertilizer policies!
Find access for China¡¯s fertilizer market!
China¡¯s fertilizer market is playing an increasingly important role in the global fertilizer market. China¡¯s export of urea products remains high despite the fact that its export tariff has been uplifted several times.
Since 2004, China¡¯s import of phosphate fertilizer and compound fertilizer has stood at high levels while significant volumes of urea are exported. China imports 90% of its potash fertilizer requirement. However, this situation is being changed currently: in 2004, China added the capacity of about 3 million ton/year for new compound fertilizer, with still more facilities scheduled to come on-stream in 2005. In addition, large amounts of investments, including foreign investments, have gone into Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in southwest China, where new phosphate plants will start to run successfully.
By yearend 2005 or early 2006, China¡¯s self-sufficiency of potash fertilizers will tangibly increase, and import will likely drop, due to the production start-ups of newly-built large scale potash fertilizer plants. This development is expected to affect the global potash fertilizer market.The Chinese government might abolish its long-standing preferential policies that have sheltered the country¡¯s fertilizer production and distribution sectors.
mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Chandan brought this ¡°Bottom 400 million---¡± as food for thought for Assam netters .
Only Sovereign Assam can save India -- I said this before- many must have Cussed me-RAW reported it , Frontline plastered this ¡°upstart¡± declaration. Ashok Saikia kept mum on this.¡°Have Degrees-but Alas-no education¡±--- most of us suffer from that syndrome.
Yesterday I happened to hear in NDTV- Profit :¡±We had a fairly good monsoon¡ªthe peak wedding season is around the corner, people are totally style and brand conscious and we should see Gold prices hit the ceiling¡±
There was triumph in this statement¡ªalmost India Shining! All the Gold sellers -South Africa ,Dubai, London will be happy. Unabated $70 oil imports, now rocketing gold, next will be edible oil import---.And nothing to export save a few workers.
Last week Rupee has taken the beating. Stock prices slid 5% down . Vegetables price up 15%.FII's pulling out en masse.
Today CPI(M) is triumphing at Sonia¡¯s surrender ¡®We will not privatize BHEL¡¯
Where is CPIM¡¯s revival plan? Manmohan -Economist or Banker? And grinning sly Chidambaram-the briefless lawyer¡ªwhat is his damage control plan? Or ¡®Trust in God¡¯?
Dilip also must be wondering How it will be possible: Tea to be doubled in 5 years what could not be done in 120 years!
Let me give you 2 clues ¨C
India imports KCl. Assam can create million tons/year superior Potash K2CO3
India has no Phosphorus ¨Cnearest is in Libya/Mauritania. There is a vast deposit with our neighbour-Yunnan. Patkai-Noadihing-processing-Bargeloads to sea and to India .
Netters must have learnt that Agriculture without P &K yields nothing .Just N won¡¯t do.
So now you see the Swaminathan and Green! Revolution! Spin won¡¯t feed India.
Think, Discuss, Act fast. Delhi is not .
mm
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