By July, the SouthWest Monsoon affects the entire country. The time is just right for any kind of plantation activity or seed dispersal. The importance of trees in purifying the air, as natural resources, maintaining the ecological balance, preventing soil erosion, as medicines, habitats for faunal species, providing nutrients to the soil etc. is well known. People from all over the country gear up for planting trees at public parks, roads, railway platforms, hospitals, universities, colleges, schools, housing colonies, degraded forest areas, sacred groves around the villages etc. But mere planting of trees will not help.
Proper care has to be taken of the saplings planted.
As far as possible, the trees of Indian Forests should be propagated and planted. Tree guards should be provided for roadside plantations. Saplings should be watered regularly during times of a dry spell. Well-drained deep sandy loams are best suited for plant growth. Soil or plantation area should be free of construction waste, debris etc.