FruitsChattogram farmer earns Tk 1.08 lakh from first sammam melon crop
Ekhlas Uddin planted sammam melon on 40 decimals of the Dhurung river char in Fatikchhari and has already sold 1,800 kg for Tk 108,000, with about 1,500 kg still in the field.
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FruitsFruitsKapasia grower bets on rock melon under mulch, hoping for Tk 7 lakh in sales
Kamruzzaman Khan grows sammam, or rock melon, on rented land under mulch in Kapasia, Gazipur; after spending about Tk 4 lakh he has sold Tk 50,000 of fruit in the first round.
FruitsTwo young Jibannagar growers sell Tk 4 lakh of rock melon in three months
Jasim Hossain and Rajib Hasan began a trial on 1.5 bighas in June for about Tk 1.5 lakh and sell online at Tk 100 a kilo; rock melon now covers 60 to 70 bighas in the upazila.
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Kapasia grower bets on rockmelon, hopes for Tk 6-7 lakh from 8.5 bighas
Entrepreneur Kamruzzaman Khan is growing rockmelon (sammam) on plastic mulch on 8.5 leased bighas in Kapasia, Gazipur; he has sold about Tk 50,000 of fruit and hopes the whole plot will bring Tk 6-7 lakh.
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Saudi 'Sammam' Now Grows in the Barind
Monirul Islam, back from 16 years in Saudi Arabia, has grown the sammam melon on trial in Chapainawabganj's Barind area with promising results.