Transplanting cardamom for replanting (06/27/07)

A young cardamom plant with rhizome and flower. These are pulled out from a larger, older cardamom plant "stack" and replanted. This transplanting occurs constantly as many of these young plants do not get used to their environment, and die. These "cuttings" are sometimes paid for though more often than not picked without permission from neighbouring cardmaom plantations!


The cardamom fruit will grow where the white flowers are visible creating a cone of seeds.


A small stack of seedlings I collected...


Tying together a bundle of cardamom seedlings to transport them to another field.


View of an un-cleared (un-weeded) cardamom field.


Carrying the seedling bundles to another field


Closeup of the cardamom flower-cone


A recently cleared and transplanted young-cardamom seedling.


Preparing an area for replanting