To start a crop, you have to plant cuttings, called suckers, cut from the underground stems of mature plants. Holes are dug a foot [0.3 m] deep and 18 feet [5 m] apart.
अठारह फुट की दूरी पर एक फुट गहरे गड्ढे खोदकर इनमें क़लमें लगा दी जाती हैं ।