VṚKṢĀYURVEDA The name Vṛkṣāyurveda is used for the conventional rules about planting trees near dwelling places. According to Vṛkṣāyurveda it is good to plant Itti (wave-leafed fig-tree) on the North side of the house. Ficus Indica (banyan) should be plantd on the east. Mango tree on the south and Ficus Religiosa (banyan) on the west of the house. Thorny trees should grow up by themselves on the south side of the house. Garden should be close to the house. Svātī, Hasta, Rohiṇī, Śravaṇa and Mūla are considered to be good stars for planting trees. Stars good for taking trees, across river or in vehicle and to take down into ponds, are Hasta, Maghā, Ārdrā, Aśvinī, Puṣyam and Jyeṣṭhā. The stars mentioned above are good for planting Neem tree, Jonesia Asoca, Calophyllum, Mimosasirisha, Acacia Priyaṅgu, Syzygium, Mimusops and pomegranate tree. The distance between trees should be twenty rods. This distance is the best. Sixteen rods is medium. But it should never be less than twelve rods. If the tree does not bear fruit, the stem should be examined by cutting with a knife. Then mix powdered vermifuge seeds with ghee and smear it on the cut. Then water the tree. If fruits are destroyed before they ripen, mix the powders of horse-gram, black-gram, green-gram, barley and sesam with ghee and smear the tree and water it. Watering the tree with water and ghee will make the tree flower and yield fruits quickly. Mix powdered dung of sheep, powdered Barley, sesam, and cow's flesh with water and keep it for seven days. Then water the tree with this water. This will make any tree yield more fruits and flowers. Watering the trees with fish-water will make them yield fruits more quickly. Mixture of Vermifuge seed, fish and rice is a good manure. This manure is a good remedy for all diseases of trees.
[Agni Purāṇa Chapter 281] .