Rubber is a tree crop with a long gestation period. Under normal situations, it takes seven years to attain tappable girth. In a holding of 1.03 ha replanted during 1998 with RRII 105, the plants had an average girth of 41.0 cm (16.5 inches) on completion of four years. Among the plants, the highest girth recorded was 47.5 cm (19.0 inches). On completion of the fifth year 50 per cent of the trees are expected to attain tappable girth. In the same field, during the previous planting in 1976, tapping could be initiated in the fifth year itself. Good growth and uniformity were achieved through the careful management of the field, following the recommended agromanagement practices at the right time. Square planting at 16 feet distance was followed and the plant population was 464/ha. Single whorl polybag plants of RRII 105 prepared by the farmer hiimself was used for planting. All the cultural operations like mulching, gap filling, establishment of cover crop, construction of Edakayyalas and Purakayyalas for soil and water conservation and white washing the stem in summer months were followed carefully at the proper time. Weeds in the plant basin were removed and the inter-row spaces were slashed two times a year ( at the beginning of the monsoons) at 0.5 feet height and used for mulching the base of the weak plants. Control measures as per the Rubber Boards recommendations were followed at the right time for shoot rot, pink disease and abnormal leaf fall diseases. In addition to the regular fertilizer application, additional dose of organic manure and inorganic fertilizers were given to the weak plants. Over and above, the field was visited weekly twice and each and every plant was observed closely to monitor the growth.