Hi para,

In johor. Last week I try to get d197 from mardi, serdang. They tell me out of stock. I am thinking to plant few black thorn since it is compatible with d197(raja kunyit). Nowadays, it is difficult to find durian tree nursery. If wanted, then have to do it my own, which takes time and effort to do it.

Hi Bro,

PM me how many you want and i try to check with my friends...and see if they have any...

you only want Black Thorn ?

Anyone knows of any good Agriculture supplies shop near Selangor area?
Looking to buy some cheap Spraying Shields (control spraying/wind draft resistance) and small tools/supplies.
Selling rather high at E/Malaysia ($20) for a small plastic thingy and our DIY is too flimsy.

bro,

i have a recommendation.

the company is called FAIRFIELD, ran by a lady called Ms Lee.

Her place is in Bandar Teknologi Kajang, near the Billion supermarket. And her shop is next to the 7-11



This post has been edited by ParaOpticaL: Feb 7 2012, 07:31 PM

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any guys work in plantation b4?

hows it like?

Had visited quite a numbers of plantation, but had never worked there. What is it you want to know?

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Added on February 8, 2012, 4:07 pmHerbs : Saffron ( 藏红花)
The most expensive herbs.
Anyone knows if we can plant this in Malaysia successfully?

This post has been edited by MrFarmer: Feb 8 2012, 04:07 PM

Hi Para,

I only need about 30 plus. Currently, I am only interested in Black Thorn (Orchi) and D197 (Raja Kunyit).

Who have try both Raja Kunyit and Black Thorn (Orchi) before? Are they same level?

Bro,

according to my sifu, black thorn not very unique.

if you want can get in Nibong Tebal.

As for Raja Kunyit can get in Raub

Mr Farmer:

Saffron can be planted successfully in Malaysia, just not economically.

You need about 150,000 saffron flower stigmas to produce just 1kg of the dried stuff, and each flower only has 3 stigmas at most. This means you need to have 50,000 plants just to get 1kg, which is equivalent to planting 2 footbal fields and laboring 40 hours to pick the stigmas in order to get 1kg of the stuff.

Also, the price depends upon the variety. The best variety will get about US$11,000 per kg, but the not so good varieties (Asian, typical) fetch only about US$1,000-2,000 per kg.

going to start a palm plantation of 15,000Ha with potential going up to 100,000Ha... but it looks like i need to go around 70-100km inland into wild places... how is it like living under such conditions?

recently i went to some remote place in indonesia, very... troubling

Thank you Para.

I will try to get it from Nibong Tebal. As for the Raja Kunyit, I think to clone it from other tree. It require sometimes to grow the tree from seeding.

Hi alaskanbunny,

You have a huge land to work with. I believe your company should get everything ( accomodation, electric supply, water supply, and food supply) ready for you to work there. I have been work inland once(not with the big company), stay in the pondok, drink river water(self made water filter), bath near river side. Electric is supply by generator. Wow.. sleep early and wake up early.. what a healthy life.

Dammit! I wrote something of a short story, and the bloody network failed!

Sigh.

Anyway alaskanbunny, take it as an adventure. kg_teratai nailed it somewhat. Just wanted to add: If you are the religious type, do pray often. But remember, saying "godammit" over and over again doesn't count as a prayer.

Oh and remember, aside for a wife, the next best thing that would likely keep you sane is a good sense of humor.

U work wif plantation company?

bro, why would you want to clone from other tree ?

you can buy the young trees

actually i wont be working at the plantation.. but overlooking it on behalf of the management... i will be the management's eyes.. so wont be staying long term...

i thought all the rivers will be contaminated with fertilizer, pesticide and discharge from the mill?

15,000Ha we would have 3k workers, enough for a kampung liao
ok, will remember that... went to one last week... had to travel 3 hours inland by road 2 hours by river... haih =.="
nope... a company interested in plantation... no plantations yet

Oic..a new land to develop?

greenfield project... land not even acquired yet... still looking

Owh...hahaha...

Ok...

It is a good project

You may want to look @ East Kalimantan. The Russian is building a railway (about 180 km inland) to bring out coal, hence opening vast area of land for agriculture.

Since you shall have between 2K to 3.5K people working there, I'm sure the living condition shall not be too bad, unlike those that I visited, just a shed for us to stay overnight.

If you need a traveling companion, you can always look me up. Can accompany you on your field trip, traveling expenses on you .
In Jogjakarta now, back end of the month