kehe..so was i. i thought it's a supplement. but for plants as well haha

De-suckering Banana trees.

Any tips on how to de-sucker the banana suckers from the parent tree without affecting the stability of the mother tree? I find that after de-suckering, the mother tree losses it's grip on the soil and may tend to topple easily.

anyone knows where can i buy grafting tape here? thanks.

mr farmer, can big pvc pipe help? cut the prefered height and then cut some of the wall off to fit throught the tree trunk without hurting the tree and hammer it down around the tree?

I bought the grafting tape from those agri-shop (similar to hardware shop). Chinyen , you good @ grafting? Am about to start learn grafting Avocado trees, just waiting for it to grow to a bigger size to start. Also still studying from u-tube and internet You got any suggestion?

Big PVC are a bit costly here. Hammering it close may disrupt the roots? Am presently using wooden stick (recycled) to prop the banana trees that are not vertical and weak.

about the stability of the mother trees...i am trying a method thought by my sifu.

am experimenting on it. MrFarmer when you come back i bring you to my farm then i show you the idea and practicability.

New Chilli Variety SDP33.
Anybody interested?
Refer DOA April Issue Page 7
http://www.doa.gov.my/c/document_library/g...&groupId=455778

Sime Darby is doing a promotion @ RM 1/g. Packing is 30g
En. Shukli bin Suban @ Ani Tel: 019 334 8600 Email: shukli.suban@simedarby.com

haha just my 2 cents..never detach the sucker from banana before. well, i can only find tie tape, the green one, so far. i need the transparent one. the nursery owner here has weird thinking. they're reluctant to sell the grafting tape to us worrying that that will encourage more hybrids and less sale for them. i am currently grafting adenium rose flower plant and not yet into fruit plant hehe oh, did i mention that i'm in kl? where's ur location mr farmer?

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Added on June 4, 2012, 2:13 pmthe sale only opens to farmer?

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Couldn't remember how much per roll. Normally things cost more here. Am currently in the Interior of Sabah. The transparent tape looks like normal plastic to me. How much do you need?

They didn't mention, but 30g is a lot of Chilli seeds as it's very light.

Check your PM.

now its Durian Season in Mantin....and its my first time collecting durians.....was at Raub yesterday and their place is going to drop soon....plunging the price due to oversupply.....

Yep.... till graded durin sold in sepang going for RM1 each.

Yummy. time for durian feast. Any one got durian farm? or any organizer?

Hi All,

After busy April and May, finally I have time to visit my farms again.

Currently, it is short of labor, therefore, the oil palm farm have not been fertilized in May and yields have not cut yet.

I have a question for sifu here. My durian trees have been attacked by disease and 2 trees have dead in the short time. What can be the caused.
One of the tree is Musang King, really heart sick when see the tree drying.



This is the D24 tree.



This is the last and the only Musang King tree in my farm. Other small ones are growing.

bro, one thing for your D24, please ensure the trees are FULLY RIPE...

here in Mantin about 80% of the D24 trees are NOT ripe....

The D24 is not start falling yet. I think shoulw be within 2 week times it will start falling. I read the other article, the not ripe issue can be caused by weather or the fertilizer. Nowadays, the weather is too extreme. Therefore, need to control the fertilizer.

I try the D24 and musang king from one of the Melaka farm. It is good. I hope there is no problem for my farm.

just be wary and TEST your D24 before you sell them. cause in Mantin 80% "so called ripe" also terbalik kereta brother....

show me the picture of your musang king when you harvest...i will post mine soon....

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Added on June 14, 2012, 4:01 pmBTW : June 2012 Newsletter is OUT....thanks for the downloads once again

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Yes. I have not try it yet. too far for me to travel back. I may be able to be back every 2 weeks. Hopefully the fruit is ok.

Please post yours. It must be nice. I will post mine when I go back and try it.

Hi People, toying with the idea of planting Sugar Cane. Anyone with experience in this? As for the marketing, I can only think of Sugarcane juice, Chinese Ceremonious events (like wedding & Chinese New Year). Couldn't think of anymore market.

Came across a Sugarcane plant, maturing and already with butts. Got the plant and requested my helper to germinate it before I left my farm. Am thinking if we can do it on a bigger scale?

Any suggestion?

I think sugarcane is used to produce sugar. But, I only see sugarcane planter sell it for sugarcane juice and chinese new year.

Mr Farmer:

Sugarcane does have more uses, but it depends on what you want to do with it. And also volume. The quick-win, low-hanging-fruit method of getting better value for your sugar cane is by juicing it, and selling bottled juice to restaurants. Whole canes only fetch high prices during festivals (not only Chinese festivals, but also Indian festivals as well).

The bagasse (the remnant pulp after squeezing) can be used to produce biofertilizers and mulch, or to produce biofuels through microbial fermentative breakdown. However for these, you need a large amount of volume to be profitable. Anything north of 100mt of dried bagasse could be profitable.

As for sugars, not worth it. But if you make candy or molasses from it, then maybe profitable. Especially if you have lots of firewood. Sugarcane treacle anyone?

If fermentable beverages are allowed (which I think Sabah and Sarawak natives are permitted to make, about 30L a year(?)), you could consider fermenting sugarcane with brewers yeast, mix in a few other stuff like edible/flavorful spices etc. and produce something good. Think mead (honey wine). But I doubt you can sell homebrews legally in Malaysia. You might get away with bartering it instead.

The bagasse could also be ground up into a sweet animal feed, more like a treat. Usually this is given in wet form, before it ferments. I know of some people who use it to feed their buffaloes. I also got to know one sick ******* who fed his buffalo fermented baggasse, and the creature became drunk. It got all rowdy and farty. You might get better luck feeding fermented baggasse to goats; the only downside is probably more young goats being born the next season.

Thank you MJ & Teratai.
Yes, me too think that for sugar produce, hmmh, not feasible. As being a controlled item (sugar), lots of red tape. Also no sugar refinery near our farm.

The only market that I can think of at the moment is as you described, juicing it and packing it in bulk or small disposable single use and marketing it thru' restaurant, locally and in the city. Also packaging it as pure sugarcane juice for cooking (but this segment is small). Shall explore the packaging aspect on this. Was told that the restaurant dilute the sugarcane juice to be more profitable.

Yes, sugarcane can be fermented / distilled into rum as this is popular in Mauritius.

Was at AEON (Jusco) and saw disposable plates made from bagasse (bio-degradable). In oversea they use it to make paper bags and even re-useable bags.