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?

This post has been edited by chinyen: Jun 4 2012, 02:13 PM

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

This post has been edited by ParaOpticaL: Jun 14 2012, 04:01 PM

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.

hi,

Plan for aquaculture.... want to extend my business line. been keen in keeping fish as hobby. Now plan for business....

got an acre land... 70% might into my business warehouse. 20% maybe into bird house... another 10% plan for aquaculture....

should I go full scale in 10% of start off by 20' x 20' phase by phase

thanks

Hi People,
was searching for MAHA 2012, date and venue as I need to plan my schedule. No luck till now. Anyone knows? It's one of those must visit exhibition in Agriculture.

MAHA.NS 2012

Dimaklumkan bahawa kerajaan Negeri Sembilan akanmenganjurkan MAHA.NS 2012 sempena Hari Peladang, Penternak dan Nelayan sertaSambutan Minggu Perusahaan Kecil & Sederhana (PKS) pada 25 Jun hingga 1Julai 2012 bertempat di bekas tapak Kem Paroi, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Sehubungan itu Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri akan menyewakansebanyak 36 ruang niaga untuk usahawan PKS Negeri Sembilan (Bumiputera) didalam khemah khas.

Berikut butiran penyewaan seperti di bawah.

Ukuran ruang niaga : 3 meter x 3 meter
Harga sewaan : RM1,200.00
Bilangan hari : 7 hari

Bagi usahawan PKS N.Sembilan yang berminat untuk menyertaipameran ini, sila datang dengan membawa wang tunai sebanyak RM1,200.00 ke UnitPerancang Ekonomi Negeri, Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan, Tingkat 5 , Blok D,Wisma Negeri, 70503 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Sekiranya terdapat sebarang pertanyaan sila berhubung denganEn Mohd Zulazly atau Puan Suzana di talian 06-7659969.

Penyertaan adalah terhad, sekiranya terdapat lebihanpermintaan. Usahawan yang lewat mendaftar akan di tempat ke dalam ruang niagayang lain sekiranya masih mempunyai kekosongan.

* Penempatan usahawan PKS ke dalam khemah khas akan dinilaioleh pegawai usahawan UPEN.NS terlebih dahulu bagi memastikan usahawan PKSN.Sembilan yang bersesuaian (sekurang-kurangnya mempunyai bengkel pengeluaran,pejabat urusan, atau kilang kecil).

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Added on June 17, 2012, 12:52 pmThat is mention for Negeri Sembilan. Not sure if it is the information you looking for.

This post has been edited by Kg Teratai: Jun 17 2012, 12:52 PM

Am looking for the one that that was held at Serdang, 2010, was suppose to be held once in 2 years and the biggest in SEA
https://www.facebook.com/MahaExpo2010