Hi Para,
do you by any chance has this Clinathanus (Belalai Gajah / Gendis) in your Herbs patch? Have friends requesting for it.

Please help all forumer.

Anyone good at identifying herbs? Was shown some, but don't know what it is. It's used by locals as traditional medicine.

Yes, I received an email from a friend and was told that it's easily available in Sabah. As I know the required leaves are quite plenty and also it needs to be fresh, so we were thinking of sending the seeds / plant-lets to those that needs it and let them plant it for themselves. (Not for sale, just to help people in need)
Now my 2 problems
1) How to identify it
2) How to ship it to other states (Peninsular) as I think it needs to go thru the Quarantine Period.
Any help / assistance greatly welcome and appreciated. 

Para; email replied.

Will do, but away from farm at the moment.

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Added on August 25, 2011, 7:45 am
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Has anyone started large scale organic farming in malaysia?

Paraoptical, you doing crop rotation? Banana trees seem to do well in places with excessive water (from observation not sure if it's proven)

Hi Teteret,
what sort or pricing are we looking at now. The cost for "injection" is also high. I have about 200 small seedlings plant-lets in poly bags with me, am still undecided about planting those. What the pro / con?

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Added on September 20, 2011, 9:53 pm
From my experience, Banana & Corn die in water logged land, root rot.
We have Yam growing well in water logged/creek side. Other plants are water Kang Kong & Sai Yong Choi (sorry, can think of the English name at the moment)

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Added on October 1, 2011, 9:03 pmps: For effective control of aphids (without use of chemical pesticides), you might choose biological control. Introduce seven-spot ladybugs to the farm. Those bugs will hunt aphids down very effectively.

Para:

I'm not aware of any shops which you can get them from, but apparently there are certain people who do provide the bugs. Not very sure who they are, though they occassionally post their services on Mudah.my or ebay Malaysia. I caught mine myself. You don't really need a whole lot if your area is small. In my case, I only needed 3 breeding pairs to produce enough offspring (which are even more effective than the adults at munching aphids) to cover 50-60 plants.

I need to point out that if you do intend to implement biological control, it would be important to look into the well-being of the beneficial predators. This includes providing shelter, reducing pesticide applications (and herbicide), etc. Ladybugs for instance like sheltering under tree bark, or in places that are warm and damp. They really don't like rain, but are quite appreciative of translocation (i.e. they don't mind being moved from a saturated area to a less saturated area; a good trait, as not all beneficial predators can tolerate human handling). Food source is important, and aside from pests like scale insect, mites, aphids, ladybugs can and do consume some quantities of nectar and pollen. So, do plant some nectar rich flowering plants, like Tunera flowers (9 O'clock morning glory).

You can read more about them here:
http://www.gardeninsects.com/ladybugs.asp

Great Publication..!!! I am also very interested in farming but now still dun have the knowledge and the money to start.. maybe after few years i can join u guys for more chatting... =))

Hi Para,
This is our play sprinkler. Bought it for $6.00 Guess it should work. Tested for a couple of days. At one time, the sprinkler stopped spinning, guess it might be something to do with the pressure. Am looking to install more later.
We are putting chicken dungs, fertilizer, fishes & EM (effective microbes) into the pool. Since we are pumping our water there, we figure this might help the plants to grow better.