Hello sifus,

Any idea how can i recruit some part timers to work in the farm plucking chillies?

you wanna hire localkampung people or bangla/foreigner?

Just temporary job (probably a month), doesn't matter local kampung people or foreigner, as long as they are hardworking and meet our daily quota.

well if you wanna hire hardworking people...foreigner is the only way...

go to nearby construction site and ask those foreigners if they know any friends or relatives wanna work, they might intro those youngsters to work which can be cheap..

Good idea. Thanks..

May I know what are the fruit trees that I can plant along the river banks? I would like to use some plants to protect the river banks from water current.

Are coconut trees OK? Sugar Cane? Banana?

I don't think the trees / plants can actually protect the river bank. The current if it's strong , shall wash away the soil, even rocks. I think the trees / plant only helps stabilize, but would not protect.

Maybe you can consider Vertiver (grass)?

Where to get vertiver grass?

Also, what can I plant along river bank? If not for protection of soil. Currently, the river bank is full of plants that look like sugar cane. Does that mean, sugar cane is well suited as well? Many wild banana trees too.

You can try the bigger nurseries? Mine was given by a friend.

I have tried Banana, Wax Apple, Jackfruits, soursop & sugar cane. It depends on how high is the bank from the river? You shall have to consider flooding during heavy raining season.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015...e-hits-bananas/

HI All sifus,

I am planning to rent this piece of land from my fren's father.
Currently planted cempedak & durian, please find the attached photo which is self-explanatory.
Do you think i still can utilise the remaining space for something else? if yes, what do you suggesting please?
normally, how much rent for agriculture per month per acre?

many thanks.
p/s: irrigation system is in place.



This post has been edited by Joe wong: Apr 3 2015, 02:26 PM

Very nice place.
Of course you can utilize the remaining space and there is a bonus with irrigation. You can do an estimate on the spacing, tree canopy, period to fruiting. Then work on some smaller plants (cash crops) in between.

Rental, depending which side you are in

heyloes sifoos

after much thought and the rising cost of living, i've finally kickstarted my home aquaculture project. Hope anybody here can point out if there's any need to refine my current very basic system since i've only recently venturing into this craft of raising fish.



basically, this is the breakdown of my aquaculture setup

fish tank--> bottom drain---->valve---->vortex filter-----(+valve--->separate pipe for draining fish waste)------>mechanical/bio filtration---->submersible pump---->UV filter-----> spillway ----> back to fish tank.

At this point, we've just dry fitted most of the parts together with just the pump part and spillway left to do

Am also going to fill part of it with gravel bottom and grow some water lilies and freshwater bivalves like clams to help with feed on excess food and fish crap..

hope anyone can give some feedback on my little project

thanks, cheers mate

bro u in sabah right? which area?

the big city aka K.K
somewhere in likas

:/

Ums is selling fingerlings now, though it would be a great idea to fatten some tilapias..

Btw im adding a venturi system in the spillway tank to reoxygenate the water before it returns to the grow out tank

This post has been edited by Einjahr: Apr 6 2015, 11:27 PM

nice one bro, I too interested in tilapia farming although no experience at all, but now concentrating on ayam kampung farming first

do you plan to make it in large scale? or just enough for self consumption?

thanks, lol. Honestly, I'm nowhere any closer myself, just learned everything off youtube but start small they say
so if something goes shitty, can still make the necessary adjustments.

uhh.. since its a small thingy, the fish will be harvested def but im pretty sure there's still gonna be plenty of extra fish which can be sold.

This post has been edited by Einjahr: Apr 7 2015, 01:37 AM

Btw ... does anybody know how to incorporate RAS system into aquaphonics?pls share

Wuts the breakdown like?

Hi Joe,

where is this farm of yours?
what's the size of the farm? how big is planted with cempedak and durian ?
what durian clone are there ?

do you have picture of your irrigation ? TQ

Hi guys,

Anyone came across or even thought of a commercial composting business model using municipal waste in Malaysia? I know it’s periphery to this agriculture thread but just thought there might be an opportunity here somewhere.

On the supply side, plenty of free/near free raw materials (60% of our 7000+ tons of waste everyday in Selangor is food waste), dry grass clippings from city councils and on the demand side, final compost to use as input into fertilizer, agriculture and landscaping industries.

It’s a low tech business (aerated, windrow) and with low capital startup (no fancy machineries, just manual labour and maybe the initial sorting process).

Tried looking it up online and don’t think there’s any running private or GLCs in a big scale in Malaysia now whereas it’s widespread in western countries. Looking at it from a business and environment perspective a no brainer really, turning trash into value added final product.

Might be thinking too simplistic here, anyone can to share some insights?