A guy with 0% knowledge in agriculture here! My friend have two parcel of 5 acre land in Seremban. We are planning to venture into agriculture but don't know how and what to do about it. It was his family land anyway. 5 years was given for trials.

Somewhere near Port Dickson, basically we guys have a lot of time and very low/limited resources. LoL, was looking into option and suggestion. Didn't really know anything about fruits, vege or livestock.

Hi Para,

As promised, this is the musang king in my village. The D24 in my area also have not ripe issue. Therefore, the price is very cheap for D24.

Wow... buluh kasap. I always have an impression that this buluh kasap is originated from a town near segamat.

this type taste is very bitter(very good) when have it in the right session. Loving it.

Para:
Waiting for flowering? Nothing much I guess... Since they are flowering now, if you prune, there's a high chance the flowers will be shed in favor of leaf growth. If you fertilize now, it could spur new leaf growth, which again, will cause flowers to fall. Unless maybe, if you control watering while applying fertilizer; just enough water for fruit development, but not enough that it spurs new leaf growth.

Hi MJ,

This is an ideal farm. I wish I can work towards this way and I am doing it slowly.

Hi Para.

This is an article written in mandarin. May be it can help you.

http://www.drwee.net/

Need help from sifu here to identify is this durian tree. 

I ask the landscape guy to plant some durian tree in my garden, this particular tree which I am not sure whether is durian. The old leaf look same but young leaf are green unlike my other durian which are a bit brown. This one also have too many leaf unlike my other durian tree.

It is only 3 feet now but today I found a small white flower on it. Is it even possible such small durian grow flower? I have attach the photo and you can see a small flower on it.

Para:

Well, that's often the case. If you're applying fish amino acid, then it should be good enough. I was thinking you would be applying synthetic fertilizers, which is harsh.

What you could do, is apply the fish amino acids now; supplement with foliar fertilizer alternately. Once fruit set has taken place, you can then proceed with your regular program. The whole idea here is not to damage the flowers, or induce leaf growth; then your fruiting should be alright.

Do you have existing phytophtora/canker problem? Although Metalxyl is quite effective, I am not very supportive of prophylactic application of fungicides in general. Reason is simple: it encourages the emergence of resistant-strains of pathogens.

Think of hospitals and how the "free-giving" of antibiotics has resulted in more and more deadly strains of viruses and pathogens taking root (like bird flu, swine flu, Golden Staph infection etc.).

Although prevention is better than cure, there are other ways to do this than using chemicals (assuming you don't already have an existing problem). Do remember, a strong, healthy plant is less likely to attract diseases and pests compared to a less healthy plant; and it often boils down to proper nutrition and stress management.

Hello Sifu,

Mind I ask is there any crop that provide good returns within 1 - 2 years? like 1 kg of that particular crop which enable me to sell it for around few thousand ringgit?