Hi Chris,
Welcome to this thread.
Just to check with you, which is the easiest grafting method for rubber. Am going to do some test grafting tomorrow. My first test was a total failure

Thanks for the tips. Did about 35 graft, but don't feel right, no positive vibes. Guess I wouldn't get any. Another failure

Interesting News

Fish for life
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013...h-for-life.aspx

Bad weather over here. Raining with strong wind for the past 3 days. Had some papaya uprooted.

Bad weather and chaos in west coast Sabah

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013...and-damage.aspx

Can Please help me identify what variety of Mango is this? It started to bear fruits about 3 years.







Am thinking of using this as mother tree to practice on my grafting if it's a good variety.

Thank you.

Interesting News to share.
We may be getting super size fruits in the future!

Researchers clone a gene that regulates fruit size in vegetable and fruit crops

Esther van der Knaap, a geneticist with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, led an international research team that discovered and cloned a gene that regulates fruit size in tomatoes. This is only the second domestication gene involved in fruit size ever cloned in any vegetable or fruit crop.

The cloned gene, known as SlKLUH, impacts fruit size by increasing cell layers and delaying ripening. According to Van der Knaap, this gene promotes extra cell divisions during the process of fruit development, immediately after fertilization. These extra cell divisions lead to enlarged fruit, while the delay in ripening is likely the result of an extension of the cell division stage.

The research team also identified a potential regulatory element in the promoter of SlKLUH that is hypothesized to control gene expression. The promoter is a region of DNA which is responsible for initiating the transcription of a gene.

“Our findings suggest that the allele giving rise to large fruit arose in the early domesticates of tomato and became progressively more abundant upon further selections,” Van der Knaap said.

The cloning of SlKLUH is expected to increase scientists’ understanding of fruit development processes, not only in tomatoes but in other crop species as well. “We show in this paper that the same gene may have been selected during domestication of chili pepper, leading to increased fruit size in this vegetable crop as well,” Van der Knaap said.

This basic research also has important implications for vegetable and fruit production, as it could allow breeders to manipulate genes to create new varieties with desired size and shape characteristics.

Source: depphosherald.com

Depending on your size (volume), autoclave uses high pressure steam to sterilize. It's no cheap, under laboratory / medical equipment.

For your usage, maybe you can consider high pressure cooker ( food equipment ). For small volume, trial maybe you can use a pressurized pot? Check with your wife / mum, maybe they can loan you 1

Spoke with an old Indon man. Says it's Apple Mango. Very excited, waiting for it to ripe so that I can taste it.

This post has been edited by MrFarmer: Oct 16 2013, 08:11 PM

I had seen people pumping sea water from the sea. I think you'll need to clear for some licensing. There is a culture center in Sabah that does this, Giant Grouper I think.

Underground water doesn't guarantee it's fresh water. With all the contamination going around. Do invest on a simple water quality analysis as unlike agriculture water quality is not that high an issue.

Just my thoughts.

Welcome, do keep us update on your venture.

Hi Para,
Would like to check with you if there are any seedling suppliers in your area for Red Jackfuit, Borneo Red / Songsang Red, Mastura J37, Crystal Jackfruit CJ-3 or CJ-6. Also kindly check out the price.

Was thinking of getting some of the above and take it back with me to Sabah.

Am also wondering taking off the soil, keep the roots moist with old news print, bagging up the roots, removing (leaving 2 leaves). If it'll survive the trip, preparation & traveling 2 days)?

Thinking of removing the soil, bag it to keep them moist. Hand carry back with me. No soil, hand carry no need to quarantine. ( no inspection
Once arrived, plant them immediately and keep under shade with care. Then transfer to field.
Spoke with a friend before. they did it for Durian Red Prawn.

Possible to get 5 each for me Mastura & CJ3? Or is the nursery in Mantin? I can just drop by & buy from them next week?

Achacha Fruit.
http://www.achacha.com.au/
Garcinia humilis

Originating from the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in South America, now being commercialized in Australia.
“Honey Kiss” Fruit.

Fruits are picked mature as it does not ripen further on storage. Shall last for 4 to 6 weeks at room temperature ( 20s). This is a boom in terms of logistic and marketing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSCXK51xA30

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3142441.htm

Any guys have friends or relaives in Queensland, Australia? Maybe can get some seeds home.

https://www.facebook.com/Achachafruitnews

Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Just the right time as I'm heading to Cheras Mahkota Monday afternoon.

As long as I can get a few to survive, I should be able to duplicate from those

This post has been edited by MrFarmer: Oct 20 2013, 03:41 PM

Sure, Monday night so be fine. What time is convenient to you?

I started with a little savings and a "Smart Partnership". I team up with partners with idle land and these provides benefits for all of us.

More interesting News to share.
Maybe we can emulate this here
Japan: Farm-fresh produce delivery goes online

A growing number of consumers are purchasing fresh vegetables and fruit online directly from farmers.

Ayako Kakumoto, 36, a company employee from Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, began ordering vegetables six months ago on the My Farmer website operated by Tokyo-based mobile phone content developer Cybird Co. “I started shopping on the site as I became conscious of where vegetables are grown following the (March 2011) Great East Japan Earthquake,” Kakumoto said.

The earthquake and tsunami triggered the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, fueling fears of radiation contamination in food.

Kakumoto said she likes the vegetables she purchases from the site, explaining that the green peppers, for example, “are very thick and taste the way I believe peppers should taste.”

Cybird launched the service in 2010 and has attracted about 12,000 members, mainly women in the Tokyo metropolitan area, according to the company. On the site, members can purchase vegetables and fruit produced by around 60 farmers from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Less than 10 percent of the members order products on a regular basis under the “private farmer” system, according to Cybird.

The company runs a vegetable market in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward every month that brings together its contract farmers. “We wanted to create a system that allows consumers to feel safe about purchasing vegetables from specific farmers,” said Rikiyoshi Yoshida, who founded the service. The site posts pictures of the farmers along with explanations about where and how the vegetables and fruit are grown.

The operators can deliver fresh produce to consumers at reasonable prices as sourcing directly from producers allows them to cut delivery times and costs.

Source: japantimes.co.jp

Publication date: 10/21/2013

NZ: New antibiotic for kiwifruit disease approved

A new antibiotic to control the kiwifruit vine disease, Psa has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority.

The antibiotic Kasumin is used as a spray on crops and contains the antibiotic kasugamycin - which has previously not been used in New Zealand.

ETEC Crop Solutions Limited applied to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) in May this year for permission to import Kasumin from Japan. The EPA's expert Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Committee approved the application, but imposed rules to protect people and the environment. Users will have to be trained and certified to use the products safely and it will have to be sprayed from land, not air. The rules also restrict how much of the product can be applied.

Responding to an invitation for public submissions on the import application, the National Beekeepers Association said beekeepers were concerned about the product's planned use. "This concern is because one of the principle crops proposed for the end use of this product is Kiwifruit which uses bees for pollination. Beekeepers in New Zealand export significant amounts of bee products and they are concerned about the chance of antibiotic residues in pollen, propolis, bees wax and honey all of which are exported," the submission stated. "Detection of kasugamycin residues in any of these bee products by importing countries could have significant economic effects on New Zealand beekeepers' future incomes if our bee products were banned from some markets."

While the applicant's risk assessment identified that there was no risk to humans or animals, no information was presented which would make a balanced risk assessment possible for the effects on bees, the association said.

Speaking on behalf of Zespri, Kiwifruit Vine Health and New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated, David Tanner said Psa was discovered in New Zealand in November 2010. "According to a Lincoln University study in 2012, this bacterial disease is expected to cost the kiwifruit industry several hundred million dollars over the next five to 15 years, as a result of vine and production losses. Currently, only a small number of effective control options are available to growers for the management of Psa and these largely are limited in terms of how much can be used and when they can be used, because of concerns over crop residues and phytotoxicity. Therefore additional effective options are urgently required to minimise the impact of this disease."

Kasumin was an effective tool which would significantly help in the management of Psa, Mr Tanner said. While there were risks associated with the use of Kasumin, they could be managed well, he said.

The use of the antibiotic would be limited to pre-flowering, therefore managing the risk of humans and animals from ingesting fruit. Also, as Kasumin would not be allowed to be used during flowering, the risk of bees coming into contact with the product was minimised, Mr Tanner said.

Source: nzherald.co.nz

Publication date: 10/21/2013

I went to Suzi's Nursery in Temerloh.
They have quite a number of Jack fruit clone.
The new Red Jack fruit
CJ-3
CJ-6 (no stock)
Mastura J37
Tekam Yellow J33
I acquire the Red, CJ-3 & Mastura. I feel that each clone has their own characteristic. Am still comparing and still do not have much details. Details on the Red / Mastura / CJ is kind of less.

Just trying to have some of each. My thinking is that a single / mono clone for the whole farm may not be that ideal.

From my research the term Honey Jackfruit is a term used on the sweet crunchy golden yellow type. Starting from J 33, Tikam Yellow is already classify as Honey Jackfruit.

Red is something new, not yet register. Not much information on the net, so has to test out myself. It's suppose sweet, crunchy, thick fruit.

I got the Mastura J 37, CJ-3 & the Red, total 30 plants.

Yes, commercially they name Tekam yellow as Honey Jackfruit, I guess due to the sweetness. Guess maybe all the newer clone is stuck with it.

The Red type since is not registered yet.....

Say anybody planting Petai? Saw some seedling at the nursery. Can bear fruits ~ 2.5 years. Prune to lower height easier to harvest.