It's nice to see you people doing agri

since monsoon season is ending here, now planning to revive my small farm.

Mr Farmer, I understand you're from Tambunan? are you getting your berangan supply from someone in tambunan?

Hi Mr Farmer,

I've actually started planting berangan some 2 years+ back.
I bought about 30+ seedlings from those guys in Tambunan but unfortunately stop doing my farm after my 2nd child came out and I still wonder if i bought the right banana (those bananas ripe green)

I started again with palm oil in kudat (small scale). But now nothing to do since it's harvesting time there. Can't find a soul to open up new area. lol

btw, my farm is in Penampang. just about an acre for me to excercise. Now started clearing and planting ginger.
Gonna do inter-cropping in Kudat as well in between young palm and rubber tree.... ginger also..

hopefully some of you guys can share a thing or two about planting ginger.
i'm planting normal ginger and also the red ginger which i never know it existed until my mother bought some to be planted



This post has been edited by poks: Feb 26 2013, 07:50 AM

Well, that's a good lesson for us.
anyway, if you manage to get the actual cavendish sucker do share.. my interest is still in.

as for the inter cropping, the palm and rubber trees are still young (around 9 months - 1 year trees) & going to test ginger after paddy harvesting season is over. i'm at the mercy of cost and the only option for me to clear land is by man power only.

yes. kudat is nice. but a lot of undeveloped land due to poverty.
all the young guys move to city but never drop their sweat to grow anything on their big family land

Thanks for the info.
Will do an experiment on my next batch of cavendish.

Thanks for the info again..
but mine does not look like that.
max fruit bunch is about 4 to 5 bunches.
i believe Mr Farmer's fruit will also be the same.
most probably lack of care..

anyway, thanks again..

Again, thank you Michael.
i've been reading and found out that you can actually use apple as ripening agent.
will do experiment next as that is the only option atm.

btw, this is one of the Cavendish i manage to save after 2 years holiday.
not as good as mr Farmer's.

btw, i appreciate it if anyone can identify this banana.
i was debating with my mom on ripening agent for cavendish when she mentioned bout this banana.
i went to the place and took some suckers for transplanting in my farm.
it is way taller than 'pisang rebus' but the fruit arrangement is as of cavendish's.
anyway, it's the tallest banana i've ever saw. my mom said, on a very good tree there are a lot of fruit bunches and the fruit is bigger than the cavendish.
she called 'pisang berangan' and it's that tall. for sure it's at least 12 feet or more high.

hope someone can give some idea to this poor farmer

i've been reading a lot about this banana.. hopefully it is gros michel.
From what others said, the banana fruit sure match of those gros michel but i have not seen one.
tommorow i'll be going to hunt another place where they said such banana exist (just beside my kampung) and hopefully will find a better brunch.

btw, any other method to ripen cavendish naturally/for small scale production? tq

Thank you all for the infos..
anyway, i would like to know the prospect of this red banana.
i was walking around when i notice this tree in the far end of my palm farm..
Mr Farmer, have you ever sold or plant this banana in Sabah?
thanks..




This post has been edited by poks: Apr 1 2013, 01:16 PM

MJ:

Thanks. Banana is my first successful plant. The only thing is that i have cavendish in large amount of +- 30 trees which i can't sell yellow. Have to do some experiment on ripening. As for the others, they are just normal except for the recent tall banana and red banana. looking to propagate them
I'm still looking for more variety as collection.

btw, found some interesting ways to propagate;
1. http://www.ina.or.id/knoma-hpsp/fruit/HPSP...nana-Manual.pdf
2. http://www.cialca.org/files/files/extensio...ion_english.pdf
3. http://www.apcoab.org/uploads/files/1298295339pub_banana.pdf

Mr Farmer, i actually never seen people sell this reds in big quantity. might be a chance to open up the market

This post has been edited by poks: Apr 2 2013, 08:57 AM

Btw, have you experience any disease outbreak on your bananas?
I would like to know any mitigation steps you implement to prevent diseases.
to date, i only experienced root borer problems and considering planting marigold as natural agent.

Mr Para & Mr Farmer,

Thanks.
I'm practising the same as Mr Farmer.
Cut, dissect the affected tree & dig the crom if necessary.

currently 2 tree were cut down due to this weevils. now testing to propagate some berangan by crom. hopefully some good result.

This post has been edited by poks: Apr 8 2013, 08:06 AM

Hello Mr Para,

Sabah at the moment is at the end of monsoon season. still raining here & there. expanding my farm this month .

Btw Para, you mentioned before that your farm housed around 200 cavendish. I'm wondering if you know any person who operate any fruit ripening facility.

I'll really like to know the cost of setting up small ripening facility.
thanks..

Mr Para,
Extension mostly on palm oil.
Thinking of expanding banana but not really sure which type to go for since cavendish require ripening.

Mr Farmer, hope your wife will be ok soon.

Good to hear that Mr Farmer.

Yes, Berangan & Saba is a good combination. I'm thinking of the same thing.

Will be looking on that option while waiting for my other banana to propagate.

it's time to switch to new fruit

i can only leave my farm unattended maximum 2 weeks, by that time all the grass are fat..
transplanting some bananas soon... dry season will be a good time.

p/s: can put more pictures on the next edition?

This post has been edited by poks: Jun 26 2013, 01:23 PM

Well, i'm not a good writer. Lol

Btw mr Para, do your banana have been infected with sigatoga?
I have a feeling mine is infected but not severe.

Hopefully you can share some fungicide brand.

Thanks for the info Mr Para,

I did ask around but most agriculture shop (which i'm fond with) doesn't specialized in banana. mostly short term crops.

Anyway, they proposed to me to try Hexaconazole 5%... will test it this weekend..

So far i can see less infection on the lower leave from 1st time application (a month ago).
previous infected leaves can reach to 3 lower leaves. now only 1 to 1 half infected leave.

2nd application done last week. most of the remaining infected area are those areas which are inter-cropped with ginger and messy.
hygiene is a must to curb this fungi.

btw, few of my oil palm are suspected to be attacked by beetle. any cheap solution?
will spraying malation good enough?.....




well, if for me; preparing a details profile and submit to the purchasing department will do good to make them aware of your product. as far as i know, those people will need you to be at least with sole proprietorship business from what i've been told. some members might want to clarify that .

This post has been edited by poks: Aug 7 2013, 01:29 PM

Mr Para,
update: it seems like mancozeb is still the best fungicide. I've switched from hexaconazole after infected leaves count still high. after 1 week, it seems like things are under control.

Hopefully end of this week the infected leaves will drop after 2 application in 8 days interval.



Mr Michael J,
The suspected "gros michel" after transplanted (if not mistaken early of the year)
... looks like pisang awak grow pattern