QUOTE(amirbashah @ Apr 22 2008, 10:20 AM)
That's a good idea, wait for 5 years and then sell the trees straight away. If people want to buy it for RM1,000.00 per tree, the return is still good. I can't wait to start this project, it's been almost a year now. I have to ask the contractor to clear my land as soon as possible. Moreover I have to build fence around my land. That would cost a lot also
Have you found the best method for inoculation eehtsitna? This thread has become quite popular recently
I am not sure why anybody would pay RM1,000 per 5-year-old-tree without any treatment when they could buy 7-year-old trees from me for less than one tenth of that price!
In the Lao PDR, farmers sell trees at any age from one year upwards but the older they are the higher the price.
Regarding inducement treatment, the only proven and patented treatment worth applying is the CA Kit. All other techniques (and there are many that can produce resin in agarwood trees) are by far inferior. It simply does not make sense to spend money to grow a tree and then treat it with an inferior technique (especially if it costs more than a CA Kit!).
Furthermore, if you want to export the agarwood legally (with CITES certification) then you will need to declare where the wood came from. Since the patent for CA Kits covers all other inducement techniques it will be easy to catch the person trading the agarwood that has been produced using another technique that infringes the CA Kit patent.
So if you want to maximize your profits from your agarwood trees
and stay legal, the CA Kit is your
only option. Since most of you are in Malaysia you can contact Healthy Business Sdn Bhd for more information about CA Kits (see:
http://www.cultivatedagarwood.com/?page_id=6 ) for their contact numbers.
Added on June 7, 2008, 2:05 pmQUOTE(amirbashah @ Jun 7 2008, 12:06 PM)
So what is the best solution for this problem? Is it because the trees are planted too close to each other or there are other reasons for it?
Yes - too close planting and also lack of correct pruning (to maintain only one leader/main stem) when the trees are young.
Added on June 7, 2008, 2:15 pmQUOTE(Sham903n @ Jun 5 2008, 11:43 AM)
they are telling that you can get a possible $20k per tree- provided there is no middleman).
I don't know if you mean US$ or RM but either way I don't believe anyone will ever get anywhere near that price for their trees. Some people are just exaggerating the prices paid for trees in order to promote their products. There are a lot of cowboys in this business so please be careful everyone.
Added on June 7, 2008, 2:23 pmQUOTE(growproject @ May 14 2008, 03:45 AM)
from our experience and research since all the inoculants nowdays cannot produce a high quality gaharu in chip form,
Hi Growproject,
So please tell us if you have researched the CA Kit? If you visit www.scentedmountain.com you can see good quality chips produced from CA Kits selling for nice prices. I believe only CA Kits can produce good quality chips; I agree that all the other techniques are only good for making oil.
Added on June 7, 2008, 2:29 pmQUOTE(eehtsitna @ Apr 22 2008, 01:36 PM)
The best inoculation technique? I cannot give any recommendation at the moment because I have only tested 1 technique so far. That is why I am trying to get a friend of mine to source out various inoculation technique out there so that I can test it out and later compare the results. I know where to get the trees for testing. The only problem is I do not have the techniques to test with. Mind you, some people guard this technique as a trade secret and most of the inoculation technique is the market is expensive.
Not sure why you want to do testing when others have already done the testing for you! If I was a Malaysian tax payer I would be complaining about my government wasting my taxes doing unnecessary research!
Also all the other techniques (i.e. other than CA Kits) are illegal.
The CA Kits are not expensive if you consider the high profits that can be made from applying them to agarwood trees. Spend US$30 on a kit and get back at least $200 one year later!
This post has been edited by Happy Farmer: Jun 7 2008, 02:29 PM