tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21818582364985841882024-03-05T08:32:52.126-08:00Dragon Fruits GaloreThis site is about dragon fruits planting,agronomic practices,maintenance,production,marketing,by-products.For agricultural consultancy and advisory services: please email zainudinhaji@gmail.com or call +60123535411.Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-82800415554115496652015-10-22T19:42:00.000-07:002015-10-22T19:47:32.284-07:00Dragon Fruits (DF) In Melaka (Still Haze in Malaysia)I have brought one of my visitors to see and have a look at DF planting in Malaysia.<br />
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Eventhough, Malaysia was badly hit by haze from Indonesia, the DF plants seems to survive. It is quite difficult to measure how haze caused effects on plants. However, physiologically plants cannot trap lights for energy to be converted and manufacture carbohydrates. Although DF are Crassulacean Acid metabolism (CAM), there is <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"> a carbon fixation pathway that evolved. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"> In a </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">plant</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"> using full </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">CAM</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">, the stomata in the leaves remain shut during the day to reduce evapotranspiration, but open at night to collect carbon dioxide (CO</span><sub style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">).</span> Haze will cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere that caused temperature to rise which caused growth rates increase with time resulted in less accumulation of dry matter. This in turn, which cause the plants will reduced in yield.<br />
<br />Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-71364342405245046152015-10-19T02:10:00.002-07:002015-10-19T02:12:22.431-07:00Dragon Fruits in IndiaIndia is vast continent . And its climatical conditions varies. Dragon fruits is a cactus plant that can survive in many climatical situations. Be it dry or wet. Unlike like Malaysia is tropical country where rainfall is very high annually, dragon fruits suffers a lot of disease problems. This is especially when the plants have grown bigger with excessive water shoots.<br />
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Someone from India has approached me about dragon fruit planting in India. To be exact the planting is in Bombay, where dry weather persists. From the picture they sent, the farm is quite big and clean.Plants are quite young and did not encounter much problems.<br />
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From my comments is that the farms will anticipate many problems in future if necessary actions is not carried out.<br />
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I hope this farm will become a model farm in India, There are very big market in India especially for fresh consumption and planting materials supply.Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-66509009583579473992014-10-19T17:55:00.003-07:002014-10-19T17:55:46.056-07:00Enquiry from Egypt that Wants to Grow Dragon Fruits<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
Someone from Egypt email me about grow dragon from there;</div>
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let me introduce my self , I am Mahmoud Abo Elkassem , from Egypt , Age 31 , working Software Developer .</div>
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from 5 month and i feel interested about Dragon Fruit , and looking to plant it in my home and in the future i will try to make it commercial.</div>
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once i check a lot of site a bout <span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">varieties</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> in </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Malaysia</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> , <wbr></wbr>Philippines, </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Vietnam ,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">i start get so confused, many </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">varieties</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> with </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">different</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> <wbr></wbr>name in the Three country for example : in </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Philippines fruit name "</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Saniata" , in </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Vietnam</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> "Dragon Fruit" , in Malaysia a farmer create new </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">varieties</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> "Orange Skin"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">what varieties good for me in both way to plant it in home aed commercial ?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Thank you for your email. There three types of dragon fruits 1. Red skin white flesh (Hylocereus undantus), 2. Red skin red flesh (Hylocereus Polyrhizus ) 3. Yellow skin white flesh (Selenicereus megalanthus).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The popular commercial types depend on the country. For instant in Vietnam the popular ones are red skin white flesh, in Malaysia the red skin red flesh but, in Colombia yellow skin white are popular.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In Malaysia we prefer the red skin with red flesh because it fetch high price.</span></div>
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-38412340340640409572014-09-30T03:04:00.004-07:002014-09-30T03:11:27.024-07:00Dragon Fruits in Gujarat, India<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have a grower from Gujarat, India that has grown dragon fruits. His problems were <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">sun burn(excess heat) injury to these plants. He has given 15:15:15 fertilizer by drip irrigation and still continue with the same grade. Their plants are now 12 months old.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He said that their plants have flowered this season and also are bearing few fruits and would like suggestions of how and what grade to fertigate and quantity of fertilizer by drip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He also asked me whether he could spray fertilizers to get better quality and size of fruits to these plants? If yes in what quantity and what intervals should I spray?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The problem he said that is it necessary to sprinkle water on the canopy during high temperatures in summer, and can we cover the canopy with a shade net to protect from sun burn? If yes please suggest the color i.e green or white shade net, and should it be 50% or 75% shade net.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If your plants had flowers you should change your fertilizers to 12:12:17:2 instead of 15:15:15. If you continue to give the latter fertilizer your plants will have more vegetative growth meaning that your plants will be grow more green shoots rather than flowers.You can boost your plants with foliar fertilizers with high K mixed with fungicides ; spray for every two weeks. Once the fruits came out you should wrap with newspaper envelope to avoid insect attack or cracking.</span><br />
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-83258514909287300932014-06-02T18:54:00.001-07:002014-06-02T19:18:35.252-07:00Visit To VietnamDuring the school holidays in June, I had the chance to visit Vietnam. I was waiting to that date because this is the time to see dragon fruits in Vietnam. The weather was sunny and dry, the temperature is around 37 C. We drove to the Bethan Street where most Malaysian do their shoppings. this street is very popular with many hotels too. Of course I saw a lot of tropical fruits such as mangoes, mangoesteen, ciku,guava, durians, jackfruits, DRAGON FRUITS, etc.<br />
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Vietnam is the main producer of dragon fruits in the world. I always wonder how this crop had become a major contributor to Vietnam's economy besides rice and other goods. The secret is always the weather: hot dry. To my analysis dragon fruits like hot and dry weather meaning that less disease occurrence. Unlike Malaysia, the weather is hot but humid.<br />
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There were two varieties of dragon fruits i.e red and white flesh. It could be easily noticed from its 'scales' where short scales are red and long scales are white. The shape between each other also differs.<br />
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To me Vietnam is still a young nation. They had a lot opportunities if their people work hard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon fruits, guava, mangoes and mangoesteen sold in markets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Durians, jacfruits, ciku sold in market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mangoesteen sold in pieces.</td></tr>
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<br />Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-55876908915450684082013-11-27T22:56:00.000-08:002013-11-27T23:05:12.303-08:00Manual of Dragon Fruit Planting (In Bahasa Melayu)I have just completed my write-up on Planting of Dragon Fruits in Malay language. It takes quite some to finish it . This manual is simple and practical ways of how to plant dragon fruits. I hope to publish as soon as possible so that it can be practised immediately by the growers or hobbyists alike.<br />
This manual is of my very own effort and much time is devoted to it. I will translate into English once I have completed my other book.<br />
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I have to race against time because there are a lot work to do. However, you will be satisfied once you accomplished something on your own. I don't rely on anybody either to type the words or sentences, take photo, arrange the contents, paragraphs and layout whats not. Writing books or articles takes patience otherwise <b>well begun half done </b>or Malay proverb says<i> hangat-hangat tahi ayam</i> (direct translation chicken dung is always warm when it is out of its butt! ..and later cool).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manual on Dragon Fruit Planting. I will translate in English very soon.</td></tr>
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-10008809564169942282013-10-15T18:26:00.005-07:002013-10-23T23:20:33.481-07:00Eat Local Fruits Especially Dragon Fruits<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon fruits in Malaysian supermarkets priced at RM 3.59 (about 1.2 USD) per kg. It is either packed as minimally processed or selling loose per fruit.</td></tr>
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Dragon fruits is still the CHOICE of fruits in the Malaysia dessert. Malaysian average per capita fresh fruit consumption is more 60 kg compared to advanced countries.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One may not be aware that the eat local fruit campaign has been conducted since 1972. The campaign has not only helped to promote local fruits as highly nutritious supplements but also helped farmers to market their fruits with the help of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">FAMA is working closely with Malaysia Health Promotion Board (MHPB) in encouraging the public to consume more local fruits as part of a healthy lifestyle.</span><br style="text-align: justify;" /><br style="text-align: justify;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">MHPB also dismissed the view that local fruits like guava, ciku, pineapples, mangoes, papayas and seasonal fruits like durian, langsat, duku, pulasan, rambutan, jack fruit and others as contributors to health problems.</span><br style="text-align: justify;" /><br style="text-align: justify;" /><span style="text-align: justify;">The local fruits are rich in nutrient and fibre. I'm of the opinion that the misconception that the durian is an `unhealthy' fruit must be corrected. Many are not aware that the king of fruits is rich in potassium There is no problem as long as the fruits are consumed moderately.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-91237902265581466822013-07-09T20:50:00.001-07:002013-07-10T17:42:37.448-07:00Strange Dragon Fruit Disease?<span style="font-size: large;">Some one from Puerto Rico (PR) has posted to me about this strange 'disease' on dragon fruit. Just like look closely what is it? Send your findings to me.</span><br />
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-34747198296861216232013-07-01T21:40:00.003-07:002013-07-10T17:44:37.460-07:00Visit To Dragon Fruit, Kendal,Semarang Indonesia<span style="font-size: large;">I had the opportunity to visit Semarang again. This time is much easier to go there because there is a daily flight from Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT ) via Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur to Semarang; the journey took about two and half hours. Semarang is the fourth biggest in Indonesia besides Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya. The airport is Ahmad Yani International Airport. The climate is hot and dry.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My way to Kendal, Semarang. The banner saying don't touch drugs or nacortics even a little bit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went to a dragon fruit farm which is about 6 hectares. The purpose of my visit is to observe how dragon fruits are grown on reclaim soggy soil. The soil is black and very wet, but they manage the soil by mounting. Meaning that they make small mounts at each stake to drain the water. The growth of dragon fruits is extremely good with lightings. I only manage to see a little disease and they kept the field very clean. All pruned branches were grounded and mixed with left-over shrimps in containers for fourty days. The organic fertilizer is done sprayed to plants as foliar fertilizers. They also added extra manure to each stake. The yield mentioned is about 1-2 ton per hectare during this season and can be more. The plants were only four-year old.I observed that the self-made organic fertilizer is natural and contains chitin from prawn that is able to protect from diseases naturally. Adjacent to the farm, they had about 25 big shrimp ponds and six power station was installed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides, they grow mango in this farm with Choo Ka Nan variety. I tasted the fruits and it is extremely sweet and less fibre. I asked them why they are interested to plant this variety. The answer is that the price is very much higher than Indonesian mangoes like Harumanis or Mana Lagi. However, this Thailand variety need good pre-harvest treatment because it is sensitive to disease and insect attacks. One obvious disease I observe is anthracnose which cause black spots on the fruits and the other is bruising due to mite attack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other plants I manage to observe was chiku or 'sawo' or sapota. This plants thrieve well on reclaim soil, however there are few root disease which attack the plants.The 'sawo' or chiku is very very sweet and flowering was tremendous. There are also 'anona' or custard apple, which is growing well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was also 'jambu air' or aqua. It is very crunchy,seedless and sweet. The trees had very intense canopy. I manage to advise so that to prune 'open-center' system in which the central leader is cut-off and let the light pass through. It encourages ventilation and flowering.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My host Pak Harsono and wife after having dinner at Hotel Candi, Semarang. We had delicious dinner with fish and big prawns specially cooked for us. My wife Yati also with me.</td></tr>
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I was looking around for improving dragon fruits farming and increase production and yield. Here I found your website on this. </div>
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Do you have watsapp with the MP <a href="tel:6012-3535411" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+60123535411">6012-3535411</a> ? </div>
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Have you seen brown spots which caused dragon fruits stems to rot and it spreaded and the tree will die ?</div>
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Stem rot on dragon fruits are caused by diseases. There many types ; either caused by bacteria or fungus. Diseases caused by bacteria will results in softening of the tissues, later oozing of liquid and later the plants will die. However, diseases caused by fungus will cause browning, patches or even spots. So, crop husbandry is very important meaning that sanitation of the farm should be always clean.</div>
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There are occasionally disease could be originated from soils. If the previous land was not treated then, disease may occur on the present plants.</div>
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You can read my articles at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/91726161/Dragon-Fruits-Cutivation-in-Malaysia" style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.scribd.com/doc/91726161/Dragon-Fruits-Cutivation-in-Malaysia</a>.</div>
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-7183312365629632612013-04-24T00:19:00.001-07:002013-04-24T00:31:00.413-07:00How To Buy Dragon Fruits in SupermarketsDragon fruits have high antioxidants particularly betacynin besides, it also contains phytoalbumins. These phytochemicals are good for the body especially to fight against cancer and bowels movement. But, if you want to buy dragon fruits from supermarkets here are some clues.<br />
Look for fresh fruits, makesure the 'bracts' are not bruised or damaged. The fruits are soft and crush-free, reddish and round shape. (Some had oval shapes). The weight of the fruit is heavy and hard. It is also good if individual fruit are wrapped with soft polystyrene plastic or cover, so that fruits could not easily bruised.<br />
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One true story that I would like to share is that one my friend who is about to conceive a baby. She was waiting quite sometime to have labour. While waiting, she took 2 or three dragon fruits. Gosh.. it goes. She conceive easily. Happily after.<br />
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Another story, a friend of mine said his son had hypertension with 200/100 pressure. The doctor told his son to take about 8 pills, so he took it but nothing happen.Suddenly, his father got an idea and gave his son 3 dragon fruits to eat- morning, afternoon and evening. You know what happen? the blood pressure went down to 140/80. So can try.<br />
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-63910572110513887782013-04-21T18:31:00.005-07:002013-04-22T07:48:20.954-07:00Email from India (Cultivation of Dragon Fruit in India)<br />
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Thanks for sharing your article with me , it was useful but i have few question for you , what is the right temperature to grow this fruit . </div>
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for example i have farms in hill station where the max temp is 35 to 36 and the min temp is 17 to 20 c . and i have farm with 38 to 40 high temp and min of 20 to 22 c . so which climate is best to cultivate dragon fruit ? is my first question and what is best variety to cultivate ?</div>
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Thank you. You can read my article at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/91726161/Dragon-Fruits-Cutivation-in-Malaysia" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/<wbr></wbr>91726161/Dragon-Fruits-<wbr></wbr>Cutivation-in-Malaysia</a>. Should need help pls contact me.</div>
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-28690201652955689732013-04-05T09:35:00.002-07:002013-04-06T04:16:14.272-07:00My Article in Newspaper (Bahasa Melayu)I was not aware that my article was published earlier. It can be read at <a href="http://www.sinarharian.com.my/rencana/tanam-buah-naga-ikut-spesifikasi-sirim-1.8570">http://www.sinarharian.com.my/rencana/tanam-buah-naga-ikut-spesifikasi-sirim-1.8570</a>.Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-33706304526556527012013-04-05T08:21:00.005-07:002013-04-09T02:24:29.288-07:00Mechanized Dragon Fruit HarvestingHere are some videos of how mechanized of post harvest in dragon fruit is done. I hope you can get some idea. This amateur video was taken by me and not well organized. Ii includes washing, weighing and grading.<br />
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<br />Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-65440925357081419242012-10-18T18:21:00.000-07:002012-12-02T19:12:47.795-08:00MAHA International<b><span style="font-size: large;">Malaysia is proud to have this event that is to be scheduled Nov.23 to Dec.2, 2012. This event will take off for every two years. We are exciting to be there. Numerous meetings are held at every level now and then, to ensure this event happens and become one of the best agricultural festival in the country.You can browse at </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">For those who would like to buy agricultural produces like fruits, vegetables, ulam, kueh-kueh, fertilizers, whats not; please bring your trolleys and wear proper attire and umbrella as well. Normally, in December it always rain.(Of course your money too).</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Since, this an international event, many technologies esp. in agriculture will be shown. We will see many new things related to agriculture. </span></b>Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-81681624498211312862012-08-28T21:07:00.002-07:002013-04-05T08:39:08.239-07:00Dragon Fruits HarvestingI have visited a farm in Malacca, 80 km from Kuala Lumpur to observe dragon fruit harvesting. The farm is around 20 ac. situated nearby roadside. It was not a peak season during our visit however, the owner was kindly enough to take some photos to be posted in my blog. I hope there is some interesting to note and observe how washing, grading and sorting is done once the fruits are harvested.(The pics are not in sequence)<br />
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Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-77050435782921336072012-01-27T16:25:00.000-08:002012-01-27T16:52:23.829-08:00Malaysian Dragon Fruit Growing Going StrongDespite disease outbreak in Malaysia; some dragon fruit farms managed to escape from the catastrophe.This is due to the patience and unrentless effort to combat the disease problems.Farmers had managed to move forward from their past experiences to uphold this lucrative industry.While researchers at their utmost doing research to support the industry be it in farm production or by products. Research must be geared up in order to find new innovations and technological advancements as to cater future problems like climate change and organic farming.<br />
A technical visit was made to a 10-acre in Selangor, to observe what are the problems faced by the growers.There are few problems that I encountered;<br />
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1. Weed control is still a challenge and this is due to high cost in weedicides like BASTA. Manual circle weeding is very tedious and laborious.<br />
2. High cost of fertilizers. Agricultural inputs like fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and other chemicals have risen very high to almost 50% increase.<br />
3. Farm management especially mechanization. Large farms should consider machinery as to ease in spraying and in-field transportation.Appropriate planting distant had to be considered and proper planning in field design should be from experts.Such as water source, sunrise and sunset (angle of the sun), etc.<br />
4. Harvesting and grading. There should be grades for fruits like A (450-500 g), B(350-450 g),C (less than 300g), D (small).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon planting intercrop with soursop and chempedak. Note weed problems.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close planting of dragon fruits.</td></tr>
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NAZARUDDIN, R.1*, NORAZELINA, S.M.I.1, NORZIAH, M.H.2 and ZAINUDIN, M.3<br />
1School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology,<br />
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia<br />
2School of Industry Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia<br />
3Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia<br />
*Email: naza@ukm.my<br />
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ABSTRACT<br />
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The extraction of pectin from a by-product of dragon fruit processing, was identified as an alternative source for commercial<br />
pectin. In this work, dried alcohol-insoluble residues (AIR) of dragon fruit peels were treated separately with ammonium<br />
oxalate/oxalic acid 0.25 %, pH 4.6, 85oC; HCl 0.03 M, pH 1.5, 85oC; and deionised water, 75oC. The pectin obtained<br />
from these methods were compared in term of yield, color, gelling characteristic and chemical structure. The highest yield<br />
for the extracted pectin from dragon fruit peels was 20.1 % (dry weight basis) by ammonium oxalate/oxalic acid extraction,<br />
contained 11.2 % moisture and 6.9 % ash. Extraction by deionised water yielded 15.4 % pectin, 11.3 % moisture and 11.6<br />
% ash. Whereas, the acid extraction gave the lowest yield 15 %), 11.1 % moisture and 12 % ash. The amount of pectin<br />
from all extraction conditions were comparable to pectin obtained from commercial apple (12 %) or citrus (25 %). Gel<br />
hardness test was performed for gelling properties measurement. The Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)<br />
was useful in the identifying dragon fruit pectins. Different conditions used in the extraction do not show a difference in<br />
the pectin structure. With a good recovery yield and gelling properties, ammonium oxalate-extracted dragon fruit pectin<br />
present good characteristics to be exploited industrially as food additive.<br />
ABSTRAK<br />
Pengekstrakan pektin daripada sisa pemprosesan buah naga telah dikenal pasti sebagai sumber alternatif bagi pektin<br />
komersial. Dalam kajian ini, pepejal tak larut alkohol (AIR) kering daripada kulit buah naga diperlakukan secara berasingan<br />
dengan ammonium oksalat/asid oksalik 0.25 %, pH 4.6, 85oC; HCl 0.03 M, pH 1.5, 85oC; dan air ternyahion, 75oC. Pektin<br />
yang diperolehi melalui kaedah ini dibandingkan dari segi hasil, warna, ciri penggelan dan struktur kimia. Hasil pektin<br />
tertinggi daripada kulit buah naga ialah 20.1 % (berat kering) menggunakan ekstraksi ammonium oksalat/asid oksalik,<br />
mengandungi 11.2 % air dan 6.9 % abu. Ekstraksi menggunakan air ternyahion menghasilkan 15.4 % pektin, 11.3 % air<br />
dan 11.6 % abu. Manakala, ekstraksi asid memberikan hasil yang terendah (15 %), 11.1 % air dan 12 % abu. Pektin yang<br />
terhasil daripada semua keadaan pengekstrakan adalah setanding dengan pektin epal (12 %) atau sitrus (25 %) komersial.<br />
Ujian kekerasan gel dilakukan bagi mengukur sifat penggelan. Spektroskopi inframerah (FTIR) amat berguna bagi mengenal<br />
pasti pektin buah naga. Keadaan berbeza yang digunakan dalam pengekstrakan tidak menunjukkan perbezaan dalam struktur<br />
pektin. Dengan perolehan hasil serta ciri penggelan yang baik, pektin buah naga hasil pengekstrakan menggunakan<br />
ammonium oksalat/asid oksalik mempunyai ciri yang baik untuk diterokai secara industri sebagai bahan tambah makanan.<br />
Key words: Dragon fruit; Pectin; Alcohol insoluble residue; Extraction conditions<br />
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Source: Malays. Appl. Biol. (2011) 40(1): 1P9E-C23TINSZainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-1874461140481572182011-10-20T18:41:00.000-07:002012-01-16T19:28:14.872-08:00Field Mechanization of Dragon Fruit Planting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large scale dragon fruit plantation in Malacca </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To plant dragon fruits in a large plantation ; there is no doubt mechanization is very necessary. It is a very important tool to speed up management activities such as spraying of insecticide,weeding, fertilization and so on.However, what is the optimum size of plantation that need to be considered before machines to be introduced? As machines are very expensive and needs to be maintenance, careful decision has to be made so that the investment is profitable.Otherwise, you put unnecessary budget that would incur the return.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The size,type and power of the machines have to sought from experts or experience person in order to buy the correct tool. We cannot just copy or buy from hearsay what machines are needed. Think twice.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using boom sprayer to spray foliar fertilizer, insectides and fungicides</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr.Zainudin inspecting dragon fruit plantation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horticulture Research Centre Director Tengku Malik explaining something to visitors.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-64591862581819120802011-10-16T18:58:00.000-07:002011-10-20T18:32:19.723-07:00National Horticulture Conference 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Malaysian National Horticulture Conference (NHC)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> will be held from 18th to 20th October 2011 in Melaka; 150 km from Kuala Lumpur. This the 3rd NHC so far. See here for more info</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://nhc2011.mardi.gov.my/">http://nhc2011.mardi.gov.my/</a>.</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The three-day conference will discuss matters in horticulture industry in Malaysia with the theme </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Malaysian Horticulture:Enhancing Production,Enhancing Marketing.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Many speakers will be invited to give talks and views on horticulture. A post-tour conference is to held to dragon fruits farm in Melaka.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will be presenting a poster entitles <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">"Dragon fruits planting materials:Specifications according to SIRIM"</span>. See below</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster at NHC 2011, 18 to 20 October 2011, Melaka</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-72401348511890487392011-10-04T18:39:00.000-07:002011-10-14T17:27:16.249-07:00Growing Dragon Fruits in India<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had the chance to visit India.Visiting India is not as easy as I thought.You have to get a visa before entering the country. It is exciting for me as this is my first visit there.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I flew from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai which took about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> three and half hours.</span> It was raining when I reached there at 10 pm local time. At Chennai Airport I have to go at least one hour and half for immigration clearance compared to KLIA for only two minutes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have to book hotel in Chennai before departure and it is compulsory.The hotel (3 star) was OK but very expensive <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">RM450 per night </span>(USD150).Mind you.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The next morning we drove to Thirupati via Redhills and Thiruvallur, passing villages and small towns. I saw a lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">poverty</span> in Southern India where pupils could be seen without shoes to schools, cramped in vehicles and so on. Most of the vehicles had <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">air horns</span>-horning is a must. Unlike, in Malaysia the pupils owned at least 3-4 pairs of shoes per year and transporation is easy.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Roughly, I could see paddy fields, mangoes and sugar planting areas. Some of the areas were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">abundant </span>which were not cultivated. As I reached the small town, it was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">very crowded</span> due to only two-way lane. Shop-lots were very small and not organised. I saw a lot <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">cattle lying</span> on the roads with dungs uncleaned. At last I reached Thirupati the capital city of Andra Pradesh.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This city is very big and quite clean compared to Chennai. I saw agriculture research station, universities and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">big temples </span>here. I was told the the Tamils always come here to worship and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> bald</span> their heads.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The climate in Thirupati was a little bit cooler and sunnier. The soil was fertile and it was grown with peanuts before. My mission is to see whether the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">climate and soil is suitable</span> for dragon fruits growing there in Andra Pradesh. From my observation, dragon fruits is very suitable to be grown there basically the soil is good and not waterlogged. If dought occurs, water could be tapped from groundwater. Also, there was a lot of organic matter from cowdungs.Labour is readily available and there are many areas potentially to be grown. I was told that mangoes price was 20 INR (RM1.40).per kg. and much of the mango areas were not looked properly. Mangoes was not flowering at that time and fruiting once a year compared to dragon fruits which is flowering and fruiting all year round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I could conclude that;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Introduction of dragon fruits to India is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">very potential and profitable</span> business IF provide with good management.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2.Consumers always like to try <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">new exotic fruits</span> particularly if they know medicinal value.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3.Dragon fruits could bear fruits very early - one year after planting.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4.The climate is suitable, organic fertilizer, labour is available.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5.Market demand is very <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">huge</span>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">More readings (in Malay version ) at </span><a href="http://zainudinhajimeon.blogspot.com/">http://zainudinhajimeon.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some of the pics from my visit. If there are any queries I am happy to entertain ; pls forward your email to zainudinhaji@gmail.com or simply call me at +060123535411.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr.Ali showing me the area to be planted with dragon fruits.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behind-some of the fruits like papaya, watermelons, sold in the supermarket<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon fruit planting using single-pole technique</td></tr>
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<strong>The farm is about one and half hour drive from Kuala Lumpur, somewhere in Kalumpang, Selangor. This farm planted dragon fruits for about 40 acres .They used to plant dragon fruits one- foot apart using trellis system.The inter row distant was 6 feet. However, they could not make it because for about year the system could support the heavy branches of dragon fruits which was estimated about 40 to 60 kg per plant. They replanted the again using single-pole having four plants attached. It seems that this technique workable.</strong></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Discussion with the farmer Mr.Lim about foliar fertilizers and fungicides used.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon fruits with agarwood (5 feet tall 2 years old)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newspaper cutting showing price of agarwood grades -Grade A (MYR 25,000 about USD 7,5000 per kg)</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>The farmers integrated the farm with agarwood with planting distant 5 ft X 5 ft. In Malay agarwood is gaharu. This farmer planted 20,000 agarwood plants intercropped with dragon fruits.Besides, he also intercropped part of the dargon fruits areas with pineapple.</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>With his initiative, the farmer also built 20 X 100 ft. swiftlet bird house four storey high. Swiftlet industry is booming in Malaysia with govenment support. The bird house is only eight month old and managed to harvest swiftlet nest, however the investment is very high.When the bird house has stabled, the farmer can shake legs. Swiflet nest price at MYR 3,000 (USD 1000) per kg (raw) and MYR 10,000 (USD2500) (cleaned)</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Note: USD1=MYR 3.(MYR stands for Malaysian Ringgit)</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A four-storey high swiftlet bird house at the back</td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This is my second visit to Indonesia. My first visit was two years ago i.e. Jakarta and Bandung. I would like to see their living style,social,culture and landscape in the country. I noticed that Indonesia is a beautiful country blended with many types people of all kinds.Each country has their own strength and niche. I presume that the competition between each other in this country is much greater than mine.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Back to my visit to Semarang was a fruitful one where I was brought to see farms around Curuj, Ngebrug and also farms organised by Obor Tani in Wakanarto and Genting.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>In Curuj, we visited a 700 acre- clove plantation called Cengkih Zanzibar owned by Pak Budi. During my visit, most of the plants were 10-15 years old with heigth of 3 to 5 meters. One problem I noticed is picking the flowers during harvesting. It requires about 3,000 workers to pluck all the flowers during that time in the entire farm. Most of the clove flowers were consumed by the cigarettes company. From agronomic perspectives, the farm should find ways of how to improve production, let say high density planting, mechanization and so forth.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I also visited a distillation unit nearby which extract clove oil. Matured and dried cloves leaves were brought to the unit then boiled later, then the steam was cooled in a pond and condensed. The oil was separated and collected in containers arranged cascadingly.<br />
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There was also has a dragon fruit which consisted of about 2 hectares in Curuj. The growth of the plants is extremely good with good agro-management and maintenance, however the fruits is still small i.e. 300 gm . What I noticed is that organic fertilization should be increased and given at least once in three month (3 kg) because dragon is a heavy feeder, if this is not given then flowering and yield decreased. Since this field is free from diseases , then the planting materials can be used as cuttings in other farms. They </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">should follow the technical specifications in the guidelines which I had passed to them.</div><br />
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As far as dragon fruit is concerned, about 30-50% of the farm is infected with diseases.Common disease like bacteria and fungus were obeserved and also yield was low.Stern actions should be taken like increase organic fertilization and foliar <br />
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For mata kucing or longan, generally the growth is still ok, however I noticed there symptoms of leaf falling, dryness and yellowing. I suspected the roots must be infected by diseases, nematodes or whats not. The infected tree should be uprooted to see what is the real cause of infection.<br />
As for anona, there are plants which is less growth as shown in reduced leaf numbers.Leaf foliar analysis should be done in order to ascertain the problems.<br />
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Then, I went to Wakarnoto which is 3 hour journey from Semarang. This is a 50 acre farm will be planted with dragon fruits that will be planted by farmers. ( I don't know where will they get cutting planting materials). The land has been cleaned and pillars will be installed. What I noticed is that nearby trees should be cut as dragon fruits need 100% sunlight. Although the land is fertile but organic fertilization is still needed 3 month once. A reservoir on top of a hill had already been built by Yayasan Obor Tani where there are plentiful of water.<br />
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I also had the chance to go to Genting,where a successful 50-acre longan project owned by farmers.The farmers were proud to show their farms. During my visit, the plants were not bearing fruits.We were also shown home-based products like fried-mushrooms made by fellow farmers<br />
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Finally, we go to Hortimart a fruit farm owned personnally by Pak Budi. A place where you can eat fruits and lunch. I was given a chance to talk on dragon fruits and share knowledge and ideas pertaining to this industry together with the chiefs, growers there.<br />
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I also went to Jogjakarta to see Chandi Borobodur, a world heritage. Besides, I also saw debris of the volcanic ash of Gunung Merapi which erupted a few months ago and houses which had been damaged very badly. <br />
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</div>Zainudin Meonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083324018555029314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181858236498584188.post-8126671481413845612011-03-07T06:50:00.000-08:002011-03-11T04:53:54.798-08:00Technical Visit to a 65-acre Dragon Fruit Plantation In Sibu, SarawakI had the chance to visit to one of the biggest dragon fruit plantation in Sibu, Sarawak, East Malaysia. My visit was welcomed by its farm's owner Mr. Yong Ung Tung. The purpose of my visit is a) to observe general performance of the 65-acre farm. b) to identify some problems occurred in the farm and c) to make some remedifications (if any) concerning to my findings.<br />
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<strong>Here are my findings</strong>.<br />
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1.The farm is badly affected by soft rot diseases caused mainly by bacteria and fungus. However, the main disease such as antrachnose has been controlled entirely with good spraying practice with correct chemical application.<br />
2.Farm sanitation is good where all the discarded branches and plant parts which have pruned were thrown away far from the farm. This farm had 20 workers with a supervisor.<br />
3.The farm use fertilization with NPK ratios 15:15:15 which is not suitable for a 6-year plants. This might affect mainly flowering and fruiting.<br />
4.Most of the farm were installed with lightings that is cost MR 4,000 per month only to enhance flowering.<br />
5.There are a lot of weeds and some plants suffered from nutrient deficiency such nitrogen (N).<br />
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<strong>My suggestions</strong>.<br />
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1. Fertilization with NPK 12:12:17:2 is recommended and flower hormone is needed to improve flowering and fruiting as well to reduce high lighting cost.<br />
2.Organic fertilizer is needed is to improve tree performance in some areas.<br />
3.Continue with good farm practice and farm surveillance is encouraged for early disease detection.<br />
4.Should the farm is required to sell planting materials, it should follow strictly guidelines recommended by Malaysian Standards (SIRIM).The area should be disease-free and verified.<br />
5.Engage an expert to advise if the farm is to be sustained.<br />
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