My Rambutan Fruit

This season the fruit is not too good. I would say, about 50 percent n the capacity. However there is enough for family's consumption..

My Plant Stevia

Today 5 Dec 2017, I received a plant from my friend. It is stevia. I tested the leave, it is very sweet.

planted 5 Dec 2017
   

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Apple Tropical

I want to plant this fruit tree. I saw in a video shot in Bali Indonesia. The called it Bekul Fruit...

The other video is from India.. They call it Jujube tree

My First Miracle Fruit Plant

A friend of mine introduced me to a plant known as miracle fruit. It interest me as it is suppose to bring benefits to those trying to avoid diabetes. The next thing to do was to search in Google. Yes, there are a lot of sites.

accessed on 1 dec 2017

That means, it is s well known plant. I am trying to propagate it, probably by seedlings.

Here is my plants, a respectable height, about a meter high...

Bought 28 Nov 2017.. 

I am waiting for its first bud..

Durian monthong

This variety is imported from Thailand. It is popular in Malaysia, as it starts to fruit early.

Malaysian Mango

The is mango tree at the place where I work. It has been producing fruit all year round. The fruit is small, taste ok,

My hibiscus

MY HIBISCUS

My garden is more beautiful with the blooming hibiscus.

Actually not mine. But my wifes.

SWEET MELON MMT

I read in the paper about a kind of melon being grown in Terrenganu, in Malaysia.

Here are the photo of the paper posting.

The Star Friday 3 Nov 2017

Advantages:
Compared to the rock melon, it has the following advantages:
- easier to pollinate - rock melon requires a  manual pollination, whereas the sweet melon uses natural pollination.

- No need to wrap the fruit like rock melon.

- Can be planted 3 sessions per year.

- Attract a higher price. rm4 to rm 6 per kg.

Trees for Cities

About 30 years ago, DBKL planted a variety of fast growing trees. The idea was, to quickly transformed KL to a city within forest. Now the very same trees are giving DBKL problems. They are no longer healthy, they are not able to withstand tropical storms. A number of cases, the trees collapsed on vehicles and peoples on foot, causing death and destruction.

The Star 27 Feb 2017

 The following trees are deemed to be unsuitable, and to be replaced...
- Acacia
- Angsana
- hujan hujan
- jemerlang laut
- khaya
- petai belalang
- tecoma

The suitable trees are:
- keruing
- merawan siput jantan
- sepetir
- tanjung

The new trees are slow growers