Planting On Ground - My IBT Fig

Planting on the ground has a lot of advantages. You do not worry about too much water, as the drainage is better.

The Green Jordan that was planted 10 Sept 2016

After the planting, it rained heavily for 2 days, so was worried that the new plant will be flooded.

So I devised a method to cover it. This was why the plastic sheet appeared over the seedling.

The cover and I hope the wind is not too strong to blow it away

Planting My Fig on Ground

I have decided to move some of my plant to ground. This is because, planting on ground will grow  a bigger tree, reduce the chance of water stagnation.

So on 6 Aug 2016, I moved 2 trees, mikael and BTM6 from pots to ground.

The fig trees are placed beneath shades of palm branches

My Fig Mikael happily under the shade on 11 Aug 2016 

The Lemon Grass

About Lemon Grass

Planting On Commercial Scale:

There are many suggested methods of planting the lemongrass. These

are some of the methods:

a. plants the grass in rows, 4 feet between rows. On each row, the distant

is 3 feet. This is sometime known as 4x3 planting.

b. On each spot, you can plant 1 seedling . 3, or 5. It depends on you situation, if the seedling is costly, then plant 1, if you are doing a replanting where you have many free seedlings, then put 5. You can plant in 2 holes or 3, but not too many in 1 hole.

If you put only 1 seedling, then you have to replace it within 2 weeks, if the seed dies.

Some Locations, It does grow well

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. After a month: Fertize it

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Load t o the pick up and ready for the market.

My Air Layered Fig - MD1 AB

I had reproduced the MD fig tree by the process of airlayer.

This was the plant that I bought on 18 may 2016.

So far I had made 2 seedlings, I called it  by the alphabets A and B. So the new seedling is MD1 A. MD1 is the parent. If I were to buy another MD tree, it is called MD2.

This is the second seedling...

air layered plant MD1B 

My Fig Garden - My Collections

Date 9 June 2016
Additional 4 more trees.
1. purple jordan
2. green jordan
3. btm6
4. btm6



Date 7 June 2016
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And today, I bought more varieties.

1 LSU gold and the other was BK?, I have to get it correct.

LSU is the long one, about 12 inches long

The LSU needs support, it is too tall

Date: 1 June 2016,  I bought three more varieties of my fig trees. All are from NT
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There were:
- alma
- wuhan
- bellone - but the seller is not so sure as the name tag had disappeared.

I am hoping to increase my collection to 20 varieties and keep 3 trees per variety. That will be alot, 60 trees around my little house.

from left bellone, alma and wohan

with the above three, my collection has become 15.

I intend to stop at variety of 15 figs

My New Interest in Fig Tree

I had revived my interest in tropical farming. This time it will be in home farming, that mean I am planting fig tree around my home only.

In my last entry, I talk about the first tree is fruiting fter only 4 months. The price of fresh fig fruits is too expensive in Malaysia. The seedling is worst still.

The high price can be deterrent, and at the same time it can be s motivation, depending on which side you are on.

Here are some of the plants that I am starting to grow...

My Fig Tree is Fruiting

Taken 23 Sept 2015

Taken 10 Jan 2016

Sentul The Rare Fruit

If you are a Malaysian in Kuala Lumpur, certainly would know about Sentol, or Sentul. A township within KL, closely linked to the KTM (Malaysian Railways).  Many of the town folks may not know the origin of the name Sentol. It original from a local jungle fruit.

Sentul on sale the star 25 Aug 2015

This gentleman is selling sentul fruit at RM11 per Kg. Sentul is of the same family as rambai, langsat, tampoi and taban. 

Malaysian Herbal

In the older days, when the modern medicine was not available, the people relied on nature to cure themselves. This is where the herbs played their roles

If you were to go to the Herbal Botanical Garden in Shah Alam, you will be able to see some of the Odd names of the Malaysian Herbal. One of which is the Haba Neraka, directly translated as the Hell Fire.

Dalit Durian Sells in Sabah

The Dalit Durian is new to me.
I am more familiar with the peninsular variety. The wild during is not cultivated, but grow in the wild naturally. It is known as durian daun, because the fruits bear at the twigs and surrounded by the leaves. The cultivated varieties fruit on the branches.  


Looking at the price, it seem to be interesting. At rm25 per kilo, it is a money maker. The other common variety is the kampong version, selling at about rm15 to rm20 per kilo. This durian is cultivated in a smaller plots, thus the supply is lower.

from the star 6 Aug 2015