MY FIRST PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
June 5, 2015
On the 5TH June 2015, we have visited the oil palm farm. We were introduced to Mr. Zainal Abidin Bin Abd Wahab, as he was the one who responsible to guide us during the day. He had gave us some briefing about the farm and the oil palm itself. We were told that oil palm have a life expectancy about forty-five years and it is very popular among farmers due to its rapid growth rate. In fact, it takes only two and a half year till it can produce yields.
Here, in Farm 1 of UPM near the stadium, they planted oil palm species called Tenera. This type of species produced in crop-breeding process between Dura and Pisifera that were called the parents of Tenera. This farm area are about twelve hectares all-around and eight of it were used in industrial planting. The used in pesticides were based on the condition, that was the surrounding and the farmer. Fertilizer was given to the crop three or four times a year. However, this crop has high risk infected by a dangerous disease called Ganodema that will cause a huge lost to the farmer this kind of disease cannot be detected while in early stage so as we knew the tree has Ganodema then we knew that the tree will die and the rest of them might also have the same disease. This disease cannot be cured, and the farmers have to stop replanting at least for a year in the same place or else the new plants will also face the same problem. In this farm, farmer used used triangular system in crop planting to maximize the competition between the plants with 8x8x8 space.
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Sample of palm oil tree to be grown.
For our activity for the day was that we were asked to plant an oil palm tree for each group. First, need to verify the right position before we started to dig. Then, dig a hole until it form a cube shape with 1x1x1 feet measured. Next step, we take out the tree from its polybag and the tree was put into the hole into the hole. Before we start to cover the hole back with those left soil, put some fertilizer in there. Finally, the oil palm tree was watered sufficiently. From our activity, we gained a new knowledge about the oil palm trees and how to plant one.
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