Jatropha Plantation (Seedling, Part 4)

Well for this part I will not talk too much. Basically this is the pictures that show the step-by-step from seed to plant. The first one is the seed itself. Here's picture of the seeds, when it is prepared to be planted, and also when it is planted into polybag.Click image for larger viewAnd finally the time has come for the seed to grow. This picture below is the time when the seed comes to the world...

Jatropha Plantation (Seedling, Part 3)

OK, after we get the good seed (from previous post) its time to plant it :) If you decide to plant it on a polybag then you can use soil and manure with 1:1 ratio as media. Normally it'll take about 5-7 days to germinate/sprout. You can see the seed of Jatropha here.How about planting it directly without using polybag? well of course you can. You can plant it on a seedbed with 10 cm x 10 cm spacing....

Rest

Sorry, post another OOT here...There's no new post recently because I got fever and I must rest and stay in bed for couple days. But I'm fine now and hopefully soon I'll post the article I promised befo...

Jatropha Plantation (Seedling, Part 2)

Ok, in this part I will talk again about seedling but this time it is from seed. The best way to get good quality seeds is by buying it from authorized seller. The seed sold by them usually certified and tested (minimal viability is 80%). Viability means in general "capacity for survival" and is more specifically used to mean a capacity for living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions....

Jatropha Plantation (Seedling, Part 1)

Ok, we have talked about growth requirements, population per hectare and even dimension of the hole to plant, now I will talk about the seedling. Actually there are several ways to get the seedling, the easiest is by buying it :) for anyone who want to produce it by themselves here's I got some info ;) Seedling can be produced by plants cutting, growing seed, or by tissue culture. The first candidate,...

Jatropha Plantation (Population)

After talked about Jatropha's growth requirements, I'd like to continue about its population in an area. Jatropha uses various spacing but the common spacing is 2m x 2m and it will have 2,500 trees per hectare. Some of Jatropha's plantation spacing are:3 m x 3 m (1,100 plants/ha)2 m x 3 m (1,600 plants/ha)2 m x 2 m (2,500 plants/ha)1.5 m x 2.0 m (3,300 plants/ha)While in tilted area,...

Jatropha Plantation (Growth Requirements)

Jatropha is a though plant. It can grow in nearly all type of land, from lowland to midland (highland) and from arid/semi arid/arid land. But of course to grow as we expect it need its own best environment. Some of Jatropha growth requirements is as follows:Jatropha can grow from 0 up to 1,000 m above sea level. It can grow above 1,000 m but it will have less fruits and more leaves.Jatropha can grow...

OOT

Sorry for posting an out of topic subject.I just very glad and relief that my wife have given birth to my son and both of them are okay. In that period I'm not posting anything in this blog.My son is quite big campared to the standard weight of baby in my country :) Average weight is about 2.8 kg but my baby's weight is 3.8 kg with 51 cm in length, my wife have to give all of her power until she is exhausted. When our baby born and I know that he and my wife are okay I just can't hold my tears ...