rio666uk Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The in-laws have ploughed/rotivated some 20+ rai in preparation for planting young rubber saplings (im guessing about a foot tall or something like that), neither my wife or I are having much more than financial input in this - and as we are not there i am interested to know a couple of things.. I was wondering if someone could give me some rough ideas of - how many trees are normally planted per 10rai - when they should be planted - is there a particular variety that is better suited for issan soil - rough cost of saplings (i realise this is largely dependant on size) - should fertilisers be rotivated in prior to planting or is it done at the same time - are rubber trees particularly thirsty, the land seems to be fairly lush but i dont know what relation to the water table it is thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio666uk Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 ok have spent a while re-reading posts and have answered some of my own questions now - have i got this right? - how many trees are normally planted per 10rai = about 76 per rai at 3m x 7m rows - when they should be planted = ? - is there a particular variety that is better suited for issan soil = ? RIM 251 has approx 40% higher yeild - rough cost of saplings (i realise this is largely dependant on size) = 20bt each ish - should fertilisers be rotivated in prior to planting or is it done at the same time = both ideally - are rubber trees particularly thirsty, the land seems to be fairly lush but i dont know what relation to the water table it is = ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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