Looking To Buy Jute Bast

[ericthai]

We are looking to buy bast. We will buy it already stripped and baled or loose. We are also ready to purchase unprocessed jute, Kenaf. We will pay top dollar. Also we are looking for people to grow Kenaf for us, we will provide seeds. This grows very easy. it is very much like a weed and grows easy. Just plant and let it go. Please PM me if you are interested.

[jandtaa]

Hi Ericthai

I think you need to clarify which plant/plants you are looking for and which seeds you are supplying (I suggest using the botanical instead of common names). All of these plants are used for bast production but do have differing cultural requirements:

White jute (Corchorus capsularis)

Tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius)

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)

cheers for now J

[ericthai]

Sorry if I was unclear. We ready to buy bast from any variety of jute plant and kenaf, either already removed, retted and baled or just the cut plant.

For growing we will provide Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) seeds. Right now we only have the local variety seeds but we are working to import the everglades variety and hope to have these seeds in stock late this year which should provide a better yield. We are ready to work with any farmers that are interested. We are promoting the growing of this and now have some farmers growing in between their rice crops.

thanks

Eric

[WatersEdge]

After reading several earlier posts by ericthai,

and the responses to them,

I did a bit of looking into Roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa

Having all season sprinkler irrigation,

and more rental ground available immediately adjacent,

I'm looking for long term enduring crops to maximize returns.

I just planted a small amount of Roselle

maybe a thousand seeds

which sprouted very quickly at near perfect germination.

Just Saturday I gathered more seed from a neighbor farm

for planting this week.

My intent for it is to sell the dried calyx shell,

the seed for whatever it's most useful for,

then let the goats strip the leaves off occasionally,

as they go crazy over it and nibble every last piece.

but leave the stem more or less intact

It also appears to be a perfect stalk for

cucumber

sweet pea

pole bean

to climb as a living trellis,

cutting and trimming both continually.

If anyone with experience would like to comment on the idea,

I'm interested to know

My prediction is that Sweet Pea will do best on Roselle,

because it generally likes cool conditions,

provided by the partial shade of the Roselle

Back to Jute fiber...

Should I reach a point of accumulated tonnage of fibrous stalk in the fields,

I'll inquire further on what to do with it.

Eric,

It would be generally interesting to see the details of cultivation of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)

I'm not likely to devote the entire farm to either one,

because I'm certain there are higher returns from crops that are more difficult to tend.

General rule is,

the trickier something is to raise,

the better the reward for the attention to detail.

Since attention to detail is in short supply,

there's a healthy demand for the results.

[jandtaa]

Can't argue with any of the above

I've got a packet of rosella seeds but I'm not that keen on planting them as I'm more taken with pigeon pea for the uses Watersedge has mentioned re; trellis/support, shading, livestock feed and as a bonus they are nitrogen fixers make great mulch and when pruned hard grow back with a vengeance ( although a potential problem is theft of the pods to accompany "laab Dip") 

J

[ericthai]

After reading several earlier posts by ericthai,

and the responses to them,

I did a bit of looking into Roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa

Having all season sprinkler irrigation,

and more rental ground available immediately adjacent,

I'm looking for long term enduring crops to maximize returns.

I just planted a small amount of Roselle

maybe a thousand seeds

which sprouted very quickly at near perfect germination.

Just Saturday I gathered more seed from a neighbor farm

for planting this week.

My intent for it is to sell the dried calyx shell,

the seed for whatever it's most useful for,

then let the goats strip the leaves off occasionally,

as they go crazy over it and nibble every last piece.

but leave the stem more or less intact

It also appears to be a perfect stalk for

cucumber

sweet pea

pole bean

to climb as a living trellis,

cutting and trimming both continually.

If anyone with experience would like to comment on the idea,

I'm interested to know

My prediction is that Sweet Pea will do best on Roselle,

because it generally likes cool conditions,

provided by the partial shade of the Roselle

Back to Jute fiber...

Should I reach a point of accumulated tonnage of fibrous stalk in the fields,

I'll inquire further on what to do with it.

Eric,

It would be generally interesting to see the details of cultivation of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)

I'm not likely to devote the entire farm to either one,

because I'm certain there are higher returns from crops that are more difficult to tend.

General rule is,

the trickier something is to raise,

the better the reward for the attention to detail.

Since attention to detail is in short supply,

there's a healthy demand for the results.

For the Kenaf, it is more or less a weed and there is no real cultivation that needs to be done. Just plant it and let it go, about 5 months it will reach maturity. We process this into several products using every part of the plant so nothing it wasted. As I have stated before I'm not an agriculture guy so I don't know everything about growing and the different types of plants etc. We do have an agriculture guy we fly back and forth between Thailand and Australia to work with us on things. We are mainly dealing in Kenaf, but we are interested in bast from any variety of plant. If the bast is already retted and baled we are paying up to 14 baht per kg. If you just want to sell the plant cut, no buds on it, flowers etc just the stem so we can strip and ret the bast we will pay 1000 per ton wet.

Where are you located? If possible maybe I could come meet with you give you some seeds to try, maybe something very small less than one rai and see how easy or hard it is for you to grow. However if you have irrigated land I would believe your options to grow other products that generate higher income is very likely.

[Mischathai]

Hey Eric. I am looking to purchase jute seed for planting in Northern Thailand and wondered if you could connect me with seed. Are you still cultivating Jute or buying it? I saw your post from 2010 quite long ago and I was intrigued. Thanks for the info. Cheers 

[ericthai]

1 hour ago, Mischathai said:

Hey Eric. I am looking to purchase jute seed for planting in Northern Thailand and wondered if you could connect me with seed. Are you still cultivating Jute or buying it? I saw your post from 2010 quite long ago and I was intrigued. Thanks for the info. Cheers 

Sent you a message with me email. Email me and I'll get you connected for seeds.