Rubber Plantation Video

[jamescollister]

For anyone interested in rubber I have just uploaded a new video of our plantation. I will post another of the factory later. Jim

[David006]

Interesting mate...

Looks like you sprayed glyphosphate?..read someplace on an Indian website that its better to cut the grass and weeds..auto mulch etc..lol Glad o see the anti fungal...

..do you have termite issues...tons of the little bs on our farm. Lost a couple of big trees to wind with eaten out roots!

Your trees are how old?..they look somewhat small for cutting...apparently if you cut too soon it stunts future growth. What is the yield like ? Percentage of latex?

We are cutting about 500+ 10 year ++ old? (getting 39%/vol latex at about 120kg per day)trees now with another 4 thousand that are mostly at the same size as yours ..we will wait for another three years before cutting...

Interesting to see your factory setup..have a slow internet connection so stills would be nice..

Good luck with the farm mate thanks for the video

oh yes... have you considered rain shades for the wet..I contacted some Indian company which has them but they seem to be reluctant to supply ..probably think I will copy them?

rgds

david

[jamescollister]

Interesting mate...

Looks like you sprayed glyphosphate?..read someplace on an Indian website that its better to cut the grass and weeds..auto mulch etc..lol Glad o see the anti fungal...

..do you have termite issues...tons of the little bs on our farm. Lost a couple of big trees to wind with eaten out roots!

Your trees are how old?..they look somewhat small for cutting...apparently if you cut too soon it stunts future growth. What is the yield like ? Percentage of latex?

We are cutting about 500+ 10 year ++ old? (getting 39%/vol latex at about 120kg per day)trees now with another 4 thousand that are mostly at the same size as yours ..we will wait for another three years before cutting...

Interesting to see your factory setup..have a slow internet connection so stills would be nice..

Good luck with the farm mate thanks for the video

oh yes... have you considered rain shades for the wet..I contacted some Indian company which has them but they seem to be reluctant to supply ..probably think I will copy them?

rgds

david

Part 2

[roni]

Very nice...

How many trees is this 75 kilos from?

[jamescollister]

Very nice...

How many trees is this 75 kilos from?

About 2300 trees. 1300 2nd year of tapping and 1000 opened this season. Jim

[hilodave]

Wow! That is awesome. Thanks for the video

[moench]

hi all

i have a big problem. i hat bought at sa kheo province.40 rai of land.my former owner plant sugarcane.

i will plant next year rubber trees.

now is my problem. during the rain time ,5rai is 50 cm under water.

please give me some idee or advice to sold this problem

[jamescollister]

hi all

i have a big problem. i hat bought at sa kheo province.40 rai of land.my former owner plant sugarcane.

i will plant next year rubber trees.

now is my problem. during the rain time ,5rai is 50 cm under water.

please give me some idee or advice to sold this problem

Rubber likes rain, but it does not like wet roots. So don't plant where it is too wet. jim

[aridion]

This was excellent. A real peep into rubber farming. I would love to do this in the future.

[jamescollister]

This was excellent. A real peep into rubber farming. I would love to do this in the future.

Thanks for the compliment. I will update it again when something new happens. Jim

[scotbeve]

Hi James,

How old are your trees / plantations? We'll be waiting until our trees are 8 1/2 - 9 yrs. old before tapping. :jap: