jamescollister Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 For anyone interested in rubber I have just uploaded a new video of our plantation. I will post another of the factory later. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David006 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Very nice... How many trees is this 75 kilos from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Very nice... How many trees is this 75 kilos from? About 2300 trees. 1300 2nd year of tapping and 1000 opened this season. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilodave Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wow! That is awesome. Thanks for the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moench Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aridion Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 This was excellent. A real peep into rubber farming. I would love to do this in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotbeve Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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