tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8244840933086642185.post890895847070734103..comments2024-02-26T03:36:52.568-08:00Comments on Tropical Gardening: How to create a tropical rain forestDr Francis Nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08220109741613761128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8244840933086642185.post-22250150485819550712019-11-02T03:14:46.942-07:002019-11-02T03:14:46.942-07:00Dear Dr Ng
I am so grateful to have discovered yo...Dear Dr Ng<br /><br />I am so grateful to have discovered your blog..You are not only a Living National Treasure of Malaysia..but of the entire Tropical World<br /><br />Regarding your post of 15 April 2011, has the UTAR Agricultural Research Centre been established ?<br /><br />It is a real shame re; "There are extensive ‘germplasm’ collections of rubber, oil palm, bananas, sweet potatoes, etc in our research institutes, many acquired through exploration and exchange at great cost and effort.. <br /><br />..All are in danger of being lost upon the retirement of the scientists who built them up, but it is almost impossible for outsiders to get anything out. They are treated like official secrets."<br /><br />Similarly, when I enquire at the Dept of Agriculture about the many opportunities of the PELAN STRATEGIK JABATAN PERTANIAN 2016-2020..it is impossible for me to get cooperation ?<br /><br />Hopefully you can suggest a strategy or maybe we can employ your consultancy expertise ?<br /><br />We have about 20 acres idle land across 4 sites at Rantau Panjang Kelantan, and about 300 acres across several sites at Narathiwat Thailand..on which I want to do Ernst Gotsch-type multi-strata diverse-specie permaculture Agro-food-forest incorporating as many High Value Crops as possible, Key Economic Crops, Fruit, Hardwoods, Vegetables, Spices, Ornamentals, and Livestock<br /><br />I need guidance on choosing the best-suited High Value Crops, and planning diverse MULTI-STRATA PLANT GUILDS, for example Cacao, Coffee, Kelapa Wangi, Banana, Citrus, Rubber, Durian, Vanilla, Fig, Date, Gharu, and other High-Value tropical fruits..and secondary / long-term yield hardwoods, for example Bamboo, Siamese Redwood, Chinese Rosewood..<br /><br />I have ordered your book Tropical Forest Fruits, Seeds, Seedlings & Trees.. I will try to make a cross reference table of Tropical Plants by Strata, Successional Stage, Crown Size, Growth Speed, Use..(Fruit, Vegetable, Fuel, Construction, Ornamental, Polinator, High Value) Companion plants,, Nitrogen Fixing,..<br /><br />Apart from Plant Systems, my other challenge is sourcing PARASITE-RESISTANT LIVESTOCK adapted to an outdoor environment without vaccinations, anti-biotics, de-wormers..<br /><br />For example, Meat Rabbits, Duck and Chicken Layers and Broilers, Quail, Geese, Turkey, Pheasant, Sheep, Deer<br />We have started with a thousand Layer Ducks living and foraging 100% naturally in paddy fields.<br /><br />Thank you Dr Ng, we will be most grateful for your thoughts and advice towards this project<br /><br />Hopefully you can suggest a strategy or maybe we can employ your consultancy expertise ?<br /><br />May GOD bless you to continue teaching Tropical Horticulture and Gardening..<br /><br />Sincerely<br /><br />James AndersonLINE +66 950 270 206<br />WhatsApp +60 10320 5296<br /><br />jamesa.com@gmail.comJames LoveTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278613109866193892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8244840933086642185.post-57413393234581758662010-04-23T14:56:03.522-07:002010-04-23T14:56:03.522-07:00Apple, Orange, Guava, Mango trees.
Tea leaves, be...Apple, Orange, Guava, Mango trees.<br /><br />Tea leaves, berry bush.<br /><br />grass.<br /><br />ants, spiders, mosquitos, grasshoppers.<br /><br />birds, parrots, crows.<br /><br />cats, dogs, goats, humans.Humannoreply@blogger.com