Visiting Jathropha Farm at Ebung...

11th Sept 2008 - Around 10am, my colleagues invited me to join them to visit a Jathropha seedling farm at Ebung, somewhere in the middle of Link Road (ByPass Road towards Mile 14 from Kuching town). So...i use that as my alibi to escape from my office. Jathropa (or pokok Jarak in Malays) are going to be the "in-thing" for the time to come, at least here in Sarawak state. State government through various agency were publicizing and promoting this Jathropha as the next cash crop, alongside palm oil, rubber, pepper and cocoa.



...Jathropha farm with high-pass image editing...


..seedling base .when we arrive, this man from Mongkos is buying a quantity of seedlings for his own farm..

..Jathropha fruit..roughly the size of ping-pong ball..turn yellow when ripe and ready to be pluck



..seedling plot under shade...


..preparing the container to be fill with compost..

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..inserting the Jathropha seeds

..closer view of dried Jathropha seeds...


..months old Jathropha plant..

...dried Jathropha seeds..ready for re germinate..selling at RM600 (US$170) per kilogram


..seedling shade..

..view of Jathropha farm...

..Jatropha favor a dry and well drained soil..



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..the new plot of Jathropha plant...


.. view of another plot of Jatropha plants...barely few months old


recommended planting distance, 7 feet..and in this case small plant were line in between.
Detail on Jathropha plant, features and futures of it will be updated later.