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by Zac Sarian
July 2, 201 4
Pingtung county is in the southernmost part of Taiwan where lots of fruits are produced,
including mango, makopa, papaya and others. Thats our first stop when we were invited
recently to visit leisure farms in that island nation.
The trip was upon the invitation of the Taiwan Leisure Farms Development Association through
Leo Fang, the associations manager for international marketing.
What intrigued us most were the low-growing mango trees that are mature but are only about
six feet tall and laden with fruits that are wrapped with paper bags to protect them from
destructive insects.
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The dwarf trees are not just one or two trees in the backyard. They are planted in hectares upon
hectares of land. The trees are a big contrast to the towering carabao mango trees in the
Philippines which grow extra tall, making managing them very problematic.
The mango trees in Pingtung are planted about four meters apart compared to the usually 12
meters or farther apart in the Philippines. In fact the latest recommendation in our country is 14
to 20 meters apart to prevent overlapping of the crowns.
Of course the tall trees in the Philippines bear a lot more fruits than the six-foot trees in Taiwan.
One big carabao mango tree can produce more than a thousand fruits. But there are serious
problems in managing tall carabao mango trees. For instance, when the flowers are overtaken
by rain or shower, the flowers have to be sprayed with fungicide. It is not only cumbersome
spraying the tall trees. It is also very expensive.
These days, wrapping the fruits to protect them from fruitfly is being recommended. This also
ensures blemish-free skin of the fruits that is preferred by importers abroad. Of course, wrapping
the fruits of a tall tree is also cumbersome and expensive. Then, harvesting from tall trees is also
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AANI FARM TOUR, JULY 13 Eat- all-you-can rambutan is the come-on of the next
AANI Farm Tour on Sunday, July 13, which will be held in the organic farm of Pol Rubia in
Brgy. San Isidro, Candelaria, Quezon.
The farm tour is being timed to coincide with the ripening of Pols rambutan trees which are
heavily laden with fruits. The farm also grows durian, saba banana and other crops.
Pol Rubia is the vice president and operations manager of Agri-Aqua Network International
which operates the weekend market at the FTI in Taguig City and also has a store at the Quezon
Memorial Circle in Quezon City.
Those interested to attend should make their reservations at the AANI Weekend Market at the
FTI or at the Quezon Memorial Circle.
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SOLUTION TO COCOLISAP Jun Catan of Mapecon claims he has his own solution to
the devastating coconut scale insect a.k.a. Cocolisap. He sprays the affected coconut trees with
his Big R biopesticide which is organic and nontoxic to humans.
The solution is sprayed on the infested as well as the non-infested leaves using a power sprayer.
He claims that trees in private farms that have been sprayed with his concoction have started
recovering, producing new healthy leaves. The infested leaf fronds need not be cut off because
that will be very laborious and expensive. A former mayor of Alaminos, Laguna, has engaged
Juns services on a joint-venture basis. He will get a share of the harvest from the rehabilitated
trees.
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