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2. Leaves turning pale
3. Tree architecture is not good.
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Recommendations:
1. Remove some small size fruits in the early stage of fruit initiation
2.
Apply fertilizer contining N, P, K and organic compost.
9. POMEGRANATE
Problems :
1. Trees are too high and branches are not compact
2. Trees look less fertile
3. Few number of fruit in each tree
4. Plastic wrap for fruit is not suitable because it traps water, heat and bad air
circulation Recommendation:
1. Prune unnecessary branches to stimulate the growth of new young branches.
2. Pull shoot tip down to make a good looking and compact tree
3. Apply fertilizer containing N, P, K, organic compost and fruit stimulant with doe
according to manufacturer instruction. 4.
Replace plastic with cotton wrap for better fruit quality
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10.
STAR FRUIT
Problems of small plant: infertile, leaves turn yellow, soil at 15 cm depth contains
pig dung which not good for young growing tree. It releases hot gas and it can kill the young tree.
Problems of big trees 1.
Trees bearing many small size fruits and few big fruits. 2.
Many fruits grow on the branch tips. 3.
Sign of fruit flies damaged on fruits 4.
Plastic wrap is unsuitable because it traps water and heat. Problems of tree growing on the edge of the pool
1. Bearing very few and small fruits
2. Leaves turn yellow
3. Canopy is not compact and tree looks unfertile.
4. The place of growing is not suitable because the roots are saturated by
water, blocked by brick and probably nutrients are washed out. Perangkap lalat uah
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Recommendations: For small plant :
1. Remove growing media containing pig dung from the small tree and replace
with organic compost 2.
Apply fertilizer containing N, P, K.
For big tree:
1. Place traps for fruit flies using PETROGENOL packed in mineral water bottle
during early stage of fruit initiation. 2.
Remove small fruits especially for those growing on the branch tips, and keep fruits that grow on the
3.
For tree growing in the edge of the pool :
1. Relocating the big tree is hard and might kill the tree
2. Alternative solution : apply fertilizer containing N, P, K, organic compost and
fruit stimulant without relocating the tree.
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JACK FRUIT Problems: the plant is dying with 3 yellow leaves
Recommendations : 1.
Check the soil by digging 15 cm depth and observe if there are any fungi. If so, replace the
soil by organic compost that has been properly fermented
2. After checking we found that the soil at 15 cm
