The advantageous way to raise mucuna braccteata seedlings
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Media filling with Controlled Release Fertilizer (CRF)
inside the Bio-PP
Germinated
Mucuna seeds
CRF (10-26-10-3)
5g
Bio-PP
Pre-transplanting treatment
Soaking in Reaktif lime before planting
(1L Reaktif in 10L water solution)
Oil palm
Planting of RediMb Mucuna bracteata seedlings in oil
palm plantation planted on flat land (148 palms/ha)
Mucuna seedlings
planting distance:
3m within a row,
2m away from
palm row
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Oil palm
Planting of RediMb Mucuna bracteata seedlings in oil
palm plantation planted on terrace (148 palms/ha)
Mucuna seedlings
planting distance:
1.5 - 3m within a
row, 0.5m away
from terrace edge
3. Better root system
Extreme left & right seedlings: grown in polybags; central 3 seedlings:
grown in Bio-PP
Comparison of overall cost of establishment (444 plants/ha)
Nursery method
Seedling cost (RM)*
Planting & maintenance (RM)
Total (RM)
Polybag 266.40 (RM.60/plant)
222.00 (RM0.50/point)
488.40
Bio-PP tray (+ media)
177.60 (RM0.40/plant)
133.20 (RM0.30/point)
310.80 -36%
Bio-PP tray (+Reaktif
lime)
177.60 (RM0.40/plant)
182.04 (RM0.41/point)
359.64 -26%