Monday, March 16, 2009


ni pokok yang telah matang berumor 4 tahun ...dan dah berbuah
gambar ini diambil dari ladang orang lain...,

-CIRI DAN SIFAT PISANG
Pisang adalan buah klimak terik kerana sifat peningkatan kadar respirasi ketara ynag sejajar dengan berlakunya peranuman. Manakala morfologi pokoknya pula tergolong dalam jenis tumbuhan herba kerana sifat tumbuhnya yang cepat dari batang palsu (pseudostem), iaitu tangaki daun yang tersusun seperti gelang sepusat dan muncul daripada umbisi atau batang utama. Manakala pengkelasan pisang bergantung kepada kultivarnya iaitu saiz, bentuk, warna kulit, tekstur dan citarasa pisang.

sambil tu tanam juga pokok pisang keliling rumah "kebun"

This quick growing deciduous tree originally from Central America grows readily from cuttings and has been used as living fence posts. It benefits from being pruned. The compound leaves to about 30 cm long have 11-15 leaflets. The pea-shaped flowers are borne in racemes towards the end of the branches; petals are pink to lilac. Pods are up to 15 x 2 cm, dehiscence is explosive, seeds are dark brown. The bark has been used as a fish poison.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

It is a native of Atlantic Coast from Mexico to Brazil. The important vanilla producing countries are Madagascar, Mexico, Tahiti, Malagasy Republic, Comoro, Reunion, Indonesia, Seychelles and India.

Vanilla thrives well from the sea level up to 1000 meter MSL., under hot, moist, tropical climate with adequate well-distributed rainfall. Natural growth is obtained at latitudes, 15 degree North and 20 degree South of the equator. The optimum temperature ranges from 21-32 degree C and rainfall 2000-2500 mm annually.
Description Vanilla, a member of the orchid family is a climbing monocot possessing a stout, succulent stem; short petioled, oblong leaves; about 20 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme with 20 or more flowers. Flowers are 6 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, either yellowish green or white. Fruit popularly known as ‘beans’ or ‘pod’ is a capsule, nearly cylindrical and about 20 cm long.
CATATAN
PEMBAKARAN HANYA DIBENARKAN APABILA BACAAN INDEKS KUALITI UDARA (API) TIDAK MELEBIHI 100. SEBELEM MELAKUKAN PEMBAKARAN, JABATAN ALAM SEKITA PERLU DIHUBUNGI UNTUK MENDAPATKAN BACAAN INI

1.Pembakaran di kawasan pertanian untuk kawalan serangga dan penyakit- pengesahan daripada Jabatan Pertanian- tumbuhan yang dijangkiti perlu dikeringkan sebelum di bakar- pembakaran antara jam 1.00 tengah hari hingga 6.00 petang- sentiasa diawasi- tidak menggunakan tayar lama, getah, plastik, minyak atau bahan yang mengeluarkan asap hitam untuk memulakan pembakaran- pembakaran hanya pada hari yang tidak hujan-dilakukan jauh dari jalan dan jalan utama- memastikan asap daripada pembakaran tidak menimbulkan kacauganggu kepada penduduk berhampiran dan tidak mengganggu jarak penglihatan biasa- tidak boleh dilakukan sekiranya bacaan API daripada stesen kawalan terdekat mempunyai bacaan melebihi 100Freshly cut wood contains up to 80% moisture, and must be "seasoned" (dried to 20-25% moisture content) before burning. Wood containing more than 25% moisture is "wet" or "green", and should never be burned in a fireplace or woodstove. If exposed to rain, a fallen tree will wet-rot before it ever dries enough to be used for fuel. To properly season firewood, cut it into stove-sized pieces and stack it so air can circulate and carry away the moisture as it evaporates through both ends of each piece. The woodpile must be sheltered to prevent rainwater from being re-absorbed, which reverses the drying process: firewood that is exposed to rain will rapidly become just as wet as it was when freshly cut. Wood must be cut into pieces and stacked out of the rain for at least 6-9 months to season properly. If no seasoned wood can be found, high-density compressed sawdust logs make an excellent substitute. Avoid burning mill ends in woodstoves, as the exhaust from even "untreated" mill ends has shown itself to be tremendously corrosive to metal.

Kerja pembakaran
Pokok-pokok besar perlu dilindungi kerana peranan positifnya terhadap persekitaran fizikal kita. Kertas ini cuba mebongkar keadaan kurang peka terhadap peranan yang dimainkan oleh pokok-pokok besar di kawasan pembangunan baru dan mengemukaan keadaan yang sepatutnya dilakukan. Peranan pokok-pokok besar sebagai elemen peneduhan semulajadi amat perlu kita fahami terutamanya dalam menangani isu-isu semasa seni bina tropika dalam konteks persekitaran fizikal seumpama peningkatan suhu yang keterlaluan dan ketidakselesaan yang telah dialami oleh negara kita beberapa tahun yang silam . Keadaan ini sebahagiannya berpunca daripada pemusnahan kawasan hijau secara besar-besaran untuk pembangunan tanpa kawalan dan ketandusan sistem penenanaman semula yang berkesan.
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