19/02/ 2016 Taiw anese grow dw arf mango trees | mb.com.ph | Phili ppine New s ww w . mb.com.ph/ taiw anese-grow -dw arf-mango-trees/ 1/ 3 by Zac Sarian July 2 , 20 14 Tai wanesegr owd warfmango tr ees Pingtung county is in the southernmost part of Taiwan where lots of fruit s are produced, including mango, makopa, papaya and others. That’s our first stop whenwe w ere i nvited recently to visit leisure farms in that island nation. The trip was upon the invitation of the Taiwan LeisureFarms Development Association through Leo Fang, the association’s manager for international marketing. What intrigued us most were the low- growing m ango trees that a re mature but areonly about sixfeettall and laden with fruits that arewrapped withpaper bags to protect them from destructive insects. 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 overlapp ing 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 show er, the flowers have to be sprayed with fungicide. It is not only cum berso me 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 ble mish-free skin of the fruits that is preferred by importers abroad . O f course, w rappi ng the fruits of a tall tree is als o cumbersome and expensive. Then, harvesting from tall trees is also Dwarf mango trees make sense for Taiwanese farmers Coco sugar much more profitable than copra 44 Taiwanese, Chinese cyber crime suspects to be deported DENR, DSWD join nationwide SM ‘Grow AMillion Trees’… Cebu prelate favors cutting ‘old, sick’ trees Home » Others»Agriculture» Taiwanese gro wdwarf mango trees Fri day, February 19, 2016 Search in s ite... HOME NEWS BUSINESS SPORTS ENTERTAI NMENT LIFESTYLE TECHNEWS OTHERS SU BSCRIPTI ON S BO OK IN G HOME NEWS BUSINESS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE TECHNEWS OTHERS SUBSCRIPTIONS BOOKING
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Pingtung county is in the southernmost part of Taiwan where lots of fruit s are produced,
including mango, makopa, papaya and others. That’s our first stop when we w ere 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 association’s manager for international marketing.
What intrigued us most were the low-growing m ango trees that are mature but are only about
six feet tall and laden with f ruits that are wrapped with paper bags to protect them from
destructive insects.
The dwarf trees are not just one or two trees in the backyard. They are planted in hectares uponhectares 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 show er, the flowers have to be sprayed with fungicide. It is not only cum bersome
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, w rapping
the fruits of a tall tree is also cumbersome and expensive. Then, harvesting from tall trees is also
Dwarf mango trees makesense for Taiwanese farmers
Coco sugar much moreprofitable than copra
44 Taiwanese, Chinese cybercrime suspects to bedeported
DENR, DSWD joinnationwide SM ‘Grow A Million Trees’…
Cebu prelate favors cutting‘old, sick’ trees
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So there are significant advantages in growing low-growing mango trees. While the fruits per
tree are much less than the big trees, it is partly compensated by the fact that one can plant 625
trees in one hectare if they are planted four meters apart. If the carabao mango is planted at 12
meters apart, total mango population per hectare is only 70 trees.
Say, the dwarf mango trees will only produce a hundred fruits per season, that means 62,500
fruits. Since the Taiwan variety produces big fruits, three fruits weighing a kilo, the tonnage is
also high enough. That means 20.8 tons per hectare.
The big advantage is that the low-growing trees are easier to manage. Spraying, bagging the
fruits and harvesting are very convenient. The fruits could be harvested more carefully, resulting
in better quality.
How to produce dwarf trees? After planting, the young trees are topcut about a foot above the
ground so that they will produce two or three branches that will be trained to become the main
trunks. In the beginning, they will allow the branches to grow tall so that they will develop into
the major trunks. Once they are big enough, they are pruned to not more than six feet tall.
Branches will develop that will become the fruiting branches below six feet.
Judicious pruning is required. Also the pruned trees are applied with adequate balanced fertilizer
so that they become strong and healthy, thus capable of producing lots of fruits.
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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, Ju ly 13, w hich w ill 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 Pol’s rambutan trees which areheavily 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 Q uezon
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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SOLUTI ON 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 startedrecovering, 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
Jun’s services on a joint-venture basis. He will get a share of the harvest from the rehabilitated
trees.
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