InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Developing palm oil plantation could be a little bit difficult namely after knowing kinds of area and climate where to be developed. The next is to design the blocks and start developing. These are crucial to get successful cultivation. This article would discuss every essential step to develop it, from the block designs to new planting.
The Block Designs
After finding the good area and good climate relatively, it is time to design the block in the plantation. It is aimed to have good management and harvest process, namely for big companies to design plantation spatial. In smallholders’ scale, they should focus to make paths such as, the way among the palm oil trees and ‘Jalan Pikul’. These play special roles in palm oil plantation management.
Area Enlargement
After designing the blocks in the plantation, it is time to enlarge the area. It is suggested to implement zero burning. In this case, it needs to operate heavy tools or manually. It depends to how many trees to be planted.
Zero burning would deliver main advantages, such as, clean and fresh air, escalating organic and inorganic materials in the soil, protecting mulch and humus that have been made. By escalating those, the physical and chemical soil would also escalate.
Zero burning consists of cutting off and fertilization. Cutting off the previous trees could be manually and fertilization should depend on mechanism. The good preparation, such as, measuring the width of area, system of planting, kinds of soil check, would be the keys to escalate effectiveness and efficiency.
The goodness in zero burning would cover, first there would be protection for the environment by avoiding the fire to help humus and mulch exist and maintain the soil moisture.
The second, the soil would remain fertile and escalate physical and chemical soil, improve soil texture, escalate water retention capacity. The third, it would maintain environmental conservation from air pollution and minimize green-house gas, namely CO2.
The fourth, it would be faster to plant because zero burning makes the planting in one to two months after the cutting and fertilization.
Area Development of Bushes in Chemical Ways
Area development in bushes is usually done in chemical ways, particularly by experienced contractor. The process would need good preparation and should be in dry season to get optimal output.
By following the right guidance, the planters can confirm that every process in new planting would be effectively and sustainably done. By implementing environmental practices, palm oil plantation cultivation would be more sustainable, maintaining environmental conservation and delivering satisfaction. (T2)
