The Technique to Turned Mangosteens 80% Save

Mangosteens were known as the crop with not good root system. One upside down root and few roots beside. It also did not have root hairs. As a result the area of the root was sensitive to the disturbance. For reasons of so, the transfer of the risky mangosteens crop is high. Rarely very the crop that was moved survived. Generally immediately died in the calculation of the day after being moved.

The risk of the death was increasingly high together with improved the crop size. Increasingly big the crop, then the number of roots that was broken resulting from the demolition was increasingly high. Nevertheless, Jackson, an importer of mangosteens, determined opposed the public opinion. He had success moved the crop was 7-10 years with the level of the success old 99%.

Balitbu Solok, afterwards tried and observed directly the technique turned in the style of Jackson. Totalling 22 mangosteens crops be as high as 2-3 m. was moved to the trial garden in penghujung 2004. Two years after planting, evidently 18 crops lived and grew normal (saw the picture 6 and 7). Meaning that, the level of the success in reaching 80%. Beforehand-in the age a year-5 the crop was equal 25% began to be productive. The following season increased to 8 crops or was equal 45%.

Fast to Fruitful

The data showed, mature mangosteens could be moved and could survive with the level of the high success. Besides this production time could be speeded up because of 1-2 years after the transfer has begun to be fruitful. The other profit, the technique became alternative to space out the garden of the people's mangosteens that was in a meeting because of growing natural, opened the fast new opportunity of the mangosteens garden of being productive, and stimulating the investor to mengebunkan mangosteens.

Uptil now the investor reluctantly mengebunkan mangosteens because of the crop just were productive on 5 years. In practice, the withdrawal and planting were carried out with help of the crane implement that could pull vertically. Although safer, after being wrapped, the crop was indirectly carried. The upside down root previously should be not cut off. Let in his original place for 2-4 weeks in order to be able to adapt grew without roots beside.

(M. Jawal Anwarudin Shah, Tutik Setiowati, and Usman Paradise, the Researcher in the Hall of the Crop Research the tropics, Solok)