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Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L Merr & Perry), including in the family Myrtaceae and is one of the original Indonesian herbal plants originating from the Moluccas Islands, Notoriety clove and various other types of Indonesian spices the world has known since many centuries ago. Currently demand for such products continues to increase reverse clove production and quality cloves produced tend to continue to decline. As a reference for improving the productivity and quality of cloves, an articulate technical guidelines will be presented clove cultivation. The second episode presents the "Preparation of Clove Plant Materials.
II. PREPARATION OF PLANT MATERIAL
To produce good quality seed cloves, plant materials need to be prepared very well early on, starting from the parent tree selection, seed, nursery to nursery.
1. Parent Tree Types and Terms
a. Type mother plant
Cloves are many types cultivated in Indonesia, among others, Zanzibar, Sikotok and Siputih. However, a much favored by society is the kind of Zanzibar because of higher productivity. The characteristics of these three types of cloves as follows:
Zanzibar: 
· High production.
· Somewhat red-colored flowers with a total pertandan> 15 flowers.
· Pink leaf shoots, leaves, stems and branches deep green with a shiny surface.
· Headers leafy branches do not form an angle so that leaves a lot which is located near the soil surface.
Sikotok:
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One day Mr. Nono, the farmers of fruits (mango,) pride in his yard watching the mango crop starts flowering. This indicates that the tree will bear fruit soon. However, after waiting at the time of his mango tree was not too fruitful. Even if there is, the fruit is still small and large before falling (loss) before cooking. What's wrong with mango plants (or other fruits)? Loss incurred during this fruit is inseparable from two main factors, namely the influence of internal and external factors. internal factors include the balance of nutrients and hormones in plants, the fertility rate tepungsari, ability / compactness of the reproductive organs as well as other conditions that support the process of fruit development from conception until the optimal development of fruit to be harvested, such as water availability. While external factors include: soil fertility, climatic conditions (high rainfall and the amount of wind) and pest attacks. |
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Cassava Cultivation 
CASSAVA CROP CULTIVATION (Manihot utilissima Pohl)
I. GROWTH REQUIREMENTS
1.1. Climate
a) Rainfall suitable for cassava plants between 1500-2500 mm / year. b) minimum air temperature for the growth of cassava around 10 degrees C. When the temperature is below 10 degrees C causes stunted plant growth slightly, become stunted due to the growth rate of less than perfect. c) The optimal humidity for cassava plants between 60-65%. d) The sunlight is needed for cassava plants approximately 10 hours / day, especially for the fertility of leaf and tuber development.
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Pachouli (Progestemon Cablin Benth) INTRODUCTION
Patchouli plants (Progestemon cablin Bent) is a group of essential oil producing plants, has a good prospect because in addition to high prices, oil is also up to now can not made in the form of synthesis.
World demand will come from essential oils patchouli currently range from 600-800 tons / tahun.Sebagian great this need is supplied from Indonesia.
Patchouli oil by the State Consumer sebagaii binder used in the perfume industry (perfumes) or in other cosmetics industry.
KINDS Pachouli
Pogostemon cablin
Called Patchouli Aceh, rarely flowering, high oil content, bekadar 2.5 to 5%.
Pogostemon Heynecnus Benth
Patchouli patchouli called Java or forests, can be flowering, oil content of 0.5 -1.5%.
Hortensis Backer Pogostemon Bent
This species grows only in Bantam, Java Patchouli similar shape, low oil content is 0.5 to 1.5%. GROWTH REQUIREMENTS |
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Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), including herbaceous plant species that can have great trees and hardwood, clove able to survive up to tens or even hundreds of years, the height can reach 20 -30 meters and fairly dense branches. Branches of clove plants are generally long and filled with small twigs are easily broken.
Crown or also commonly known as cone-shaped canopy trees of clove. Clove leaf green oval with the tip elongated and angular panggkalnya, have average sizes ranging from 2-3 cm in width and length of leaves without the stems ranged from 7.5 -12.5 cm.
Flowers and fruit appear at the end of clove leaves with twig stems pendekserta bertandan. At a young flower color purplefish clove, then changed to greenish yellow and changed again to pink when they are older. Medium flowers blackish brown keringakan clove and spicy taste for containing volatile oil.
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