Monday, October 5, 2009

Palm Tree Harvest Cycle

Suggest harvest cycle is every 20 +/- days, alternatively follows the schedule below:-




Yield Per Acre Per Month
Age
Harvest Cycle
Weather Condition
Normal Weather
Rainy Season
Drought Season
2.5 to 3
24 ~ 28 days
N/A
100Kg ~ 300Kg
100Kg ~ 300Kg
100Kg ~ 200Kg
4 to 6
14 ~ 20 days
N/A
200Kg ~ 600Kg
400Kg ~ 800Kg
200Kg ~ 450Kg
7 to 15
12 ~ 16 days
Normal
600Kg ~ 1000Kg
800Kg ~ 1200Kg
400Kg ~ 800Kg
7 to 15
10 ~ 12 days
Rainy day
> 16
10 ~ 12 days
N/A
800Kg ~ 1200Kg
800Kg ~ 1500Kg
600Kg ~ 800Kg

During raining season, excess water will cause the fresh fruit mutual slightly faster then norm. So when

raining season, the yield will be high on initial harvest and yield drop dramatically on the subsequent harvest, because the subsequent fresh fruits are still far from mutuality.

Other factor that impact the harvest cycle will be festive holiday, the key public holiday that oil palm refinery will close in Malaysia are Hari Raya, Christmas/New Year and Chinese New Year, so policy is man define, adjust accordingly to ensure maximum yield and resource optimization.

Further more, the CPO price also play major factor as well. In a calendar year, 365 days, 12 months, and 4 quarter. this is everyone know since primary school, but only few know 4 - 4 - 5, manage this scientific data, harvest cycle will be easy to plan.

1 comment:

  1. Hi, your article provide us a good informations. But I got some question need your help, may I know what is the 4-4-5 mentioned by you?

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