Palm Oil Plantation
Palm Oil tree Plantations on Koh Lanta
Palm Oil tree Plantations are rife in the hills of Koh lanta; The reddish-orange brightly colored fruits are rather similar to dates, also similar inside in terms of their texture and humidity level.
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An interesting local belief is that the monkeys like to sneak down from the trees of Koh lanta's Rain Forests to steal the Palm nuts from the framers.Once having eaten their full of the Palm nuts, the monkeys appear to become drunk and behave erratically.
The planting, cultivation, harvesting and Palm Oil production methods will be documented here expanding on the various Palm Oil related themes as time continues in an onging fashion. Koh Lanta Ko Lanta dot com intends to create not only articles about Palm Oil production but also the most extensive database on all facets of the various agricultural methods on Koh lanta Yai
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Palm Oil Tree Fruit
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Full Fruit Bunches (FFB) From the palm oil tree, large
husks containing up to 3,000 'fruitlets' are harvested year round.
These husks are called Full Fruit Bunches (FFB). In the conventional
milling process, FFBs are sterilized and stripped of the fruitlets,
which are then digested and pressed to extract crude palm oil that is
used in the production of food and cosmetics, among other products.
Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) After separating the fruitlets
from the fruit bunch, what lies remaining is the Empty Fruit Bunch
(EFB), a fibrous mass that has conventionally been considered waste.
The EFB can be mulched, used as fertilizer or used for soil
remediation. Unfortunately, the EFBs are usually incinerated.
Fiber EFB waste is converted into
useable fiber through processing. While the fiber has natural water
repellent properties, it is mixed with food-grade additives that
increase the water and oil repellency to form Palm Pulp.
Packaging Palm Pulp forms a versatile
packaging material that is now branded Earthcycle. There are a number
of natural characteristics of palm fiber that make it uniquely suited
for packaging. The long-strands of the fiber add to the tensile
strength of the material, and a natural wax present in the palm fiber
increases the water and oil repellency of the pulp mixture, creating a
strong and durable product.
Humus When Earthcycle packaging has
done its job it returns to earth. It is biodegradable, non-genetically
modified and certified compostable (ASTM D6400). Just toss it in the
backyard compost. After less than 90 days your Earthcycle Packaging
will have decomposed into an organic soil component that is called
humus.
Earth The humus that remains, after
Earthcycle Packaging decomposes in the compost, makes a healthy
contribution to the soil. If Earthcycle Packaging was used for all US
rigid, pre-packed produce, the resulting humus would enable the growth
of more than 51 million pounds of tomatoes!
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