Hi everyone, friends of Taman Sarang...
This time, I want to share a story about the sugar palm tree.
This month, I learned how to process sap from sugar palm trees in my area—sugar palm trees that grow naturally without any care, as I call them. I saw many sugar palm trees that no one was collecting their water or processing their products, and I thought, "I could learn how to produce sap." First, I cleaned the tree or the base of the tree, which contains the bulbs or flower stalks that produce the water.
I did it from scratch. First, I took a piece of wood or a handle that could be used to make a tap from the black or gray flower stalks. After that, I swung it every day. The number of days I did this is uncertain, maybe a month, maybe less or more, depending on when the flowers bloomed. Then I pruned them, something like that.
Since I'm still inexperienced in cultivating sugar palm trees, I wanted to share my experience with fellow sugar palm farmers; perhaps there's a more optimal or even better solution.
In this case, I managed to collect water from several sugar palm trees. I also store water using bamboo for safety and easy maintenance.
It's easier to cover it from above without disturbing pests in our environment, rather than collecting it using other, more difficult methods. This method is easier and safer using bamboo. As you can see, there are several photos in the contest I created for this, and the stems we can use to collect water are shown in the photos. Some are young, some are black, and some are gray. Here's also a photo of the bamboo water tank.
That's all for today. Our Sarang colleagues will share more in the next contest, as this is just the beginning and I'm still inexperienced. If you have a solution, please share your knowledge about sugar palm management
