Giving Life to the "Dead" in Bali in April 2008

When I was in Bali in April 2008, I was involved in the activity of helping to bring the "Dead" (Already dead for 2 weeks!!) back to life!

A particular Cocoa Tree was dead for 2 weeks, the plantation owner has given up all hope on his cocoa plantation, to the extent that he was venting his anger on his trees by slashing the tree trunks with a sharp shackle... untill we popped by with a fabulous solution for him.











This particular tree was left to die 2 weeks before we arrived. When we saw the tree, it was all dried up, and the owner has given up all hope on the tree.

We gave him hope, by suggesting to resurrect the tree... :)
he had nothing to lose. Thus we proceeded to prepare for the resurrection "ceremony".

We cut all the branches and the leaves, leaving the bare tree trunk. And we watered the trunk, from the soil, all the way up the tree trunk, as high as we could reach.

Then we applied BIOVECTROL™ Agriculture (the non-toxic chemical I mentioned in my previous Blog) @ a dosage of 1:200 to the tree trunk.

** Why we watered the tree first, is to hasten the process of absorption of the chemical through its thick-walled cells to bring the water, and chemical through the tubes inside the trunk to be spread throughout the trunk.

Five Minutes after Application:
(Take a deep breath, and prepare yourself for the shock of your life)
This is what I call Internal Injury! Look what the tree was harbouring inside the trunk all the time:





























Slugs, worms, all sorts of insects we have never seen in our lives...even cockroaches orange in colour, the female cockroach was still carrying her egg, also bright orange in colour. No wonder the tree could not produce fruits and was left to die...

All these pests emerged from the tree trunk, causing open holes and wounds on the tree trunks. Eventually after about 10 minutes, these pests stopped in their tracks, and died.






The owner was given enough chemicals for the next 28 days, and he was to continue treatment at the same dosage (1:200) every 7 days.

>>>> We got a phone call 12 days after the 1st Application, the owner of the plantation was escalated! The Dead tree was alive again, and the branches and leaves had begun to grow...

I can feel the smiles forming on your faces...

A smile lit up on my face as well, and I was beaming from ear to ear, after hearing the excited voices over the phone, exclaiming, screaming, shouting and laughing all at the same time!

We saved a "Life"..... :)

We'll feature more on the Cocoa Trial in the next episode. Stay tuned for more. Till then, good night.


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