Vanilla Farming in Malaysia

        Vanilla is a type of high value crop and it is the second highest price spice in the world. It is used extensively to flavor cake, ice cream, chocolate, beverage and many other confections. Madagascar and Indonesia accounted for about 81% of the vanilla production worldwide. U.S.A. is the largest importing country.

        The vanilla plant is a fleshy vine that produces elongate leaves and aerial roots at the nodes. Healthy vines grow for many years and can reach lengths of more than 60m. Vanilla bean is the fruit in a long capsule shape, which contains thousands of tiny black, round seeds. This bean is the part of vanilla that carries commercial value.

        Today Madagascar is still the world’s biggest producer of vanilla followed by Indonesia. The major species planted in these 2 countries are Vanilla Planifolia, which is originated from Mexico. There are 2 other species that have market value, though lesser, that are Vanilla Tahitiensis and Vanilla Pompona.

        The world market price of the vanilla has been surging since the 2004 low and reached the peak in 2017 which is more than USD600/kg. This make it as valuable as silver with the comparison chart show below. One reason was due to cyclone Enawo struck Madagascar and destroyed much of the year’s crop. 

        Vanilla farming in Malaysia has a good potential to grow and provide another good value alternative in the agriculture sector. Vanilla as the second most valuable spice in the world has been overlooked by farmers in this country even though our climate and location here is most suitable for the plant. First Vanilla Sdn Bhd is the first company that focus in vanilla business in Malaysia. The company has the know-how in vanilla cultivation especially the species of Vanilla Planifolia and Vanilla Tahitensis. First Vanilla also engages in buying raw vanilla pods from farmer and process them into gourmet vanilla and vanilla bean for export.

Vanilla Malaysia has a good potential in international market in future.

Smart Home for Smart Living

Smart Home technology is the world's most advanced wireless network technology that features near communication, low bit rate and low energy consumption. It is mainly used in the wireless connection with short distance and using ZigBee technology as the protocol. A type of secured and energy saving wireless solution, our smart home technology enable the integration between security, home safety, home appliances, home control and gardening control under one controller by using mobile smart phone technology.

竹盐与海盐

什么是海盐与竹盐

海盐来自大海，是由太阳蒸发海水所剩下的物质结晶，因此称为海盐。海盐含有丰富的矿物质，而其矿物质的成分比例，和血液及淋巴液等的人类体液几乎相同。

竹盐，以海盐为原料，但是比海盐更有益健康。这是因为在竹盐的炼制过程中，高温及竹子及松脂内的成分将盐内的各种毒素中和及消除，同时增加了竹子里的矿物质及微量元素，为人体所需，同时也呈现强碱性，使其具有卓越的预防与保健功效，对各种现代病如高血压、糖尿病、肾病等有所帮助。

韩国竹盐被引进马来西亚已有很久的历史，超过10年。马来西亚的竹盐 初期主要是通过直销的模式，后来才有厂家直接分销，让消费人可以买到货真价实的竹盐. 其中一家就是以P To P 品牌销售的竹盐

Industrial Supplies to Oil & Gas Industry in Malaysia

Recently a friend left his job in MNC and open a shop to supply to oil & gas industry. The company name is LH Industrial Supplies which is located in Sungai Udang, Melaka, Malaysia.

The target customers are those coming from oil & gas industry, looking for electrical or mechanical spare parts for the production in factory.

Sourcing for parts in this industry require a lot of experience and engineering knowledge. He has the strong engineering background and experience which can serve the customer much better than other sourcing companies.

Garden Plant Automatic Watering System & Vertical Garden

Automatic watering system for plant is very useful for gardening work as it save a lot of time of taking care the plants and flowers. People who go for vacation also need this plant automatic watering system, helping them to take care of the watering part, otherwise they might see all the dry plant after back from long vacation.

This automatic watering system comprises of a timer controlled valve. The timer circuit usually is running on battery, as it consume little electricity. There will be a main tube to channel the water to cover the area that is going to be planted. Main tube usually is at the size of 16mm to 20 mm in diameter, depending on the water volume. That usually can support up to 30 dripping points or about 15 mist spraying points. The reason being the mist spraying point requires higher pressure to operate.

The main tube should pass the proximity of the location of plant or flower, be it planted on the ground or in the pot. A nipple will poke through the tube at each location, and connect it to a small tube at 4mm in size. There water is channeled out to the plant. In order to control the flow of water, a sprinkler can be used to reach out a certain area around the plant. Or a dripper can be used to guide the water flow directly into the soil. The amount of flow can be controlled by using an adjustable type. Mist also can be generated for plants that is more suitable to be irrigated this way, such as orchid.

Automatic plant watering system in Singapore & Malaysia can be easy found and purchased online, that come with various options and combination. This is very much depending on the garden design and plant variant.

Vertical garden in Singapore is very good concept as it can save a lot of space for gardening. When combine with automatic plant watering system, the house owner can have a peace of mind as 70% of the gardening work has been taken care of. The rest would be like adding fertilizer once a fortnight, or taking care of the pest and unwanted grass. In fact, it is fair to say that vertical garden actually add another dimension to gardening. For previously we can only plant the garden on the flat surface, now it can be up.

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