2. 2
How KnowledgeTree Help In Tropical Agriculture? 如何帮助热带农业？
Knowledge Tree soil conditioning fertilizer contain special
materials to retain moisture, nutrients, & increase plant
friendly microbes around the root zone. Collectively these
factors result in improved soil quality & healthier crops with
better developed root system that produce bigger harvests.
Problems of tropical agriculture:
Too much water in rainy season flush away soil nutrient
Unpredictable dry weather damage crops
Lack of labor or land to increase production
Over cultivation damaging soil
本肥含有特别材料，保留养分水分在根部 , 增加有利于
植物的微生物量。总之达到土壤环境改善而导致植物根
系发达 , 作物的养分水分吸收率增加，产量也增加。
After KnowledgeTree treatment process
KnowledgeTree 处理后的土壤改善料酸盐
Raw material
原料
3. 3
How Knowledge Tree Soil Conditioner Benefit Turf
Photo taken 1
month into drought
that started around
mid Jan 2014.
Green patches in
non-irrigated field
used 2 rounds of
Knowledge Tree
soil conditioning
fertilizer just before
onset of drought.
1 month after fertilizer
demo, Ktree demo zone
remains robust green,
surrounding control
zone starts to yellow.
Switched to Ktree with
fertilizer application
reduced from 12 rounds
to 6 / year.
4. 4
Oil Palm Yield Increase 10kg/Palm Over 11 Months @ UMP Blk B23
A trial of Knowledge Tree Soil Conditioner was carried out on
Block 23, total area 89.5acres, planting density 69 palms /
acre, planted Feb 2008. The soil conditioner application rate
of 1 kg per tree per year is divided over 2 applications in
Nov2013 and Mar2014 to coincide with the application of
MOP. The soil conditioner can also be applied along with
other major nutrients. After the first application of soil
conditioner, there was settling in period over December 2013
before harvest data collection commenced, Harvest data were
recorded from Jan2014 to Nov2014. The trial set up and
harvest results are summarized in the table below:
5. 5
Started Feb2012
↑ 25% Harvest : Oil Palm Field Test
Progress
Results
May2013
This area comprise of steep
slopes & water stress is
expected. Consequently
owner was evaluating an
irrigation system before
discovering the Knowledge
Tree soil conditioning
fertilizer.
6. 6
Endau: seedlings
transplanted into
sandy soil using
KnowledgeTree
Soil
Conditioning
fertilizer.
Oil Palm Transplant Application
Sungei Lembing hilly zone transplant
Chaah Oil Palm
Seedling
Transplant,
Sandy soil, a
very dry second
half 2012
7. 7
Better Sugar Cane Germination Rate: Kuala Selangor
Soon after
planting in
Sept2013
8 weeks after
planting.
Standard
fertilizer
zone.
8 weeks after
planting.
KnowledgeTree
fertilizer zone.
8 weeks after
planting.
Standard
fertilizer zone
in foreground,
KnowledgeTr
ee zone in
background.
8. 8
Better Sugar Cane Growth Rate Through Drought
Photo taken
29Jan2014
Week 21 just
around onset
of drought
which lasted
till at least 1
March when
the next
photo was
taken
Using normal fertilizer
Using Knowledge Tree
soil conditioning fertilizer
Photos taken
1Mar2014, 10
weeks into drought
9. 9
Demonstration of root development in economic crops 1
Peanuts, right side
using Knowledge
Tree, left side
using normal
fertilizer
Rice
grains
gives
right field
the
yellowish
color
R
ice,rightside
using
K
now
ledge
Tree,leftsideusing
norm
alfertilizer.
Rightplotappears
dusty
yellow
dueto
m
orericegrains.
11. 11
Pineapple Application at Simpang Renggam
Bunga memaksa pada 7 bulan
dihasilkan buah-buahan saiz
yang optimum
12. 12
7000 Plants Pineapple Demo At MPIB Alor Bukit Research Station,
Top photo is demo zone, bottom photo is control zone
2014Oct14: 90% of plants in Ktree demo zone has fruits,
compared to 10% fruiting in the control zone. Both plots received
same dosage fertilizers at about the same time.
13. 13
Improving Corn Yield – Parit Sikom, Johor
Left: Knowledge Tree Fertilizer 3 acres; Right: other branded fertilizer 3
acres. Harvested 25Apr2013. 400 bags of A grade from Ktree vs 320 bags
from control side.
14. 14
Photo taken 13 Apr 2011
Without proper soil treatment, plants may survive but not grow optimally. A
tropical shrub, Caesalpinia Pulcherrima, was planted in Feb 2011. Top
picture marked with demo setup, & shows status of saplings in April 2011.
The rightmost block served as comparison using standard irrigation & soil
treatment. On left of control block, sand treated with KnowledgeTree soil
conditioning fertilizer & irrigation ↓ to 50% of standard rate. (Vertical
partitions installed into sand prevent lateral flow of water across zones). By
Jun 2011, Caesalpinia with less water grew better than those with more
water; with tallest in the 50% . Even with reduced irrigation, sufficient
moisture in retained around root area by soil conditioning fertilizer. The
plants with least irrigation grew best because they had most nutrients due to
retention by KnowledgeTree soil conditioner & reduced leaching rate due to
elimination of excess water.
Photo taken 19 Jun 2011
Water Reduction 50% in Abu Dhabi Desert 7 Feb 2011
15. 15
Water Reduction 50% in Abu Dhabi Desert 7 Feb 2011
Close-up Views, Planted with Caesalpinia Pulcherrima,
Hisbiscus Rosa, Pennesetum, black drip lines.
Plot 7, irrigation ↓ 30% without
Ktree: Pulcherrima & Hibiscus
died, Pennesetum dying.
Plot 8, Irrigation ↓ 15% without
Ktree: Pulcherrima & Hibiscus
died, Pennesetum survive.
Verification plot, Knowledge Tree soil conditioner NOT
used. Irrigation ↓ 15% - 2 species dies, irrigation ↓ 30% -
remaining specie (Pennesetum) also dying.
16. 16
Abu Dhabi Green Wall Application , 4 July 2012
Transplanting in summer, early July 2012
Situation in Nov 2012
Using Ktree expedite tree growth on construction site with saline
sand. Trees are not transplanted between May – August when peak
daily temperatures reaches 48°C causing high mortality rate.
However in this instance, the Cornocapus trees not only survived, but
irrigation was reduced by 35% compared to the norm for summer.
