TEGALSARI-The yield of dragon fruit is high, it still makes the farmers drool. To date, Many farmers are still starting to plant. Productive rice fields used to grow rice, now many planted dragon fruit.
One of the farmers from Balokan, Dashri Village, Tegalsari District, Abdul Gofur, 34, admitted that he chose to plant dragon fruit in his rice fields because the results were better than rice plants. “Usually I plant rice,He said.
The rice fields cover almost a quarter hectare, light him, Now as many dragon fruit are planted 250 pole. Every single pole, made to support four tree trunks. "The pole is cast so it's strong," he said. Besides the better price, Ghofur admitted that the dragon fruit plant does not take up much space.
So that, The surrounding land can still be used for other crops. “I plant cucumbers around the dragon fruit plants," he said. Ghofur admitted that he bought dragon fruit seeds for Rp 500 per stem. For cast pillars, it makes itself.
“The cost to make one cast pole is around Rp 40 thousand," he said to Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi. Other Farmers, Abdulrahman, 39, from Krajan Hamlet 1, Tegalsari Village/District, admitted that he was interested in growing dragon fruit because of easy maintenance and friendly nature with other plants. “I'm just about to start planting," he said. (radar)