FERTILISATION

Fertilisation is carried out to supplement nutrients used by plants for growth or fruit production. This is done to avoid nutrient deficiency, which may affect the plants’ growth. Plants absorb different amounts of various nutrients at different growth stages to balance the needs for growth and development. There are several underlying aspects of fertilisation that needs to be addressed in order to avoid applying inappropriate fertilisers which would result in poor plant growth.

Durian is a high-energy and high-nutrient fruit. Every 100 grams of durian pulp contains 147 kilocalories (kcal) of energy and nutrients such as potassium (436 mg), phosphorus (39 mg), magnesium (30 mg), folic acid (36 micrograms), vitamin C (19.7 mg) and so on. Every durian fruit we taste is produced by a durian tree consuming