Palm has a number of advantages if consumed properly. Dates contain calcium for maintaining bone health. Contain nicotine to overcome intestinal disorders. Nutritious and high in iron to overcome the anemia. Contain high calorie to increase weight. Sugar content can increase stamina. Maintain the health of the nerves. There is a substance to maintain the health of the heart. There are substances that prevent free radicals in the body to prevent cancer. Contains high fiber that the body needs. So, is it possible date palm planted in Aceh? We may often hear this question. No one answered, he can grow but have no fruit. Curiosity is answered by Mahdi Muhammad to Gema Baiturrahman who visit the Palm Groves of the Valley Barbatee in Blang Beurandeh, Aceh besar. Located approximately 12 kilometers from the Airport Sultan Iskandar Muda (SIM) leads to the complex of TNI AU Lanud SIM. Right after down the place called the derivative of the radar. The garden is divided into the left and right sides of the road. On both sides have a “ lake” is small. High date range of 2-3 meters.
Mahdi began to focus planting dates since resigned as head of the Director of Surveillance of Bank Indonesia (BI) in Jakarta. Land already planted with palm until now 20 hectares. Her role as one of the pioneers of planting dates in there. Target date-a date palm will be planted up to 290 hectares of gradually. Land 290 hectares is owned by a number of people. If do not want to run their own, may ask the help of Farmer Cooperatives Dates Aceh. Enthusiasts plant dates even come from abroad. Excess-the excess that is contained on the dates menginspirasikannya to planting dates. Mahdi said, the word “date” is mentioned 20 times in the Koran, signifying the importance of the date palm for human life. Planting dates was done based on a system of agriculture based on the holy qur'an as letters Yasiin verses 33-34, it reads “And a sign (the power of Allah) for them is the dead earth. We turn on the earth and We remove from it grains, so from it they eat. And We made therein gardens of date palm and grapevines, and We caused to burst forth therefrom some springs”. Of the verse, it is understood that the first step is planting the barren land with grain crops, such as soybeans and corn. Then the new planting dates. God always exudes eye water. “The stages of this step should be followed correctly in order for palm to grow,” he explained.
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Based on the statement of the Food and agricultural Organization and Food (FAO), dates can be grown at a temperature of minus 10 to a temperature of 50. The date palm is divided into females and males. Better dates are not grown from seeds because 90 percent of it will grow androgynous male. Impact, dates will not be fruitful. A date palm planted by way of the tiller, her gender according to her mother. Now there is the technology of tissue culture, i.e. the development of seedlings of the date palm of the female cell. When planted, the date palm will grow with the gender of the female. The method of tissue culture is only found in England and France. Mahdi choose order date from laboratories in England. “If in barren land only the date palm can grow, especially in fertile soil,” he continued. If calculated, one hectare of grain crops of corn and soybeans, only able to support 47 people. While one hectare of dates can to 380 people. The lifespan of the date palm a long range one hundred years to more and can be harvested several times. How, You are interested in planting a date palm?