In English and Bahasa Malaysia: PBT perlu tanam banyak pokok buah-buahan untuk dinikmati orang ramai

 

https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/09/20/fruitful-sustenance-for-wildlife

Hari ini, saya berpeluang menikmati sebiji lagi jambu batu merah jambu yang manis—tersembunyi di sebalik beberapa helai daun, tetapi saya sudah nampaknya lebih awal. Rasanya sungguh enak! Ini di taman rekreasi taman perumahan saya. Ini adalah hasil cadangan saya kepada pengarah lanskap Tuan Mokhtar Affandi di kawasan saya. Saya gembira mendapat berita bahawa beliau “sedang usahakan penyediaan plot dusun rakyat dekat kawasan lapang.” Baca yang ini juga.

DBKL sebenarnya sudah selangkah di hadapan saya 👍🏽👍🏽

Walaupun idea saya tentang penanaman pokok berfokus kepada menjadikan buah-buahan mudah diakses oleh orang awam, DBKL telah pun memulakan inisiatif menanam pokok buah-buahan di kawasan awam seperti sekitar Masjid India.

Saya berharap DBKL akan mempertimbangkan untuk memperluaskan usaha ini dengan menanam lebih banyak pokok buah-buahan—terutamanya jenis cantuman yang menghasilkan buah yang banyak dan mudah dipetik kerana pokoknya tidak terlalu tinggi.

Ajar anak-anak buat Kacukan

Dalam tempoh antara peperiksaan akhir dan cuti sekolah, ramai pelajar kebosanan atau ponteng kelas. Inilah masa terbaik untuk sekolah menganjurkan lawatan ke kebun buah-buahan. Mungkin DBKL atau pihak berkuasa tempatan lain boleh menyediakan bengkel cantuman—merangkumi teknik seperti cantuman celah, cantuman lidah dan tunas.

Sambil pelajar membantu menghasilkan anak pokok cantuman untuk DBKL, mereka juga dapat belajar secara langsung cara melakukan cantuman. 

Saya masih ingat ketika berumur sekitar 10 atau 11 tahun, saya seronok mencuba teknik cantuman berdasarkan apa yang saya baca dalam buku teks. Ibu saya kurang senang apabila melihat tanah dibalut plastik pada dahan pokok—baginya, saya merosakkan tanaman; bagi saya, ia satu keseronokan sebenar.

Tak Perlu Waswas Lagi

Dua tiga minggu lalu, saya bertanyakan kepada Microsoft Copilot dan diberitahu bahawa pokok-pokok buah-buahan memang di tanam sepanjang jalan di New Zealand untuk dipetik. Jadi tidak perlu lagi waswas. 

Hari ini saya baru cari berita yang ada dan mendapat beberapa link yang boleh dikongsikan kepada pengarah lanskap PBT.

Jadi idea saya memang boleh diimplementasikan. Sebenarnya  penanaman pokok buah-buahan tidak akan menarik burung; ini hanya berlaku jika buah-buahan itu tidak dipetik dan terlaku masak. Ini jawapan yang saya dapat dari seorang pekebun yang mengusahakan tanah di sebuah kampus.

Baru sebentar tadi, Puteri Khairul Fathiah Fahimudin, Pengarah Jabatan Pembangunan Landskap dan Rekreasi DBKL, telah berkongsi sebuah artikel dan memaklumkan bahawa beberapa pokok jambu air di Taman Pokok Jambu Air, yang terletak di hadapan bangunan TH Selborne di Jalan Tun Razak, sudah mula berbuah.

Idea saya sebenarnya bermula sejak 2019 apabila saya mendapat dana dari Puan Elizabeth Wong untuk membeli pokok buah-buahan untuk ditanam di sekolah anak saya. 

Selepas itu, minat saya bertambah cenderung apabila keluarga dan jiran-jiran saya dapat menikmati buah betik hasil dua pohon pokok betik di depan rumah saya SEMASA pandemic. 

Betik jenis Hawaii memang rendah dan banyak berbuah

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IN ENGLISH

https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/09/20/fruitful-sustenance-for-wildlife

Today, I had the pleasure of enjoying another sweet pink guava—hidden behind some leaves, but I had spotted it earlier. It tasted absolutely delightful! This took place during my morning walk at the recreational park within my housing estate. This was my suggestion to our landscape director, Tuan Mokhtar Affandi and I am grateful to him for taking up the idea. I am glad to hear that he is “currently working on preparing plots for a people’s orchard in an open area.” Read this as well.

Bravo, DBKL is, in fact, ahead of me 👍🏽👍🏽

While my idea of tree planting focuses on making fruits accessible to the general public, DBKL has already taken the initiative by planting fruit trees in public spaces, such as around Masjid India.

Teach students grafting methods

I hope DBKL will consider expanding this effort by planting more fruit trees—especially grafted varieties that produce abundant harvests.

During the gap between final exams and the school holidays, students often get bored or skip regular classes. This is the perfect opportunity for schools to organise trips to orchards. Perhaps DBKL or other local councils could offer grafting workshops—covering techniques like cleft grafting, whip-and-tongue grafting, and budding.

While students help produce grafted plants for DBKL, they also gain hands-on experience in grafting. I remember experimenting with grafting when I was around 10 or 11, inspired by what I read in textbooks. My mum wasn’t too thrilled when she saw soil wrapped around a branch with plastic—she thought I was damaging her plants. But for me, it was pure joy.

No More Doubts

Two or three weeks ago, I asked Microsoft Copilot and was informed that fruit trees are indeed planted along public roads in New Zealand for people to harvest. So there's no need to doubt the idea any longer.

Today, I searched for supporting news and found several links that can be shared with local council landscape directors.

My idea is clearly implementable. In fact, planting fruit trees does not attract birds—this only happens when the fruits are left unharvested and become overly ripe. This was the explanation I received from a farmer who cultivates land on a campus ground.

Just moments ago, Puteri Khairul Fathiah Fahimudin, Director of the Department of Landscape and Recreation at DBKL, shared an article and mentioned that several water apple trees at the Water Apple Park in front of the TH Selborne building on Jalan Tun Razak have already begun to bear fruit.

If hybrid fruit trees were planted along public walkways and the public were allowed to harvest them, it could encourage more people to walk. When a single type of fruit is planted in abundance, theft is unlikely. The Ministry of Agriculture could also assist local growers in finding markets in Singapore, where prices are higher—while Malaysians, visitors to the country, and even the urban poor could enjoy fresh fruits for free.

So my idea is indeed feasible. In fact, planting fruit trees does not typically attract birds—this only happens when the fruits are left unharvested and become overly ripe. This was the explanation I received from a farmer who cultivates land on a university campus.

It actually began in 2019, when I received funding from Puan Elizabeth Wong to purchase fruit trees for planting at my child's school.

After that, my interest grew even stronger when my family and neighbours were able to enjoy papayas from two papaya trees in front of my house—during the pandemic.

Hawaiian papayas are sweet, trees not that tall

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