FROM WHITE JUICE TO BLACK RUBBER
slide1-text-bg-green.png
slide1-text-bg-green.png
slide2-text-bg-white.png
RUBBER KEEPS THE WORLD MOVING
70% of the world’s rubber production is used in the tire and automotive industry.
slide1-text-bg-green.png
slide2-text-bg-white.png
40,000 PRODUCTS
30% of the global rubber production is used to manufacture over 40,000 products for industrial and personal needs
slide3-text-bg-green.png
IMPRESSIVE USE OF WOOD
slide3-text-bg-white.png
During the growth period, rubber plantations absorb CO2 and thus counteract climate change.
After felling, the valuable and versatile wood is fed into the timber industry and processed into numerous construction and wood products.

Operation and management

Operation: Management and nurturing

 

Professional care and nurturing at the right time ensure healthy and profitable growth. The main tasks here are weed control, fertilizing, and trimming the rubber trees.

In particular, removing weeds that are competing with the rubber trees for nutrients and water is a constant challenge. Legumes and chicken manure in the ground cover prevent weed growth. This has a positive effect on the soil’s nitrogen balance and promotes the growth of the rubber trees.

Maintaining the plantation in this and others makes it possible for the rubber trees to grow fast and be healthy. In the first few years, this is of tremendous importance. As soon as the tree canopy of the rubber trees gets fuller later on, the ground vegetation growth slows down because less sunlight hits the soil.

Fertilizing the rubber trees at the right time and with the suitable fertilizers is another important way to maintain the planation. This promotes strong root growth and the formation of a strong young tree canopy. TIMBERFARM uses biological fertilizers and minerals which do not harm nature.

In the first few years, professional growth pruning takes place several times to promote a good structure and shape of the rubber trees. This makes the extraction of latex unproblematic and ensures that later on the rubber tree provides timber quality which satisfies the high demands of the local and regional wood processing industry.