Oil palm seedlings (Tenera Seedling) require an evenly distributed annual rainfall of 2000 mm without a defined dry season. Best oil palm yields are obtained in places where a maximum average temperature of 29-33 degrees and a minimum average temperature of 22-24 degrees are available.

• Tenera seedling requires 1800-2000 sunlight hours annually, more than 300 cal/cm2/per day, constant sunlight of at least 5 hours per day for better oil palm yield.
• Moist, deep, and well-drained medium-textured soils rich in humus content are considered ideal for the propagation of these crops.
• Gravelly and sandy soils, particularly the coastal sands are not ideal for oil palm cultivation. Heavy clay soils with poor drainage properties may pose problems of aeration during rainy seasons.

Product features

• Earlier harvest of Tenera (22 – 24months), compared to 36 – 48 months of SIRM standard seedling.
• The first-year harvest can be up to 7 to 8 tons FFB per hectare.
• Tenera seedlings can grow up to 25 years.
• This Tenera seedling is resistant to diseases like Ganoderma and basal stem rot virus.
• Higher oil-to-bunch ratio, more than 25% bigger seed, thinner shell, and smaller kernel.
• Tenera seedling has a longer tree lifecycle, 30 years of fruit-bearing, therefore the income period is longer.
• Although fertilizer application is advised, Tenera seedlings can thrive well without fertilizers.
• They have more female flowers, the ratio is 2 times higher than the normal species.
• Shorter tree, easy to reach, subsequently, the harvesting cost is reduced.
• Tree diameter and circumference is bigger, supports more branches and fruits, reduction of gravity effect allows easy transfer of nutrients from the soil to fruit.
• A wider gap between the leaf stems of Tenera seedling results in increased photosynthesis for more robust growth.