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ABBREVIATION EXPLANATION
There is an explanation in the Launch article.
Jaff – This is an acronym for Just Another Fantastic Farmer. Devised to protect the identity of our farmers, for various reasons. Jaff 1
ALTERNATE INCOME STREAMS IN SAME OPERATION
Bananas – Jaff 13, Jaff 7 , Jaff 10
Citrus – Jaff 2, Jaff 4, Jaff 5, Jaffd
Essential Oils – Jaff 1
Guavas – Jaffess, Jaff 4 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
Sugar Cane – Jaff 5, Jaff 7, Jaff 9
Timber – Jaff 13, Jaff 7, Jaff 9
Veg – Jaff 5
ALTITUDE
20m – Jaff 9
150m – Jaff 7
200m Jaff 10
250m – Jaff 8 (230 – 390m), Jaff 5
600m – Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 11
700m – Jaff 12
840m – Jaff 13 (over 800m), Jaff 3, Jaff 4
AWARDS
2018 National Grower of the Year (Mayomacs) – Jaff 4
CARBON FOOTPRINT
CLIMATE
Ideal for macs – Jaff 13, History, Jaff 2, Jaff 9
CONSULTANTS
Centre for Excellence, Jaffess
CROSS-POLLINATION
COMPOST
Jaff 13, Jaff 10, Jaff 11, Jaff 12, Jaffess,
CULTIVARS
Cultivar Identification poster
A4 – (Grown by All Jaffs 1 to 7) Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 5, Jaffd, Jaff 7 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
A16 – Jaff 1, Jaff 7 , Jaff 10
A203 – Nurseries
A268 – Nurseries
Beaumont – Jaffess, Jaff 13, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 5, Jaffd, Jaff 7 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11, Jaff 12
Nelmak 2 – Jaffess, Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 4, Jaff 5, Jaffd
Nelmak 26 – Jaffess
246 – Jaffess, Jaff 10, Jaff 11
344 – Jaff 13, Jaff 1 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
741 – Jaff 5, Jaff 1 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
788 – Jaffess, Jaff 13 (coming out), Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 7, Jaff 9 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
791 – Jaff 7
814 – Jaffess, Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 5, Jaff 7
816 – Jaff 13 (difference b’twn 814 & 816), Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 4, Jaff 5, Jaffd, Jaff 7, Jaff 9
842 – Jaffess, Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Jaff 1, Jaff 5, Jaff 11
849 – Jaffess, Jaff 13, Jaff 3, Jaff 5,Jaff 11
863 – History, Jaff 1, Nurseries
Daddow – Jaff 12
New – Jaff 11
DISEASES
Phytophthora – Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 3, Jaff 9
Blossom Blight – Jaff 8, Jaff 9
Corona – History
Salmonella – History
Sudden Death Syndrome (Armillaria) – Jaff 13
DROUGHT
Surviving with less water – Jaff 12, Water Management
Types of Drought – Water Management
ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE
Integrated (IPM) – Jaff 12, Pest Management, Jaff 9 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
EQUIPMENT
Mulching – Jaffess, Jaff 12, Jaff 3
Organic matter applicator (purpose-built) – Jaff 7
Precision Farming – Jaff 1
Pruning Trailer – Jaff 12
Spray (Phytophthora) – Jaff 9
Spray (Callibration) Jaff 10
Spray cart modified for height – Jaff 13
ESTABLISHMENT
Cane fields (macs going into old cane fields) – Jaff 7
Costs – Jaff 7
Planning – Jaff 13, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 9 , Jaff 10
Planting – Jaffess, Jaff 5, Jaff 7, Nurseries
Ridging – Jaffd, Jaff 2, Jaff 9, Jaff 10
Seedlings – Jaff 12, Jaff 1, Jaff 5, Jaff 7 (See more specifics under SEEDLINGS), Nurseries
Spacing – Jaffess (change row direction), Jaff 13, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 4, Jaffd
Staking – Jaff 12, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 9
FERTILISERS
Chicken Litter – Jaff 7
CMS – Jaff 7
Cost vs Return – Jaff 4
Fertigation (for) – Jaffess, Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 3, Jaff 9
Fertigation (against) – Jaff 7
Hand Application – Jaff 8, Jaff 3
Manipulation of / withholding fertilisers – Jaff 7, Jaffd
Micronutrients – (Magnesium & Copper) Jaff 9
NO Fertilisers – Jaff 10
Organic – Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 7, Jaff 10, Jaff 11
Phosporous – Water Management, Jaff 9
Potassium – Jaff 9
Precision Farming – Jaff 1
Roots – Water Management
Young trees – Jaff 3
FOLIAR SPRAYS
Advertiser – Photon
Stress reliever – Jaffd
General – Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaffd, Jaff 4, Jaff 3, Jaff 2, Jaff 1, Jaff 9 (timing), Jaff 11
GLOBAL GAP
GRAFTING
Early – History
Onto mature trees – Jaff 13, Jaff 8 , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
HARVEST
Ethapon – Jaffess, Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 2, Jaff 3, Jaffd, Jaff 7, Jaff 10
In-field scale (no crates) – Jaff 3, Jaff 11
Staggered harvest – Jaff 7
Stripping tool (Manual) – Jaff 1
HERBICIDES
Weed cloth – Jaffess
No Herbicides – Jaff 10
INSECTS (see Pests)
INTERNATIONAL INSIGHTS
Mozambique – Jaff 7
Zambia – Jaff 7
Dutch investors – Jaff 12
INTERROW MANAGEMENT
Beneficial Hosting plants – Jaff 12, Pest Management , Jaff 10
Crops interrow (oats) – Jaff 12. Jaff 7 (essential oils) – Jaff 1 (sugarcane) – Jaff 9
Mulching prunings – Jaff 13, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 7, Jaff 9, Jaff 11
Ripping – Jaff 8, Jaff 4, Jaff 9
Sheep (used to mow) – Jaff 7
IRRIGATION
Deficit Irrigation – Water Management
Dryland macs – Jaff 10
Fertigation (low flow) – Jaffess, Jaff 12
Systems – Water Management
When, How much & Where – Water Management
LABOUR
Remuneration & Insights – Jaff 12
LEAVES
Photosynethesis – Water Management
Stomatic Activity – Water Management
LOCATION / PLACES
ARC Nelspruit – History
Durban Botanic Gardens – History
Empangeni – Jaff 7
Kearsney (KZN North Coast) – Jaff 8
Limpopo – Jaffess, Jaff 13, Jaff 12, History , Jaff 10, Jaff 11
Malelane – Jaff 5
Nelspruit – History, Jaffd, Jaff 4, Jaff 3, Jaff 2
South Coast, KZN – (Oribi) Jaff 1 (Scottburgh) Jaff 9
Pietermaritzburg Botanic Gardens –
Reims Nursery – History
MARKET
Launch, Jaff 11 (Price forecast, Vertical integration), Jaff 12 (Vertical integration)
MULCHING
NOVEMBER DUMP
NURSERIES
Advertisers – Ellepots (Nurseries)
Grafted seedlings vs rooted cuttings – Nurseries
Own nursery – Jaff 12, Jaff 11
What to look for – Jaff 13
TOP WORKING / OCCULATING (grafting new wood on to existing/old root stock)
Jaff 13, Jaff 8, Jaff 5, Jaff 10, Jaff 11
PAINTING
PERSONALITIES
Alwyn du Preez – Pruning
Bertie le Roux – History
Dr Colleen Hepburn – Pest Management
Dr Elsje Joubert – History, Pest Management
Dr Schalk Schoeman – Pest Management
Jan Joubert – History
Stephan Hoffmann – History
PESTS
Advertiser – Coragen, Centre for Excellence, Madumbi, Chess (Syngenta),
Aerial spraying – Jaff 13
Ants – Jaff 9
Chemicals (full list of what’s available and what class of action it is) – Pest Management
Drench – Jaff 7
False Coddling Moth – Jaff 5, Pest Management
General Advice – Jaff 2, Pest Management, Jaff 9, Jaff 11
Hot sauce (for wildlife) – Jaff 1
Integrated (IPM) – Jaff 12, Pest Management,Jaff 10, Jaff 11
Macadamia Felted Coccid – Jaff 5, Pest Management
Nut borer – Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 3, Pest Management
Peacocks (used to manage pests) – Jaff 4
Pheromones – Jaff 12, Pest Management
Control – Jaff 12, Pruning, Jaff 11
Scouting (superseding set spray programme) – History, Jaff 8, Jaff 5, Jaff 4, Jaff 3, Jaff 9, Jaff 10, Jaff 11
Scouting and spraying synergising – Jaff 1
Spray programme (superseding scouting) – Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Jaff 7, Jaffess,
Stink bugs – Jaff 8, Jaff 7, Jaffd, Jaff 3, Pest Management
Thrips – Jaff 12, Jaff 7, Jaffd, Pest Management, Jaff 9, Jaff 11
PROCESSING
Dehusking – A4 stickiness – Jaff 3
Drying (off-grid) – Jaff 13, Jaff 3
Quality assessment of nuts by processors – Jaff 2
Sampling – Jaff 2
Sorting – table – Jaff 2
Sorting – Water bath – Jaff 4, Jaff 7, Jaff 2, Jaff 3, Jaff 9
Sorting – double (again after drying) – Jaff 9, Jaff 11
Sorting – triple Jaff 12 (for size)
Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 3, Jaff 7, Jaff 9
Aggressive – Jaff 5
Airflow – Pruning
Equipment – Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Pruning, Jaff 9, Jaff 11
Forks and staples – Jaff 8
Hedgers – Jaff 13, Pruning, Jaff 11
Low skirts – Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 9
Manipulation of young tree branches – Jaff 8, Jaff 7, Jaff 1, Jaff 9
Maximising young wood – Jaff 3, Pruning
More than once a year – Jaff 1
Pest Control – Pest Management, Jaff 10
Timing – Pruning
RIDGING
ROOTS
Mulching – Jaff 12, Jaff 8, Jaff 7, Jaff 11
Keep them up – Jaff 7
Osmosis – Jaff 4
Fibrous, Clusters, Health – Water Management
SAMAC
SAMPLING
Soil – Jaffd, Jaff 3, Jaff 2, Jaff 9
SEEDLINGS
Own Nursery – Jaff 12, Jaff 1, Jaff 4, Jaff 11
Quality – Jaff 13, Jaff 3, Jaffd, Jaff 2
Staking – Jaff 12, Jaff 3, Jaff 4, Jaff 9
Stem protection – Jaff 12, Jaff 2
Weather protection – Jaff 2
SOILS
Acidity & pH – Jaff 9
Analysis & Testing – Jaffd, Jaff 3, Jaff 2, Jaff 9
Deep Reds –Jaff 13, Jaff 4, Jaff 10, Jaffess,
Erosion (prevention of interrow damage) – Jaff 7
Focus (on feeding soil rather than trees) – Jaff 7, Jaffd
Health – Jaff 10
Hydrogel – Jaff 13, Jaff 12, Nurseries, Jaff 9
Organic matter (importance of) – Jaff 3, Jaff 7, Jaff 2, Jaff 1 (Biochar) – Jaff 10
Pests (soil-based part of life cycle) – Pest Management, Jaff 11
Profiles / structure – Jaffd
Ridging – Jaffd, Jaff 2, Jaff 9, Jaff 10
Sandy – Jaff 8, Jaff 1, Jaff 7
SUGAR TESTING Jaff 12
SUGAR FARMERS WHO DIVERSIFIED INTO MACS
Johnstones, Roy Sharma, Grant Taylor, Goble Estates, Jaff 7, Jaff 5, Jaff 1, Jaff 9
TRANSPLANTING
Jaff 13, Jaff 4, Jaff 7, Jaff 9
VARIETIES (see CULTIVARS)
WATER MANAGEMENT
Evapotranspiration – Water Management
Humidity – Water Management
pH balance of water – Jaff 12
WEEDS (see also Herbicides)
Weed cloth – Jaffess
WIND
Windburn on 814 – Jaff 7