Durian doesn’t forgive thin records
A row crop cycle is 3โ4 months. A durian cycle is 5โ7 years to first commercial yield, then decades of production. When the records of what you fertilized in 2024 affect the harvest in 2026, “I’ll remember” isn’t a record-keeping strategy. Most established durian estates have learned this the hard way.
Peladang is built to handle the shape of perennial agriculture: per-tree or per-block operations, fertigation IN/OUT readings, multi-year planting timelines, and harvest data that compounds across years.
How perennial crops work in Peladang
- Block-level operationsRecord bunch count, loose fruit, bunch weight, and per-block readings rather than per-plant counts. Same form pattern as annual crops โ just tuned for the way perennials are actually managed.
- Fertigation trackingFor estates running fertigation, log IN and OUT readings (EC, pH, water volume), bag weight before and after each session. Clean record of nutrient delivery per cycle.
- Stage timeline across yearsEach planting has a stage timeline visible at a glance โ nursery, vegetative, flowering, fruiting, harvesting. The current stage is highlighted with days elapsed.
- Population-based yield forecastingYield projections scale from your actual tree population โ not a fixed target. Forecasts show kg per hectare, expected revenue, and percent-to-target.
The harvest cycle workflow
Durian harvest is concentrated, intense, and over fast. Peladang’s harvest flow is designed to keep up:
- Bunch counts and bunch weights logged from the field, in Field Mode, by the harvest team.
- Quality grading captured per batch (premium, standard, off-grade).
- Selling price per kg captured per buyer, so you can compare auction houses or direct buyers.
- A Harvests Trend chart shows day-over-day volume so you can see peak, plateau, and tail.
- When the harvesting stage has been active for 10+ days, a “Complete Harvest” button appears on the planting page โ one tap to close the cycle and start the post-harvest record.
What multi-year tracking looks like
The Reports hub keeps every cycle’s data joined to the tree it came from. You can compare 2025 vs 2026 yield per block, track which sections of the estate consistently outperform, and see whether a fertilizer regime change actually moved the needle two seasons later. This is information you can’t get from a spreadsheet without weeks of manual work.
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Geographic and varietal flexibility: Musang King, Black Thorn, D24, IOI, any other variety. The crop catalog is configurable; if a variety isn’t there yet, add it in settings. Weather forecasts are pinned to each estate’s GPS coordinate.
What perennial-crop estates appreciate most
The first thing established durian operators tell us: it’s the first farm system they’ve used that didn’t feel like it was built for annual crops and bolted onto perennials. The block-level forms, the stage timeline, the fertigation IN/OUT โ these are perennial-native patterns, not row-crop patterns translated.
The second thing: it’s free. For a smallholder, that’s the reason to start. For an established estate, it’s permission to stop paying for software that wasn’t built for the crop they grow.
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