These names are terms in the cultivation of dates. The beginner date planters are often confused by the existence of these foreign terms.

Have you ever heard the name Hababouk, Ruthab, Khalal, or Tamr, or maybe it sounds still unfamiliar with these terms? of course not.  They are not the names of Arab youth or date export-import companies. Yups, these names are terms in the cultivation of dates. The beginner date planters are often confused with the existence of these foreign terms, especially when finding out information about dates. Like about how to plant, care for, or harvest dates. For example: hababouk starts immediately after fertilization (fertilization). In the khalal phase, dates are still raw but these dates can be harvested and eaten, etc.  Do you have a headache, friends? The following article attempts to explain some of these foreign terms as well as the stages of maturing dates more easily and clearly. Let's just start. In general, the more mature dates, glucose and fructose levels will increase and the level of crude fiber tends to decrease. Sucrose and dissolved fiber levels tend to be stable at all levels of maturity, except at the khalal stage (sucrose levels will increase) because the formation of fruit flesh occurs rapidly.  The average calorie intake for one date palm (8.3g) is 23 calories or 1.3 - 1.8 times more than cane sugar with the same weight. The glycemic index (GI) value of old mature dates is in the range of 30-60 if consumed as much as 60g (about 7 large size grains). This value is the same as the sucrose (50g) GI value commonly found in cane sugar. After the start of pollination phase, the fruit has five stages / maturation phase, namely: 1. Hababauk phase, 2. Kimri phase, 3. Khalal phase, 4. Ruthab phase, 5. Tamr phase.  Whereas to get to the tamr phase takes approximately two hundred days, where at that stage the dates are fully cooked. However, harvesting does not have to wait for the tamr phase because dates can be harvested from the khalal phase.