Greetings gardeners!
A few days ago I planted Papaya, Eggplant, and Chili on my new vegetable garden and today I completed one of my long in the making project "planting calamansi" as part of my plans in putting up a calamansi business in partnership with one of my sisters. One by one my dream is being realized and I hope to carry on the momentum of my upcoming plans of putting up my wholly own business which I will be using to secure my family's future.
This calamansi business has actually been long in the making. I and my sister talked about it last April 2023. Then I started to take steps in making it a reality on May 8, 2023.
May 8, 2023 - piling and burning of rice straws
In the two photos below I started to pile up rice straws on the left bund of one farm section (hardly noticeable). Also, the rice straws that I used are the ones that came out from the combine harvester, not those that can be seen that are still standing.
On the same day, May 8, 2023, I burned all the rice straws that I put on top of the four corners/bunds of the farm plot. Burning is one of the fastest ways of getting rid of grasses on a farm plot and it can last for more than a month before new grasses will grow.
May 12, 2023 - another burning of rice straws
Then on the 12th of May 2023, I also burned the inside part of the farm plot in preparation for its tilling. Tilling is needed so that the remaining rice straws will be combined with the soil, therefore, acting as a natural fertilizer.
June 2, 2023 - Tilling
The month of June came and the coming rainy season is making itself felt by heavy rains in the afternoon. After heavy rain one afternoon I decided that it is time for tilling. Another reason for tilling is to make the soil porous so that it will not be so hard when digging up holes for planting the calamansi.
Check the photo below after the soil has been tilled. After tilling it will be left to dry. When it dries up the calamansis can now be planted.
July 2, 2023
After the tilling last June 2, 2023, the rainy season kicked off. There has been lots of rain each afternoon which makes me unable to take another step on preparing the farm plot for planting the calamansi.
As you can see in the photo below the grass looks very lush because of the frequent rains.
July 3, 2023 - Digging the holes
On this day I dug up all the holes needed for planting the calamansi. My sister instructed me to dig holes 10 feet from each other. In the photo below a bamboo can be seen. That bamboo is exactly 10 feet which I used to measure the distances of the holes from each other.
I used a plastic rope so that I can dig the holes in a straight line.
Below is one of the holes that I dug. It may look very shallow but it is actually 8-10 inches deep. I shovel to dig up the holes. I dug 55 holes. I only need 41 holes at the moment but I decided to dig more for future use (which I am very confident that will be used to plant more calamansi).
July 19, 2023 - the seedlings arrived
And then on July 19, 2023, my sister bought and delivered the calamansi seedlings that we are going to plant. As of the moment we got 41 calamansi seedlings.
August 6, 2023 - Planting
A few days ago, on August 6, 2023, I borrowed a brush cutter to trim the grasses that grew when it starts to rain. The photo below shows how it looks after I finished trimming the grasses (using a brush cutter) in preparation for the planting of calamansi.
It was about two weeks since the seedlings were brought by my sister and this is the day and my chance to plant the calamansi because there is no rain.
I initially carried two seedlings for planting (check the photo below).
Then I cut the bottom section of the black plastic container so that I can entirely remove the black plastic container of the calmansi.
August 8, 2023 - Planting done
below is a closeup of one of the seedlings that I planted.
And here is a line of 10 seedlings that I planted. That is all for now guys. I hope all of my newly transplanted calamansi will grow healthy and give good harvest.
That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.
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I am a Computer Engineer, blogger, farmer, gardener, father, and husband. I love countryside living, nature, and farming (rice/vegetables), and has two decades of experience as an I.T. professional
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