Day: April 17, 2010

Chemical fertilizer application

Rules on the application of chemical fertilizers

 

For best result, the application of the fertilizers must be done in the right way. To use fertilizer scantily in efforts at thrift only result in harvest poorer than if no fertilizer had been used.

 

Manner of applying fertilizer and lime

 

A.      Lowland Rice

 

1. Broadcast the recommended quantity of phosphate with one-half of the nitrogen fertilizer.

Do this before leveling the rice field before transplanting seedlings.

 

2. Broadcast the remaining half of the nitrogen fertilizer three(3) weeks before the flowering of the play. Do this when the leaves of the play are dry.

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Bees and coconut farm

Bees in the Coconut Farm

 

According to the researchers from the Chumpton Horticultural Research Center in Thailand, culturing honey bees in the coconut farm helps much in the coconut trees’ productivity the whole year, and most double their fruit bearing. Thus, less expense are incurred for the fertilizer besides providing extra  income from honey from the beehives.

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Planting azolla

Plant Azolla (Wide Scale Production)

 

Azolla can be grown abundantly in lakes or ponds, rice fields with irrigation, concrete tanks, or containers or trays with soil about 3-6 cm thick, and immersed in water about 5-7 cm high. Azolla likes shade, and this grows fast from September-October when the days are short.

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Azolla fertilizer

Plant Azolla for Fertilizer

 

Dried azolla provides a rich source of nitrogen. Plant this in between rows of rice plants.

 

1. The rice seedlings must be about 13.2 cm and 6.6 cm apart.

2. Broadcast azolla between rows, about 53-66 cm apart.

3. If the rice seedlings are short, reduce this distance- make it 50 cm apart to provide shade for the growing azola.

4. Azola will grow and flourish in this way without disturbing the growth of the rice seedlings.

5. Azola should first be dried before using a fertilizer.

 

In the People’s Republic of China, the nitrogen fertilizer they use is dried azola. They can harvest 198 cavans of palay for every hectare, only with the use of this fertilizer.

 

From: The Philippine Farmer’s Journal

March 1980