The Road To Simplicity This blog is about our transition from city life to a simpler life

3Jul/090

How to plant Tomboy Calamansi

Here are the steps we used to plant Tomboy Calamansi

1. Plant 153 Calamansi as shown in the Planting Map
2. The Calamansi is inter-cropped with Longkong Lansones and Nam Dok Mai shown below :
Tomboy Planting Distance

3. Dig a hole 1ft x 1ft.
4. Water each hole and let the ground sip the water before putting soil
5. Mix VERMICOMPOST and soil together. The more VERMICOMPOST, the better
6. Pour the mixed VERMICOMPOST and soil into each hole all the way to the top.
7. In the middle of each hole, pour at least 3 tansan of the MYCOVAM, 3 inches deep. The more MYCOVAM, the better.

Vermicompost and Mycovam for Tomboy Calamansi

8. Place the Calamansi seedling in the hole and cover with VERMICOMPOST mixed with soil.

Complete Planting of Tomboy Calamansi

9. Water the Calamansi seedlings 2x per day.

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25May/090

How to make compost tea

In keeping with being green, we chose to use compost tea. Unlike commercial fertilizers where they're pretty much ready to use, there's a bit of prepwork that goes with Compost tea. Now, don't let this turn you off.  Aside from using all-natural beneficial bacteria, compost tea won't harm the environment.

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