We have just spent the last two days fertilising the Rice fields and the mature Rubber trees in Pho Phan
This is what we used an mixture of Phosphate & Nitrate fertiliser
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This week on the farms
I have been down to the lake clearing the weeds again. The lake at the moment is full again and teaming with life, small fish,insects and there are about 20 large catfish in it which must have have escaped when we had an enclosure full of small catfish.
Tim has also moved the ducks she had at the house in Popan to the lake and built a small enclosure for them. Originally she had 100 but some have died which is why she has moved them to the lake where conditions should be a lot better for them.
In addition we have also had to go and make sure the rice is Ok and repair the banks in places where the water has burst through and do the occasional bit of weeding & fertilising.
Checking the Rice
Went to see how the rice is progressing. We have sewn up half a dozen paddies and the seedlings will then be transplanted into the others .
This is more work than just broadcasting the seed as we have done in the past. But you get higher yields because you ensure the rice is planted evenly and to its maximum density. However the rains still haven’t kicked in – in earnest so there is still insufficeint water to flood the remaining paddies for the seedlings to be transplanted yet.
Fertilizer and Weather
Today we finished fertilising the rubber trees on plantation number one. That is all the trees done until the autumn when we will do them again. next on the agenda is sewing the rice paddies which we will start next month. On another note the rains are increasing in frequency with another storm yesterday afternoon which lasted into the evening.