As of the moment of writing this blog, I am happy that my Calamansi is thriving in a place with a lot of wild grasses and I am hoping that they will continue to thrive until they grow taller than me and eventually get to harvest their fruits for a very long time. So, I am doing my very best to keep them healthy in the best way possible.

As of the moment, my way of irrigating my Calamansi crops is done manually. I am using a Pail and a Dipper. Irrigating them manually (as of the moment) is still very bearable since I only put two dippers of water on each Calamansi plant. I can water all my 41 calamansi plants in just about 20 to 30 minutes.

One of the most dreaded pests for a gardener or farmer is the leaf miner. I first encountered a leaf miner on the very first String Beans that I planted a year ago. And now that I have some Calamansi that I am taking care of I am surprised that leaf miners can also attack the leaves of Calamansi. So, in response, I have to use a pesticide containing "Cyromazine". As of the moment, I do not know any other method than using a pesticide to control them. Cyromazine is expensive, it costs $13 USD for a 50-gram pack.

Later in the afternoon, I turned my sight on the drainage system of my Calamansi plot. I need to make the drainage deeper and wider so that the water that will be coming from the nearby plots will have ample pathways to travel out of my Calamansi plot. I am sure before the end of this month all of the owners of the nearby plots will irrigate their plots in preparation for the coming rice farming season.

I think repairing drainage will be my normal routine because erosion slowly makes drainage shallower and narrower.

Here is an event that surprises me (but not much). I was able to germinate seeds of Papaya that I took directly from a ripe fruit and then planted them in a pot. And guess what, they did germinate. Check the image comparison below.

Last but not least, introducing my Squash! I am so happy when I was able to germinate a single squash that I planted directly from the fruit itself just like what I did on the Papaya seeds. I am hoping that I will keep it alive and hopefully will bear fruit because squash here in our country is a little bit expensive.

That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.