HARDWORK does not necessarily translate to a good harvest. Nowadays, a farmer needs to adopt technologies and use proper inputs to increase yield to cope up with recent quarantine measures to avert the spread of COVID-19.
Like for instance a farmer who owns a small farmland in Nueva Ecija who was able to harvest at least 110 kilos of native eggplant from his 500-square-meter backyard, where he can only harvest about 35 to 40 kilos before.
With determination to augment his income, he was able to increase his harvest by about 300 percent.
This is likewise true with his 1,000-square meter corn plantation where he was able to harvest 600 kilos from his usual harvest of just a little over 200 kilos.
It was learned from him that the improvements were realized after using an organic fertilizer that he regularly sprays to his crop.
In the first six months after planting the seedlings of native eggplants that he sourced from a nearby plantation that was already neglected, his plants started to be prolific with the use of Amino Plus Foliar Fertilizer of APFF.
The farmer shared that during the first six months, he was becoming hopeless due to the small amount of harvest from his eggplant plantation.
This is mainly due to the aging plants, but after using APFF, his eggplants started to become vigorous and fruited abundantly.
The farmer was initially hesitant to use the APFF when Manny Pablo of Global Green Organic Fertilizer, Inc., producer of APFF, introduced the product to him.
But with his effort to improve or revitalize his crop, he tried to use the APFF where he later found out the input’s capability to increase production.
He says he was likewise surprised to be able to harvest 600 kilos from his corn plantation.
According to Pablo, the improvement can be attributed to the potency of APFF because it is made from fish which contain compounds that promote plant growth and better fruiting, which is due to the high L-Amino acid content of APFF that is easily absorbed by the plants.
It also contains effective microorganisms that provide long-term beneficial effects on the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil.
Pablo explained that NPK alone cannot offer an all-in-one solution to plant nutrition and can become detrimental when supplied in excessive amounts.
This is where amino acids come in, the building blocks of protein, which are needed by the plants like all other living organisms.
Pablo says the amino acids of APFF can provide the benefits that are not supplied by the NPK alone.
For fruiting vegetables like the eggplants, APFF can be applied once a week or once every two weeks during the vegetative stage, and during the fruiting stage.
APFF can increase the defense mechanism of plants, provide stress resistance, promote nutrient absorption, improve fruit formation, activate growth hormones, and improve protein synthesis.
With determination and proper inputs, even ordinary farmers can succeed to improve their crops, and of course, increase their income./PN
