The two volume book entitled BEST PRACTICES: PLANTACION DE SIKWATE CACAO PLANTERS is ready for your orders (nationwide).
Volume 1 is on Cacao Farming and Volume 2 is on the Women of Cacao (A Mother’s Day tribute.)
Email us at PDSCACAO@GMAIL.COM or message at our FB page @pdscacao.
Over 300 pages of learnings in one hardbound book!
Thank you for asking what is in the book that you will buy. Here are the table of contents for the hardbound book. We also made it 2 volumes in one book. Let us know of your orders via pdscacao@gmail.com
Hello cacao farmers! Just a few days ago we received an email regarding a pest. How to kill it.
It was not that easy to identify the pest but the first look, this name came out —MEALY BUG.
According to research, keeping your plants “nourished with the right amount of fertilizer and water can help prevent mealybugs. Mealybugs are attracted to over-watered and over-fertilized plants, so make sure your plants drain well and do not overdo their feeding and watering. Keep your plant areas clean and clear of debris.”
Spray with isoprophyl alcohol for instant death but that would be costly. There is cane vinegar available? Use that.
The #FilipinoAromatico® has slowly emerged as the most sought after single origin cacao in the Philippines. Thanking old cacao trees that grew in backyards across the country, and harvesting the pods to create hard to replicate nutty tones, the Filipino Aromatico is here to stay.
Did you know that during the 1700s these fruit pod’s beans were used as a currency? Soon after, the indios during that time just planted some seeds all over the place and forgot about it. After several years, it grew and started to bear fruits. The money tree as they have called it, brought business, and food.
Now that the Filipino farmer knows better, a cacao producer association took the initiative to care for these trees which bore GOLD — Plantacion de Sikwate Cacao Producers Association, Inc. (PDS).
From traditional farming techniques, PDS has come up with modern techniques to educate farmers that they too, can grow their own money trees just like of the yesteryears.
More and more cacao farmers who are now enjoying the fruits of their labor has started creating their tablea products. The world awaits of their produce. The world knows that the Philippines is indeed a single-origin country when it comes to CACAO.
Be a farmer, call us for assistance, and in no time, harvest from your Filipino Aromatico money trees.
CHOCS ‘N BOXES
“Thank you Mr. Mel Santos and the @plantaciondesikwate for offering us scions from traditional Philippine criollo cacao varieties, you’ve done a great job of keeping our national flavor alive.
This particular Criollo variety was first brought to the Philippines by Spanish friars, a reminder of early colonial times but rather than being lost the remnants have been well preserved and is now being propagated throughout the archipelago.
Everything would not have been possible without Nestor Saludo who spearheaded the grafting of these Criollo varieties into our own cacao rootstocks.
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criollocacao #dairyfree #directtrade #philippinecacao #ethicallysourced #finechocolate #beantobar #glutenfree #healthychocolate #hotcocoa #localbusiness #organic #organicchocolate #beantobarchocolate #sugarfree #sugarfreelife #treetobarchocolate #veganchocolate
We are back! We have published two books for you to purchase. Just email us at pdscacao@gmail.com with a subject: ACTUAL BOOKS and provide how many books you will purchase.
We released the 2023 Edition last June. An outstanding best-selling ebook that caught us unaware.
Yes the 2023 Edition may be purchased. But did you know that there is a 2024 Edition? Far different from the first book, there are many things that deserve your time and money.
We are nearing the end of 2023. A new updated version of your purchased literature is in progress. It shall be housed in Amazon.com’s library. Here is a sneak preview of the cover. However, do purchase the 2023 Edition for the meantime. The details are floating everywhere 🙂
Excited?
Thank you for spending time to read this post. Our first book entitled CACAO PLANTING: Best Practices from Farming to Gardening was launched 2023. It is available for orders.
Coming up with this book was always a dream. There are reading materials from our friends that has over 300 pages but it would be better if the location was made in the Philippines. May incusive feelings. Dba? Para sa atin ito.
Several friends from our cacao community has requested seminars and mini speaking events. However, our PDS group decided to immortalize the learnings that you can always refer to when you have questions.
Insecticides are the first things most farmers reach for when their crops get infested with pod borers/insects.
Usually the recommended quick fix is to use Magnum or Karate pesticides. The proportions is 1 tbs. per 16liters water in a knapsack.
GOING THE NATURAL WAY
All-Purpose Flour
An unusual but effective solution, all-purpose flour will become sticky when grasshoppers try to consume it, causing their mouthparts to gum up and starve the critters.
Simply sprinkle a thin layer on the leaves of your plants, and make sure it isn’t another type of flour (many kinds of flour contain salt, which can harm your plants.)
Garlic or Hot Pepper Spray
Spritzing some hot pepper repellent spray on the leaves of your plants will make them unpalatable to grasshoppers. The downside is that you could find that tomato is a lot spicier if you fail to wash it thoroughly!
Garlic sprays are a similarly natural grasshopper repellent but may be preferable if you plan on consuming part of the plant later.
** It is your choice. The faster way with harmful drawbacks to the environment or a longer alternative.
