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Wefisher 6/9/2014, 1:15 pm

Just Joined today. I am excited about sharing information here is a little info about me.

I live in the Philippines and have a 400 sq. foot plot of raised bed garden 7 rows and 2 square foot gardens and working on 25, 5 gallon containers to complete the garden. I have had good luck on most Asian vegetable staying mostly organic.

I enjoy with experimenting various forms of Organic Fertilizers and Pest control

I made to 55 gallon drum Compost tumblers they work great and only takes a few months to have rich compost

Thank you

Bill

**walshevak** 6/9/2014, 9:25 pm

Wefisher wrote:Just Joined today. I am excited about sharing information here is a little info about me.

I live in the Philippines and have a 400 sq. foot plot of raised bed garden 7 rows and 2 square foot gardens and working on 25, 5 gallon containers to complete the garden. I have had good luck on most Asian vegetable staying mostly organic.

I enjoy with experimenting various forms of Organic Fertilizers and Pest control

I made to 55 gallon drum Compost tumblers they work great and only takes a few months to have rich compost

Thank you

Bill

How do you do it. I spent 6 months in Palawan and couldn't get anything to grow. Two cherry tomato plant and some pitiful kale. Got 2 cukes off a vine.

Kay

rrbeckn 6/10/2014, 3:26 am

I read your story on gardening in the Phillippinnes. I believe that here in Northeast Thailand must be similiar growing conditions. I have to admit that I have had terrible luck here trying to grow veggies. I am going to try the sfg method and see how it goes, any advice will be welcome.

Wefisher 6/10/2014, 10:16 am

2014-06-10

Mostly I work the Soil. My Garden is about 1000 meters from the Sulu Sea. Hence all sand. I brought in bags and bags of dirt to mix with the sand in raised beds. Added Mulch and compost. I use a lot of home vegetable and fruit scraps in my compost tumblers. Due to the warm temperatures I find a can produce a nice rich compost in about 1.5 to 2 months. I plan to buy a leaf /blower / Vacuum / mulcher. This will speed up the process some. I also use cow manure I will also try pig and chicken manure sparingly.

I grow Okra, Bitter Mellon, Long Beans, White Radishes, Egg Plant, Sweet Potatoes, a leafy veggie Kankong, and Squash

I am looking for property to extend my operation.

The only thing I can tell why my garden works is the right amount of Moisture, Sun, I just joined but find this site is great everything you need to know is here.

Bill

**sanderson** 6/10/2014, 10:58 am

Bill and Beckn, Welcome to the Forum! $glad you\'re here$

**AtlantaMarie** 6/11/2014, 9:28 am

Welcome to you both, Bill & RRBecken!

You'll find several people in hot, humid areas on here as well as coastal regions. I'm sure they can give you some great advice.

rrbeckn 6/12/2014, 8:48 am

I would be interested in how to make a composter using a 55 gal barrel. The first year I was here I had great luck with tomatoes. It was a variety called money maker and I had tomatoes for months. Since then I can not get any thing to grow not even the money maker tomatoes. I planted Thai peppers and got a great batch and the next year nothing. I made the bugs happy. Just some more thoughts on gardening.

**walshevak** 6/12/2014, 10:23 am

rrbeckn

Sounds like you have the same problem I had in PI. I think it is lack of nutrients. Vermiculite and peat are not available, although I used vermiculite as a packing material for some boxes I shipped. I bought some compost and had very limited success. None of the stems of plants thickened up enough to support the plant well and the plant could only support 1 fruit at a time.

I didn't have access to manure and I think that's what is needed. Plenty of green for compost, but not enough brown and no manure. My next trip I'm going to see if I can find manure.

Kay

sonia321 7/8/2014, 4:00 am

Hello to all ! I am sonia from india and new here on this forum. Happy discussions to all

**sanderson** 7/8/2014, 4:12 am

Sonia, Welcome to the Forum! Very Happy

$glad you\'re here$ Please share photos of what you are doing in the garden. We love photos!

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