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Mokusaku Plant in OPAg

We installed Mokusaku Plant in OPAg, Office of Provincial Agriculturist. This plant is already 6th plant in Philippines. It's very good system to collect Mokusaku in Philippines. Because this system is using water to cool smoke. In Japan we have winter, so even if we don't have good cooling system, we can collect Mokusaku. But here, it's too hot to collect Mokusaku. So we must use something for cooling. Yokomori san saw this system in Paraguay. Then He duplicated in his Charcoal oven. ... It's very difficult to explain to control fire to make charcoal. And also we should make smoke slowly and long time. It's also difficult to control. So Yokomori san demonstrates on actual. And we must do, according to the situation. It is also difficult to explain and make manual. The care takers need to see his technologies for managing this plant.

Turning Compost

2 weeks ago, we conducted seminar and composting training in BSU. So we need to follow up the composting. We have to turn compost. to cool the heat, and to put air into compost. This day, the compost temperature was over 60 degrees centigrade. We turned. What is important is making cubic. Because if we make like mountain, the edge will not ferment well. And if we make cubic, the edge also ferment well. We need to press the edge by and by. ... On the processing, you may find white one. It is actinomyces. This micro-organisms are very beneficial for soil and compost. ... Almost once a week, depends on compost, we turn. After 5-6 times, we already can use the compost. When we make good compost, the half will be used for next composting. Because the compost has already a huge number of micro-organisms, which is beneficial one. If we use the compost for next composting, the fermentation will be faster. ... The compost is the most important and basic for farming.

Result of Soil Improvement

Please compare those pictures. It's same field. It is experimental Field for this project in BSU. First picture is showing uniformed plants. But the another picture is showing uneven plant. Some plant is growing well, but some are not. It is an effect of compost. We applied organic matter to the farm. The another was not applied. We left farm after last harvesting. We applied compost only 1-2 times for this area. The first one was applied compost every crop season. So already 3-4 times we applied, and big volume. ... If we can produce uniformed, we can harvest at once, and easy. And also we can manage schedule for planting, harvesting and other farm management. If we can harvest at once, insect and pest don't leave in the field. Because we can clean farm up at once. If we can make schedule for farming, we can estimate harvesting date, and amount. So rich soil fertility makes better quality products, but also uniformed products. It's the most important to apply compost and o...

Mokusaku Plant in Tublay

We installed Mokusaku plant in Tublay. Municipal Agriculturist in Tublay is very interested in Yokomori san's technology. So he was planning to mokusaku plant in Tublay. The project appreciated his activity. So we support themto plant Mokusaku plant. The location is Tublay Central, which is one of balangay in Tublay. We prepared stainless part of the plant and drum part for smoke generator. ... On the install, I feel how difficult is piling stone up for wall. It's like a puzzle. We have to find best place to stabilize all stones. And Stainless part had hole inside. We had to repair it at Black smith... ... At last we finished install. After install, we started to demonstrate for collecting Mokusaku. We started to burn. They were collecting branches of wood. So we could use wood to collect. During burning, it was strongly raining... We covered roof for rain. ... After 1 hour, Mokusaku was coming out. The first, the liquid is black. And strong smell. Later, the color was changing...

Mangan Tayo

To Continue

It is very difficult for us to continue. Why can we continue to have breakfast, lunch and dinner? Why cannot we continue to take medicine or some other healthy food every time? We know how important is to continue. But it's very difficult. anyone cannot do it easily. That's why if you continue, you can advance. ... My companion was talking about it. Also same in soil improvement. We know, everyone knows how important is soil improvement, and compost. But not so much people doesn't do actually. That's why if you keep to use compost, you can improve your soil, and produce better quality vegetable, and the vegetable are appreciated by consumers.

In Tublay