Self-sufficient-farm diary #3: pineapples
Next after the bananas were the pinapples . When I arrived the others already had planted some. This is done by twisting of the green top of a pineapple fruit and just planting it in the soil. Currently me and my girlfriend live alone on the finca, which unfortenatle led to some works not beeing done in time. Same with the pineapples. They were totally overgrown. Also, it did not like the way they were planted. They were really close together and close to the bananas. Almost in the shadows of the palms. base situation My goal was to stretch them out, making it easier for them to get their nutrition and put them more in the direct sunlight, they like. First I started preparing the soil. This will be a pattern, which will repeat itself. The soil on the property is really acidic. I really need to do a test to know for shure, but my guess is around four to five on the pH-scale. We mix the soil with charcoal . This raises the pH and secondly puts carbon in it. Effects, that we welcome, si...