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Wood Vinegar Uses

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Clavier Mendoza

Crops: Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots

Clavier Mendoza has been farming for 30 years. He started using wood vinegar in a trial after observing deteriorated soil which resulted in many problems with the crops’ health. He continues this trials for 5 months and saw that wood vinegar significantly helped reduce the incidence of pests. The initial application consisted of 5 to 8 tablespoons wood vinegar, 3 tablespoons of insecticide (Fenvalerate), all mixed into 16 liters of water. This was applied during the cauliflower seedling stage. He later increased the dosage of wood vinegar to 10 tablespoons when the crops reached the vegetative stage.

Results from 5-month trial:

Broccoli NOT treated with Wood Vinegar

Broccoli treated with Wood Vinegar

Leonard Valdez

Crops: Chrysanthemum, and Celery

Leonard Valdez has been a farmer for 15 years and has been using wood vinegar for the past year. He only uses wood vinegar during the vegetative stage. During this stage, he mixed 2 tablespoons of wood vinegar with 3 tablespoons of pesticides. However, he said that the dosage of wood vinegar may vary depending on the strength of the pesticide being used.

Valdez gave the following feedback:

Stember Ngayaan

Product: Compost (enriched soil)

Stember Ngayaan uses wood vinegar to facilitate composting. On beans, he uses a dosage of 2 cups (650ml) wood vinegar per 16 liters of water.

While using this regimen, he noticed the following changes:

Satur Bulay

Crop: Potato

Satur Bulay has been farming for almost 7 years. After some positive results sparked his interest in wood vinegar, he started to use it on his potato farm. He uses a mixture of 180 ml of wood vinegar and 2 tablespoons of insecticide (Fenvalerate), which is diluted in 16 liters of water. This solution is then sprayed on the potatoes once every 7 days.

He observed:

Sotero Capsuyan

Crops: Cabbage, carrots, potatoes and lettuce

Sotero Capsuyan has been farming for 35 years. He heard about wood vinegar at a seminar in 2010. He believes wood vinegar is a big labor reducer for his family. He applied wood vinegar on cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and lettuce, spraying once a week at five-to-seven day intervals.

He noted the following results:

Sotero continues to use wood vinegar. He firmly believes that wood vinegar will bring fertility to the soil. He will also be creating his own compost using wood vinegar.

Rudy Atas

Crop: Bell Pepper

Farmer Atas used wood vinegar on bell peppers. He started spraying wood vinegar during the crops’ seedling stage, and continued the applications until the beginning of their fruiting stage. He combined 90 ml of wood vinegar, 1 tablespoon of fungicide, and 1 tablespoon of insecticide. This mixture was diluted with 16 liters of water. He sprayed the solution on his bell peppers at a 14-day interval.

After spraying, he had observed the following results on his bell peppers:

Shirley Palaway

Product: Anthurium

Palaway started planting anthurium last 2007. She also plants sayote, coffee, citrus, banana, cucumber, garden peas, tomatoes and beans. Palaway and her husband became interested in wood vinegar and brought home a sample and applied it to their backyard garden. The ratio she used was 750 ml wood vinegar to 16 liters of water, which was used on a weekly interval.