Pond preparation and food requirements
1. Carry out thorough pond preparation such as crack drying, liming and tilling once a year.
2. Prepare the ponds grown with lab-lab before fish stocking.
3. Apply organic and inorganic fertilizer to stimulate growth of natural food organisms.
4. Extend pond preparation and food growing in grow-out ponds to 45 days to allow more time for the abundant growth of lab-lab.
Schedule pond preparation and food growing
ACTIVITIES CUMULATIVE DAYS FOR
COMPLETION OF ACTIVITIES
1 Pond draining, soil sealing, leveling and repair. 1
2. Pond drying. 2-7
3. Gate screening 2
4. Pest and predator control 2
5. liming (optional for low pH) 2
6. Washing 7
7. Organic fertilization (2 tons/ha) 8
8. First water intake, 5 cm 8
9. Evaporation 8-17
10. Inorganic fertilization 3 sacks/ha 21-0-0 11
11. second water intake, 10 cm 18
12. fertilizer dressing, 25 kg/ha 16-20-0 18
13. third water intake 14 cm 25
14. Fertilizer dressing, 25kg/ha, 46-0-0 25
15. Fourth water intake, 20 cm 32
16. fertilizer dressing 25kg/ha 16-20-0
17. fifth water intake, 25 cm 39
18. Fertilizer dressing 25kg/ha, 16-20-0 39
19. sixth water intake, 30 cm 45
20 fish stocking 46
source: Semi intensive culture of milkfish brochure , DA
