Thanks sir for the. Video I'm a retired Govt Employee and I started planting cacao when I am still active in the service most of my old trees almost more than 30 years but don't know the variety now thanks to DA and DTI trainings I have now new plantation of identified certified varieties given by DA.Thanks for your channel am your new subscriber I just wish more younger farmer like you to engage in farming for better Philippines.
Great Video for beginer like me. Actually I am professional teacher in school for Robotics lesson. Now I am old enough ( 74 ) and step into plantations. My first plantions are Fruits and vegetables such as Banana Cabbage and Chillie. I have zero knowledge of my time passing job. Viewing in TH-cam videos mostly from Philippines expart and farmers uploaded. Especially Banana platations so now I do well with my small farm. Fortunately because of my success story my friend from our church council gave me her Cacao farm newly planted but not yet complete. Actually their family main business was rice mills and many others so no man power to take care of Cacao farm. That's why I can get it. As per this video teaching me, I am dare to take responsibility to get green and having good quality fruits. Thank you so much for original uploader for this Cacao lesson. I am sure will come with my questions or query for my new farm. Advance wishing you all "" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021 "". May God Bless all of you. This is Harry from Chiang Rai - Thailand.
Hi Harry from Thailand 😊 thank you for your message and for watching our videos. We truly appreciate your comments. We will try our best to put out more videos so more can learn🥰 In the meantime good luck on your cacao journey 🍫❤️
I have around 10 cacao tress in my small farm and all your videos are very informative. We have been making our own tableyas for 6 yrs - for home consumption and gifts to neybors and friends. Thank you for all these very useful information.❤️
I have been tracking cacao futures prices over the last year and they recently went from $3000 USD per Ton to $10,000 USD per ton. Do you see this price increase in your local market?
New subscriber here, kka harvest lng namin ng mga cacao, 5 trees lng meron kami pero ang damu ng mga bunga, its really inspiring to see this video, may potential pla
Thank you Honey for watching our videos and commenting. We truly appreciate the support ninyo dito sa TH-cam channel namin. I think lahat po may potential it is what we do with this potential that is more exciting for us. We are happy to hear maraming bunga ang cacao ninyo maam. Good Luck sa inyong Cacao journey.
@@cacaocultureph I am fascinated with all the scientific information you presented in this video and other related videos. They are well researched. Thanks for sharing you knowledge. By the way, i just found your channel. I am a new subscriber. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for the video. My family has roughly 32 acres in Central America, Honduras close to its largest lake. I’m really interested in learning about possibly growing Cacao. But I have ZERO agricultural experience. Do you have any books or resources you recommend??
Sobrang nakakainspire Po tlga kayo. Kami Rin Ng husband ko gusto magstart Ng cacao farming from bean to bar. Any tips saan pwede mag seminar? From north kmi, sa La Union. :)
Thank you so much for this video! This is very helpful. We are planning to start a cacao farm. May I know if you are selling cacao seedlings? If so, where is the exact location, what is the variety, how old and how much is the seedling? Thank you!
Good day, sir! Is cacao better grown in an upland soil? If so, why? I'm looking at making an undergrad thesis about land suitability for cacao here in Bulacan and your response will be of great help for my study. Thank you, sir! More power!
Mid land around 600m-800m above sea level is ideal. higher than that you may see decline in productivity. These are based on research done by scientists
Thank you very much sir Ken! This is very informative. We are planning to get started also with cacao agribusiness, you have provided very useful information. Cheers for sharing!
As an intercrop strategy i think that’s ok in the beginning however once the cacao trees grow the canopy would cover the papaya trees. We did banana intercropping early on and now our banana production is now limited to the perimeter of our farm
Good seeds for planting you need to start with cacao variety with big seeds as your root stock. Then you let it grow and select those seedlings that grew poorly and take them out of the lot (this process is called culling) , leaving only the best growing seedlings to be planted on your farm. Usually people don’t want to waste the seedlings they planted that’s why they want to plant all of it in the farm (even the bad ones) so they end up with poor growing trees
I am not sure about this question. I heard that it is not advisable because there will be water buildup eventually during rainy season and will not go well for your cacao and banana. Unless you dump a lot soil on it but that might be expensive to do. This is just what we heard in our circle of friends, I do not know anyone who has tried it. Hope that our answer helps you out
Do you mean intercrop in an already existing rubber plantation? I think the tall rubber trees and planting distance in a rubber plantation is not necessarily conducive condition for Cacao Trees to prosper. This is just our opinion. You can do further research on this. Good luck on your cacao journey
We mentioned this in a different video. The answer is yes pwede mag tanim sa slope but it will be difficult pag harvest time po. Mahirapan po yung tao sa pag harvest. Medyo costly but if pipilitin mag tanim sa slope i suggest parang rice terraces style to prevent erosion and easier farm management
I want to grow some at home and don't know the variety these seeds were from. Someone gave a pod to my cousin and her kids ate it and she gave us the seeds. Guess I'll find out when they finally bear fruit.
Common practice around here is put plastic covering to protect the Cacao Pods from pod borers (pest). It is one practice that is not eco-friendly and personally we are looking at possible working alternatives for our farm.
Cacao Culture oh okay! Here at Costs Rica we have a fungus (Monilia) that kills a lot of cacao, is that the same pest over there? You can try with a bio degradable plastic to be more eco friendly.
Joel Gaggstatter it not the same. Pod borers are insect that goes into the cacao pod fruit and lays its eggs inside destroying the fruit and multiplies and infest the farm😭
Hi thanks for watching the videos and supporting the channel. If the farm is maintained properly i would say around 95% but you can always improve and replace the unproductive trees
Hi Chester, thanks for watching the video and supporting the channel. for trainings in bukidnon I do not have an exact idea who does trainings there but definitely try to get in touch with your local DA office or DTI office to check. Good luck on your cacao journey
Hy guys, we are cacao farmers and at the beginning the yield was good, but then due to increasing rain intensity, the result has been really bad, like the fruit will turn black before it can be harvested, any tips on dealing this?
i have found some old cacao around Lipa and wanted to plant ONLY these old varieties, would it be possible? and i dont have any intention to plant other than these native cacao around here from seeds, thank you so much
Hi Aureliano, thank you for watching our video and commenting and asking us questions. For this question. We started out as a cacao seedling nursery operator in 2016. We sold it to other farmers as well as used our own seedlings sa farm. We stopped our seedlings operations in 2019 to focus on the farm and our products.
very informative. could i know how much was your initial investment for a three ha cacao farm? can you give us idea about the financial aspect of your cacao farm. start up costs.
Hi thank you for watching our videos. We personally refrain from sharing detailed numbers because we know that not all factors will be the same for everyone. We might do a video on our own breakdown but i'll have to dig on our records from 2017. But I am fairly certain that a good guide/estimate of cost would be 300-500 pesos per tree for initial startup cost. (1 hectare 1,100 trees). I hope that this answer has helped you. Good luck on your cacao journey.
Is it advisable to plant cacao trees in between coconut trees because here in our area, coconut is the major product and is very abundant. Looking forward for your response sir. Thank you in advance
Thanks sir for the. Video I'm a retired Govt Employee and I started planting cacao when I am still active in the service most of my old trees almost more than 30 years but don't know the variety now thanks to DA and DTI trainings I have now new plantation of identified certified varieties given by DA.Thanks for your channel am your new subscriber I just wish more younger farmer like you to engage in farming for better Philippines.
Great Video for beginer like me. Actually I am professional teacher in school for Robotics lesson. Now I am old enough ( 74 ) and step into plantations. My first plantions are Fruits and vegetables such as Banana Cabbage and Chillie. I have zero knowledge of my time passing job. Viewing in TH-cam videos mostly from Philippines expart and farmers uploaded. Especially Banana platations so now I do well with my small farm. Fortunately because of my success story my friend from our church council gave me her Cacao farm newly planted but not yet complete. Actually their family main business was rice mills and many others so no man power to take care of Cacao farm. That's why I can get it. As per this video teaching me, I am dare to take responsibility to get green and having good quality fruits.
Thank you so much for original uploader for this Cacao lesson. I am sure will come with my questions or query for my new farm.
Advance wishing you all "" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021 "". May God Bless all of you. This is Harry from Chiang Rai - Thailand.
Hi Harry from Thailand 😊 thank you for your message and for watching our videos. We truly appreciate your comments.
We will try our best to put out more videos so more can learn🥰
In the meantime good luck on your cacao journey 🍫❤️
I have around 10 cacao tress in my small farm and all your videos are very informative. We have been making our own tableyas for 6 yrs - for home consumption and gifts to neybors and friends. Thank you for all these very useful information.❤️
Love this! Thanks for sharing. Yes continue to spread love and chocolates 😉🍫🇵🇭
Great presentation… very informative
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for creating this video. Very helpful and informative.
Well presented and easy to understand. Thank you so much
You’re welcome ☺️
Hi dear you are just amazing , thank you so much , I am starting a plantation in Indonesia
Good luck on your cacao journey 🍫
Thanks watching from Uganda.its interesting
Interesting to cacao farm
Thank you
dude, you are going to have a wonderful year this year!
Thank you 😊 we wish you a wonderful year as well 🥰
I have been tracking cacao futures prices over the last year and they recently went from $3000 USD per Ton to $10,000 USD per ton. Do you see this price increase in your local market?
Your explanation is very clear and good. You gave me encouragements...
Thanks for watching our videos and supporting the channel 😊
Thanks for your time, please here in Nigeria did your cacao it's is different from your's
salamat sa input sir the best gud kaau ang davao in terms of agri..
You’re welcome. ☺️
I like it. I want to learn more about planting a cacao.
Thanks sir for educating cacao farming.
You’re welcome Audrey🥰
Nice po best daming tanim cacao informative din po
thank you maam
Glad I found this video! Thank you! Currently we are in a very small tablea-making business. Excited for possibilities.
Best of luck!
God bless you sir, from Kiotoy, Panabo South
Salamat sa inspirasyon. Hope makabiki ng seedlings po.
Very much important information
Thanks Patrick for watching our videos and supporting the channel
Kakasimula ko lang magtanim taga Nueva Vizcaya po thanks po very informative po salamat
Thank you maam Janice for supporting the channel 😊 good luck sa inyong pagtatanim
Thank you for the information. We plan to plant cacao in La Union. I just subscribed.
Thank you. Good luck on your journey
Tanks for sharing..
You’re welcome 😊 we appreciate your support of the channel
Very informative video! Can't wait to be back in Davao. A cacao farmer and processor here form Tuguegarao
Thanks Mark Anthony for watching our videos and supporting the channel. Good luck po sa atin mga cacao farmers. 😍
wow san ang farm mo sa tugue sir.. taga balzain lang ako.. :-)
@@jeifcanapi3069 Backyard lang po sa Gosi Sur Dun na rin ako nag proprocess :)
Just subscribed!
Clear, direct , informative!
Thank you po!
Thank you maam Mellany 🥰
Watching from Bohol
Very good advice thanks
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and supporting our channel!
Thank you so.much you are an inspiration. Will plant cacao in our farm. This is great. Liked and subbed.
Thanks for the support sir🥰
Thank you Sir. Ganda ng explanations.
Salamat and thank you sa pag support sa channel
Wow i also like CACAO farming
Good luck on your cacao journey
very informative...thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel
thanks po..very informative..from Davao city din po ako
Hi Georgy, thanks for watching and supporting our channel. Madayaw Davao Life is Here haha. Daghang salamat sa suporta. 😍😍🍫
Watching from Cameroon,soon to go in cacao farming
Amazing! Good Luck on your cacao journey!
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel Teghen.
Very good...
Thanks watching our video and supporting our channel.😍🍫
New subscriber here, kka harvest lng namin ng mga cacao, 5 trees lng meron kami pero ang damu ng mga bunga, its really inspiring to see this video, may potential pla
Thank you Honey for watching our videos and commenting. We truly appreciate the support ninyo dito sa TH-cam channel namin. I think lahat po may potential it is what we do with this potential that is more exciting for us.
We are happy to hear maraming bunga ang cacao ninyo maam. Good Luck sa inyong Cacao journey.
Thank you sir
You’re welcome ☺️
Thanks a lot
You’re welcome
I love your presentation.... Nice video.. Nigerian interested in starting a cocoa farm
Thank you Sean
hi Po, where to buy cacao seedlings Po?
Thank you for knowwledge Sir ❤❤❤
You’re welcome! 😊 thank you for watching
just subscribed! thanks for this very insightful channel!! i'm learning so much!!!
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel 🥰🍫🇵🇭
this is my Dream Business 🥰
Good luck on your cacao journey
Thanks for the info
No problem 👍
Great video! Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!😍
@@cacaocultureph I am fascinated with all the scientific information you presented in this video and other related videos. They are well researched. Thanks for sharing you knowledge.
By the way, i just found your channel. I am a new subscriber.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you Tess for supporting the channel 🥰
Very interesting
Thank you for your insight. can you shipout your variety to Bohol?
Sir, thank you for sharing. Well explained.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching the video and supporting our channel😍
Thanks alot brother
No worries
Thank you so much for the video. My family has roughly 32 acres in Central America, Honduras close to its largest lake. I’m really interested in learning about possibly growing Cacao. But I have ZERO agricultural experience. Do you have any books or resources you recommend??
Great video !!
Thank you for watching our videos and supporting the channel 🍫😊🇵🇭
Thank you very much, very informative pls continue to make videos
Thank you Lilibeth for the wonderful feedback 🥰 We will try our best to make more informative videos about cacao and chocolate 🍫
More information on fermenting and drying process
In the upcoming season i should start cocoa farming
Good luck on your cacao journey
Excellent video and very informative for individuals like me who want to try out cacao farming. Subscribed! 🙂 keep it up 👍
Thank you sir Jose. We appreciate the support and your feedback. 🍫🇵🇭🥰
Please make a video on the difference between the cacao seedlings plant and cacao grafted plant ,which one is better?
Will make one soon. But to answer your question. Grafted is better
Sobrang nakakainspire Po tlga kayo. Kami Rin Ng husband ko gusto magstart Ng cacao farming from bean to bar. Any tips saan pwede mag seminar? From north kmi, sa La Union. :)
More videos pls😘
We will try to have more videos uploaded soon
Thank you so much for this video! This is very helpful. We are planning to start a cacao farm. May I know if you are selling cacao seedlings? If so, where is the exact location, what is the variety, how old and how much is the seedling? Thank you!
Good day, sir!
Is cacao better grown in an upland soil? If so, why?
I'm looking at making an undergrad thesis about land suitability for cacao here in Bulacan and your response will be of great help for my study. Thank you, sir! More power!
Mid land around 600m-800m above sea level is ideal. higher than that you may see decline in productivity. These are based on research done by scientists
Great info. Well done!
Thank you for the feedback ❤️ and appreciate you watching the videos and supporting the channel.🇵🇭🍫
Thank you very much sir Ken! This is very informative. We are planning to get started also with cacao agribusiness, you have provided very useful information. Cheers for sharing!
Thanks joey for supporting the channel. Good luck on your cacao adventure 🍫😊
Hello 👋 we have a few cacao trees, im wondering if we can still prune this time of the year, it just started to rain
Hi. Thanks for the great video. Does papaya tree grow well with cacao tree?
As an intercrop strategy i think that’s ok in the beginning however once the cacao trees grow the canopy would cover the papaya trees.
We did banana intercropping early on and now our banana production is now limited to the perimeter of our farm
Interesting, how can I know or select good seed from a pot of cacao
Good seeds for planting you need to start with cacao variety with big seeds as your root stock. Then you let it grow and select those seedlings that grew poorly and take them out of the lot (this process is called culling) , leaving only the best growing seedlings to be planted on your farm.
Usually people don’t want to waste the seedlings they planted that’s why they want to plant all of it in the farm (even the bad ones) so they end up with poor growing trees
Where do you sell the beans? Do you process the beans at all?
We occasionally sell some of our beans but more often we us them up to produce our tablea and other products
Very informative sir.hope to start my own cacao farm as well. Please send me where to avail the seedlings? Thank you sir.
hello sir... where can we buy good cacao seedlings and how much?
Very good.please provide video on grafted and purely seed propagated cocoa.
Thanx
Thanks Alex for watching our videos. We will make more videos and some about propagated cacao soon.
Happy Holidays.
cacao seedlings pls.
Well done.... What is a nice size farm to start with?
For cacao it’s around 3-5 hectares. If less than that we should think of other crops that could maximize profitability in a smaller space
@@cacaocultureph Great and thank you for the reply. I have another question, is dried out rice land a good place to farm banana and cacao trees??
I am not sure about this question. I heard that it is not advisable because there will be water buildup eventually during rainy season and will not go well for your cacao and banana. Unless you dump a lot soil on it but that might be expensive to do.
This is just what we heard in our circle of friends, I do not know anyone who has tried it. Hope that our answer helps you out
@@cacaoculturephI I see your point, and Thanks you for your reply.
very very informative and to the point . iam really impressed . god bless you all. dipak
Thank you for supporting the channel 😍
Hi, thank you for the very informative information. Can you tell me the net profit per hectare?
What a great video! I just would like to ask you a question if the cocoa can be planted in rubber farm?
Do you mean intercrop in an already existing rubber plantation? I think the tall rubber trees and planting distance in a rubber plantation is not necessarily conducive condition for Cacao Trees to prosper.
This is just our opinion. You can do further research on this. Good luck on your cacao journey
Watching from Bukidnon. Soon i will be grow cacao too
Thanks Albert for watching and supporting the channel. Good luck to you sir on your cacao journey
i would like to be your first buyer : )
@@wildoutstandingworld4066 sure sir
@@Albert_Saburnido Do you have an instagram or somehing where we can communicate?
How long a cacao produce fruit after planting from seed.
Seed to seedling before planting sa field - 6-7 months
Field planting to growth before being able to have initial harvest - 2.5 years to 3 years
Can you share when to so pruning or how often it is done and the proper procedure?
Like cocoa farming
Watching from somalia
Thank you for watching and supporting our channel! Hello from the Philippines!🍫🇵🇭
I would like to start cacao farm
I don't heve idea
Give me you phone plz
Thank you po sa video sir. Saan po kaya merong seminar dito sa Davao city po?
Hi I highly appreciate your knowledge. I'm from Liberia West Africa. How can I get your help to plan
You’re welcome
Pwede po mag tanim sa mejo uphill na lugar at may mga niyog na matatayog na
We mentioned this in a different video.
The answer is yes pwede mag tanim sa slope but it will be difficult pag harvest time po. Mahirapan po yung tao sa pag harvest.
Medyo costly but if pipilitin mag tanim sa slope i suggest parang rice terraces style to prevent erosion and easier farm management
Thanks sir
I live in Africa, I was wondering if you do exports Cocoa seed nursing?
Hi emma. So sorry we do not do seedlings anymore. We focus now on making chocolates
I want to grow some at home and don't know the variety these seeds were from. Someone gave a pod to my cousin and her kids ate it and she gave us the seeds. Guess I'll find out when they finally bear fruit.
That will definitely take awhile 😊
@@cacaocultureph yeah. No one sells cuttings around here. Hopefully these seeds surprise me with something good LOL
Good day. you're location please. For now what's the best cacao varieties that are resistance to diseases and that more yields
Great info. Question, why you put plastic bags around the cacao pods?
Common practice around here is put plastic covering to protect the Cacao Pods from pod borers (pest). It is one practice that is not eco-friendly and personally we are looking at possible working alternatives for our farm.
Cacao Culture oh okay! Here at Costs Rica we have a fungus (Monilia) that kills a lot of cacao, is that the same pest over there? You can try with a bio degradable plastic to be more eco friendly.
Joel Gaggstatter it not the same. Pod borers are insect that goes into the cacao pod fruit and lays its eggs inside destroying the fruit and multiplies and infest the farm😭
Hi po, saan po ba makakakuha ng seedling po dito sa mindanao, specifically in Cagayan de oro or near in misamis oriental? Thanks po, God Bless🙏
Sir, please tell me, Which is better more the grafted or seedling...?
Grafted is better sir. Hope that helps
Is the earthworms soil is good for the cocoa plants? Can we use plant food to get a higher quality cocoa plant?
If you have vermicast sure.
Very informative video, thanks. How many of these 1000 seedlings per ha usually grows to harvest process ?
Hi thanks for watching the videos and supporting the channel. If the farm is maintained properly i would say around 95% but you can always improve and replace the unproductive trees
@@cacaocultureph thanks for answering )
@@МаркС-е3д You are welcome
thanks for the video sir, can you recommend a seminar to start cacao farming in Bukidnon?
Hi Chester, thanks for watching the video and supporting the channel. for trainings in bukidnon I do not have an exact idea who does trainings there but definitely try to get in touch with your local DA office or DTI office to check. Good luck on your cacao journey
Hy guys, we are cacao farmers and at the beginning the yield was good, but then due to increasing rain intensity, the result has been really bad, like the fruit will turn black before it can be harvested, any tips on dealing this?
i have found some old cacao around Lipa and wanted to plant ONLY these old varieties, would it be possible? and i dont have any intention to plant other than these native cacao around here from seeds, thank you so much
Yes it’s possible
my man got me understanding tagolag
Hahaha thanks Dustin for supporting the channel. Learning about cacao and tagalog at the same time😂🍫🇵🇭
Sir, are you selling grafted cacao, or where did you buy your seedlings? Thanks.
Hi Aureliano, thank you for watching our video and commenting and asking us questions.
For this question. We started out as a cacao seedling nursery operator in 2016. We sold it to other farmers as well as used our own seedlings sa farm. We stopped our seedlings operations in 2019 to focus on the farm and our products.
@@cacaocultureph Thanks.
I monitor your conservation, but I have my own farm that I establishing I need help living in the rural areas of Liberia
We own a corn farm. Plan to convert it to cacao farm..
Good luck on the journey.
very informative. could i know how much was your initial investment for a three ha cacao farm? can you give us idea about the financial aspect of your cacao farm. start up costs.
Hi thank you for watching our videos. We personally refrain from sharing detailed numbers because we know that not all factors will be the same for everyone. We might do a video on our own breakdown but i'll have to dig on our records from 2017.
But I am fairly certain that a good guide/estimate of cost would be 300-500 pesos per tree for initial startup cost. (1 hectare 1,100 trees). I hope that this answer has helped you. Good luck on your cacao journey.
Is it advisable to plant cacao trees in between coconut trees because here in our area, coconut is the major product and is very abundant. Looking forward for your response sir. Thank you in advance
Yes, absolutely. There are programs that pushes for intercropping of coconut and cacao trees!
How much the cost of cacao farming in 1 hectare? Thank you
How many years will bear fruit the grafted cacao?
And how many years will bear fruit the non grafted cacao?