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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Ang pagtatanim ng kabute ay kapaki-pakinabang. Ito ay inihanay na sa kalipunan ng mga gulay at ibinibilang na isa sa mga masustansyang pagkain. Hindi nangangailangan ng malaking lugar at hindi gugugol ng mahabang panahon sa pagtatanim.
Alternative Feeds for Poultry and Pig
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008If you keep chickens or ducks or pigs, getting enough feed can sometimes be a challenge. There may be a shortage of feed in your country. Or it may simply be that animal feed is too expensive to buy. So you have to find some different, cheaper feeds.
Maria Elena Gonzalez reports that in Cuba when [...]
Milking Profits from the Carabao
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008“I am a fan of gatas ng kalabaw (carabao milk) and its by-products. Being a local of Los Baños, where the Dairy Training Research Institute (DTRI) is located, carabao’s milk and its by-products like kesong puti (white cheese) and pastillas de leche (milk candy) sold along the streets is a common sight. I remember when [...]
Young Corn Production Guide
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Young cob corn (Zea mays L.), the newly developed corn, has been used by Chinese as vegetable for generations and this practice has spread to other Asian countries. It is used as ingredient in most food preparations. It has nutritive value similar to that of non-legume vegetable such as cauliflower, tomato, cucumber and cabbage (Yodpetch [...]
Growing Black Pepper
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Planting pepper is a lifetime livelihood if well developed. If the soil is good and care is good, the quality of the harvest is likewise good and so commands a good price in the market. When harvest is poor, even the stems of this plant, when dried, can also be used and sold including the [...]
How to Grow Grapes in the Philippines
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Grapes can be grown in the Philippines. This has been proven in Arevalo, Iloilo, La Union and Cebu (where they have been growing grapes since 1950). There are many varieties that we can grow here. Grapes like loose, deep soil with a ph lower than 5, so the application of lime helps. It is also [...]
Growing Peanuts
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Peanuts can be grown and made to bear fruit the whole year. A planter can harvest two times or more a year if this cultivation is good and the soil is fertile. Because there is always a big demand for peanuts, the planter is sure to earn. Among legumes, peanut is highest in minerals and [...]
Growing Sweet Potato or Kamote
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Planting
There is one way of planting sweet potato (camote) that has been tried that can make it yield 20% more than the ordinary way of planting. In the manner tried, the stems to be planted are taken from healthy plants, two to three months old. The cut stems to be planted are watered first, then [...]
Growing Potato
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Planting potatoes using growths has been tried and found better than using the root crop itself. The former is more productive and grows faster. This is possible with the varieties Ackersegen and Mariella.
How to Grow Garlic or Bawang
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Garlic grows well in clay, alluvial and sandy loam soils. Sandy loam, properly applied with fertilizer, generally produces big, compact and heavy bulbs of good quality. Heavier soils such as clay loam also give profitable yields if they are cultivated and fertilized properly. Garlic requires cool weather during the early stage of growth thus [...]
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