April 11, 2010 – Page 2 – Philippine Tambayan

WHEAT

WHEAT

Can we grow wheat in the Philippines? According to agriculturist from the U.P. at Los Baños,

wheat CAN BE GROWN and made to bear grains in the Philippines in the following manner:

1. Wheat likes hot days and cold night and adequate rains.

2. This can be planted in elevated soil, in 2 rows.

3.The fertilizer it likes best is 100-60-60. The maximum harvest reached is 100 kilos per

hectare or according to variety.

4. The effective herbicides against weeds are Machete 6 EC and 2, 4-D ipe.

5. Sorghum can be planted together with wheat.

From: PCARRD Farmnews February 1984

BELL PEPPER

There are two kinds of bell pepper- one is the pungent kind and the other not. The first is used

in food manufacturing where they are processes as spice and sold as food condiments. The

other, non pungent, is the ordinary kind sold in markets.

A hectare of pepper can accommodate 27,600 plants that are about 60 cm apart from each

other.

CHAYOTE

Chayote is a climbing plant that can be rise as high as 12 meters. Its leaves are heart-shape,

10-25 cm wide and with tendrils on the stem. The flowers are cream-colored or somewhat

green that come out beneath a leaf or branch. If the plant is male, the flower are in cluster; if

female, the flowers come singly. The fruit, light green, is elongated with one end narrower

than the other, with deep ridges lengthwise.

GROW BIGGER BANANA FRUITS

1. Apply plenty of compost in the hole where the banana shoot will be planted.

2. Always water the plant.

3. Remove the weeds around it; vegetables may be planted around the plant in the first sixmonths.

4. Allow only one shoot to grow in every plant when it is about 6 months old.

5. After harvesting the bunch, remove the plant and allow the upcoming shoot to grow.

6. Don’t allow any banana plant to fall.

7. Take care of every bunch of bananas by enveloping it in plastic or with banana leaves.

from PCARRD Farmnews Sept-Oct 1991