Day: April 17, 2010

Other Means of Fertilizing the Soil

Other Means of Fertilizing the Soil

 

1.       Planting Legumes: Plant mongo, soybeans, ipil-ipil, or similar legumes in areas where other plants are growing. After harvesting the fruits of these legumes, their roots leave nutrients in the soil that will benefit the next crop to be planted in their place, such as rice, corn, sugar cane, pineapple or the like. The plants to be grown in this place must be rotated as some plants use more of certain soil nutrients than others do. In this way, a rotation of different crops will be using the nutrients to the best  advantage. Continue reading “Other Means of Fertilizing the Soil”

Rubber tree

Rubber tree

 

World demands for rubber is big, but hardly met. In our modern times, almost everything has some use for rubber. But no tall places in the world can grow the rubber tree, so it is in our hands to develop and enhance this industry.

 

Climate

 

Rubber needs a warm and humid climate (about 30-35’C) and uniform rainfall throughout the

year. It doesn’t like torrents of rain or long dry spells.

 

Soil

The soil good for rubber is the lowland soil that does not lodge water. It doesn’t grow in

mountainous regions.

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Castor

Castor

 

The word “castor” is more commonly known as purgative. Unknown to many, castor is seed

from vine that climbs as high as seven meters, and if allowed to the wild, can be a little tree.

The stems are green or getting yellowish and hollow, as they grow maturer or older. This

flourishes in the East and North Africa, Yemen, North and Middle East. This was cultured in

Egypt as early as 4000 B.C. and was brought to India and China about 618-906 A.D. Here in

the Philippines, it is said that it has been growing even before the coming of the Spaniard, but

has not been given attention because the fruits are small and there was no market for them. Continue reading “Castor”