Tambayan ng Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pilipinas
SOY BEANS
World demand for soybean is great, and the Philippines is in fact spending billion of dollars for
its import. Some of the uses of soybeans are for the manufacture of sotanghon, tahu, tokwa,
bean curd, soy sauce, and beverage (like milk) any many others.
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.