Tambayan ng Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pilipinas
PEPPER
Planting pepper is a lifetime livelihood if well developed. If the soil is good and care is good,
thequality 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 chaff when powdered. Although these are not so strong in taste as the fruit itself, they are
nevertheless sought because of the aroma they to the food. So even the powdered pulp get
sold.
PLANT WATER MELON THE PROPER WAY
October is the right time for planting watermelon, (not in December when the thrips come out)
usually just after the palay harvest when the soil still retains moisture.
Watermelon likes clay-loam soil with good irrigation and drainage.
1. Plant seeds 3 in a hill, with canals in between rows to facilitate drainage. In an area of
2,000 square meters, 1000 hills can be made. If the seeds do not germinate, put seeds again
in each hill.
PLANT PEANUTS
Peanut can be grown and made to bear fruit the whole year. A planter can harvest two times
or more a year if his 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 in Vitamins B content and has 26%
protein. Every gram of peanut contains 5.4 calories. It is said that a half kilo of peanut, more or
less, equals one-half kilo of milk or three eggs of moderate size. And even if it brings high
calories, it has cholesterol.
YOUNG CORN
Young, immature corn is a specialty in Asia, which is becoming known in developed countries.
This is exportable to USA and Australia, which countries import this commodity from Taiwan
and Thailand.
Young-corn is as young as four days (4) days from emerged, 2 days after the hair appears.
measures about 4-11 cm long 1- 1.8 cm in circumference, and weighs about 14 grams when
removed from the stem.
This harvested 43-57 days after planting. It can grow in any kind of soil and climate the year
round, and does not need mush pesticide.
If the place is irrigated or the region has constant rainfall, young corn can be harvested four
times a year. The stem and leaves after the crop is harvested serve well as food for animals
(fodder) for cows and carabaos.
A hectare of land can accommodate about 120,000 plants and this provides about 46 tons of
fodder.
from: Greenfields January 1