So, what are the easy to grow fruits in the Philippines? The easy to grow fruits in the Philippines are;
- Mangoes
- Banana
- Avocado
- Santol
- Jackfruit
- Durian
- Papaya
- Guava
- Guyabano
- Coconut
Easy to Grow Fruits in the Philippines
1. Mangoes
"The National Fruit of the Philippines". The mangoes are growing throughout the country. The Philippines has a tropical climate in which it suits to grow mangoes.The mangoes has a heart shape like and has a delicious taste. You can find the mango capital of the Philippines in Guimaras. In that place you can taste the most sweetest mangoes in the country.
The mangoes are growing in most part of the country but in Guimaras will find the different taste of mangoes.
The mangoes are green when not ripe and yellow when fully ripe. There are varieties of mango in the Philippines the indian mango and carabao mango.
Why this fruit is easy to grow? Its because it grows well in the Philippines. As if you try to imagine in the most part of the country you will see mango tree.
The climate helps a lot because this fruit tree needs more sunlight and because of that sunlight it grows well.
To grow mangoes it needs more time and effort. It takes more years to grow and to harvest young mango fruit. You need to wait for almost 10+ years before you harvest the fresh young mango fruits.
2. Banana
The banana is one of a kind. This has many health benefits and it makes people happy.The banana fruit is also easy to grow in the Philippines. Like mangoes, banana also can be seen throughout the country. It easily grows and you can see banana tree any where else.
There are varieties of banana in the Philippines like Lakatan, Latundan, Señorita, and Saba.
Growing this fruit would be easy. You just need to get some small banana tree and then plant it on the ground. The more highier your soil the more better it will bear fruits.
As if you notice when the banana tree is planted on a flat ground it doesn't bear more fruits. But when you put more soil like a small hill it bear more banana. Also when the soil is regularly moist it also help for more fruits to show.
You can find out the most sweetest banana in the country. So try to grow banana fruit in your yard.
3. Avocado
The avocado also grows well in the country. Do you already know this fruit? Do you ever had experience to taste this?This fruit is sweet. It is green when not ripe and brown to red-violet color when totally ripe. The color of inside is green to yellowish. This has a big seed.
Growing this would be easy but you need to wait for years before you harvest the first fruit.
4. Santol
Santol is also a fruit grows well in the country. There are small and bigger size fruit. There are sweet and sour.The tropical climate helps this tree to grows well. It needs more sunlight to produce more healthy leaves and abundant fruits.
Many filipinos eat it, but do you know that it can be treat as vegetable? Filipinos use it in sinigang. Or they make it into tiny pieces and put some peppers. Through that they have now foods to eat.
Growing this fruits is easy but you need to wait for few more years before you harvest your fruits.
5. Jackfruit
Jackfruit or langka in tagalog. This is also a fruit which has a delicious taste. When it is ripe it is color yellow and the best to eat.The jackfruit also treated as vegetable. They remove the peel and make it into small pieces. Then they mix some coconut milk and cook. This is best when you mix some sardinas, so yummy.
Growing this from seeds is easy. You must dry it first under the sun and grow it first on some garnening plastic or containers before you plant on its final location. It needs more years before you harvest the fruit.
6. Durian
Durian mainly grows in Mindanao. It has some bad smell but it has a delicious taste.Many people wants this as really you will miss Philippines if you not eat durian.
Durian grows in Mindanao and that is only place we know. We don't know if some farmers grows in Vizayas and Luzon.
So we will update this if it is capable to grow durian in Luzon and Vizayas.
7. Papaya
Papaya is a fruit that grows in other parts of the world. This is also growing in the Philippines.Papaya grows well in a loam soil. It needs more sunlight to produce healthy leaves and abundant fruit production. The papaya tree can be treated as vegetable and fruit. Filipinos cooked the green papaya with coconut milk. They mix some sardinas bought from the store.
This is easy to grow because of the climate. There are bigger and smaller kind of papaya. There are tall and dwarf size varieties of papaya that you can plant in the country.
8. Guava
Guava or bayabas in tagalog. This is also easy to grow fruit in the country. There are bigger and smaller size guavas that you can find in the country. Guavas has a delicious taste and it also use to make guava jam.Aside from that it has many health benefits that can help to our body. This has a Vitamin C which is very important of our body to protect us from any kind of diseases.
The best way to grow this is through air layering or budding. In which you will pick some old small stem then remove the skin of it. After that put some plastic and put soil inside. Tie it with some string and water it after. After three months it will grow more roots and you can cut it from mother guava and plant it on the ground.
This grows well in the country but only some people are growing this as mostly are growing other kinds of fruit, vegetable, and flowers.
9. Guyabano
Guyabano or soursop has many health benefits. Some people say its a cancer cell killer, you can heal from cancer when you eat guyabano.This fruit has spiny fruit appearance but has soft thorns. It looks like a heart in some angles. The seeds of it is hard and color black.
The taste of it is sweet and sour. The tree is growing around 20 to 25 feet high.
Growing guyabano needs some effort. Growing the seeds doesn't have a guarante to have a high germination percentage. But the good thing is when you have the seedlings you can grow it well. Make sure to put it where the sunlight is abundant to have a maximum growth.
10. Lanzones
Lanzones is one of our favorite. We go to city just to buy this fruit. We have lanzones that time in our backyard but it doesn't bear fruits. Some said it is a male lanzones so it will not bear fruits.But if you still want to grow this fruit then you can. The climate is not a problem because you can get more sunlight in the Philippines. Plus apply fertilizer so that it will grow well.
The fruit of it is small and also have a little bit bigger size of seeds compare to the size of its fruit.
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