The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provides an online learning course for free especially for whose people who wants to be a fruit grower under the agriculture course.
We know that everybody of us needs food to eat. And those foods are coming from the nature. So we need more fruit grower who will plant more tree especially fruit tree. So here are the steps on how to apply on Tesda Online Course as a Fruit Grower under the Agriculture Course.

Here are the steps on how to register on tesda online course.

Step 1: Head to e-tesda.gov.ph You can spot the login link at the upper part of the website. Click that link.
Step 2: Create your TESDA Account for Free Step 3: Enroll your desired course
Step 4: Click your desired course
Step 5: Pick the link of the module of your choice Step 6: Click the "Enroll me in this course" button.

Anybody can join the tesda program agriculture course whether you are a student, undergraduate, OFW, out of school youth, a mother or a father etc,.

You can use cellphone, tablet, laptop or computer because the learning is through online. It's called elearning or self learning with a guide of the course.

Improve your self as a fruit grower and get a national certificate as soon as possible. You can go to the nearest Tesda Center in your location and get your Fruit Grower NC2.

For queries, you may contact the eTESDA Division:

Address:     PEVOTI Building, TESDA Complex,
                    East Service Road, Taguig City,
                    PH 1630
Phone:        (+632) 887-7777
E-mail:        tesdaonlineprogram@tesda.gov.ph

For more information visit tesda.gov.ph for more information.

Grab the opportunity and have a good job. Thanks for reading and hope you like this kind of article thanks once again.

Today, let us learn on how to prepare cakes with tesda online courses for free. Here are the steps on how to enroll on Tesda Online Courses.

Getting Bread and Pastry Production NCII is a great way to start of getting a job. It will also help you to cook cakes whenever you are at home. That's why Tesda offers free e-learning online.

Here are the steps on how to register on tesda online course.

• Step 1: Head to e-tesda.gov.ph You can spot the login link at the upper part of the website. Click that link.
• Step 2: Create your TESDA Account for Free Step 3: Enroll your desired course
• Step 4: Click your desired course
• Step 5: Pick the link of the module of your choice
• Step 6: Click the "Enroll me in this course" button.

Anybody can join the tesda program whether you are student, undergraduate, OFW, out of school youth and many more.

You need some gadgets in order to start. Cellphone, Tablet, Laptop and Computer will be fine. An internet connection also is needed.

Train your self at home or anywhereelse. It will sharpen your brain and improve your skills in baking cakes. Get your Bread and Pastry NCII after the course by going to the nearest Tesda Center and apply for National Certificate.

For queries, you may contact the eTESDA Division:

Address:     PEVOTI Building, TESDA Complex,
                    East Service Road, Taguig City,
                    PH 1630
Phone:        (+632) 887-7777
E-mail:        tesdaonlineprogram@tesda.gov.ph

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Today, know what are the best gardening tools. In gardening you can do it with just your bare hands but you can do it more faster, accurate, and effective when you use the tools needed. Having help from that will make your day best and enjoyable moment. Here are the list of best gardening tools.

Gardening tools hanging.

So, what are the best gardening tools? The 10 best gardening tools are shovel, rake, grab hoe, bolo, trowel, axe, seedbox, sprinkler, wheel borrow, and pick mattock.

You know now these best gardening tools but if you want some more information about these tools then read it below.

In gardening doing that effectively requires time, money, and effort. It will not grow and succes if no one else will do the work.

But aside from  that doing it will require gardening tools, this make sense in some more helpful ways. It helps you to do it faster.

Yes faster because you can not cut the grasses if you just use your bare hands. It will take more time. You can not cut woods if you will not use tools.

So gardening tools will definitely help. Use it to make your garden a beautiful and awesome. Here are the 10 best gardening tools you can use.

1. Shovel

I think you already see this. Shovel is a tool that uses to dig and get the soil. This also uses to transfer some material like soil in other places. It also uses to mix fertilizer and other product.

Shovel is a gardening tool that you can use in growing vegetables. When you are making a hole to start planting a tree you can use it definitely as you can make hole more faster.

This is easy to handle and easy to use. Just hold it on the handle and your one hand on the shovel's body and then start to mix or to cultivate the soil.

You can also use your feet. Put the shovel on the ground and put your feet on it. Then start to pull down your feet with force as it will go down to the ground and you can start to get some soil.

2. Grab Hoe

This grab hoe is also useful. In fact it is most commonly use gradening tool by the gardeners.

Grab Hoe is a tool which use to cultivate the soil. This tool make easy for planters to cultivate make, and form their garden plots.

Making plots requires a tool that will help to dig up the ground. It is easy to use as you just hold the handle of the grab hoe and start to cultivate or to dig up the soil.

It require force from your hand and body to really use it. Be careful with using these as if the head of the grab hoe can be loosen up and hurt you.

Be safe while using these and make your best vegetable garden.

3. Pick Mattock

We think you already experience it. When you cultivate the soil and you notice it there are big rocks on that place.

What you do is remove it. But in some time you can not remove it because its to heavy. This is a useful one.

Pick Mattock is a tool which use to break and turn into pieces the big rocks and big bunch of soil. When the rocks are there you can use these in your garden.

It required more force as to use it effectively and no accident will happen. The head of pick mattock is sharp and it can hurt you. Be careful in handling and using this.

It is recommended that if you are a girl who loves planting find someone else in the family or nearby a boy which can use the pick mattock.

You can use this also to turn the big bunch of soil into pieces. Make your plot free from bigger stack of soil and pulvirize it with pick mattock. You can also use your hand too.

4. Rake

When you are just making your vegetable garden, you will experince of the soil is not level. So to do this, you need rake.

Rake is a tool to level the soil. This tool also use to pull garbages or any unwanted material.

When you pulvirize the soil what you do next is to level it so that the plants will grow in a nice and good looking appearance.

This way you are also motivated more and also other people because seing beautiful things can make you happy.

Like you who are reading this is also beautiful girl or handsome boy. Haha. Ok lets continue.

To use rake hold the handle, put it on the ground (where the plot is being located), and then start it to level.

This will become more easy just hold it and pull. Hold it and then pull. Repeat that and it will now be level.

5. Trowel

Planting Bok Choy, tomato, spicies, eggplant, or someting vegetables you transplant need this gardening tool.

Trowel is a tool use to transplant vegetables and to cultivate the soil.

Making a seedbox where you sown or germinate the seeds and let it to grow enough and you will use this.

For example you grow some tomato seeds in seedbox and after that you need to transplant it with the use of trowel.

The tomato seedlings need to transfer in a new location where it will grow until it will bear some fruit.

This gardening tool is also use to cultivate the soil around the plant. This help the plants to get some oxygen in their roots which is very helpful.

Using this is easy as you just need to use your hand and then start to cultivate the soil. And that's it.

6. Bolo

Bolo is like a knife. The difference it is using for gardening and not for cooking. Unlike knife which is sharp the bolo is not so much sharp. It is a little dull for some.

The bolo is made up of metal and its handle is made up of wood. This gardening tool is use to cut and remove grasses. Yeah than to use your knife in the kitchen it will be worse. So use bolo in gardening.

How to use it? Simple hold the bolo on it's handle with your hand. Then when you see grasses, it is beautiful are you going to cut that? Maybe if you want.

Maybe if it will affect your plants, your vegetables in bad ways. But sometimes grasses makes surrounding beautiful. Just remove it when it will compet with your vegetables.

7. Axe

The seven (7) because of it's shape. The axe have a sharp pointed metal head which is use to cut primary woods.

When you are gardening, sometimes you encounter big woods that affects you to make your plots. You want it to remove and then use a tool. Axe is probably useful.

To use axe you need force in performing. Hold the axe handle with your two hands and then start to cut down the woods.

There are well detailed tutorial on the net but we think you already know on how to use axe so just continue and know more tools.

8. Seedbox

Seedbox or what we call seedtray. This tool is use to sown a seed or to germinate a seed before transplanting it to the ground.

There are vegetables or plants that need first to germinate and form into a seedlings then after that transplanting will happen. Doing this will help you to have a quality seedlings.

The seedlings that will turn into a plants or vegetable that will bear some good fruits. Not just that healty vegetables will bear more fruits than you never expect.

Some of that plants are eggplant, pechay, tomato, spicies, squash etc. Why this is use?

Simpe to attain a better production of vegetables. When the seeds are germinate on the seedbox you can see which are quality seeds, the quality plants based on the appearance.

How to use it. Put there a soil then put the seeds. After that water every seeds you plant with enough water.

9. Sprinkler

Watering your garden in fast mode, in easy mode will help using this tool. Sprinkler is a tool used in watering the plants.

This tool has opening in the top and also has a opening like a shower on the other side. You can put water inside and use it to water your vegetables.

Full this with water inside, after that start watering the plants. The water going out from the sprinkler are more enough for a little bit big plants. This can be useful in growing your garden. The plants will grow bigger and bigger.

Sprinkler however can not use in watering very small seedlings as it can damage it because the pressure is very strong. If you want to use it on small plants use it slowly inorder to avoid damaging the plants.

Also this is very useful in watering like pechay or bokchoy. Why because this plant grows in group especially when you have a little bit more big garden.

Also the tomato, it needs more water in order to attain its full growth. More water a better healthy leaves and a better healthy plants.

10. Wheel Barrow

Wheel Barrow is use to transfer materials. This tool have a two handle, have one wheel in front, have a deep container like, and have a two support under.

Usually this tool is being use to transfer weeds to garbage area. When farmers remove grasses they get it and wheel barrow can be use.

Put the weeds inside and then hold the handle. After that start pushing it until you reach garbage area.

Grasses is also useful in creating fertilizer. In what way? Make it compost. Compost is a combination of grasses, leaves, animal manure, and left over foods. These are the organic fertilizer that farmers create in order to grow their crops.

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Today, learn how to grow ginger. Ginger has many health benefits, in fact it is being used to treat many kinds of diseases. Not only that ginger is commonly used in cooking. It makes food delicious and great to taste. But today, we will not going to tackle about that. Let us learn how to grow ginger.

So, how to grow ginger? To grow ginger get a ginger rhizome. Then find a place where you will going plant ginger. On a soil make one to two inches deep with spacing of six inches apart. Water it regularly and apply fertilizer. After a year it will start producing ginger flower and start harvesting bunch of ginger.

That's a simple steps in growing ginger but it is quite broad. Here below I will going to tackle about from broad to more specific one. Hope you learn even as little information as possible. So let's go.

How to Grow Ginger.

1. Get Quality Ginger Rhizome

To get ginger rhizome, you can buy it on your nearest store or market. You can get high quality which is best to plant in the garden. One piece of rhizome can cost more or less $1.

Why you should get high quality. In that case you can have high percentage of germinating ginger. There are cases that plant seeds doesn't grow well and it is because the seeds is not fully mature and it is low quality.

Ginger rhizome in the store are quality in which you can observe in its appearance. You can also buy some ginger rhizome at the online store in which they ship it to your location. Buy from high authorize sites like amazon or eBay.

2. Find A Best Place

The best place to plant ginger is in your house. Commonly people wants to grow ginger in their house. For many reasons like they want to have some ginger to mix in their food. Or wants ginger so that they have some thing to drink like a coffee. Or it has many health benefits that will help to have strong resistance and many others.

Where is the best place to plant ginger? The best place is in your house yard. You can either choose from backyard or front yard as long as it will get the following requirements;

Sunlight
Ginger plant needs more sunlight in order to grow well. In fact the more sunlight the plants get the better it will produce healthier leaves, more green and it will produce more harvest.

So you need to make sure that in the place where you will plant ginger plant, it will gets more sunlight. It doesn't matter if it will be on front yard or backyard.

Water
Ginger needs enough water to grow well. There's a quote saying that "The water is the life blood of plants". In that quotation it probably says that plants need water in order to survive. It needs sunlight and of course it need also more water.

 There are location in which it hard to get water like in the higher places like mountains. So if you are living in the mountain make sure you can apply water to your plants. But if you live below the mountain or called villages where the water will be abundant then it will be better.

You should get enough water to water your plants and it will surely grow well.

3. Planting the Rhizome

This is the next step, planting the ginger rhizome. Start planting, get the gardening tool like bolo or trowel and the ginger rhizome. Go to the place where you will going to start planting it.

On the soil make a hole with one to two inches deep or make an estimation of your choice. Then put the ginger rhizome. Make more holes if you have more rhizome. Make a plant spacing around six inches apart.

Then cover all the rhizome with the soil. After that apply some water so that it will going to start germinating.

How long does it takes ginger will start to germinate? The ginger will start germinating around three to four weeks. It needs more time before it will show some leaves and produce its roots under the ground.

4. Water it Regularly

Plants need water. So you should apply enough water to ginger regularly. This plant doesn't really need to water it everyday as long as it gets water it will grow well.

If you will observe some ginger planters doesn't water it everyday. They plant it on the ground and wait for a year before they start to harvest it.

So you can don't water it everyday but you can water it three or four times in a week. Also don't let the soil to be almost dry. It will prevent the ginger to grow well.

When you see a dry soil apply water and a better ginger plant will produce.

5. Apply Fertilizer

Does ginger needs fertilizer? Absolutely yes. Of course. But in this matter we will apply organic fertilizer. Organic fertilizer is a fertilizer in which it is made up of organic matters such as leaves, grasses, woods, animal manure, and other matters.

How to make organic fertilizer? To make organic fertilizer what you need to do is find first a place or spot where you will make a hole. Then get a shovel. Using the shovel make one meter deep. Make it circular hole or rectangular hole.

Then gather some organic materials like wood chips, leaves, grasses, left over foods, animal manure, etc., and then put it inside the hole. After few weeks it will start to decay.

How to apply organic fertilizer to ginger?
To apply organic fertilizer to ginger is get a compost and then put it on the base of the plant. You can also cultivate some portion of the soil and mix it on the soil. In that way it will help the plant to healthier and produce more green leaves.

6. Put Mulch

Yes, mulch will also health for maintain moisture on the soil. How to put mulch on the plant ginger? Get some wood chips or dry leaves or dry grasses.

What to do with that materials? Put it on the base of the plant. Like on the organic fertilizer you also put that on the base of the plant. The difference with that is the compost is fertilizer and it is already decay. While the mulch is still fresh and need some days to decay.

The importance of mulch to ginger is it will help to maintain its soil moisturizer which help to prevent for the water to evaporate. It blocks the sunlight on the soil.

7. Harvesting Ginger

Usually it takes a year before you can harvest bunch of ginger. But in that time you can asure that you can get more ginger rhizome than you expect.

To harvest ginger just get a gardening tools like bolo and cultivate it around the plants. You can also pull that with your bare hands but be careful not to cut each rhizome.

Pull it lightly but surely. Amazing thing because after your hard work you start to harvest fresh ginger.

One tip in harvesting ginger. The ginger produce flower, so if you see it showing then your guide for your harvest. Wait for the flowers to dry or to decay before you harvest ginger and after that ready your bolo or trowel.

Ginger Care
How to care for ginger? To care for ginger when you see some insects or pest roaming around your plants remove them. They will start to destroy your plants and we don't like it to happen.

Some of them may damage the ginger leaves, so make sure to protect your plants from pest. Also to care for that, water it regularly as they need it especially when temperature is too hot. And one thing is apply fertilizer to make it grow well.

Can You Grow Ginger In Container?
Yes, you can grow ginger in container. How to do that. Get a container with enough size and deep. Make a drainage or holes under the container so that the water can pass through and it will not stack inside.

Get the container and put some soil inside. Get your ginger rhizome and plant it inside with one to two inch deep. Water it after and it will start germinating after three to four weeks.

Can you grow ginger indoors?
Yes, you can. Using your planted ginger inside the container, put it inside your house. In that way you have now your growing ginger inside your house. Plant more ginger in pots and put it inside your house.

What is Ginger Scientific Name?
The scientific name of ginger is (Zingiber officinale)

Thank you for reading this article about how to grow ginger. Thank you for your time spending here with us. Hope you learn even as little information as possible.

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Today, learn how to build a vegetable garden. Making a vegetable garden is easy when you have guide and a little bit background about gardening. But when you are new and you don't know how to start it will be a little bit difficult to move. The good thing now a days is you can search on the net for the full tutorial and there are many tips on growing many different vegetables. So here learn a few information about how to build a vegetable garden.

So, how to build a vegetable garden? To build a vegetable garden;

• Pick Your Gardening Location
• Make a Plan
• Get Gardening Tools
• Measure the Length of the plot
• Make a Gardens Plot
• Prepare the Soil
• Know the Vegetables to Plant
• Get Vegetable Seeds
• Grow the Vegetables
• Water it Everyday
• Apply Fertilizer
• Start Harvesting

That's a quick short but broad answer. Below you will learn more information from broad to more specific. So continue reading for more information to learn.

How to Build a Vegetable Garden

1. Pick Your Gardening Location

This area focuses on factors you should consider in choosing the right and good place to start your vegetable garden. The location you will going to make a vegetable garden should have the following criterias.

Sunlight
Sunlight is the basic needs of vegetable. Through the sunlight they can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

Without sunlight the vegetable can not grow well. The sunlight as a food, it helps the vegetable to grow well and helps the vegetable to produce more color green leaves.

So if you will make a vegetable garden find a place where sunlight is abundant. Make sure that it can get atleast 4 hours of direct sunlight. More hours is much better.

Water
Water is the life blood of every plants. Without water the plants can not live. They need water to supply minerals to all parts of the plant.

The water is one mineral which is very important. When the vegetable doesn't gets enough water, their leaves might turn to yellow. And soon it might be dry.

So, you should pick a location where you can get water to apply on your vegetable. There are places like in the mountainous areas in which they hardly get water and they depends only to rain.

Pick a location where you can get enough water.

Soil Type
The soil type is also one factor to consider. There are vegetables grow well in the sand, clay, loam, and other types of soil.

But as you observe, you will notice that almost all vegetables grow well in the loam soil. Yes, definitely. The loam soil has a better characteristic in handling the water. Unlike in the sand, if you water it, the water goes down very faster.

There are other things the loam soil has. But the whole thing you should grow vegetable in the loam soil for a better vegetable production.

2. Make a Plan

This areas focuses on planning in making a vegetable garden. Planning will help you to work easier than no plan.

Know if it you are capable of making garden in your backyard. You can use no. 1 as your guide. If you meet all the factors above so you can make a garden in your location 100%.

What are the things you might think about. Let's take a look.

For example your location is in near the equator of the world, in which there are more sunlight than water can you think you can grow more vegetables.

Growing vegetables in that location will be a little bit difficult as water will be hard to found. Rainy days will be short than sunny days. So plan out where you will get water.

But if you are in a location where growing vegetable will be fine, then you will have no problem.

Also this, think about some money to spend for gardening tools, vegetable seeds and others materials.

Gardening tools will help us to work well. You can not cultivate the soil using both hands or remove growing grasses and cut it. You will need tools to do it.

So you should spend a little bit money for gardening tools. But if you have some tools at home, you can use that instead.

Also you need to buy some seeds. Think about where you will buy them. Seeds can cost around $1 to $70+ per pack in which it has 10 to 500+ seeds inside.

Also plan when to do that. If have free time or day you can work. But if you are working as an agriculturist you can do that in full time. It will depends on you and try to think when to do that.

3. Get Gardening Tools

This area focuses on the gardening tools to use in making a vegetable garden. We know that gardening tools will help us to work easier.

As we said a while ago if you have no gardening tools you need to buy some to help you well. Buy some grab hoe in which it will cost around $10 to $25 depends on the manufacturer. You can buy it in the nearest hardware store on through online at amazon or ebay.

Buy also other tools like; Sprinkler this tool is use for watering. Sprinkler will help you to water vegetables easier and faster. This has a handle and a kettle type opening but the different it has bigger ones and many holes on it.

Rake this tool is use for leveling the soil. After you cultivate the soil you need this tool to make level. It will make your gardens appearance more beautiful.

Trowel this hand tool is use for cultivating around the plants and making holes for planting. When you have no tools, you use twigs or small branch of plants to cultivate around the plants.

But it will be more easier using trowel. This tool also use in planting. When you planting seeds you make hole and it can be use on that and make it easier.

Meter stick is use for measuring. This tool will help you in some what like measuring the length of your garden.

Shovel is use for digging and mixing. Commonly we see shovel in construction. But it is also being use in gardening.

For example you will make a hole for compost pit. You can use shovel to make that. It will be faster to use shovel in digging than any other tools.

Bolo can use for cutting grasses and roots. There are cases that grasses grows in our garden and we don't want to happen that. But we can't control that so we can use bolo to remove the grasses. This tool can also be uses in cutting roots...

...and other stuff that will help you in building your garden.

If you have already those tools in your house then you can use that.

You should get the right and light to handle tools so that you can work easier and faster. Having working tools with no damage can help you to avoid accident. Be safe at all times.

4. Measure the Length of the Plot

In this area it focuses on the plot measurement like width, length and height.

Using a meter stick or any measuring instrument, measure the length, width and height of the plot.

When you have a wide space of soil you can make longer and bigger plots. Or if you have small space then the plot will be probably small.

This is just an example and you can make your own measurement. For example you make a plot with one meter wide, three meters long and nine inches height. That example can be use in making your plot. You can estimate and adjust the measurement.

You can decide if how long it gonna be. Because it will depends on what kinds of vegetables you are going to plant. There are smaller vegetable, bigger and also vegetable vines.

5. Make a Gardens Plot

This area focuses on making your gardens plot. It tackles about digging and cultivating the soil.

Using your gardening tools start forming the plot. You already measure the plots length and using a grab hoe, cultivate the soil. Be careful in handling this tool to prevent accident.

After you cultivate the soil, remove those unwanted materials like grasses or any other things.

If you see bigger bunch of soil, make it pulvirize using your bare hand. It will help you to plant more faster.

6. Prepare the Soil

This area focuses in preparing the soil. A well prepare soil well help the vegetables to grow well.

"It should be sterilized". Some books related to agriculture or planting says that the soil should be sterilized. What, sterilized? Yes. According to some books we have already read.

It can be sterilized by drying it completely under the sun for couple of hours. Around eight or more hours will be enough.

After sterilizing the soil, make it more ready by mixing some compost. Yes compost will absolutely help in growing bigger size vegetables.

You must make a compost or organic fertilizer. To do that make a compost pit and fill it with organic matters such as leaves, grasses or any organic matters. Cover it with some soul and after few weeks it will start to decay.

When it totally decay, get those compost and put it in your gardens plot. Spread it any where in your garden and mix it properly. Those will serve as fertilizer for your plants.

7. Know the Vegetables to Plant

This area focuses on what vegetable you can plant in your vegetable garden. There are many kinds of vegetable to choose from but pick those who are best suit to your environment and location.

Tomatoes
Tomatoes grow best especially in tropical climate. And this grow well in whole year. Tomatoes are typically a fruit but most people treat it as a vegetable.

Growing tomatoes in your garden will be easy. You will just get some tomato seeds and grow it first on a seed bed or seed box. When it has enough height and show some few leaves, you can now do transplanting.

Plant the seedlings around an inch deep to your gardens plot and cover it with soil. Then do the care by applying fertilizer and watering it regularly. After few months start harvesting tomatoes. You can also visit this link in order to know how to grow tomatoes.

Eggplant
Like tomatoes this is also a great way to start your garden. Eggplant also grows well. In fact most of the gardeners or farmers grow eggplant in their location.

Growing eggplant will be also easy for you. The procedure in growing eggplant is just the same to tomatoes.

After few months of caring, watering, and applying fertilizer you can now harvest young and fresh eggplant. You can also visit this link in order to know how to grow eggplant.

Okra
Okra or ladies finger is also easy vegetables to grow. This need more sunlight and water in order to grow well.

One plant of okra can produce more okra fruits. This need some extra care by watering it everyday and putting fertilizer.
You can also visit this link in order to know how to grow okra.

Onions or Garlic
The bulbs and cloves can also be used in growing in your garden. This also

Vegetable Vines
There are plenty of vegetable vines to choose from. Like these vegetables; squash, string beans, hyacinth bean, lima bean, sponge gourd, ampalaya or bitter gourd and many other.

But the tip is grow those vegetables that you have seen already in your location. You can also seek some gardeners and ask some help to them.

8. Get Vegetable Seeds

This area focuses in getting vegetable seeds. The vegetable grows from seeds. The seeds start to germinate after few days or weeks. But where you can buy some vegetable seeds?

Buy seeds in the agriculture store
Agriculture store is a store in which they sell gardening tools, equipment, fertilizer and also vegetable seeds. When you buy some seeds in the agriculture store you will notice that some of the seeds has a color.

The seeds they are selling can cost around $1 to $5+ depends on its varieties, quantity and quality.

The color on the seeds is a chemical which help the seeds to live longer. The main thing is you can get some high percentage of germinating seeds. So buy vegetable seeds in your nearesr agriculture store.

In the Market
You can get seeds from vegetable you buy from the market. What you need to do is, after you buy vegetable. Get some knife and peel it. Slice it into half or into pieces and then get those seeds inside.

That's it you have now vegetable seeds to grow.

Online store
Yes, there are also online store which sells some seeds. One example is amazon.

Amazon is the biggest online store in the world. Under the site they sell high quality seeds, and other products related to agriculture or gardening. On that site buy some quality seeds to start your garden

Another online store is ebay. Ebay is also like amazon. In which they sell products related to agriculture.

Here's a quick tip.
In buying under the online store, choose those seeds with many reviews under them. If you can observe there are stars under the seed products in which it tells how quality they really are.

9. Grow the Vegetables

Get the seeds, go to the gardens plot and start planting the seeds. To plant the seeds, get trowel or bolo and make hole.

The hole you need to make should have a deep of one to two inch deep with a spacing of six to 18 inches apart depends on what kind of vegetables.

Aftet that cover it with some soil. Get a sprinkler and start watering the planted seeds.

10. Water it Everyday

When the vegetables start to grow, continue watering it regularly. The more water it gets the better outcome to have.

When to water it? The best time to water it is early in the morning around 6 to 7 o'clock and late in the afternoon around 4 5 pm.

11. Apply Fertilizer

 We recommend to apply organic fertilizer. This is a kind of fertilizer in wich it has no chemical content.

To apply fertilizer, just mix on the soil and done.

12. Start Harvesting

After few months of hard work start harvesting fresh vegetables. Do this with your love ones and enjoy the day.

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Today, know what are the cheap containers to grow vegetables. Growing vegetables can be done on the soil by making a plot. But there are places that you will lack up of planting space. Like in the city, because of urbanization the space for planting became less. But you can still make a way of growing vegetables. But how? Use pots or containers. But today let us know the list of cheap containers to grow vegetables. Here are the list.

So, what are the cheap containers to grow vegetables? The cheap containers to grow vegetables are;
1. Water Jug
2. Drum
3. Pale
4. Paint Can
5. Biscuit Can
6. Bottle of Mineral Water
7. Clay Pots
8. Big Can of Milk
9. Basin
10. Sack

That's the list of container you can think about. You can grow vegetables inside each container. But here are few information you can learn more about so take a look below.

10 Cheap Containers to Grow Vegetables

1. Water Jug

Yes, the plastic water jug you can use that in growing vegetables. There are circular water jug and also rectangular water jug. If you has a circular jug, you don't have any problem as you just need to remove the upper cover.

To the rectangular jug you need to do something. You need to cut and remove the side wall of the jug. Get a knife and cut it. Be careful in handling the knife to prevent accident.

After that you need to make a hole under it. Why? Because you need to make sure that when you apply water, it will pass through under and it will not stack inside. After that continue putting soil inside and start growing vegetables.

Both circular and rectangular water jug cost around $3 to $5+. If you will buy 10 pieces it can spend you around $30 to $50 all in all. That's the average jug you see at home.

2. Drum

Drum which is use in baking. You can use that in planting vegetables. As if you think the drum is big. You can grow bigger size vegetables inside. It has a wide space which is best. The drum has a circular shape and has a deep hole.

To use that in planting, you need also to make holes under. That way the water will pass under. We don't want to stack up the water inside so you need to have some holes below.

The drum can cost around $3 to 6$+. So if you will buy 10 pieces, it can spend you around $30 to $60. Buy it on the nearest store in your location.

3. Pale

The pale which is commonly use at home, that's it. The pale you use to gathered water you can use that in growing vegetables.

A pale has a little bit deep hole so you just maximize the space it has. Also make a drainage under so that water can pass through.

Pale can cost around $2 to $5 each. If you will buy 10 pieces, it can spend you around $20 to $50+.

4. Bottle of Mineral Water

The mineral water being sold at the market can also be used in gardening. It is hard to buy some empty bottle of mineral water so what you need to buy mineral water with water inside.

One bottle of 6 Liters mineral water will cost around $1 to $3. Drink the water and when the water is fully consume, you can now use it in planting.

Cut it between into two. Or cut it nearly on the upper portion. You can also try to cut it on its side. Think and decide which is the best you think will work. And don't forget to make some holes under.

Buy 15 pieces of mineral water and it can spend you around $15 to $45+. You can start your garden with 15 pieces of container or just buy atleast 10.

5. Can of Biscuit

The can of biscuit which have full of buscuit which is being sold in the market will cost around $3 to $6.

Theres no store I think that sell can of biscuit so just buy a buscuit and use the container in gardening. What you need to do is after you buy biscuit, eat the cookies inside.

Buy atleast 10 pieces of biscuit can it will cost you around $30 to $60.

6. Clay Pots

There are pots made up of clay which is used in growing flowers. But you can also use that in growing vegetables.

There are small and a little bit big pots, so better to buy some bigger ones. One pot can cost around $1 to $2+ each.

So for example you buy 10 pieces of clay pots, you need to pay around $10 to $20+.

7. Big Can of Milk

If theres a junk shop near your location you can buy their some can of milk. It depends how much it will cost on the size and the quantity. But usually it will just cost less.

Empty can of milk can cost $2 below. So if you will buy 10 pieces it can spend you around $20 or less.

You can also buy milk which have content inside. But it will cost more. One can of 1000 grams of milk can cost around $17 to $30. So better to buy those empty cans of milk.

8. Can of Paint

You can use this also to plant vegetable but I don't think how much will be the price. It would be estimated around $1 to $3 empty can or less.

So lets say you buy 10 pieces of can it would cost around $10 to $30 all in all.

9. Sack

Sack is use in harvesting rice or corn. You can also use this in gardening. Sack has enough space to grow your vegetable so it is better to use this.

One new sack can cost around $1 to $2. So let say you buy 12 sack it can cost you $12 to $24.

It will be easy because applying water in sack will pass all the water easily and it will not stack inside.

10. Basin

The basin which is use in washing clothes can also be used in gardening.

One small basin can cost $2 to $3. And the bigger one can cost $3 to $6+.

Grow your vegetable and make sure to have holes under.

Let's have a short talk. Base on what you have read what you notice? I have something to tel you. Most or all of the containers mention above will be found in our house.

Yes, the pale, drum, water jug are used to gathered some water. And the one thing is you can get those things inside your house.

So instead to buy some containers why you should do recycling? Recycle those materials that you can use in growing vegetables.

In that way you can save money and you can help the world. Instead to throw it, just use them in planting. More people will be happy as you serve an inspiration to other people.

But before we end this article here are some bonus, know what vegetables can you plant inside the containers.

List of Vegetables you can grow inside the containers.

1. Tomatoes
2. Potatoes
3. Cucumbers
4. Carrots
5. Peppers
6. Green onions
7. Turnips
8. Green beans
9. Lettuce
10. Squash
11. Cabbage
12. Corn
13. Beets
14. Pumpkins
15. Watermelon
16. Squash
17. Tomatoes
18. Peppers
19. Potatoes
20. Eggplant
21. Rhubarb
22. Asparagus
23. Beans
24. Broccoli
25. Brussels
26. Pumpkins
27. Spinach

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Today, know what are the parts of papaya. We see many plants in the environment. From the flowers at home, to the street, and so many places.

They are growing well and beautiful in our eyes. But today, let us learn not in planting but learn what are the parts of papaya.

So, what are the parts of papaya? The parts of papaya are papaya leaves, papaya seeds, papaya fruits, papaya roots, papaya flower and papaya trunk.

Hmm lets take a short talk. Basically I'm writing this article to inform. I don't know if there is someone who will try to search for parts of papaya but definite I will try to have a survey if someone in the world will come to read this simple article.

I'm just thinking like for example some students wants to have study of the papaya tree so I'm thinking that they can get even as little information from here so, below you can read the articles about what are the parts of papaya.

The Parts of Papaya

1. Papaya Leaves

The papaya leaves is a part of papaya in which it helps the tree to produce its food. Through the leaves the papaya tree grows well. The sunlight coming from the sun is being convert to food through the process of photosynthesis.

The papaya has a big leaves going upward. It has around 7 to 9 pointed edge each leaves for fully matured leaves. Each pointed edge has a length around 12 to 25 inches long. So we can say that the size of the leaves would be around 36 to 48 inches from point to point.

When the leaves becomes dry it change its color to brown and decay after few weeks on the ground.

2. Papaya Seeds

The papaya seeds is where the papaya begins to grow. The seeds are inside the fruit in which it turns to black when it is ripe.

The seeds of papaya are small just like the size of chicken eyes. The color of the seeds are white when not ripe and color black when the fruit is already ripe.

When the papaya seeds are color black there is a liquid form surrounds it. When you try put it on your hand and examine you will see the liquid form on it.

3. Papaya Fruits

The papaya fruit is a part of papaya in which it comes from flower and form into a fruit. The papaya can bear more fruits at a time. It continues to bear more fruits when it has a height around eight to 10 feet.

From that height the papaya trees continues to add its height and continues to bear more papaya. As if you observe a tree you can see a lot of fruits on it.

The fruits are color green when not ripe. This has a green to dark green color and continues to grow until it start to ripe. The papaya will turn to yellow to orange when it is totally ripe.

There are many varities of papaya which grow tall and also drawft. And the average papaya weight is around one pound or 0.5 kilo to eight pounds or 3.6 kilos.

4. Papaya Roots

The papaya roots is a part of papaya in which it sends nutrients and water throughout the other parts of papaya. The roots is the main entry point where all minerals coming from the soil is being transported to every parts of the plant.

One single papaya tree has many small and long size roots. In can grow around one to two meters. The roots support the whole plant to not fall. Because of the roots the plant can stand on the ground.

5. Papaya Flower

The papaya flower is part of papaya in which it is where the fruits came from. When the tree start to have flowers those flowers will turn to fruits.

When you see a flower it looks color yellow green and has a pointed edge. This is small and can weight around 0.1 pounds.

The texture of the flower is smooth. This has also a fine smell and open in a few weeks of time.

6. Papaya Trunk

The papaya trunk is a part of papaya in which it support all othet parts of papaya such as leaves, flower, and fruits.

The trunk is the biggest part of papaya. Through the papaya the water from the ground cab be transport to the leaves, flower and from the roots.

The trunk is big but it has a smooth skin. It is smooth tree in which you can remove its cover, unlike to other trees like mango or avocado which is really hard wood.

Usually the trunk of papaya is only one and it don't grow bigger size branches. It can grow little branches but not as big as its trunk.

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Today, know the list of filipino vegetables in the Philippines. In the world there are many kinds of vegetable that will found in many areas of the world. Those vegetables that you grow in the garden and produce more yields each and every time. And today know the list of filipino vegetables in the Philippines.


So, what are the list of filipino vegetables in the Philippines? The list filipino vegetables in the Philippines are:

1. Ampalaya/Bitter Gourd
2. Banana Flower
3. Cabbage
4. Cashew
5. Cassava Leaves
6. Carrot
7. Chayote
8. Cucumber
9. Eggplant
10. Garlic
11. Ginger
12. Green Papaya
13. Hyancinth Bean
14. Jackfruit
15. Lima Bean
16. Moringa
17. Munggo
18. Okra/Ladies finger
19. Onion
20. Pechay
21. Pepper
22. Radish
23. Sponge Gourd
24. Squash
25. Sweet Potato Leaves
26. String Bean
27. Taro
28. Tomato
29. Water Spinach
30. Winged Bean
31. Winter Melon

That's the Philippine vegetables. The list is not complete yet but we will post the full list soon. There are filipino green leafy vegetables listed above and also the vegetables which bear fruit like eggplant.

The pinoy vegetables are delicious to eat like on other countries. There are many kind of vegetables in Philippines but, below lets continue knowing each vegetables. You can know them with few information. Also know the common vegetable in the philippines.

List of Filipino Vegetables

1. Ampalaya/Bitter Gourd

In the Philippines it is called ampalaya in english is bitter gourd. It tastes bitter but it has many health benefits content.

This vegetables grows well in loam soil. It is vine type of vegetable which crawl after few weeks.

It has a curve skin type. The leaves are small to medium size.

2. Banana Flower

This is popular to Filipino. The banana flower or banana blossom is a vegetable in which they eat it. They get the flower and slice it into pieces and mix a coconut milk.

This vegetables is coming from banana and you can get it after few months or 1+ year after you plant banana.

3. Cabbage

The cabbage grows in the Philippines even it is tropical country. It is because there are some higher places in the country.

Just for example in the Baguio City, Benguet, and Tagaytay in which it has a cold temperature. The cabbage can adopt and grows well in those places mentioned.

4. Cashew

Cashew or kasoy is also a vegetable in which the seeds of it is in outside. This grows well in the tropical country.

5. Cassava Leaves

The cassava is also a vegetables. The leaves of it is being cook with coconut milk. The leaves of it can be harvest after few months.

This is also a root crop in which you can uproot the cassava after a year of planting and harvest the crops.

6. Carrot

Like cabbage, the carrot also grows in Baguio, Tagaytay and Benguet in which it has a cool temperature. The filipino plant it there as it is suited to plant on those places.

This has a sweer and delicious taste. This grows well and after few months of planting you can now harvest carrot.

7. Chayote

Chayote or sayote is also a vegetable growing in the country. This has a good taste to eat and more health benefits.

8. Cucumber

The cucumber is also a good vegetable to grow. This vegetable has many health benefits that you can get.

9. Eggplant

The varieties of eggplant in the Philippines are the longer one. This vegetable grows in loam soil and because it is tropical country it grows well.

Make a gardens plot with more fertilizer and expect a better eggplant growth. Water it regularly so that it will produce healtier leaves and soon a longer fruits.

10. Garlic

Garlic also grows well in the Philippines. Many farmers grows this as it is one of the most common ingredients in cooking.

Aside from that it has more good health benefits. Growing this is easy but you need time and patience before you ger your harvest.

11. Ginger

Ginger also grows in the country. There are the yellow and red ginger. This is good to health and easy to grow.

It grows well in loam soil. You just need a bulbs of ginger and plant it on the ground with one inch deep. After few days or weeks it will start to germinate. And few months or years after, start harvesting ginger.

12. Green Papaya

The green papaya is a vegetable in the Philippines. They slice it into small pieces and mix with coconut milk and sardinas.

This is delicious to eat. This plant grows well in the loam soil and better if you put where the sunlight is abundant. After years it will start to give you green papaya.

13. Hyancinth Bean

This vegetablea grows well in the Philippines. But only few farmers are growing this. This is a vine in which it crawl. In need support in climbing.

The hyacinth bean is also called bataw in the Philippines. This is easy to grow. After few monts of growing start harvesting the fresh bataw.

14. Jackfruit

The jackfruit is a vegetable when it is not ripe. In the country they peel it and slice to small pieces. In cooking this they puy some coconut milk and mix some fish or sardinas.

This plant grows well in the country and there are abundant of sunlight. It needs years of growing before you harvest the fresh jackfruit. It is also called langka in the place.

15. Lima Bean

Lima bean or in Philippines "Patani". This has a good taste and has many health benefits. This vegetable is commonly cooked witg coconut milk.

This plant is easy to grow. You just need to directly plant it on the ground and after few months around four to five months start harvesting young patani.

16. Moringa

Moringa or Malunggay is a vegetable with many health benefits. This vegetables grows well as it gets more sunlight. It produce more green and healthier leaves when it gets more sunlight.

You can grow malunggay in two ways, either through cuttings or through seeds. Most people grow this through cuttings as it grows fast. It is better if you don't apply much water as it begin to decay.

17. Munggo

Munggo is also one of the populat vegetable in Philippines. This is easy to grow especially in loam soil.

This vegetables needs more water and it will produce healthier leaves and more fruits to bear.

18. Okra/Ladies finger

This grows well in the country. Many farmers grows this even in the school as commonly type of vegetables. This grows well in loam soil.

The seeds of okra is small and color green to brown. This has a long fruit with a pointed tip. This is smoothe when you eat but has many health benefits so better to grow this plant.

19. Onion

The onion like garlic is also one of the most common ingredients in cooking. This is make the food more delicious.

The onion are being grown by the farmers. There are also few people growing onions at home but tends only few. This grows well in a place where sunlight is abundant.

20. Pechay

The pechay is one of the fastest vegatable to harvest. You can harvest this as early as 45 days. This is easy to plant and you should apply more efforts in watering this in the morning and in the afternoon everyday.

This is a green leafy vegetables so you need to care more on its leaves. When you do the effort expect it to make a better harvest.

21. Pepper

Pepper is a spicy vegetables. More people grows this easpecially in Bicol region. This is one of the most commonly mix to food to taste.

The pepper is also put to the laing recipe. The laing is best when it is spicy and delicious if that happen. This is easy to grow especially under the more sunlight.

22. Radish

Radish is like a carrot but it is color white. The radish grows well undet the sunlight. The more sunlight it gets it tends to become healthy.

The radish or it is called labanos in the Philippines. This has a small seeds and it grows from it. You need to wait for few months before you harvest young and fresh radish.

23. Sponge Gourd

This sponge gourd grows well in the country. This has a good taste. In terms of growing it needs few months before you harvest your first young sponge gourd.

To plant this make a hole around one inch deep and plant the seeds. Have a spacing of one meter apart.

When it started to climb put some climbing support. In that way it will grow its leaves and stem to that support. But usually in the Philippines gardeners let it climb to other plants.

After few months around five to six months start harvesting sponge gourd.

24. Squash

The squash or other term kalabasa. This is good for the eyes as it has many health benefits.

This grows well in places with abundant to sunlight. Get a quality seeds and plant it directly on the ground one inch deep. After a few weeks the squash will going to climb. Put some climbing support so that it will bear better fruits.

You can also let the kalabasa on the ground but it is much better to have a climbing support. After few months around four to six months start harvesting squash.

25. Sweet Potato Leaves

Sweet potato or camote is a vegetable if you get the leaves. This is easy to grow and after few months get the fresh young camote leaves.

Normally in planting camote you will get the camote slip or stem and then plant directly on the ground. It will start growing and show more leaves.

26. String Bean or Sitaw

There are varieties of string beans in the Philippines. The most common type are the longer ones. There are who turns violet after few weeks.

Growing string beans will be easy as it grows all across the country. Usually you can harvest string beans after four to five months.

27. Taro or gabi

Taro in english and gabi is called localy. In bicol dialect it is called natong. The leaves of gabi is being cook with mix of coconut milk.

It is also one of the most popular vegetable and the "Laing" dish is called to one of most famous dish in the Philippines.

28. Tomato

The tomato is listed as filipinos grows tomatoes. We know that tomato is a fruit but in the Ph it is treated as vegetables. In fact it is commonly use mix in cooking other foods.

This grows well in places with more sunlight. To grow this get a quality seeds and start growing this inside the seedbox or seedtray. When it has few leaves and enough height start transplanting the seedlings to its final location.

29. Water Spinach

This is also called kangkong in tagalog. There are two water spinach growing in the Philippines. The one that doesn't crawl and the one crawl.

Basically the crawling water spinach grows well near water areas. The other one that doesn't crawl is a vegetable planted in the garden which has a better taste compare to other one.

30. Winged Bean

This vegetable winged bean or sigarilyas is also grow in the Philippines. Few filipinos grow this in their backyard.

The fruits of it has a wings like that is why its called winged bean. To plant this get quality seeds then directly plant it on the ground one inch deep and a spacing of half meter apart.

31. Winter Melon

The winter melon or other called "kundol". This is good to eat. This is also easy to grow under the sun.

Just get quality seeds and you can grow this first in seedbox and do transplanting or directly plant it on the ground. This will bear some fruits after few months of growing.

Thank you for reading this article about list of filipino vegetables in the Philippines. Hope you learn some of the Philippine vegetables.

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Today, learn the easy to grow fruits in the Philippines. In the environment many different plants, trees, and vegetables are growing around. Through them we had some foods to eat in everyday. So we should be thankful to them from the foods and also the oxygen we inhale. But today we are going to learn easy to grow fruits in the Philippines. Learn the these fruits and try to plant.


So, what are the easy to grow fruits in the Philippines? The easy to grow fruits in the Philippines are;

1. Mangoes
2. Banana
3. Avocado
4. Santol
5. Jackfruit
6. Durian
7. Papaya
8. Guava
9. Guyabano
10. Coconut

Some of the fruits easy to grow are just common in your place.

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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Root crop are crops growing under the soil. Some root crops like cassava, yam, and taro(gabi) grows well in the tropical country. But today we will not going to discuss about that. Let us learn how to grow sweet potatoes(camote).


So, how to grow camote? To grow camote, start getting camote slip with roots. Choose a location and make a gardens plot with 10 inches high, 1 meters wide and 3 metes long. Get trowel, make holes in the soil and plant the slip with 6 inches deep with a spacing of 12 inches apart. Water it regularly and avoid drying the soil. After 4 to 5 months, mature sweet potato can now be harvest.

This root crops had many nutrients content that will surely help our body like carbohydrates. This will make us strong and gives us energy in the whole day. You can eat the root crops as well as its leaves. So without further more here are the step by step procedure in planting camote.

How to Plant Camote

1. Get Camote Slip

The camote slip is just a stem of the sweet potato. This is what you are going to use in planting. Get the slip with roots so that it will grow easily.

You can get sweet potato slip then put it on a container. After few days it will produce some roots and then you can use it in planting camote. Or you can get fresh slip with leaves and then directly plant it on the ground.

There are some store selling slips with roots which you can use in planting. One bunch of camote slips just cost around $1 to $5+ depends upon the quality and the quantity and also of the store.

There are agricultural store which you can also buy some slips. Or just ask from some farmers near your location to give you some sweet potato slips to plant.

You can also get camote slips through the root crops. What you need to do is get one or more camote root crops and then put it on a container in which only the base of the root crops will touch of the water. After few days or weeks it will produce some slips and roots. Cut it after.

Becareful in cutting the slip on crops as it can be cut its roots. Try to do it carefully. After cutting it you can now use it in planting.

2. Makes the Garden Plot

When you have now the slip make now your gardens plot. A garden plot is a plot where you will going to grow your vegetables. This will need your time, energy and effort inorder to produce high yields and healthy camote plants.

Get your gardening cultivating tools like grab hoe and rake. Start holding the grab hoe firm and cultivate the soil. Be careful in doing this to prevent accident. After digging and cultivating the soil start forming the plot.

Form the soil with 10 inches high with one meter wide and three meters long. You can adjust the size according to your space. If you have a small space you can use that size. But if you have a little bit wide space you can add more length.

After that remove the grasses, roots, rocks or any other unwanted materials left on the soil. Those materials can affect your camote so better to remove them.

Make it pulvirize. There are many bunch of bigger size soil so you need to make it pulvirize. Use your hand to turn those into smaller one. After that start leveling it.

With the use of rake start leveling it. The soil will be level with the rake. Put also some compost on the soil. The more nutrients the soil content the better.

You can put organic fertilizer which have more nutrients needed by the camote. You can produce your own organic fertilizer by making a hole on the ground with a deep of one meter.

Then put inside the hole the following materials; leaves, grasses, leftover foods and animal manure. After few weeks it will start to decay and you can now use it to mix on the ground as fertilizer.

If the soil is ready now, lets go planting the camote.

3. Planting Camote Slip

Planting camote slip is a way where it will start to grow leaves and root crops. Let us start doing this. Are you ready? Lets go.

In planting camote slip, get two to three slip. Then make a hole on the soil around 6 inches deep with a spacing of 12 inches apart. This way there is a space for the root crops to grow well.

Cover it with the soil. After that apply some water. The roots will start to spread under the soil and continues to grow. The leaves will also appear after few days or weeks.

4. Applying Fertilizer

Does camote needs fertilizer? Absolutely yes. Every plant needs it. In fact the more the nutrients the soil have the more healthier and bigger its size.

The best fertilizer for camote is organic fertilizer. Why? Because people will eat the root crops so it is better if you apply the organic free from chimecal fertilizer. We already mention the procedure in making organic fertilizer in number 2.

In applying the fertilizer just put it on the base of camote plant and done. Easy as eating camote. But it is advisable that if you are going to put fertilizer put it as early as possible.

On the beginning of your garden plot making, put the fertilizer in that time. That is the best way to put the fertilizer as you will not worry anything.

5. Watet it Regularly

When is the best time to water camote? The best way to water camote is during 6 to 7 am in the morning and 4 to 5 pm in the afternoon.

Does it need to apply water everyday? No, you don't need to water it everyday. Just apply enough water when you see that the soil is too dry. Too much water can affect the crops and it might decay if it get a lot of water.

6. Care for Camote

How to care for camote? To care for camote simple, when you see pest or insect roaming around your garden remove them. Remove them why? We think you already know.

Pest or insect can damage and destroy your plants, probably they will start to eat the leaves so you need to remove them. Worms and bugs are the main pest of the camote.

In caring also water it and apply some fertilizer. That way you show your care to camote plant. Be consistent in doing that and it will produce high yields and healthier plants.

7. Harvest Camote

You can do two things harvest the leaves or harvest the root crops. If you will harvest the leaves get the fresh and young leaves. Those red to purple color on its leaves. It has a heart shape leaves that is commonly eaten. Because there are also other camote variety in which only root crops are being eated.

When the camote grows and continues to produce more leaves you can get those and cook. You can mix it on a fish and eat.

You can also harvest the root crops after 4 to 5 months still depends upon on how to care for it. It will adds more months depending on the climate and also the other factos such as sunlight and water.

In harvesting the root crops just uproot the camote and get its root crops. You can get bigger and smaller size camote crops.

Also you can see color white, purple, and orange root crops depends upon on its variety.

Some related questions about camote.

Can You Plant Camote in Container?
Yes you can plant camote in container. Get those bigger size container so that you can get a bigger root crops. Also put more fertilizer and expect a bigger root crops.

Can You Plant Camote on Sand?
Yes definitely you can plant camote on sand. In fact in that soil the camote grows bigger root crops compare to loam soil. Its because the soil in loam is compacted and heavy compare to sand that it is light and have many small space to grow its crop.

How to Plant Camote Easily?
To make it easier to plang camote just get a good gardening tools to use so that you can work well and easier. It will also help you to avoid any accident and will be light and comfortable to handle.

How long does it takes to plant camote?
Estimated around one hour to two hours. It will depends on your work and the tools you are using. You will put more work on the soil as it takes more time to cultivate it. I mean it takes only one to two hours in planting camote. It exclude until the harvesting.

But if you mean how long does it takes to grow camote until harvesting then the answer would be around four to five months.

Do You Need to Put Fence on Camote?
In some what yes especially when there's a chicken. On its first phase they can probably destroy your crops by scratching the ground. So you can also put some fence.

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Today, know what are the importance of urban gardening in the Philippines. Urban gardening is a way of gardening in the urban places or city.

Planting vegetable inside the pots/containers is very amazing. When it grows it felt so well as it makes you happy everytime you see it. And so today, let us know the importance of urban gardening in the Philippines.


So, what are the importance of urban gardening in the Philippines? The importance of urban gardening in the Philippines are;
1. Save Invironment
2. Produce More Foods
3. Creates Vegetable Garden Even Lack of Space
4. Makes Surrounding Beautiful
5. Produce More Oxygen
6. Produce Works
7. Extra Income

Plants have a very important role in our life. Not only to people but also to animals. We get foods from them and the breathe the air because of them.

Growing in urban places is a very uniqe ideas in which you are making it not just for self but it has also role in the society. Let us dig deeper below.

Importance of Urban Gardening in the Philippines

1. Save Invironment

Mostly in urban places, gardeners use recycled materials like pots and container. They use the bottle of mineral water, pale, can of milk and any other container.

Through the container they create a garden. They put some soil inside and then put some seeds to grow. Vegetables can grow inside the pots. They are varieties of them like tomatoes.

People grows vegetable in the pots and because of that they save the nature. Why? Because they recycled the materials. Recycling is one form of caring to our nature.

You use those things and did not throw it to the bodies of water or any where. Because of that you show your care to the planet earth.

Thats the importance of urban gardening, saving mother earth from destruction.

2. Produce More Foods

Having a vegetable garden in the city has many benefits. One thing is it produce more foods. When your vegetable starts to grow from seeds. And after few months you can start to harvest.

And because of that it produce foods. Foods that you can eat and provide the needs of the family. We all need food and through gardening you can get some.

For example you get a container and then put soil inside. Inside you plant tomato. The tomato will grow if you give some care like watering it everyday, put some fertilizer and so on. After few months you can now get some tomato fruits.

It is amazing thing that in a simple way you can provide foods for your family. That's another thing why gardening is important.

3. Creates Vegetable Garden Even Lack of Space

In the city there are many structures like buildings, houses, roads, mall etc,. You will see that most are made up of cement and you can't see ground.

So when you do urban gardening you will use containers, pots, or sack where you can put soil inside. Even there are no place to grow vegetables there are still pots to carry on. You can still have a way of growing your favorite plants.

You can make a garden even lack of space. Use the small space inside the container and make it as big vegetable garden in the city. Theres a reason to grow plants and theres no excuse that you can't do it.

4. Makes Surrounding Beautiful

Urban gardening is not just about vegetable, you can also plant flowers inside the pots. And it makes the surrounding beautiful.

The flowers has a characteristic that attract us. When we see flowers it feels good it's because it is pretty, has a good smell, and colorful.

When you see them you see the world is so beautiful. It makes people happy and it makes your surrounding much better.

Growing flowers will be easy for you. There are flowers that you can plant like roses and orchids. These flowers are easy to care and it will bear more flowers as time pass.

5. Produce More Oxygen

Through the plants we can breathe. It's because we get oxygen from plants.

Producing more oxygen can happen if you grow more plants. Through the simple plants it can help even as little. The vegetable, flowers can produce small amount of oxygen. But we know if all those small amount will be collected we can produce huge amount of oxygen.

You can't grow trees inside the containers as it needs more space to grow it's roots. It will spread and needs to hold the soil. But there are also dwarf trees that you can grow inside the container. Like for example there are dwarf papaya trees that even small it produce more papaya fruits.

So if you are growing trees in the city pick those drawft variety. It will produce more fruits and also the oxygen that everyone needs.

6. Produce Works

It doesn't mean that you are in the city your work will be in office, factories, or any establishment. You can also work as a gardener, a farmer, or agriculturist.

Planting is a kind of work and it provides food. Foods are the basic essential needs of people so we need to produce more foods. We need foods to supply energy to our body. Without them we can't move and we will become weak.

Urban gardening can makes work. It can also creates work for other people like for example. You have a big garden in the city. And because you can't do it with all yourself, you will hire some people to work with you. And because of that you create works or job for other people.

7. Extra Income

When you have a garden it will produce foods. The vegetable you harvest in your garden can be a source of income.

You can sell the vegetable and earn some money. The money you gets can be use to buy some other materials needed by the family.

Also in no.6 was mention that you hire a worker so your worker can earn through gardening.

Thank you for reading this article about importance of urban gardening in the Philippines. Hope you learn even as little. Thank you for spending your time with us.

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