How to make Charcoal (Bricks) Briquettes
Charcoal made out of the modified pit method can be used in making charcoal briquettes. Charcoal briquettes are charcoal dust compactly massed by a binder of either cassava flour, corn or sweet potato starch.
As fuel, charcoal briquettes have higher heating value than wood or plain charcoal. They are...
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Planting Asparagus
Asparagus, the hardy, branching, herbaceous plant, is a very succulent vegetables. Its numerous branchlets and very fine delicate foliage make the tops valuable for decorative purposes.
The current supply of asparagus is largely imported and still not enough to meet increasing local demand.
Asparagus...
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Growing Watermelon
One of the major fruits in the Philippines is watermelon. Pakwan, as it is called in Tagalog, is eaten mainly as dessert. Its rind is used in making preserves and pickles.
Varieties. Klondyke, Stripped Klondyke, Charleston Gray and Dixie Queen are varieties most commonly grown in the country. Hybrids...
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Pineapple Production Guide
Aside from being nutritious and delicious, pineapple is a good foreign exchange earner. Pineapple can be processed into juice, jam, vinegar, nata de pina, preserves and candies. Its leaves are a source of a remarkable strong and silky fiber that can be processed into cloth and cordage. Even its skin...
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Growing Garlic (Allium sativum L)
Garlic, scientifically known as Allium sativum L., is one of the most important food seasoning in the world. However, because of its many other uses, demand of this crop is continuously increasing.
Aside from being an indispensable recado (ingredient), garlic is also used to cure athlete’s foot...
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Anthurium Production Guide
The eye-catching blooms of anthurium are mere modified leaves called spathes. But these spathes are not ordinary because they come in bright colors and are glossy in appearance. A pot of flowering anthurium costs P80 to 250 depending on the variety. Price of cut flowers vary with the size.
There are...
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Nata de Piña and Pineapple Jam Recipe
Pineapple is a well-known fruit and can be found abundant in traditional markets, especially during harvest season. Consumers are fond of this fruit not only because of its delicious taste, but also because of its high vitamin and calorie content which is good for the health. Pineapple is often consumed...
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Growing Cashew
An economically important fruit crop, cashew consist of large, pear-shaped, fleshly fruit and small kidney-shaped seed (nut) attached to one end. Both the fleshly fruit and the nut are the edible and has considerable commercial value.
The flesh portion of the fruit is eaten as dessert and also used in...
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Growing Chrysanthemum
Belonging to the family Compositae, chrysanthemum or mums, for short are those delicate and enchanting flowers popular in white and pastel shades of pink and yellow.
Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum morifolium) are short-day plants which grow well in areas with low temperature such as Baguio and Benguet....
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Arrowroot Production Guide
Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) or “Uraro” is widely cultivated in the Philippines for its starchy rhizomes. It is a low perennial herbaceous plant with thick, fleshy and creeping roots and long white fibers and is a good source of flour.
Arrowroot flour has a very high commercial value in...
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