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ALVIN NOLEAL ALVARO

Agricultural Technologist
Naga City Focal Person For Organic Agriculture
urban organic gardening

 The production of safe and healthy food

within the comfort of your own home
using light and recyclable materials
benefits
No weeds
No muddy soil
Minimal watering
Minimal fertilization
Transferable
Decorative
Space saving
No soil borne pathogens(for soil-less
potting mix)
What can be used as plant
containers?
 Pots (Terracota & Plastic pots)
 Empty plastic soda bottles
 Bamboo/plastic pipes
 Old tires
 Plastic bags/tower planters
 Empty sacks
What can be used as potting
mix/growing medium?
 1 part vermicast, 1 part carbonized rice
hull or coco coir dust (soil-less potting
mix) I part ordinary soil.

 3 parts top soil, 3 parts carbonized rice

hull, 1 part decompost animal manure or
kitchen waste
What can be planted?
ALL TYPES OF VEGETABLES , HERBS &
SPICES!
The basic Rule:

“If you grow it for the root or fruit, you

need full sun. If you grow it for the
leaves, partial shade is all you need.”
 More than 6 hours sun: Fruit & Root
type
 Less than 6 hours sun: Leafy type,
herbs.
Hanging pots
Empty soda bottles
Used pipes
Terracotta pots
Bamboo poles
Tower planters with different
lettuces
for container garden
 Prepare your
growing medium
 1 part vermicast
 1 part CRH
 I part Soil
 Mix thoroughly
Kitchen Waste
Care and maintenance of seedlings
 plants to plant
 Leafy greens (petsay, mustasa,
kangkong, lettuce, kulitis)
 Herbs (rosemary, basil, cilantro,
lemongrass, pandan)
 Pinakbet vegetables (ampalaya,
 Talong, tomatoes, okra, sitaw, sili)
 High Value Crops (cabbage, bell –
pepper, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower)
Why you should grow your own
organic garden?
Family certified organic
Daily supply of freshly picked
veggies/herbs
Encourages members of the family to eat
fresh veggies
Family bonding
Effective stress-buster after office hours
Showcase to family and friends
Additional income for the family
Grow vegetables based on their
nutrition value
Vegetable rich in Iron
 Gabi leaves dried
 Saluyot leaves
 Alugbati
 Kulitis/Spinach
 Camote Tops / Cassava leaves
 Malungay
Vegetables rich in Vitamin A
 Dahon ng Sili
 Pako
 Sayote leaves
 Letuce
 Malungay
 Gabi leaves
 Saluyot
 Alugbati
 Vegetables High in Vitamin C
 Kauray Alugbati
 Cassava Togue (fresh)
 Malungay (bunga) Siling Panigang
 Bell Pepper (green) Gabi eaves
 Kulitis
 Petchay
 Cauliflower
 Malunggay
 Energy Vegetables
 Snap Beans Long Red Pepper
 Kadyos Gabi
 Sitaw Beans Camote, purple
 Malungay Fruit Saluyot
 Malungay Leaves
 Cassava Leaves
 Potato
 Katuray Leaves
 Fertilizer production at home
Kitchen and Domestic waste
 Leftover rice for IMO Production
 Vegetable trimmings for FPJ Preparation
 Fruit/Vegetable Peel for Fermented Fruit Juice
 Bones (from pork, beef, chicken for Calphos)
 Egg shell (for Calcium Phosphate)
 Dried/Fallen Leaves
 Animal Manure/Legumes (Nitrogen Source)
 Pest, diseases and control
INSECT DAMAGE NON-CHEMICAL
CONTROL
1. Aphid Leaf and bud distorted; Spray water with little
Blossom & leaf drop dishwashing agent to
drown them

2. Cutworm Transplanted are cut-off; Apply chilli powder

Seedlings totally eaten around the base of the
plant; plant marigold
3. Leaf miner Tunneling on leaves often Removed/destroy infested
on seedlings leaves; Madre de cacao or
neem seed spay
4. Army worm Older larvae can finish Garlic-soap spray
whole plants overnight
5. Diamond Black Moth Feeds on the lower Chilli Pepper spray
surface of leaves that
turns like cellophane
6. Fruit borer Feeds on flower & bore Bagging
into the young fruits
DIOS
MABALOS