To all you gardeners or wannabe's out there.

Well done Larry.

Just be careful if the vegie garden behind the pigpen if it drains towards the proposed garden, high nitrogen etc.

We are La union I suppose central Luzon but beach front which can be a problem (salt air). Vegie garden behind the house that tends to block the ocean winds.

We have had success with tasty tomatoes, beans, snow and pod peas, okra, Zucchini, pumpkin, chilli, small capsicum, basil, parsley, many kitchen herbs and the list goes on. No good for brassicas, lettuce etc. too hot here. Never tried potatoes of any kind but will. Ginger grows well also.

Best to look at tropical vegie growing online and what grows here and your locale. Enjoy.

Cheers, Steve.

Larry Fisher said  . . . . We've walled in our property now and have been preparing the area behind our piggery for a vegetable garden.
What vegetables have you successfully grown in the Philippines and is there a specific time of year to plant said vegetables?

We can buy seed at the market where we buy or pig feed and they seem to have a decent selection. We'll start with an area that's about 7m x 7m. The soil is rich and has already been turned well.

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Please grow Vadalia Onions, Heirloom or Beefsteak tomatoes and I'll be your first customer.

Recently there has been some talk about Pinto Beans? I watched some Expat Youtube Blog  and it is illegal to bring in Pinto Beans as they are considered a seed.

    Well done Larry.
Just be careful if the vegie garden behind the pigpen if it drains towards the proposed garden, high nitrogen etc.
We are La union I suppose central Luzon but beach front which can be a problem (salt air). Vegie garden behind the house that tends to block the ocean winds.
We have had success with tasty tomatoes, beans, snow and pod peas, okra, Zucchini, pumpkin, chilli, small capsicum, basil, parsley, many kitchen herbs and the list goes on. No good for brassicas, lettuce etc. too hot here. Never tried potatoes of any kind but will. Ginger grows well also.

Best to look at tropical vegie growing online and what grows here and your locale. Enjoy.

Cheers, Steve.
   

    -@bigpearl

Steve,

All of the waste from the piggery goes into a bio-gas unit. We use that methane to burn in the dirty kitchen.

Have you grown larger tomatoes? Seem everything at open markets is basically just cherry tomatoes. Or that size anyways. Definitely gotta add Ginger to the list. Basil too.

LarryFisher asked bigpearl. . . .Have you grown larger tomatoes? Seem everything at open markets is basically just cherry tomatoes. Or that size anyways. Definitely gotta add Ginger to the list. Basil too.

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I've tried spending hundred of dollars going through all the paperwork to legally import seeds, using grow tents (indoors) and LED lights a complete failure and months & months of time.

I still have a few seeds leftover. Heirloom Brandywine Pink, Beefsteak, Tiny Tim, Mica Red and Sweet Princess Tomatoes.

Also have these onions: Vidalia, Walla Walla, Yellow Granex and Ailsa Craig Exhibition. The Ailsa Craig can produce 10 lb onions.
   

 

    LarryFisher asked bigpearl. . . .Have you grown larger tomatoes? Seem everything at open markets is basically just cherry tomatoes. Or that size anyways. Definitely gotta add Ginger to the list. Basil too.
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I've tried spending hundred of dollars going through all the paperwork to legally import seeds, using grow tents (indoors) and LED lights a complete failure and months & months of time.
I still have a few seeds leftover. Heirloom Brandywine Pink, Beefsteak, Tiny Tim, Mica Red and Sweet Princess Tomatoes.

Also have these onions: Vidalia, Walla Walla, Yellow Granex and Ailsa Craig Exhibition. The Ailsa Craig can produce 10 lb onions.     
   

    -@Enzyte Bob

Having done some indoor growing of another type for medicinal needs for my mother years ago, I can tell you LED lighting leaves a lot to be desired. It's cooler for sure. And draws less energy. But light spectrums and penetration are sub optimal to say the least. I used to do hydroponic recirculating deep 5 gal buckets in series with nutrient water and a water chiller. It was actually very good with correct lighting. I had some success with LED, but not as good as a good ol 1000w bulb during flowering time.

Medicinal for us in Oz was Aloe Vera, Comfrey, Mint, Lemon and lime etc. and all in the garden as were the additional herbs and all grown in the garden, bugs and all.

My biggest bug bear here is getting decent Tomatoes, one has to grow their own. Nothing better than a full flavoured tomatoes of all colours and sizes. Same with Capsicum and the list goes on.

I think we are somewhat lucky here as rarely a fruit fly on the mangoes, papaya , avocadoes etc. but goats got the better of me for a while but now fully fenced with construction down to 5/6 guys I will have time to start again,

@Bob for me while we love onions and garlic they are long time crops with lots of maintenance, for us better the local small and large local availability.  I suppose it's a bit like a cheap sherry or a Chivas Regal, the essence is still there. Tomatoes no as you well know. All know. Tomatoes here are garbage.

OMO.

Cheers, Steve.

Larry Fisher said. . . .Having done some indoor growing of another type for medicinal needs for my mother years ago, I can tell you LED lighting leaves a lot to be desired. It's cooler for sure. And draws less energy. But light spectrums and penetration are sub optimal to say the least. I used to do hydroponic recirculating deep 5 gal buckets in series with nutrient water and a water chiller. It was actually very good with correct lighting. I had some success with LED, but not as good as a good ol 1000w bulb during flowering time.
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Same with me in the past, hydroponics, 5 gallon pails, submersible pumps, dripper's, metal halide in the mother plant room (various strains) and high pressure sodium in the flowering room. . . . Grow Rocks, Rock Wool and Electric bills about $400 a month. (late 1980's)

Original seeds ordered from Amsterdam (catalog), shipped from Humboldt county, then cloning. I had some original seeds from Afghanistan. Those seeds came through the Khyber Pass with Russians shooting on one side and Afghans shooting back at them from the other side.

   

    Larry Fisher said. . . .Having done some indoor growing of another type for medicinal needs for my mother years ago, I can tell you LED lighting leaves a lot to be desired. It's cooler for sure. And draws less energy. But light spectrums and penetration are sub optimal to say the least. I used to do hydroponic recirculating deep 5 gal buckets in series with nutrient water and a water chiller. It was actually very good with correct lighting. I had some success with LED, but not as good as a good ol 1000w bulb during flowering time.     *******************************
Same with me in the past, hydroponics, 5 gallon pails, submersible pumps, dripper's, metal halide in the mother plant room (various strains) and high pressure sodium in the flowering room. . . . Grow Rocks, Rock Wool and Electric bills about $400 a month. (late 1980's)
Original seeds ordered from Amsterdam (catalog), shipped from Humboldt county, then cloning. I had some original seeds from Afghanistan. Those seeds came through the Khyber Pass with Russians shooting on one side and Afghans shooting back at them from the other side.     

I wonder how many people died transporting those seeds, Maybe they had an offer on - buy three bags of seeds and get a free rocket launcher.
   

    -@Enzyte Bob