PinoyEcoFarmer

I think that one of the foundations of being a good farmer is the drive to constantly get more and more information. I know there is no substitute for the actual farming but the theory helps a lot.

These are excerpts from Rodel G. Maghirang’s paper on Organic Vegetable Production, Institute of Plant Breeding College of Agriculture University of the Philippines Los Baños (April 2004):

Combination Planting

• Chilli- with okra, eggplant, radish
• Cabbage- with onion and tomato
• Tomato- with carrot, cucumber, onion, garlic
• Cucumber- with radish, corn, lettuce
• Peanut- with corn, okra
• Radish-with cucumber, tomato. Chilli

Use pest repellent plants

• Spices (onion, garlic, leek, lemon grass, ginger, turmeric)
• Flowering plants (marigold, cosmos, sunflower, zinnia)
• Herbs (basil, tarragon, coriander)

Pest and their repellants

• Ants – mint
• Aphids – garlic, chives, cilantro/coriander/wansoy, anise
• Beetle – tomato, radish, marigold
• Borers – onion, garlic
• Cabbage moth – mint, celery
• Mites – onion, garlic, chives
• Nematode – marigold, dahlia, calendula, asparagus
• Whitefly – marigold