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Bio-Intensive Gardening

Advantages of Bio-Intensive Gardening


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Low/No cost, labor intensive, rather than capital intensive


Ecologically sound
Sustainable to household level food security
Preserve nature
Maintain soil productivity
Improve soils natural capability
Maintenance of soil, moisture and microbial condition
Eliminates the need for chemical pesticides

Site selection
- available water, sunlight for day, free from astray animals, easily drain soil, and free from
water logged and contaminants
Area
- Good for family (37-46 sq. m.) School, community
Crop Selection
1. Nutritious and palatable, easy to plant, productive,
2. Resistant to pest and diseases
3. Different types such as legumes, crucifers, solanaceous
What to plant?
1. Rotation of each crop within each bed
PLANTING SEASON
Bed
Subdivision

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Leaf

Fruit

Root

Legume

Fruit

Leaf

Legume

Root

Root

Legume

Leaf

Fruit

Legume

Root

Fruit

Leaf

2. Examples of each Crop Category (Annual Crop Only)


Leaf crops : Cabbage, lettuce, amaranth, pechay, kangkong, malabar (alugbati) bunchy onion
Fruit crops : Eggplant, tomato, pepper (sweet and hot), squash, ampalaya, upo, okra, corn
(sweet and field)
Root crops : Sweet potato (camote), radish, gabi, ginger, cassava
Legume: String beans, bush sitao, cowpea, mungbean, baguio beans
Note: Select vegetables that are source of carbohydrates, vitamin A, protein, Vitamin C, and
Iron-rich foods.

When to Plant?
- Layout and planting calendar for a small-scale, household, level, vegetable production plot

Layout for a small-scale, household, level, vegetable production plot

Bio-Intensive Garden MODELS

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