At 113 Wagner Café, it’s lush with Philodendron Esmeraldense, which can cost over ₱100K per pot Photos by the author. GARDEN SEATING In the middle of the Pantaleon family home on Wagner Road in Baguio City is the main dining area in a cathedral-like greenhouse With its cool mountain weather,...
If the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) can no longer function safely, then the Philippines must build a new nuclear plant. Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Facebook) This is the gist of House Bill (HB) No.2921 filed in the ongoing 19th Congress by Negros Oriental 3rd district...
With the Philippines being a hot pot of different cultures and languages, it is easy for the names of plants to get mixed up. A name could refer to a certain plant in one region but mean something else in another. A single plant can be referred to by different names but they actually mean the same...
KIBUNGAN, Benguet -- Over P1 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed and burned during the two-day operations in Kibungan, Benguet. Benguet provincial director Col. Reynaldo Pasiwen said personnel of 1st Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Company discovered a total of four marijuana...
Government anti-narcotics operatives uprooted on Friday, July 22, some P4 million worth of fully-grown marijuana in raid conducted in Toledo City in Cebu. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said an estimated 10,000 fully grown marijuana plants planted in 1,000 square meter lot were...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Authorities uprooted and burned 15,000 fully grown marijuana plants (FGMJP) valued at P3 million in four plantations from July 19 to 21 in Barangay Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga. These FGMJP planted in 1,500-square meters of land were destroyed by the Kalinga Police...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists found that superworms have a surprisingly healthy appetite for polystyrene, which the researchers hope could eventually be used to recycle plastic in an environmentally safe way. In a new study published in the Microbial Genomics journal and revealed on...
SLSU Clonal Nursery uses both the mist and non-mist system during the rooting stage of the plants. Much like animals can be cloned like the ever-controversial Dolly the Sheep, the same can be done with plants. Some plants may even benefit from cloning. Clonal propagation is the process of...
WASHINGTON, United States -- That's one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar soil brought back by astronauts in the Apollo program. This University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences...
There are a number of reasons why an indoor plant might develop leaves with brown spots. The underlying cause might not be immediately obvious, but there are multiple ways to treat plants with browning leaves. If an indoor plant is receiving too much direct sunlight, relocate the plant and find an...
Plant lovers rejoice! The National Cactus and Succulent Organization of the Philippines, Inc., in cooperation with the Quezon City Government and Quezon City Memorial Circle present All About Plants, a plant fair to be held in the Runnex Elevated Garden of the Quezon Memorial Circle from...
By Liezle Basa Iñigo and Patrick Garcia PANGASINANFormer Vice President and UNA senatorial aspirant Jejomar C. Binay urged the government to cut the red tape and streamline the approval process for new power plants to help prevent a return to the crippling power outages in the 1990s. Binay visited...
