Horseradish (Malunggay) Important For Health
This kind of tree commonly found in all corners of the Philippines. This is useful because the plant leaves may be vegetable alone or mix with other vegetables such as legumes in Sautee. In putaheng with meat, it is used ingredient in tinolang chicken. The fresh leaves can make salad or is it extract to make "juice". The dried leaves are cheap also doing "green tea" or tea. During abundant leaves, it can Settle, grind and store in dry container. The pandesal mixed with minced horseradish leaves are more nutritious because its leaves may contain 26% "crude protein" and rich in Vitamins A, C, iron and potasyum.
Not only useful but also because the seeds of horseradish contain high-quality oil that can be used to cooking, another "lubricate", or components of the kosmetikong makeup. Estimated that the seeds have 38-40 percent oil. The oil pinagpigaan priest may use water filters (water purifier) or as compost or manure to the plants if composted.
The other importance of horseradish is medicine. The skin, seeds and leaves its root is known as rheumatic drugs, animal bites of poisonous and others.
Easy to plant and care for the horseradish. It will quickly grow into the porous soil. It may also turn to the land plant lagkitin or sand with good care. It is well-known stable but weak in water drying. Should therefore avoid plant horseradish in the area or habitat nababaha water.
If you are planting malunggay, will be planting the seeds or branches. If bone is the parent plant seeds with dark or "brown" and hard balata of piliiin. Soak it first for 24 hours in water. Wash it with clean water when climbing, put into the bag and put in dry and dark place. The bone will grow within 3 -10 days forth to an end the tube becomes wavy leaves, while on the other end forth the root. Just remember: "Do not let the root grows extensively because it can disrupt and just die."
If the plant will branch Select the parent branches. It is pale compared to cheap green branches. It cut both ends slant while 50 centimeters to 150 centimeters according to the perceived amount of resources and extent of branches pangtanim tatamnan. This dip mix medicine with "fungicide and insecticide" to prevent attacks of mold, insects and not residential ant and termite. Planting of slanting branches, bury 1/3 of its length on the ground. Hose if necessary. Estimate the wet ground by pagdakot its palm, compressing and ipormang circle. The dry land is not generated. The extremely wet soil turn magtutubig when squeezed. The malunggay will need just the right humidity.
The proper distance of planting horseradish is 3 meters away from each other if they are pamumungahin or sources of seeds. But can also be closer to 10 centimeters if only source of cheap pine.
The abonong matches (phosphorus) is conducive to rapid plant roots. The nitrogen from organic fertilizer will help plants grow quickly. In areas lagkitin, recommended the use of 5 kg organic fertilizer or animal manure per hole pagtatamnan of horseradish. Mix it with a spoon ammophos (16-20-0) per tree. Such manuring must repeat once a year. The amount should be appropriate to the age of the tree.
The malunggay tree increases of 3-5 meters within a year. It can reach a height of 15-30 meters if not turned off. A three year old tree yields 300 to 400 pieces of fruit within a year. The trees here are older can yield 1,000 per year (Fuglie et.al). Well to cut the trees of 90 centimeters from the ground every third year to keep it low and easily reach the fruits.