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Philippine Climate and Planting Calendar

The Philippine has four distinct types of climate; Type 1. This is characterized by having two pronounced seasons, dry from the month...

The Philippine has four distinct types of climate;

Type 1. This is characterized by having two pronounced seasons, dry from the month of November to April and wet during the rest of the year. It covers all provinces in the western part of Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, and Palawan.

Type II. This type of climate is characterized by having no dry season and a very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to January. The areas covered by this climate are the eastern part of Bicol, Quezon, Leyte, and a large portion of eastern Mindanao.

Type III. In this type of climate, the seasons are not very pronounced. it is relatively dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year. The areas covered by this type of climate type include the western part of Cagayan Valley, Eastern Mountain Province, Southern Quezon, Bondoc Peninsula, Romblon, Northeast Panay, Eastern Negros, Central and Southern Cebu, Northern Mindanao, and Eastern Palawan.

Type IV. In this type of climate, rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year. It covers Batanes, Northern Luzon, Western Camarines Sur, Albay, Eastern Mindoro, Marinduque, Western Leyte, Northern Negros, and most Central and Eastern Mindanao.

TYPE -I

Crop	Soil Type	Planting Period	Depth of Sowing (cm)	Harvesting Period (in Days)
Ampalaya	Sandy to Clay loam	Sep.- Jan.	3-5	90-120
Bulb onion	Sandy to silty loam	June-July Sept.- Jan	½	30-40
Carrot	Silty Loam	May-June Nov. -Jan	½	75-85
Cabbage	Clay loam	June to July Nov to Jan.	½	95-105
Cut Flower	Silty Loam	Apr to May	½	90-120
Cowpea	Clay to Sandy loam	June to July Dec to Jan.	2.5	70-100
Cucumber	Sandy to Clay loam	June to July Oct. to Dec.	½-1	75-100
Eggplant	Sandy Loam	Sept. to Feb.	1	120-140
Garlic	Sandy to Silty	May to June Sept. to Jan	Until covered	90-120
Green Onion	Sandy Loam	Apr to July Sept. to Jan	½	90-120
Lettuce	Siltyy Loam	June to July Jan to Feb	¼	90-120
Mungo	Loam	June to July Sept. to Oct.	1 ½	50-60
Muskmelon	Sandy to clay	May to July Oct. to Dec	2-3	40-75
Mustard	Clay to silty loam	May to July Nov. to Jan	¼	80-100
Patola	Sandy to clay	May to June Dec to Jan	2.5-3	80-100
Okra	Silty to loam	Jan to Feb	2.5	45-70
Pechay	Clay loam	May to June Sept. to Jan	¼	20-40
Pepper	Clay loam	May to July Sept. to Jan	1	20-40
Radish	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Nov to Jan	¼	120-180
Sitao	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Jan to Feb	2.5-3	30-75
Snap beans		May to June Oct. to Dec June to September Oct to Jan	2.5-3	40-50 30-50
Squash	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Jan to Feb	2.5-3	30-75
Sweet Pea	Clay loam	May to June Oct. to Feb	2.5	80-100
Tomato	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Nov. to Jan	23-30	90-120
Upo	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Oct. to Jan	23-30	90-120
Watermelon	Sandy to clay loam	Nov. to Jan	2.5-3	90-120

TYPE- II

Crop	Soil Type	Planting Period	Depth of Sowing (cm)	Harvesting Period (in Days)
Ampalaya	Sandy to Clay loam	June to Aug	3-5	90-120
Bulb onion	Sandy to silty loam	Dec to Mar	½	90-120
Cabbage	Clay Loam	Jan to Mar	½	60-90
Carrot	Clay loam	June to July Nov to Jan.	½	95-105
Cut Flower	Silty Loam	Jan to Mar	½	90-120
Cowpea	Clay to Sandy loam	Jan to Mar May to July Nov to Dec	2.5	40-75
Cucumber	Sandy to Clay loam	Mar to Apr	½-1	75-100
Eggplant	Sandy Loam	Jan to Apr	1	95-100
Garlic	Sandy to Silty loam	Nov to Dec	Until covered	120-140
Lettuce	Siltyy Loam	Mar to June	¼	30-70
Mungo	Loam	Feb to June	¼	90-120
Muskmelon	Sandy to clay	Mar to June	2-3	90-120
Mustard	Clay to silty loam	Jan to Mar	¼	25-30
Okra	Sandy to clay	Whole Year	2.5	45-70
Patola	Silty to loam	Mar to Sept	2.5-3	80-100
Pechay	Clay loam	Feb to Mar Aug to Sept	1	30-40
Pepper	Clay loam	Feb to Mar Aug to Sept	1	90-100
Radish	Sandy to clay loam	Nov to Dec Mar to May	¼	30-40
Sitao	Sandy to clay loam	May to June	2.5-3	75-85
Snap beans		Jan to May		40-50
Squash	Sandy to clay loam	Whole year	2.5-3	80-90
Sweet Pea	Clay loam	Feb to Mar	2.5	80-100
Tomato	Sandy to clay loam	Jan to Apr Aug to Sept	2	90-120
Upo	Sandy to clay loam	Nov. to Mar	3	90-120
Watermelon	Sandy to clay loam	Nov. to Jan	2.5-3	90-120
Green Onion	Sandy Loam	Jan to Mar	½	80-90

TYPE III

Crop	Soil Type	Planting Period	Depth of Sowing (cm)	Harvesting Period (in Days)
Ampalaya	Sandy to Clay loam	May-June	3-5	90-120
Bulb onion	Sandy to silty loam	Nov.-Jan Apr- June Oct- Dec	½	90-120
Cabbage	Clay Loam	Apr-June	½	60-90
Carrot	Silty loam	Oct-Dec	½	120-180
Cauliflower	Silty Loam	Oct-Dec	½	90-120
Cucumber	Sandy to Clay loam	May-June Oct-Jan	½-1	75-100
Eggplant	Sandy Loam	May-June Oct-Jan	1	95-105
Garlic	Sandy to Silty	Oct-Dec	Until covered	120-140
Green Onion	Sandy Loam	May-July Oct-Dec	½	80-90
Lettuce	Silty Loam	Apr-May Oct-Dec	¼	30-75
Mungo	Loam	Dec-Jan Sept-Oct	1 ½	90-120
Mustard	Clay to silty loam	May- July Oct.- Dec.	¼	25-30
Muskmelon	Sandy to clay	Nov-Jan	2-3	90-120
Okra	Silty to loam	May-July Oct-Dec	2.5	45-70
Patola	Sandy to clay	May to June Oct-Dec	2.5-3	80-100
Pechay	Clay loam	May to June Oct-Dec	¼	40
Pepper	Clay loam	May to June Oct-Dec	1	90-100
Radish	Sandy to clay loam	Nov to Jan	¼	40-50
Sitao	Sandy to clay loam	May to June	2.5-3	75-85
Snap beans		May to June Oct. to Dec June to September Oct to Jan	2.5-3	40-50 50-60
Squash	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Oct-Dec	2.5-3	80-90
Sweet Pea	Clay loam	Apr to June Nov-Jan	2.5	70-80
Tomato	Sandy to clay loam	Oct. to Jan	2-3	80-100
Upo	Sandy to clay loam	Apr-May Oct. to Jan	3	90-120
Watermelon	Sandy to clay loam	Oct to Jan	2.5-3	90-120

TYPE IV

Crop	Soil Type	Planting Period	Depth of Sowing (cm)	Harvesting Period (in Days)
Ampalaya	Sandy to Clay loam	Sept-Jan	3-5	90-120
Bulb onion	Sandy to silty loam	June-July Sept-Jan	½	25-30
Cabbage	Clay Loam	June-July Nov-Jan	½	95-105
Cauliflower	Silty loam	May-June Apr-may	½	90-100
Carrot	silty loam	Oct to Jan.	½	75-85
Cowpea	Clay to Sandy loam	Jun-July Dec-Jan	2.5	70-80
Cucumber	Sandy to Clay loam	Jun-July Dec-Jan	½-1	75-100
Eggplant	Sandy Loam	Sept-Feb	1	120-140
Garlic	Sandy to Silty loam	May-June Sept-Jan	Until covered	90-120
Green onion	Sandy loam	Apr-July Sept-Jan	½	90-120
Lettuce	Silty Loam	June-July Jan-Feb	¼	50-90
Mungo	Loam	June-July Sept-Oct	¼	90-120
Muskmelon	Sandy to clay	May-June Oct-Dec	2-3	40-75
Mustard	Clay to silty loam	May-July Nov-Jan	¼	30-40
Okra	Silty to loam	Jan-Feb	2.5	45-70
Patola	Sandy to clay loam	May-June Dec-Jan	2.5-3	80-100
Pechay	Clay loam	May-June Sept-Jan	1	90-100
Pepper	Clay loam	May-July Sept-Jan	1	20-40
Radish	Sandy to clay loam	May-June Nov-Jan	¼	120-180
Sitao	Sandy to clay loam	May to June Nov-Jan	2.5-3	80-90
Snap beans		May-June Oct-Dec June-Sept Oct-Jan		40-50 50-60
Squash	Sandy to clay loam	May-June Jan-Feb	2.5-3	30-75
Sweet Pea	Clay loam	May-June Oct-Jan	2.5	80-100
Tomato	Sandy to clay loam	May-June Nov-Jan	2	90-120
Upo	Sandy to clay loam	May-June Oct-Jan	3	90-120
Watermelon	Sandy to clay loam	Nov. to Jan	2.5-3	90-120