If your Kalabasa flowers aren’t growing quite how they should be, Chef JR Royol teaches us a pollination technique passed down to him by his father!
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00:00 Good morning, good morning. We're going to cook vegetables.
00:03 Of course, we're going to eat this early.
00:05 If you're familiar with this signature dish,
00:08 you're probably familiar with the millions of people who have watched Sir Romeo Katakutan's videos.
00:14 He's more known on social media as Idol TikTok.
00:18 His videos include daily scenes here at his 20 hectare farm in San Luis, Bampanga.
00:29 The Lotkar Farm.
00:30 And today, I'm excited to be with the one and only Idol TikTok of Bampanga
00:37 in our happy food adventure.
00:39 So Sir, this is the content that you usually post on your account, right?
00:43 Yes, on TikTok.
00:44 Fresh vegetables.
00:46 Especially this. This is what you usually feed, right?
00:49 Yes, it's delicious.
00:51 It's good for the body.
00:55 I have a story to tell you, Sir. This pumpkin flower is sentimental to me.
01:03 Because when I was in college, we didn't have any other source of income.
01:07 We just planted pumpkins.
01:09 And my mom, every morning, we planted a few pumpkins.
01:16 So, if they're already blooming this season, my mom will pick them.
01:22 She'll bring them to the market, and whatever she sells, I'll buy from her.
01:28 And Sir, this is what I was taught by the Airpods.
01:31 I'm sure to our food explorers who are not familiar with this.
01:34 There are times when your place doesn't have many pollinators,
01:39 there are no many insects, not many flies.
01:43 Even if we plant them.
01:44 So, if there's an incident like that, and you'll notice that the fruit of your pumpkin doesn't continue,
01:51 what you can actually do is, manually pollinate them.
01:56 If the female pumpkin doesn't pollinate, this is what will happen.
02:03 These are the ones we usually buy from the market.
02:07 And this is the male.
02:10 This is what we call, right Sir?
02:12 And this is the female.
02:14 There.
02:16 This one has a fruit.
02:19 So, you'll see that if you'll notice that the fruit of your pumpkin doesn't continue,
02:26 it dies,
02:27 what my dad taught me is you can manually pollinate
02:32 so that the survival or chance of it being able to grow into full grown fruit.
02:38 What you do is, you'll remove that,
02:41 so that you can shoot it inside.
02:47 Because you'll notice that this is the one that will shoot,
02:50 if you'll notice that the female pumpkin is just right.
02:58 And then, we'll just let it in, we'll shoot it,
03:01 then we'll leave it there.
03:05 So, that's basically how you do manual pollination of squash.
03:13 You can do it with other plants, but in this case, that's the technique we can do.
03:17 There, and then the squash.
03:20 Those are my favorite vegetables.
03:22 There's a lot.
03:28 Another tip, you need to harvest it early because when the sun rises,
03:34 the leaves that are opening up, that's when it will close.
03:41 And then, you won't be able to come back the next day.
03:43 So, you need to harvest it early.
03:45 So, where do you usually mix this?
03:47 In the pot.
03:49 In the pot and in the fruit.
03:51 Yes.
03:52 We grill it or we put it in the oven.
03:55 Okay.
03:55 I was thinking of a recipe, sir, that I feel like you haven't tried yet.
04:00 We'll try it.
04:02 That's a good one.
04:03 [Music]
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