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You can  plant a malunggay tree everywhere. It can grow along the roadside, beside a playground, or even around a garbage dump. Like any other trees, Malunggay need water to grow but it’s growth can be stifled with too much water. It grows best in sandy soil but will also grow in most well-drained soils.

The easiest and fastest way to grow a malunngay tree is from branch cutting but you can also grow malunggay from it’s seed.  Choose a healthy, mature tree from which to take your cuttings.

Dig a pit a shallow pit, place a layer of fertilizer at the bottom. Place a mound of sand on the centre of the pit, surrounding the cutting with sand helps to keep it from rotting and helps it to grow roots more quickly. Plant the branch cutting upright in the sand mound and pat  the sand firmly in place around it. Fill the pit with the soil you have already dug out and press it firm.

Water regularly, and take care to keep the soil moist but not soggy.