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    Land management
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    Simple steps to manage and succeed in Colour/Greenhouse Capsicum/pepper farming
    After planting your greenhouse the first thing, do soil testing to ensure it’s free from pests and diseases and is nutritious, this guides you on which products to use. Choose the best variety according to your market needs then propagate it and bring it to the greenhouse. After planting drenches your plants to prevent fungal […]
    Duration: 03:25:00
    How to control bacterial wilt in Tomatoes
    Serious diseases like Bacterial wilt or Fusarium wilt can cause a lot of damage when when they attack crops especially tomatoes. Tomato Diseases These diseases cannot be controlled but there are measures in which they can be limited. To avoid loosing all the crops ensure you do soil analysis to check if the soil is […]
    Duration: 10:40:00
    How to make/control Mellon flies using biological traps
    The most terrible and disastrous pest in a watermelon plantation is the melon fly, it looks like a bee and attacks the melon through a stinging. Control by chemical methods is very expensive hence we use biological methods using pheromone. Buy pheromones from the nearest agro vet which comes with apparatus, collect some plastic bottles, […]
    Duration: 09:17:00
    »Human urine as fertilizer«
    »Human urine as fertilizer« As an innovation and invention from farmers, human urine is a potential nutrient yielding component which can be used to maintain good health of the soils. Farmers use human urine to recover soil fertility given that it is full of nutrients needed by plants and also used as a chemical fertilizer. […]
    Duration: 12:44:00
    »Stronger plants with raised beds«
    »Stronger plants with raised beds« Raising of beds in the water logged field preserves the seedlings and crops from being affected by the running water and prevent root rotting of them. With 2 growing season, farmers irrigate land over 10 times a year and water logging happens when excess water can no longer be captured […]
    Duration: 08:42:00
    »Green leaf manuring«
    »Green leaf manuring« Being one of the largest sectors across the world, agriculture is more affected by the drastic decrease of the fertility levels which lead to poor and low production.  Green manuring involves application of green leaves, twigs of trees, shrubs and herbs into soil. It is a technology used to improve on the […]
    Duration: 20:21:00
    »Organic biofertilizer in liquid and solid form«
    »Organic bio-fertilizer in liquid and solid form« Soil structure and health can be managed and maintained by use proper environmental friendly liquid and solid fertilizers for sustainable crop production. As chemical fertilizers destroy soil structure and health, the kill earthworms and beneficial micro organisms in soil. For health crops you need healthy soils containing good […]
    Duration: 13:22:00
    »Vermiwash: an organic tonic for crops«
    »Vermi-wash: an organic tonic for crops« Soil structure and health can be managed and maintained by use proper environmental friendly fertilizers for sustainable crop production. As ecological agriculture sustains food production for now and future, healthy well nourished soils are the basis for growing healthy crops. Continuous crop cultivation in same soils depletes fertility and […]
    Duration: 10:05:00
    »Organic pest control«
    »Organic pest control« Pests are a major problem in farming and these can be controlled organically. The first thing to think about when controlling pests is the soil because a healthy soil is essential when you want to manage pests effectively. Ensure that you are adding lots of organic manure in the soil and also […]
    Duration: 06:16:00
    Survival Gardening: Drip Irrigation
    Drip irrigation First, secure drip lines in place and make a stand for container to hold water of 20 litres and the bottom of the container should be 1m above the bed to provide water pressure and connect drip lines by drilling a hole at the bottom of container and attatch connector to the bucket […]
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