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    Types of MULCHING in Agriculture | Advantages of Mulching In Farming
     Let’s dive into the array of mulching systems revolutionizing crop cultivation. Organic Mulching Organic mulching employs natural materials like straw, leaves, or compost, forming a protective layer while enriching the soil as they decompose. It boasts benefits such as improved water retention, weed suppression, and enhanced soil fertility. Mulching Plastic mulching utilizes sheets of plastic […]
    Duration: 04:11:00
    From Seed to Harvest: Your Guide to Successful Organic Vegetable Farming at Home
    Organic vegetable farming at home has gained popularity as people seek healthier and more sustainable food options. Growing vegetables organically means avoiding synthetic pesticides and fertilizers while prioritizing natural and eco-friendly methods. Home gardeners can embrace organic practices to produce fresh, nutritious vegetables right in their own backyard. Choose a sunny location with well-drained soil […]
    Duration: 05:41:00
    Best green manure plants for organic farming
    Green manure crops are grown specifically to improve soil fertility and soil structure. Green manures improve soil nutrient content, suppress weeds and reduce erosion. Green manures are usually ploughed under or incorporated in to the soil. Green manure crops Clover. This is one of the most popular green manure crops due to its ability to […]
    Duration: 07:25:00
    How To Feed And Mulch Fruiting Plants, and Harvest Garlic
    Crop management Though a farmer should apply fertilizer over the leaves for flowering, she should mulch the garden and water after to prevent blowing away of the mulch and also cover garden using net to protect it from intruders and harvest garlic when leaves grow yellow and lay them on soil for drying for 3 […]
    Duration: 08:38:00
    Feeding and Mulching Garlic and Strawberries
    Crops management First, cover garden with net to prevent birds after mulching and watering and feed straw berry with potassium fertilizer. First soak the plants before feeding them with liquid fertilizer and mix 5mls of fertilizer by 5l of water an feed plants after every 2-3 weks of growing season.  Add straw ro mulch the […]
    Duration: 08:52:00
    How To Plant Zucchini & A Summer Insectary
    Crop management First, water the crop to make fertilizers available for plants and earth up the potatoes and plant in insectary plants. Plant insectaries that provide pollen and nector to the bees and finally add rock dust to the insectary plants and water them.
    Duration: 09:21:00
    How To Plant Tomatoes
    Tomato management As a farmer digs a hole and puts gypsum and neem granules in it, she should plant the seedlings in the holes and provide stakes after. Plant companion plants in tomato garden like basil and add sheep pellets and rock dust and fertilizer during growing season. Finally, water the plants to moistem them […]
    Duration: 08:19:00
    Sowing Carrots and Summer Onions, Hilling up Potatoes and Chitting Kumara
    Crops management A farmer should mulch and water the bed and add manure in growing potato plants. To germinate potatoes, put potting mix in a container and place in potato tubers and cover with more mix and finally, water for germination to take place in 10 days and harvest slips to garden after.
    Duration: 06:33:00
    Planting Blueberries
    Blue berry management As there are 2 types of blue berry, a farmer should ask the type which suits best in his area and these have high requirements. Mulch blue berries and these can take 20 years of fruiting life. Similarly, blue berries are pruned in first 1 or 2 years when they are 6 […]
    Duration: 09:34:00
    How To Grow Eggplants, Capsicums, Chills, Edamame and Okra
    Crop management A farmer should water the garden after applying additives and surround plants with rocks to maintain warm temperatures and prune the plants before fruiting or flowering. Water plants and apply liquid fertilizers and finally add carbon to the crops.
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