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    Conserving bean leaf vegetables
    Eating vegetables is essential for human health. They can be harvested in wet seas0n, dried and stored for use in dry season. Bean leaves have a lot of vitamins, proteins, vitamins A and C and minerals iron and calcium. Pick tender leaves at about 7 weeks after planting and stop picking, when flowering begins. Do‘s […]
    Duration: 00:05:56
    Staggering production of tomatoes
    Tomato farmers make losses due to low prices when they produce and find the market saturated with tomatoes. In this video, we learn how minimise these losses by producing all year round. Tomatoes are an important ingredient for cooking and can be used fresh, steamed or as a paste. Farmers often make losses, when they […]
    Duration: 00:12:16
    Making a good okra seedling
    Okra is planted directly for its fruit, but sowing many seeds per hole limits growth and yield. To obtain good okra seedling, begin with quality seed and carry out good management practices. Obtaining quality seed You can obtain good quality seed by either buying improved seed or getting seed from local varieties. To obtain seed […]
    Duration: 00:13:00
    The onion nursery
    Making onion nursery is key for higher returns. Onion seedlings require attention from scorching sun and heavy dung pores as seed bed allows watering and protects seeds. Use healthy soil, that has been rested for onion growing to control onion diseases. Raise the seed bed for excess water to drain and control root ro. Enrich […]
    Duration: 00:11:40
    Installing an onion field
    Onions have fragile shallow roots. Onion field require fertile loose soils both in sunny and rainy seasons. They require field preparation practices and care for seedlings for increased returns. For better yield select suitable field, prepare beds and properly transplant. Field preperation Select fertile land rested 3 years without onions. However avoid sand and clay […]
    Duration: 00:11:15
    How to make a fertile soil for onions
    Onion yields can be increased by growing them on fertile soils at minimum costs. Fertility can be improved by the application of organic or mineral fertilizer. Onions can be grown on both sandy and loamy soils using fertilisers like aged manure or compost as these provide plant food. Organic fertilizer is mixed with soil at […]
    Duration: 00:15:42
    Managing vegetable nematodes
    Nematodes are worms that are easily identified by stunted growth, root knots in vegetables and are not killed by fungicide and insecticides since they live in soil and plant roots were they complete their life cycle. Nematode lifecycle Eggs are laid outside root nodes in which small worms hatch and infest roots using pointed mouth […]
    Duration: 00:09:30
    Using sac mounds to grow vegetables
    With limited land, food can be produced using sac mounds by mixing top soil with compost then filled into a sac with small stones in the centre. Leafy vegetables are planted in the sides while staked vegetables up. Materials needed: Sisal/ propylene bag, 1m long pipe, top soil, compost, small stones, pegs, and vegetable seedlings. […]
    Duration: 00:08:51
    Managing tomato late blight
    Tomatoes are one of the main grown vegetables world wide, eaten both raw and cooked as a main source of vitamins, minerals. They are sources of income for many farmers. Tomatoes are affected by many pests and diseases. Late blight is a major disease. Symptoms Dark leaf sores which later turn brown. Marshy dark brown […]
    Duration: 00:10:38
    Taking care of okra
    Okra is a widely grown crop. Okra likes heat and tolerates drought. But low watering and weeds cause low okra production. Okra growing Use improved seed for better yields. On sandy soils, water three times a day for the first 10 days after sowing. Especially in hot and dry sun and the leaves wither. From […]
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