tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34075146634271406942024-03-06T04:09:52.338+03:00Horticultural Journal of Kenya- Production of vegetables, fruits, herbs ,and spicesHorticultural journal of Kenya-provides information on vegetable and fruit production, herbs and spices, plant and pest management, prunning, post harvest management of produce, food security and agricultural marketingH Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-66150589489153200982024-01-22T07:59:00.005+03:002024-01-22T08:04:52.227+03:00The Export of Rare Flowers from Kenya To Europe: What you should Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbQF_VqLSM7kRMJSf_6t07tKaCAXmVE0jQgnHEAsxB6keucyXG5oEMrLS3BeknyR17ZsAL1862JlcEiimpT1ukxzzQPXtjpE-1M-hmYhSSd2RD8tGnIX4imJUsb1jq2XcRsFEmp5elxr64PvPQ1TgFw92OvIzjwif-eC1y8H5LoAZJJ0GejaZJPFW66o/s1160/Rare%20flowers%20for%20export.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Export of Rare Flowers to Europe" border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1160" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbQF_VqLSM7kRMJSf_6t07tKaCAXmVE0jQgnHEAsxB6keucyXG5oEMrLS3BeknyR17ZsAL1862JlcEiimpT1ukxzzQPXtjpE-1M-hmYhSSd2RD8tGnIX4imJUsb1jq2XcRsFEmp5elxr64PvPQ1TgFw92OvIzjwif-eC1y8H5LoAZJJ0GejaZJPFW66o/w589-h333/Rare%20flowers%20for%20export.jpg" title="Export of Rare Flower" width="589" /></a></div>Did you know besides Roses, Kenya Exports other flowers like Gypsophila, Carnations, Moby dick, Papyrus among others?<div><p></p><p>Are you aware that farmers are reaping amazing returns from them?</p><p>If you are interested in this...</p><p>here is a story of ....</p><p>Joseph Obando diverged from the norm by cultivating rare flowers rather than commonplace roses, a decision that led to remarkable success. </p><p>He now exports up to 20,000 stems weekly, earning a monthly profit of up to Ksh 6,000,000. </p><p>Beatrice Kwoma of Sojanmi Springfield shares the sentiment, highlighting that the key to succeeding in the rare flower market lies in cultivating high-quality, unique varieties. </p><p>This reflects a potentially lucrative yet niche sector in the floral industry.</p><p>Full post on <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/the-export-of-rare-flowers-to-europe-what-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">export of rare flowers from Kenya</span></a> here: </p></div>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-87182906309696064012023-01-31T05:52:00.000+03:002023-01-31T05:52:08.078+03:00Growing Cowpeas Kunde In Kenya The Good Bad and Ugly<div>Cowpea Farming in Kenya:</div><div><br /></div><div>Could cowpea farming be the best vegetable for farmers in the dry areas of Kenya?”</div><div><br /></div><div>I found myself asking myself that question one day.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I moved to Homabay, to try my hand in vegetable production, I found myself in a tough predicament.</div><div><br /></div><div>I tried growing both Kunde and Sukuma wiki, and was blown away by the results.</div><div><br /></div><div>The kunde performed very well. </div><div>From it, I was able to harvest veges worth KSH 120,000 from the 1 acre I had grown.</div><div><br /></div><div>But when it came to the Kale, things were not very rosy.</div><div><br /></div><div>The sukuma wiki struggled so much with the hot weather.</div><div><br /></div><div>For me to get something from it, I had to apply several rounds of irrigation.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I had slacked a little, I am sure that I would have incurred a total loss on the Kale.</div><div><br /></div><div>My experience growing both Kale and Kunde is what is making me write this post.</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to share with you all the details so that you succeed when you grow cowpeas.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ready?</div><div><br /></div><div>Let’s get started.</div><div><br /></div><div>When it comes to growing vegetables, farmers in the drier areas of Ukambani, Nyanza, Rift valley, and Coast have limited options.</div><div><br /></div><div>They cannot grow the popular sukuma wiki, as the hot dry weather makes it impossible for them to do it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Neither can they grow cabbage, carrots, broccoli or cauliflower.</div><div><br /></div><div>They are only left with kunde if they were to grow vegetables at all.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Why Cow Pea Farming In Kenya:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20210928_171448-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="http://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20210928_171448-scaled.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Cowpea farming, also known as black-eyed pea farming, is a popular and important agricultural practice in Kenya.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cowpeas are a nutritious legume that are widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Kenya, cowpeas are a staple food for many households and are also an important source of income for smallholder farmers.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Cowpeas account for roughly 16% of Kenya’s pulse production and 90% of the production is grown in Eastern Kenya, mainly in Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Embu, and Tharaka-Nithi counties. Minor volumes are produced in Coast Province (3.7%), Rift Valley (1.6%), North Eastern (0.8%), Central (0.6%) and Western (0.3%) provinces”</div><div><br /></div><div>To read the Full story about <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/cowpea-farming-in-kenya-the-best-production-guide/" target="_blank"><b>kunde farming in Kenya</b></a>, follow this link</div><div>If you'd like to <b><a href="https://kol.jumia.com/api/click/custom/294eb9bb-bf83-4476-a54c-721a75220daf/0e1c47ed-cc97-3a21-846e-3217fd1ea92a?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jumia.co.ke%2Fbutterfly-cow-peas-white-black-eyed-1kg-13522594.html" target="_blank">buy the right cowpea seed for planting</a>,</b> <<<you can do it here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kunde-seeds-for-planting.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="500" src="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kunde-seeds-for-planting.png" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-68238542302612699562023-01-27T06:22:00.004+03:002023-02-06T07:43:43.062+03:00Buy Mango Seedlings Right Here for Ksh 200 Call 0715609418<p> Are you searching for high quality <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/mango-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-for-price-contact-0715609418/" target="_blank">mango seedlings</a> that will:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Earn you extra income to supplement your salary?</li><li>Give fruits consistently during their lifetime for as long as you live?</li><li>Make you rich--as you'll have sufficient money for all your expenses?</li><li>Give you loads of cash as they are in great demand by buyers?</li><li>Make you smile as you head to the ATM to check your bank balance? </li></ol>If that describes you, then you are at the right place.<p></p><p>We sell grafted mango seedlings that are hardened for transplanting, certified true to type, and guaranteed to give you handsome returns during you lifetime.</p><p>All for Ksh 200 per piece.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/mango-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-for-price-contact-0715609418/" target="_blank">Mango Seedlings At our Nursery</a>:</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mango-seedlings-in-a-plastic-bags-1536x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="381" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mango-seedlings-in-a-plastic-bags-1536x1024.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Unloading of <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/mango-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-for-price-contact-0715609418/" target="_blank">Sold Grafted Mango Seedlings </a>That We have Delivered To a Customer From Masinga </h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230115_152940-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="385" src="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230115_152940-scaled.jpg" width="513" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Average Length In Centimeters For The Mango Seedlings We Sell</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230116_131732-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="463" height="800" src="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230116_131732-scaled.jpg" width="463" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">We are Ready To Serve Your Mango Seedlings Requirements.</h4><p>For <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/mango-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-for-price-contact-0715609418/" target="_blank">More information about mango seedlings on sale</a>, <<< follow this link<br /> </p>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-81382576591215857362023-01-26T06:44:00.003+03:002023-01-26T06:51:25.926+03:00What is The Right Mango Population Per Acre?<p> What is the right<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> Mango plants population in an acre?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I often get this question.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The answer to this question</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“How many mango plants can be grown in an acre”</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">is important because it will help:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Upcoming mango farmers know the number of </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/mango-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-for-price-contact-0715609418/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank" title="Buy grafted mango seedlings here">mango seedlings they need to buy</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> for an acre.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Calculate the expected yield per acre of mango trees.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Guide you in budgeting and purchasing of various inputs like manure, foliar spray, Knapsack sprayers, pest control, so that you properly allocate the resources you need for the mango orchard.</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mango-spacing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="286" src="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mango-spacing.png" width="509" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Here is the answer…<br />The number of mango seedlings that can be planted in an acre will depend on a number of factors, including:<p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The variety of mango,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Spacing between trees,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Type of soil</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">and climate.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">A general rule of thumb is that a planting density of around </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700;">150 to 180 mango trees per acre is considered optimal for most varieties of mango.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">However, this can vary depending on the variety of mango and how it is grown.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">For example, grafted mango seedlings are commonly planted at a spacing of 15 to 20 feet between trees, resulting in a planting density of around 100 to 150 trees per acre.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">In contrast, if you are using dwarf varieties or using high-density planting method, you can plant more than 300 trees per acre.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">It’s important to note that the optimal planting density will also depend on the specific soil, climate and the management practices of the orchard.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">It’s always best to consult with local experts or extension services for the best practices for your specific area.</span></p><div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular" style="background-color: white; background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">and wondering how much one costs, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">you’ve landed at the right place.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">After searching through the internet, we </span></span>discovered<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> Honda top models found in Kenya prices range from Ksh 14,963 all the way to Ksh 39,676:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Honda water pumps are ideal for all pumping needs because:</span></span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Long lifespan–over 10 year use without any major mechanical issues, they will just need little </span></span>maintenance<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Fuel efficient thus giving you great saving for your irrigation or pumping needs.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Performs where others fail by providing constant water pressures over long hours of use</span></li></ul></ul>Any of these pumps can be yours today…<p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">All you need to do is scroll down the page to read the details of each Honda Water Pumps model For Sale In Kenya.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 29px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Honda Water Pumps For Sale In Kenya</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-pump-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How much does a Honda water pump cost? 2 inch Honda Water pump 16,699" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-pump-2.png" /></a></div><br /><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h5><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h5><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h5><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Honda Water Pump 2" Inch |KSH 16,699</h5><div class="et_pb_toggle_content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 inch 7.0hp Honda Farm Irrigation Gasoline Petrol Water Pump.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Machine with an inlet and outlet of 80mm,its other details follows:</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inlet / Outlet: 80mmTotal Lift: 28m</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max suction: 9m</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max Capacity:1000 L/min</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max Output: 5.5 Hp</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Displacement: 163cc</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Noise Level at 7m – 65dB</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Starting System Recoil</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Engine Type Forced air-cooled</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ignition System – Non-contact transistorized ignition (T.C.I)</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fuel tank: 3.6</span><br 14px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="box-sizing: border-box;" ui="" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oil Capacity: 0.6.get the best water pump and a good quality</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Features:</span></p><ul 16px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0.7em 0px 0.3em 1.143em; vertical-align: baseline;" ui=""><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inlet / Outlet: 80mm</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Total Lift: 28m</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max suction: 9m</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max Capacity:1000 L/min</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Engine Model: TE160</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Max Output: 5.5 Hp</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Displacement: 163cc</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Noise Level at 7m – 65dB</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Starting System Recoil</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Engine Type Forced air-cooled</li></ul><p 16px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" ui="">Ignition System – Non-contact transistorized ignition (T.C.I)</p><p 16px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" ui="">Fuel tank: 3.6</p><p 16px="" arial="" font-size:="" helvetica="" neue="" sans-serif="" segoe="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" ui="">Oil Capacity: 0.6</p></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 29px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><a href="https://www.jumia.co.ke/catalog/?q=honda+water+pump&aff_click_id=3a532087-1a4a-44be-933e-188cf0182358&utm_source=kol&utm_medium=affiliation&utm_campaign=294eb9bb-bf83-4476-a54c-721a75220daf&utm_term=customlinks&utm_content=a130ccbc-5971-39f0-bbfa-67ea490bb9ba" target="_blank">Buy it Here</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-pump-with-inlet-pipe-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="500" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-pump-with-inlet-pipe-1.png" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Honda Water Pump Kit | KSH 19,999</h5><div class="et_pb_toggle_content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This kit comes with one water pump and 7m hose pipe.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The pump is mechanically operated pumping machine used to transfer water and inflammable liquids from a point to another, can also be used for irrigation and removing water from a flooded area.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HONDA pumps uses petrol.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This pump is known for their durable construction, quality engines and easy portability. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The hose pipe comes in a length of 7m. Its perfect for watering your garden or washing your car. It is of high quality and durable.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.jumia.co.ke/catalog/?q=honda+water+pump&aff_click_id=2e8ab80e-9f52-43b8-9286-cd6e2387c7c4&utm_source=kol&utm_medium=affiliation&utm_campaign=294eb9bb-bf83-4476-a54c-721a75220daf&utm_term=customlinks&utm_content=a130ccbc-5971-39f0-bbfa-67ea490bb9ba" target="_blank">Buy the Water pump here</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-Petrol-water-pump-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="500" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honda-Petrol-water-pump-1.png" width="500" /></a></div><br /><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h5><h5 class="et_pb_toggle_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Honda WB 20 Water Pump | KSH 39,676</h5><div class="et_pb_toggle_content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">KEY Features Of This Honda Water Pump</span></p><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0.7em 0px 0.3em 1.143em; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Centrifugal, self-priming 2″ pump</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 164 gal/min capacity</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Easy-starting, Honda OHV commercial-grade engine</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Silicon carbide mechanical seal</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cast iron volute and Honda-exclusive, 4-vane, high-efficiency impeller </li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Heavy-duty full frame protection</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Isolation mounted engine and pump</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Protected by Honda Oil Alert</li></ul><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.jumia.co.ke/catalog/?q=honda+water+pump&aff_click_id=3b9060b9-5338-4c6e-b7a3-9b97a63577f5&utm_source=kol&utm_medium=affiliation&utm_campaign=294eb9bb-bf83-4476-a54c-721a75220daf&utm_term=customlinks&utm_content=a130ccbc-5971-39f0-bbfa-67ea490bb9ba" target="_blank">Buy It here</a></span></div><div class="et_pb_toggle_content clearfix" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">For more <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/jumia-honda-water-pump-prices-in-kenya-amazing-models-here/" target="_blank">Honda water pump models and prices in Kenya</a><<<<, follow this link </p></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-14350550598841461072023-01-23T07:15:00.006+03:002023-01-23T07:15:41.104+03:00Environmental Conditions for Growing Apples in Kenya. Why They Matter To You<h3 style="text-align: left;"> Environmental Conditions for Growing Apples in Kenya:</h3><p>This post originally appeared at <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/conditions-for-growing-apples-in-kenya/" target="_blank">Pangoni Online marketing</a> A website dedicated to Horticulture based businesses better market their produce online.</p><p>Dear reader;</p><p>Have you ever thought of growing apples in Kenya (in your small village farm)… after watching YouTube videos about Wambugu apple?</p><p>Are you thinking about apple farming as a way of supplementing your income so that you don’t rely on your paycheck alone?</p><p>After much thinking, calculating and planning, you’ve decided to grow apples.</p><p>However, you aren’t sure whether your farm contains the right conditions for growing apples.</p><p>If that describes you are at the right place.</p><p>Here, I explain ALL the details about the conditions for growing apples in Kenya…</p><p>So that when you decide to invest your cash in apple farming you…</p><p>Get good yields and handsome handsome profits Instead of losses even if you’ve never tried it before.</p><p>Ready?</p><p>Continue reading…</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Conditions For Growing Apples In Kenya</h3><p>To grow apples in Kenya at a profit there are some specific conditions you must have in order to be successful.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>First, lets talk about <b>climate in Kenya and if it is ideal for apple cultivation.</b></li></ul><p></p><p>Apples need a cool climate in order to grow properly.</p><p>We are very lucky as a country you’ll find cool weather in the high elevations found in Kenya.</p><p>The regions of Central, Eastern and Rift Valley and Kisii Nyanza are ideal for apple farming.</p><p>“My farm is not in the highland areas. Can I grow apples?” You may ask.</p><p>If you are located in the mid to lower altitude areas that have higher temperatures, you can still grow apples.</p><p>This may sound unbelievable, but it is true.</p><p>Want proof?</p><p>My mum’s plot in Ruai (A hot area on the outskirts of Nairobi has two apple trees.</p><p>These two yield apple fruits yield a substantial amount of fruit every year despite growing in a lowland area.</p><p>Another proof that apples can grow even in the dry hot areas is the experience of Wambugu– A pioneer apple farmer in Kenya.</p><p>He has proven beyond doubt that apple farming in the dry areas of Laikipia and Baringo is possible.</p><p>For more proof, you can watch this video here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dcIPESL5WUg" width="320" youtube-src-id="dcIPESL5WUg"></iframe></div><p>To get best results of apple yield per acre (regardless of whether your farm is in the hot or dry areas…)</p><p>Do this…</p><p>I recommend you <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/product/apple-seedlings-for-sale/">buy Wambugu Apples Variety which you can find online here</a></p><p>And you will call me smiling </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Wambugu Apple Tree Growing at a Farm in Muranga</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wambugu-apple-in-Muranga.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="315" src="https://images.pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wambugu-apple-in-Muranga.png" width="558" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Second, <b>soil fertility is an important factor for apple growth.</b></li></ul><p></p><p>Apples require well-drained soil with a pH between 6 and 7.5.</p><p>In Kenya, the volcanic soil found in the highlands is well suited for apple cultivation.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Third, <b>water is crucial for apple growth</b>.</li></ul><p></p><p>Apples require a consistent supply of water throughout the growing season.</p><p>Irrigation systems, such as drip irrigation, can be used to ensure that the trees receive the proper amount of water.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fourth, <b>proper pruning and training of the apple trees</b> is essential for a successful harvest.</li></ul><p></p><p>This includes pruning the trees during the dormant season, as well as training them to grow in a specific shape in order to maximize fruit production.</p><p>Here are some of the <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/grafting-tools-and-equipment-for-sale-in-kenya/">pruning tools on sale online</a> that will help you manage your apple plants. </p><p>They are very affordable!</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Finally, pests and diseases can be a major problem for apple growers in Kenya.</li></ul><p></p><p>It is important to regularly monitor for pests and diseases and take appropriate action if necessary.</p><p>Using integrated pest management (IPM) approach is considered best for preventing pest and disease issues.</p><p>In summary, growing apples in Kenya can be a successful venture if the appropriate conditions are met, including a cool climate, fertile soil, adequate water, proper pruning and training, and effective pest and disease management.</p>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-85299377635406244702023-01-23T06:52:00.005+03:002023-01-23T06:52:41.309+03:00Wambugu Apple Seedlings for Sale Call 0715609418 <p>Dear valued customer,</p><p>Are you thinking of <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/apple-farming-guide-for-amazing-yields-and-profit/" target="_blank">Growing Apple Plants in your Farm in Kenya</a>?</p><p>We are excited to introduce you to our <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/product/apple-seedlings-for-sale/" target="_blank">Wambugu apple seedlings</a>. </p><p>These seedlings are the result of a successful grafting of the M9 rootstock and the Wambugu apple scion. </p><p>This combination results in a tree that is not only drought and disease resistant, but also able to thrive in hot areas.</p><p>One of the best things about Wambugu apples is their ability to produce fruit throughout the year. </p><p>This guarantees you consistent income month after month.</p><p>By growing this apple variety, you'll not have to depend on your employer alone as a source of income.</p><p>Why? </p><p>You know how that is risky...he or she can fire you any moment.</p><p>Think about that.</p><p>These apples are not only big and juicy but also a consistent producer. </p><p>A single tree is capable of producing 500 fruits per year. </p><p>With a price of Ksh 25 per fruit at the farm gate, this can be a significant source of income for you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0028.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">How Much Does One Wambugu Seedling Cost? </h3><p>One Apple seedling costs Ksh 700.</p><p>We understand that the cost of our seedlings, Ksh 700, may seem expensive. </p><p>However, we can assure you that the benefits of <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/apple-farming-in-kenya-how-to-grow-apples-in-kenya/" target="_blank">planting Wambugu apples </a>far outweigh the cost. </p><p>In just one acre, you can plant up to 400 trees, which will give you a potential 200,000 fruits in a year. </p><p>This is a great investment that will provide you with a significant return on your investment.</p><p>That's not all: </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Here are Five Reasons Why Wambugu Apple Is the Right variety For Your Farm</h4><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><ol><li>Wambugu apple seedlings are a result of a successful grafting of the M9 rootstock and the Wambugu apple scion</li><li>The combination of rootstock and scion results in a tree that is drought and disease resistant and able to thrive in hot areas</li><li>Wambugu apples have the ability to produce fruit throughout the year</li><li>A single tree can produce up to 500 big and juicy fruits per year</li><li>Each fruit is sold at Ksh 25 at the farm gate</li><li>In one acre, you can plant up to 400 trees which will give you a potential of 200000 fruits in a year</li><li>Wambugu apple seedlings are an investment with a significant return on investment</li></ol></ol><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Hurry: Get High-quality Apple Seedlings Grown in a Professional Manner</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0027-600x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wambugu Apple Seedlings that are grafted" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="754" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0027-600x800.jpg" title="Wambugu Apple Seedlings for Sale In Kenya" width="566" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our team of experts is available to answer any questions you may have and provide you with planting and care instructions</p><p><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/product/apple-seedlings-for-sale/" target="_blank">We take pride in providing high-quality apple seedlings </a>that are grown in a professional manner. Our team of experts is available to answer any questions you may have and provide you with planting and care instructions.</p><p>Don't miss out on this opportunity to reap the benefits of planting Wambugu apple seedlings. </p><p>Order now and start experiencing the joy of a consistent and productive apple tree. Contact us today on 0715609418 to place your order or to get more information about our Wambugu apple seedlings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0023-600x1328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="361" height="800" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG-20221217-WA0023-600x1328.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Our team of experts is ready to answer any questions you may have and provide you with planting and care instructions. </p><p>Don't delay, secure your Wambugu apple seedlings today and start reaping the rewards of your investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Haron Mogeni,</p><p>0715609418</p><p>Gatrom Kenya Limited</p><p><b>Related Content:</b></p><p><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/conditions-for-growing-apples-in-kenya/" target="_blank">Environmental Conditions for Growing apples In Kenya explained here</a> <<<Follow link for details.</p>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-36731632385976518852023-01-23T06:05:00.002+03:002023-01-23T06:10:46.890+03:00How to Graft Passion Fruit Easily: How to graft Passion Fruit the Right Way<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">How to graft passion Fruit the Right way:</span></h3><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you want to know how to graft passion fruit like a pro?</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Id that describes you, then you are at the right place.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In this post I explain the details of a grafting process known as whip and tongue.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of course there are other methods of grafting like:</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Budding, </span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Wedge grafting</span></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But here, I will talk about the Whip and tongue grafting of passion fruit.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/grafting-passion-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man demonstrating how to graft passion fruit" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="318" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/grafting-passion-2.png" title="Grafting of passion fruit" width="566" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you'd like to <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/grafting-passion-fruit-successfully/" target="_blank">know more about wedge grafting, here is a post describing wedge grafting of passionfruit</a> in details. </span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow the link above for more</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ready to get started?</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue reading:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Grafting passion fruit can be done by using a method called "whip and tongue" grafting. </span></h4><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This involves cutting a small "tongue" or notch in the rootstock and a matching notch in the scion (the shoot or cutting that will be grafted onto the rootstock). The two pieces are then lined up and tied together, with the cambium layers (the growing layers just under the bark) touching. </span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It's important to keep the graft moist and protected until it has fully healed and begun to grow.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are the basic steps of whip and tongue grafting:</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><ol><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Select a healthy rootstock that is about the same size as the scion.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut a diagonal "whip" shape on the rootstock and a matching shape on the scion.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut a small "tongue" on the rootstock and a matching tongue on the scion.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Line up the two pieces so that the cambium layers are touching and the tongues fit together.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tie the two pieces together securely with grafting tape or rubber bands.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep the graft moist and protected until it has fully healed and begun to grow.</span></li></ol></ol>It is important to note that Grafting is a technique that require practice and skill. It is recommended that you consult a professional or experienced gardener before attempting this process.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you find grafting of passion fruit a big headache for you, you can <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/passion-fruit-seedlings-for-sale-in-kenya-details-call-0715609418/" target="_blank">buy grafted passion fruit seedlings here for Ksh 100 only.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Why you should consider buying Purple Grafted Passion fruit From the Link above:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Grafted seedlings are more vigorous and productive than seed-grown plants</li><li>Grafted plants will produce fruit sooner than seed-grown plants</li><li>Grafted plants are more resistant to disease and pests</li><li>Grafted purple passion fruit seedlings will produce fruit with a consistent and desirable flavor</li><li>Our grafted seedlings are of high quality and grown in a professional manner</li><li>We offer a wide variety of grafted purple passion fruit seedlings to suit your needs</li><li>Our grafted seedlings are affordable and represent a great value for your money</li><li>We offer fast and reliable shipping to ensure that your seedlings arrive in the best possible condition.</li><li>Our customer service team is available to answer any questions you may have and provide assistance with planting and care instructions</li><li>Buying grafted seedlings from us is a great investment that will give you many years of delicious fruit.</li></ul></ul></div><div><br /></div>H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-21007903956569665532020-05-21T07:28:00.004+03:002023-01-19T06:23:44.022+03:00Yield Per Acre of Kale: How To Increase It without Any Struggle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If that describes your interest, in this post, you'll learn the Possible yield from
Sukuma wiki and how to achieve it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
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find all you need to know about kale yields, and what so that you grow kale for
a profit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ready?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.farmbizafrica.com/images/kales-farming-in-kenya.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="595" height="300" src="https://www.farmbizafrica.com/images/kales-farming-in-kenya.jpeg" width="595" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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relax and prepare to dig deep into this comprehensive article on yield
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">From the
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copywriter<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I have
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(2020) I decided to give it a break…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">To try
growing HASS avocado seedlings. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">So far,
things are working perfectly for me, nevertheless I miss kale farming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I miss the
weekly 20,000/= to 30,000/= cash flow from my 1 acre of kale.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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loved growing kale, I had to stop doing it since I moved counties and had to do
a lot of travel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The regular
drive and commute of (600-800 km/week) could not allow me to give my Sukuma
wiki farm the attention it deserves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">“How many kilos can I harvest from
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in my 10-year experience of growing kale in Kenya…<o:p></o:p></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/yield-per-acre-of-sukuma-wiki-kale/"><br /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/yield-per-acre-of-sukuma-wiki-kale/">“1 acre of
Sukuma wiki can yield between 8000 - 24,000 kilos of leaf during a growth
period of 9 months.”</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">sell a
kilo of Sukuma-wiki at Kenya shillings 30/= at the farm gate, Sukuma wiki has a
potential of earning you a GROSS INCOME of Kenya shillings 240,000/= to
720,000/=<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The above yield projections sound Too
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Just ask
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Nation ran his story of how he earns millions of shillings from Kale farming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a screenshot of the story. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sukuma_wiki_my_darling_my_money_maker_Daily_Nation-min.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="563" height="800" src="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sukuma_wiki_my_darling_my_money_maker_Daily_Nation-min.png" width="563" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If you’d like to read it, follow the link.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I am so
confident of the yields I have stated above, because I’ve been able to achieve
them while I was a farm manager at Kamiti prison farm.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">During my
1-year stint there, I grew—with the help of others, Sukuma wiki valued in
millions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The farm
was approximately 4 acres, but it was sufficient provide Sukuma wiki every day for
over 3000 inmates ENTIRE YEAR!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Believe it
or not, the potential yield of Sukuma wiki per acre is far much higher than that
of green maize, beans, cabbage or sweet potato.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">TWO Myths the Academia Have on Sukuma wiki Growing
in Kenya.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The myths
are on the:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Recommended
spacing of Sukuma wiki</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Time
it takes to grow kale</span></li></ul></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">How to Get Insane Harvests from
Your Sukuma Wiki/Kale Farm</span></b></h3>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 1: Choose The Right </span></b></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Kale Variety you grow
plays a big role in the Yield per acre of Sukuma Wiki.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Here’s how to choose the right
variety… <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There are three popular varieties of Sukuma
wiki/kale in Kenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; text-indent: -18pt;">The
“A thousand headed Sukuma wiki variety”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Collards
Southern Georgia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Collards
Mfalme F1.</span></li></ol></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I have
grown <u>ALL</u> the three varieties and can state without blinking, “Collards
southern Georgia is the best variety for Kenya.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Before I
explain why I endorse Collards southern Georgia, let me tell you my experience
with the other two varieties.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Collards Mfalme F1</span></b></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The beef I
have with this variety is “The cost of the seed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">About two
years ago, I bought 10 grams of the seed for Ksh 150. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Considering
that you will need, “1 kilo of seed for every acre every acre of Sukuma wiki.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The cost
of the seed is exorbitant!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If you
were to grow this variety, you’ll spend a whooping Kenya shillings 15.000/= for
a kilo of seed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">That’s not
all. I got a bad impression of the variety because of its poor germination
percentage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If
something is that expensive don’t you think it should be rather so good?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
germination percentage of the seed sucked so I never seriously thought of doing
this variety in large scale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The “A Thousand Headed Variety”</span></b></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Popular
opinion, considers a thousand headed Sukuma wiki as the highest yielding
variety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When grown
in the highland areas, that have regular rainfall and cool weather, you can
harvest tons and tons of kale leaves from this variety. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Nevertheless,
this variety has a major handicap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It
struggles SO MUCH during the harsh weather (when there’s peak demand for kale.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If it
could be a little tougher, I would have recommended this variety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Another
problem, it takes a long time to respond to irrigation, and when it gets too hot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">That
handicap is pretty awful since a Sukuma wiki farmer gets the most profit when
it is hot and dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The other
handicap has to do with the color of the leaves of this kale variety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Its leaves
are pale yellowish green in color. This is a disadvantage since people
associate yellowing with low quality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The Collards Southern Georgia
Sukuma Wiki/Kale Variety.</span></b></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
collards southern variety yields slightly less yield per acre compared to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“A Thousand Headed Variety” and the Mfalme
F1 variety. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">However,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>when you consider a combination of
other factors of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Collards Southern
Georgia Sukuma Wiki, it </b>trumps all the others kale varieties.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">For
example, Collards southern Georgia variety produces pleasant dark green leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Its leaves
are tough yet tender when cooked—which is an important quality when
transporting it over long distances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The kale
variety is also resistant to hot weather and it’s an all zone performer unlike
the others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Should you
maintain your farm well, you can harvest cash from this variety for over 1
year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">From that
experience of growing the Collards Southern Georgia variety, I strongly
recommend it to any prospective or even experienced farmer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 2: Use the correct spacing to
maximize yield Sukuma wiki/Kale per acre.</span></b></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">This is
where I have a problem with many academia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They often
recommend that you space Sukuma wiki at 60 cm X 60 cm. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
problem of adopting this spacing is that you get a plant population of 11,200
plants for 1 acre.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">That plant
population is too low to get high yields from Sukuma wiki.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Let me
tell you why…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When you
transplant Sukuma wiki at that spacing, as the growing season progresses, some
plants die. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">They may
die due to pest attack, rotting or injury as you do your farming operations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When that
happens you’ll end up having even more wider spacing within the plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I know you
are asking can I replant the spaces with new kale plants?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">You could
do it, but it’s not worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The older
plants tend to suppress the younger plants to the extent they won’t give any
economic advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">On the
other hand, if you adopt a spacing of 15 cm X 40 cm, you get a plant population
of 59,000 plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The close
spacing has several yield boosting advantages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">You
get more plants per acre than the spacing of 60 cmX60 cm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Should
any plants die during the growth period, you’ll still have an economical</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> pplant
population left behind—you won’t have big spaces in-between plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
close spacing helps the plants to form a thick canopy that suppresses weeds and
prevent excessive evaporation thus increasing your yield threefold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ensure that Organic matter in your Sukuma
wiki farm is high to Increase Your Yield per acre of Sukuma wiki.</span></b></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Sukuma
wiki loves well a drained soil, rich in organic matter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Proper
drainage is absolutely vital because excessive water leads to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Yellowing
of leaves<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Development
of phosphorus deficiencies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Thriving
of the black rot disease that can exterminate a Sukuma wiki farm in days!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Besides
increasing your yield per acre of Sukuma wiki, soil rich in high organic matter
well-rotted farmyard manure, compost and other plant vegetative matter, will
make your kale tender, sweet when cooked, and resistant to how weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">You’ll see
the outcome in the way people will be rushing to place orders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Once they
taste your kale, they will never want to go anywhere else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Sukuma
wiki responds well to fertilizers and foliar feeds thus increase yields
significantly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">However,
the extended use of such fertilizers is detrimental to your kale farm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Continuous
use of fertilizers will make your kale bitter and highly perishable—especially
when used in the dry weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If
possible, use organic matter such as manure and compost in kale production
while supplementing them with inorganic fertilizers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Never make
inorganic fertilizers the foundation of your kale production especially in the
dry season as that is the recipe of producing bitter kale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 4: Don’t commit this
abomination if you want your Sukuma wiki to Produce High yields consistently</span></b></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">During the
dry season kale is often is short supply. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">What is
available is usually bitter and tough when cooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">For that
reason, potential customers wander to and fro looking good sources of sweet
kale—and they are ready to buy it at a higher price.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Farmers
therefore are tempted to overharvest their kale farm in a bid to make an extra
coin.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Never do
that. Don’t do it even if you are offered money.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If you do
it, your earnings will be short lived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Why? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">You’ll
over-stress the plants. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The plants
are already overstressed due to the heat and drought. When you add
overharvesting, the plant will be true stressed to regenerate new growth
faster.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
recommended harvest rate is 3-5 leaves per plant starting with the bigger
bottom leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If the
plant exhibits luxurious growth, (during the rainy season) you can harvest more
than 5 leaves. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When it’s
too dry you may have to harvest 3 leaves per plant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">One last
precaution about harvesting…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Never
harvest the young tender leaves that are near the top. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Start with
the mature lower leaves. If you harvest the young top leaves, you’ll be
harvesting tomorrows harvest today while leaving todays harvest to go to waste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 5: Don’t harvest the same
portion daily otherwise you’ll get poor yields of Sukuma wiki.</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If possible,
harvest the entire farm once, irrigate it and let it stay for a whole week
before you harvest again. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The
advantage of doing this is, “You allow the plants time to recover from the
stress of harvest.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If the
farm needs weeding, pest control and other activities, you can do that after
the harvest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Should you
be unable to harvest the whole farm, divide it into 7 blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Harvest
each block each day of the week. Once you harvest a block, don’t harvest it
again until one week is over.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Step 6: Irrigate your kale farm
regularly. Sukuma wiki loves a Lot of water</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">To
<a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/sukuma-wiki-kale-growing-kenya/" target="_blank">maximize your Sukuma wiki yields,</a> ensure that you irrigate your farm regularly.
Without regular irrigation, the vegetables will grow slowly and will be bitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The yields
that I have mentioned at the beginning of this story will be a pipe dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The most
preferable time to irrigate is in the evening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Irrigating
at this time is advantages as evaporation is lower, thus you save on water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The best
type of irrigation system for Kale is overhead irrigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Though it
uses a lot of water, overhead irrigation creates a micro-climate for kale
during the hot weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">The good
news about it is that Kale will respond in kind by growing luxuriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Conclusion:</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Kale can be a profit maker crop. All you need is to have the right information, attitude and <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/sukuma-wiki-kale-growing-kenya/" target="_blank">you'll make it big in kale farming.</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">What are your thoughts on this?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Share them below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">This post originally appeared on <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com " target="_blank">https://pangonionlinemarketing.com </a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/hass-avocado-seedlings-for-sale/">Hass Avocado Seedlings for Sale Contact0715609418</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljHHZFnka9vVXgCE_hiZuonFSYg8uLhdD-4xGpDwe0CCMhS7cdKPoOOkDGZcPOxPJxNldThyrAit7CQRbv9VvTaHsiH7R-LXEQmG1hIYBlwptKMW1_l1rrFFyNN8Os17Y6KyDBj6qnJcNrdQoO25pPE8uuqtZQQ2F6J7OMoT9PgjyD8EcOxGg5kk4/s695/57336102_401.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="woman in an Avocado seedling greenhouse" border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="695" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljHHZFnka9vVXgCE_hiZuonFSYg8uLhdD-4xGpDwe0CCMhS7cdKPoOOkDGZcPOxPJxNldThyrAit7CQRbv9VvTaHsiH7R-LXEQmG1hIYBlwptKMW1_l1rrFFyNN8Os17Y6KyDBj6qnJcNrdQoO25pPE8uuqtZQQ2F6J7OMoT9PgjyD8EcOxGg5kk4/w640-h348/57336102_401.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">If you are
looking to buy Hass avocado seedlings, you’ve come to the right place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We sell
Hass avocado seedlings for Kenya shillings 150/= per piece/plant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">But that
is only one part of the story:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I want to
tell you everything about Hass Avocado…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">so that
when you make your purchase, you have the guarantee that you’ve made the right
decision, and that your investment will PAY itself MANY TIMES OVER.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Before we
proceed, below are some of the photos of our Hass avocado seedling nursery:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Why Buy Hass Avocado Seedlings to
Grow in Your Farm?</span></b></h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">High
demand of avocado as a local and Export crop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
Kenya and across the world, there’s high demand for Hass avocado fruit. During
the avocado season traders race to every corner of Kenya looking for farms to
buy from so that they can fill their purchase orders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">For that reason, if you have high-quality Hass avocado fruits, your bank account
will be crying chim! chim!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>chim! because
of the deposits that will be hitting it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">That’s
not all…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
price of Hass avocado fruits is set to skyrocket as China joins the global
Import Trade of avocado. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Just
over a year ago President Kenyatta signed an MOU with China. That agreement will
allow Kenyan avocado to access the highly lucrative Chinese market.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">My
crystal ball tells me we won’t be able to satisfy the Chinese demand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">For
that reason, in a few years Hass Avocado will be rarer than the Gold of Ophir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">When
that day comes where will you be?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Will
you be profiting from the Hass Avocado Mania or you’ll be crying I wish I knew?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Growing
Hass Avocado fruit seedlings are better than saving a for a retirement income.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Though
trees take a couple of years to grow, when they finally mature, they will feed
you, plus your grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">They
will outlive any retirement package that you are currently saving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
am saying this because I know of a family who harvests thousands of kilos—year
after year— of Macadamia nuts that their long-dead father planted in the 1960’s!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Trees
are a true inheritance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Even
in the bible during times of war people were cautioned against harming trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">They
were allowed to destroy buildings, walls, altars, idols, and other things but not
fruit trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Fruit
trees feed generations. So I you’ve got some land to grow Grafted Hass Avocado
seedlings, do it now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">You
won’t be waiting for 6-7 years to get for first Hass avocado fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
fact, in 3-4 years you’ll start enjoying your first harvest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Why?
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We
graft all our Hass Avocado seedlings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
grafting process greatly REDUCES THE WAITING PERIOD for fruits by up to 3 to 4
years thus enabling you to enjoy your fruit sooner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">What
we do, we collect scions from mature Hass Avocado seeds, then graft them on rootstock
of other varieties like Puebla.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Get
consistent yields from Hass Avocado seedlings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Of
course there are many variety of avocado trees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">You
are at liberty to grow any of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">However,
none of those varieties show consistency in producing fruit year after year
than Hass avocado. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
other avocado varieties alternate their bearing. During one year they bear
fruit. The next year they don’t bear ANY fruit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Why
grow the other varieties when you can grow Hass avocado that bears season after
season?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">What
can be a better variety than Hass?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Its
regularity of production earnings is like “Earning tax free interest from a
government bond!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Obtain
High yields from Mature Hass avocado Seedlings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
scions of our seedlings come from the Original Hass Varieties Imported from
Mexico and Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">That
means, they are TRUE TO TYPE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Our
avocado produce creamy sweet avocado for use in any dish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Once
customers taste your avocado fruits, they’ll love them the way children love
yoghurt! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">You’ll
never miss people willing to buy your fruit…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I could go
on and only expounding the merits of Growing Hass Avocado Seedlings now rather
than later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Can Hass Avocado Grow in My Region,
Province, County or Country?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The answer
to this question is simple:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Avocado
can grow anywhere in the Tropics and Sub tropics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Actually
Avocado can grow in almost every country in Africa (With the exception of those
in the Sahara and Namib desert), South America, And Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">So if you
leave in Kisii, Kakamega, Butere, Nyanza, Rift valley, Nakuru, eldoret, Kitui
and many other places—you can grow Hass avocado. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">That said,
there are some certain local conditions that will determine whether you can
grow Hass Avocado seedlings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Hass
Avocado grows in the range of 21-28 degrees centigrade and at an altitude of
900-2100 Meters above sea level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Too
cool temperatures considerably slow the growth of Hass Avocado Seedlings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">For
that reason, people living in Kinagop and others areas of similar temperatures
and elevation can’t grow Avocado. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Conversely,
too hot temperatures result to fruit and leaf burns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mature Hass Avocado of Seedlings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It
takes 3-4 years before your Hass Avocado seedling starts giving its FIRST
FRUITS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the first fruiting years a tree can yield 200-300 fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">That
low yield is a problem to commercial farmers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">To
solve this problem, farmers REDUCE the SPACING avocado trees to increase the
plant population per acre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Instead
of growing the recommended 150 trees per acre, farmers grow 3 times that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the years’ progress, and the trees increase production, the farmer thins them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that spacing, 1 acre can have 150 trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A
fully mature tree can yield up to 3000 fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">So
if you have 150 mature Hass fruit seedlings, you’ll get 450,000 fruits which
translates to 50 tons per acre! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It
takes a Hass Avocado tree 8 years to fully mature to the point of yielding 3000
or more fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Just Call
0715 609418 to place your order. The call recipient on the other side is
friendly and courteous—and he is at your service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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amount is received, you’ll receive a call where we will agree on the place of
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will clearly mark the carton with the words, “Plant material. Handle with care”
The purpose of this is to notify the transporter that he is handling fragile
goods that need lots of care. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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will put 2% extra seedlings so to minimize any losses arising from transport
and handling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I have sent My Money but I haven’t
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ensure that we deliver the seedlings as agreed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We will
send you copies of the delivery receipts given by the transport company as
evidence that we have sent the product. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you don’t receive your order of Hass Avocado Seedlings by any chance, we will
make an effort to contact the courier company ON YOUR BEHALF.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We will
bear all the risk of delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Therefore,
if you don’t receive your goods after doing the tracking, we will refund your
money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Kenya That Offer 100% Money back Guarantee <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">If by any
chance you don’t receive your goods as promised, we will refund back your money
100%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Why wait?
How many Hass Avocado Seedlings Do You Want?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Take action
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Low
price of Ksh 150 is low compared to the insane returns Hass avocado Is capable
of giving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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today and place your order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">PS: We
have a supply capacity of 10,000 seedlings. So no matter the number of Hass
Avocado Seedlings you need, we’ll supply them—but you’ve got to hurry as other
farmers as rushing to buy them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-16020819519052024732018-06-28T08:49:00.002+03:002022-04-17T12:05:53.690+03:00How To Manage Your Passionfruit Farm So That You Can Earn More Money From it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">Proper Passionfruit farm management, is vital for </span><a href="http://journalofkenyanhorticulture.blogspot.com/2012/04/earn-millions-from-1-acre-of-passion.html" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">passion fruit growing in Kenya</a><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">. It all starts with the variety you choose to raise. Depending on your farm's locality, you can decide to plant either yellow or purple passion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When it comes to growing yellow passion fruit, your job is simple and straightforward. All you have to do is germinate the <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/passion-fruit-seed-cheap-viable/">passion fruit seeds</a> in a nursery, transplant the plantlets in polythene tubes filled with soil, let them grow until they attain a height of 15-20 cm before you transplant them to the open field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">However, if you decide to grow purple passion fruit, you MUST first graft purple passionfruit scion on yellow passion—if you hope you have a high yielding passion farm.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Why is grafting purple passion fruit scion on yellow passion fruit a critical factor in managing your passion farm?</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Purple passion fruit variety is highly susceptible to a fungal disease called fusarium wilt. This fungal disease can clear a whole farm within days. To minimize the risk of your entire farm dying of fusarium wilt and spending lots of fungicides in controlling the disease, we graft purple passion fruit on yellow rootstock. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">We do so because yellow passion is resistant to fusarium wilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Another reason why we graft purple passion on yellow passion rootstock is that the latter is hardy, drought tolerant, and vigorous. The yellow passionfruit will, therefore, pass these good traits to the purple passion scion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">If you decide to grow yellow passion fruits, you don’t need any grafting because the yellow passion plant is already resistant to drought, fusarium wilt, nematodes, and other diseases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In brief, whether you grow yellow or purple passion, routine management your passionfruit farm comprises the following through the various growth stages of the plant.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Trellising the plants</span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Soil fertility</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Managing Pests</span></li>
<li> Keeping the orchard clean</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Regular watering</span></li>
<li> Managing Nutrient deficiencies</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 9.33333px; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Passionfruit fertilizer requirements.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">After the choice of seedlings, the next important factor of passion fruit management is soil fertility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The soil condition must be right to support the plant through its various stages of growth. From a young age—when the plant multiplies, maturity stage which is characterized by reproduction of flowers and fruits, vegetative growth, budding, flowering, ripening, and senescence—the soil condition must be right. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">How to <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/managing-passion-fruit-farm-plant-orchard/">Manage your Passion Farm</a> when the seedlings are at the Young vegetative stage </span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">At the time of transplanting, your seedlings should be about 15-20 cm high. At the young vegetative stage, they passion plants need to a healthy root network, put up foliage, multiply, grow a sturdy stem to support future fruits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Let us first start by discussing how to make your seedlings have an extensive root network. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">For your passionfruit plant to have a secure network, you will need to prepare the transplanting hole correctly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Here is how to do it.</span></div>
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<li>·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Fill the hole halfway with farmyard manure.</span></li>
<li>·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Use the soil that you've removed, to top up the hole you've just filled halfway with manure until it is three-quarter full.</span></li>
<li>·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Using your hands, or a hand trowel, mix the soil and the manure thoroughly.</span></li>
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<li>·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Apply 10 grams of DAP fertilizer around the plant ensuring it does not touch the stem of the seedling to prevent fertilizer burn.</span></li>
<li>·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Fill the remaining space with the remaining soil and firming up the soil around the plant.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The purpose of the manure is to make the soil well aerated, provide nutrients, provide a room for suitable micro-organisms and room for roots to thrive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The purpose of the DAP fertilizer is to make the nitrogen nutrients available sooner because manure releases its nutrients slowly but over an extended period compared to DAP that is fast over a short period. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Don’t forget to water the seedling regularly. The passion fruit vine cannot be able to access nutrients it needs for rapid growth if the soil is dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Once the seedling is well established and has new growth, you can apply about 5 grams of urea for every passion fruit plant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In about two months of regular watering, the plant will have moved to young plant/ seedling stage to the vegetative stage.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">How To Manage the Passion Plant During the Vegetative Stage.</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In this phase, the plant multiplies producing side shoots and vines in preparation of flowering and fruiting. At this stage, various experts discourage the use of fertilizers rich in nitrogen because that will encourage the growth of leaves at the expense of fruits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Because the plant will be producing many vines, it will need trellising. To maximize on passion fruit production, you ensure that you have one main stem that provides three main branches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">You will also need to apply hormones at 5-6 months to stimulate flowering.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">How To Manage of Passion Plant During the Flowering Stage</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The flowering stage is the most sensitive stage in a passion fruit plant. Any water and nutrient deficiencies will lead to flower abortion and eventual low yields. Likewise, any pest attack will lead to reduced production.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">At this stage, you will need to apply high levels of potassium fertilizer and micronutrient fertilizers to avoid flower abortion. You will also continue to use appropriate fungicides and insecticides to prevent damage to flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The most significant pest to watch at this stage is passion fruit aphid which leads to passion fruit woody virus that results in misshaped fruits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The plant will need regular watering.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Managing Passion Fruit During The Fruiting Stage</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The plant will need regular watering pest management. You will also need to protect your maturing fruits from animals like monkeys, birds, squirrels, and people who are likely to pick your mature fruits and lead to losses.</span></div>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/choose-right-crop-grow-farm/">Crop Selection In Agriculture</a></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Your land has been lying idle for some time. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">You’ve finally decided to grow something on </span>it<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> so that it can give you much-needed extra income. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">But you are in a dilemma. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/choose-right-crop-grow-farm/" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">You don’t know, which crop to grow, how to grow it, and whether it is worth growing.</span><br /></a>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you have ever found yourself in this situation, you are not alone. Most people—who want to grow something on their idle land—so that they start earning money—don’t know what to grow, where to start, or what they need. They don’t know the right crop for their farm, the amount of money they need to grow it, and where to sell the harvest once the crop is mature.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you’ve ever been in this fix, consider this article godsend. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Why? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You will never-ever struggle to decide what to grow on your rich farming land. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Instead of choosing what to grow, will be easy ad drinking water. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After reading this article, you’ll <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/choose-right-crop-grow-farm/" target="_blank">equip yourself with the right knowledge to help you choose the right crop for your farm.</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Investing your cash in a loss-making crop will be distant the way the sun is far off from the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What do you grow so that success is assured the VERY first season you grow something on your idle land? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Remember choices have consequences. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Growing a crop that is too common will put you in direct competition with hundreds of thousands of other farmers. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You’ll be too many people struggling to sell to a few customers. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the other hand, choosing a crop that is too rare—is risky. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Such a crop may not have sufficient demand. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The risk of it rotting in your store or warehouse is sky high!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does this little analysis make you feel like completely giving up on farming? Please don’t give up. Done well, growing crops often have a high rate of return— far higher than the rate of return of the stock market, and the real estate. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can get up to ten times your investment. For every dollar invested in farming get you ten to twenty more. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That’s why I am writing this to you. I want you to come to the right decision—on what to grow—easily and fast. The process of choosing a crop to grow, shouldn’t be a mind-boggling job. It should be a wonderful experience, just like spending time with a loved one…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How to tell if a crop is worth growing<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Whatever you grow MUST have a wide acceptance and demand. People must be eager and ready to buy ALL or a substantial portion of what you desire to grow. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you don’t want what you desire to grow to end up in the compost pit, consider its market. Invest in a crop that you are sure will SELL; several such crops exist. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just to mention a few of ALL SEASON-HIGH DEMAND crops; For vegetables, we have Kale, Spinach, Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Onions. For fruits, we have avocados, mangoes, and oranges. People need these crops—from January to December, 24/7 days a week.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Something worth noting about the market is the competition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you decide to grow the above-mentioned vegetables and fruits, you will definitely face ugly and stiff competition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nevertheless, there are times when these vegetables and fruits are in SHORT supply. You can take advantage of such times to beat the competition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Grow high-demand crops during times of shortage, when the weather is unconducive to many farmers, and you’ll smile all the way to the bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As you think about what to grow, don’t limit yourself only to popular crops. There are other less popular crops, herbs, fruits, and vegetables that are very profitable—if you find a niche market for them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Before you venture into their production, do thorough research. Search for potential customers, and persuade them to sign a contract with them, so that you are always assured of a market. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Second, you must decide how much you are willing to invest in growing the crops and whether you have the money to do it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am saying this because most investors often don’t have a clear picture of exactly what they need to put in farming. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Some people underestimate the amount required and they end up broke before the crop they planted is yet to mature. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Running low before the season ends means you won’t have the cash for other operations like harvesting, storage, transport to market etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Third, you must consider your management competence. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Some crops like tomatoes, potatoes, and cut flowers require the grower to be highly skilled or experienced. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Others like avocados, mangoes, papaya, and kale need a little experience to grow. Don’t grow a crop you can’t manage. If you must do, start small. Learn from experience before starting a full-scale production project.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fourth, consider all the logistics associated with growing the crop. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Consider where you are going to; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Source for inputs and its effect on the overall cost; </span></li><li><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Distance from the nearest market, </span></li><li><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and its impact on operations or marketing, </span></li><li><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time of harvesting and time of arrival at the market. </span></li></ol></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When you put all these four things into account, you’ll have settled on the three most ideal crops to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am saying this because a crop can make economic sense to grow, but nevertheless be unsuitable for your farm. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">This is because every farm has its unique and localized conditions that make it suitable or unsuitable for a crop.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A farm could be in an area, with a climate suited for growing carrots, potatoes, or onions, but still prove unsuitable for growing those crops. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The soils—of the farm could be black cotton soils—soils that can’t allow the successful growing of the aforementioned crops or could be other conditions like flooding on the land, or even diseased soil. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The type of planting material should be considered carefully. Depending on what the planting material is, your costs will go up or come down. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you want to establish your crop from seed, the cost of seed is much lower. But if you expect to either use corms, tubers, cuttings, bulbs, or rhizomes, brace yourself because these types of planting material are, costly compared to seed, and a little difficult to handle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If your selected crop is going to be raised from seed, consider buying certified seed from authorized seed sellers. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The certified seed produces crops that are resistant to disease, vigorous, and display uniform growth. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Things get tricky if you want to establish your crop from vegetative materials like cuttings, tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><br /></span> <span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">If your land is idle or is under any other crop Then you’ve lost millions of shillings. Today I want to tell you, how profitable strawberry farming is in Kenya. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Should you start growing the crop immediately; hopefully you will <b>CUT DOWN</b> on some of your losses. So the urgency of your response matters so much…</span> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Paying your for your child’s education or mortgage shouldn’t be stressing- IF you grow strawberry. But wait…</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">One thing you need to know. The information you find here is not available elsewhere. In fact, farmers who are already earning big money from strawberry farming would rather shut up, that share this SECRET!</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Today, I’ll help you dissect all the secrets of strawberry farming. So you can earn from strawberry— the easy and profitable way.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">“Could this be true?” Hmmmmm… </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Dear hardworking farmer,</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Farmers in Kenya are growing strawberry, and are smiling all the way to the bank. What about you? You know how much work and money you put into your farm. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Therefore, you too— deserve all the riches that come from the soil. But you need knowledge on how to do that. Unfortunately, this knowledge is rare. And most farmers would rather die than reveal this secret to you.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You need to know how much capital is required to start strawberry farming, the market for strawberry if it’s a good investment, where to find the correct planting material and whether your area is suitable for the crop.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Here below are some testimonials from farmers making <b>HARD COLD CASH</b> from strawberry.</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Robert Kararu</span> </u> </div>
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<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Title of report: The rich pickings in strawberry farming</span> </u> </div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>Source</strong>: <strong>Standard digital Nov 5, 2013.</strong></span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The demand for strawberry outstrips supply. One grocery asked us for 200 punnets [packets] per week, another wants 50 Kg per week, and a yogurt manufacturing company wants 300 punnets per week…</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">We are not able to supply all the orders we receive on our own. Roughly we make as much as 100,000 shillings per week from this venture.</span> <br />
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<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">William Njoroge, and his brother Robert Gitau</span> </u> </div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>Source</strong>: <strong>people daily.co.ke June 19, 2014</strong></span><strong> </strong> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Last time I was looking for fresh strawberries in Nairobi, it was a bit of a headache. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong><u>Seraah </u></strong></span> </div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">If you get fresh strawberry, they are pricey. Supermarkets package them in ¼ kg packs that sell for KES 250.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><u><strong>Nicky Thompson</strong></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "consolas";"><span style="color: black;">Here is why strawberry <b>COULD MAKE YOU RICH…</b></span></span></span> <br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can earn in two ways from the crop simultaneously; from selling the fruits, and sell the runners. This is because propagation of strawberry is through runners. One runner can sell for KES 15/=. </span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">An acre of strawberry can produce over 100,000 runners in a year. That means runners alone have the potential of generating over 1.5 million in a year for you.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The crop is easy to grow; you can make a profit even from small spaces of land.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The crop has a long lifespan. It can live for 3-5 years and produce fruits and runners for you if well maintained.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The crop is easy to grow; you don’t need expensive equipment to harvest it- all you need is a hoe and your hands.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The market demand for strawberry fruits is so high, while the market supply is at bottom…</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You harvest your fruit within 30-40 days after plants have flowered. Unlike in avocado where you have to wait for 5-7 months, mango 4-5months, and passion fruit 3-4 months.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can harvest 3 times in a year, unlike other fruits that can be harvested once— at most twice. </span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">One kilo of strawberry fetches you KES 400/=</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The plant can grow in various soils from sandy loam to clay.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Doctors are recommending their diabetes and high blood pressure patients to eat strawberries. This is because strawberry contains high levels of potassium and magnesium help to regulate blood pressure and help promote nutrient function. The magnesium content also relaxes nerves and muscles and keeps blood circulating smoothly. This is a new and growing market for strawberry grower</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Strawberry is richer in vitamin c than citrus fruit. The very high content of vitamin C supplies 160% of daily requirement in one serving of 147 Gms of this fruit.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can earn over 3 million shillings a year from an acre of STRAWBERRY THE EASY WAY. You won’t have to apply for a loan to get that amount of money. All you’ll need is to invest a few thousand, labor, time, some marketing and you’ll get the money PAP!!!</span> </li>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">So, which strawberry variety is suitable for you? </span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">I would recommend you grow Chandler. This variety was bred by the University of California, and it produces medium-sized fruits of between 20-30 grams. Below, is a photo I took at the NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL SHOW of the strawberry variety.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-fj6wh1NfcoheM1cvJprtQ96VdDqACCn1tYnt0emgp1Uh6Q_MpEHTZIgvV0EZkQ9nSsT1MrhB56aY4tN0Uk6HcQiQ_ERbZqmtOgeMTRYqF57MZGGcfHJDi_XMNTavKQElWA4cOHV4hM/s1600-h/IMG_443219.jpg"><img alt="Strawberry, Chandler variety" border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWa4f9T922YR2_H9ORQJP-fLXfpzj3DbtgzRMezRTeve_4MM___kieEDry5LHSxnkbsUkhyRysHvrV9gcc9u1g2hQWkmVU4QBqCONNKHqSgiF-dMmKw6TGSemzfv8j-nGa4I8emRblrA/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Strawberry, Chandler variety" width="526" /></a> </span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Why Chandler?</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can produce 3 harvests per year from a single plant. The plant produces big, sweet fruits that will sell like hot cake once you harvest.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The variety is easy to grow; you can never go wrong… </span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Where do you get this variety?</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can get this variety from the many contacts across the internet, or a farmer near you. One question you need to ask yourself, “Would the advice he gives you to enable you to exploit the potential of the crop fully?”</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Here’s a fact that you may not know about strawberry…</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Did you know a hectare can produce 57.7 tons strawberry? Yes! Cyprus is doing it. The USA follows closely with 56.1 tons. You may say, “Those are developed countries.”</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Here’s another fact about strawberry “Kenya has the best weather for strawberry, so we should harvest more per hectare.” </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Here is my 50 cent piece of advice, “Buy strawberry runners from an expert.” </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">This is because there are over 30 varieties in Kenya. A first-time grower would not be able to distinguish- one from another.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>THAT’S WHERE I COME IN.</strong> I will show you the Chandler variety. My runners have proven yield potential, and are free of diseases. Should you purchase from elsewhere, you could be left on your own to try your luck, or get a wrong variety.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Surely, that’s a bad place to be…</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Yet you’d want someone to guide you- Who is a phone call away and who’d be willing to visit your farm.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Who’s ready to teach you: How to control diseases, the right fertilizers to use, when and how to harvest. So that you can succeed in every way!</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Further, I am a graduate of Horticulture from Egerton University, not to mention the many years of field practice under my belt. </span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">How much will these cost me?</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Well, one runner costs 15 shillings. That means 5,000 runners will cost you KES 75,000 shillings. But consider this as an investment. In a number of months, you will start earning revenue, and this can go on for 3-5 years. These 5,000 runners will cover an area of 20 M X 20 M.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Here is the value that you will receive after placing an order of 5,000 runners</span></b> <br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Free technical advice on the type of fungicides, pesticides, and fertilizers to use.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">A free <b>PRODUCTION MANUAL</b> worth KES. 1,000 showing you a step by step process of fertilizer application, pest control, when and how to harvest.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">A free <b>KNAPSACK SPRAYER</b> worth KES. 2,500</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">A free <b>2 MONTHS SUPPLY</b> of carefully selected <b>FOLIAR FEED</b> worth KES. 5,000 that will ensure rapid development of roots immediately after transplanting. The foliar feeds supply the most needed but deficient minerals in most soils in Kenya.</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">A 20 kg bag of specially formulated <b>HIGH POTASSIUM FERTILIZER</b> worth KES 5,500. This fertilizer enhances fruit development. You will never find this fertilizer in any <b><u>ORDINARY agro-vet shop</u></b> around the country as it is imported from Israel. In fact, and this is a ‘<b>SECRET</b>’- this fertilizer is what will make you get amazing returns from your strawberry farm.</span> </li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>How much yield should I expect from the 5,000 runners?</strong></span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You can harvest up to 1-2 tons from that space. But that will depend on a number of factors. Like are you using the correct fertilizer, how is the weather, are you doing some irrigation etc.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">One kilo goes for 400 shillings. That means you can sell up to 400,000 shilling. If you remove your expenses form this amount, you could remain with as much as 250 K or more.</span> <br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRY, CONTINUE READING…</span></b> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Conditions a favoring the growth of strawberry</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Strawberries must be exposed to full sun and a uniform temperature of 20-30 degrees. They need protection from wind as winds dry fruit and plants during the growing season.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The plant can grow in various soils from sandy loam to clay. Strawberry will respond positively to high organic matter content in the soil.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Strawberry prefers slightly acidic soil with a ph of 5.5-6.5.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Where not to grow strawberry.</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You should not grow where the following crops have been planted before. Strawberries, potatoes, beans, carrots, peppers, okra, eggplants, alfalfa, vine crops, have grown as certain diseases and insect pests, fungal diseases like black rot, verticillium wilt. Also avoid sites which have been infested with sedge, nut grass, quack grass, Johnson grass. </span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">How to plant strawberry</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">You plant strawberries in holes big enough to slightly spread the roots out. And deep enough to bring the soil halfway up the crown. Make sure the crown is above the soil.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Management of runners.</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Position the runners with about 15 cm spacing between them. Only allow a few runners per plant, then remove additional runners to promote crown growth.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The width of each bed should be limited to 60 cm to maintain easy access to the planting. Runner plants that grow outside the 60 cm should be pruned back into the bed to root or be removed if the plants become too crowded.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The runners can be positioned into the desired row width before they root and held in place with small stones, clumps of soil or hair pins.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Soon after planting, the crowns will produce a few leaves and flower buds. During the planting year, all flowers should be removed. This will encourage the growth runners and plant vigor.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The runners will be able to fill out the bed, leading to better yields the following year.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Spacing Of Strawberry Plants</span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Mother plants are 45cm apart in rows of 1-meter Daughter plants are spaced to root no closer than 4 inches apart. All other runners are pulled out or cut from mother plants. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The roots grow following a fixed pattern of three new roots emerging from each side of the base of the leaf. Generally, there are 20-35 primary active roots.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The root system is located mainly in the upper 20 cm layer of soil. The root system is shallow, with 80-90% in the top 15 cm. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">A primary root lives for one year and is replaced by newer roots as new leaves are formed at successively higher levels of the crown. Fertility, water supply, and aeration at soil depths greater than 15 cm are a major concern. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Placing 2-3 cm of soil layer over plant bed after harvest will enhance new root formation and make the plant less vulnerable to cold and drought.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Fertilization</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">After the first harvest, in the second season, strawberries should be fertilized after rejuvenation. Water the fertilizer to get down to the root zone. This application is made in a vigorous condition and to promote new growth and thus the development of these new fruit buds.</span> <br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Harvesting</span></b> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Berries ripen 28-30 days after they bloom. The time between first blooms to full bloom can be 11-12 days. A great increase in the number of ripe fruit occurs over a period of first 4-6 days of harvest. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Berries are harvested every other day under normal temperature for about 6-7 pickings.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Avoid picking the fruit when the plants are wet. Keep harvested berries out of the sun and place them under refrigeration as soon as possible.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Pick berries when they are fully colored for optimal size and flavor. Berries do not improve in quality after picking.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Harvested berries should be sold and delivered within 24 hours to avoid spoilage. About six pickers can harvest an acre of berries or 10,000 pounds over the season. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">An average picker can harvest 10 quarts per hour over the entire season. Under excellent conditions, up to 175 quarts may be harvested by an average picker. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Hand pick berries daily and pick all berries that are ripe. Toss out moldy berries to prevent rots from spreading.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Strawberry production can go on for 3-5 years if plants are vigorous bed is weed free and the planting is properly renewed every year.</span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Strawberry plants tend to be infected with leaf diseases which may result in declining yields if not treated timely. </span> <br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">To prevent overcrowding of plants reduces the incidence of leaf diseases then plants to 5-7 plants per 30 cm to 30 cm, next spread a light 1-2 cm layer over remaining plants does not bury the crowns.</span> <br />
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H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-62805854643977966582014-12-07T09:58:00.001+03:002014-12-08T11:03:37.320+03:00How to grow spinach the easy and profitable way<p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Dear farmer, </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">You can earn 250,000 shillings per month growing spinach on one acre. Yes! This is very possible. Here is a little story of a multinational company with interests in agriculture all over the world. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">That company is Unilever. Spinach contributes 28% of Unilever key crops. Tea contributes 16%; peas 13% while tomatoes and palm oil contribute 7% respectively. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">One thing I do know, the big boys like Unilever know where the money is. It is nowhere else other than the production and processing of spinach. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Growing spinach is a golden goose, often misunderstood. Once you discover its secret, it will lay golden eggs for you — <b>FOR A LONG-LONG TIME.</b> </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">IF you are searching for fresh ideas that will help you earn more… </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">THEN, read on. After reading this article, you will realize spinach production is <b>VERY-VERY</b> profitable. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Your bank account will overflow with money. Raising school fees will be easy like rowing downstream. In fact your neighbors will be green with envy as they see you drive the latest Toyota model. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">They will wonder as you drive past them, the source of your new found wealth. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">If only they knew your secret… </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Here are experiences of organizations and people earning a living from spinach. </font> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="350" bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="center" width="348"> <p align="center"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">After retiring from service in 1985, I ventured into poultry farming. My 12,000 broilers died in 1997 and left me desolate. I pooled resources and planted spinach on an eighth of my land as spinach grows very fast. In a short time, I started selling the vegetables. In a month, I earn up to 60,000 shilling from 1/8 acre </font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b><u>Major retired Francis Mutua Ndolo</u></b> </font></font></font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b><u>Landless estate, Kiambu County</u></b> </font></font></font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Spinach is one of the key crops that Unilever is testing under its sustainable agriculture initiative. </font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b><u>Growing for the future</u></b> </font></font></font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b><u>Spinach: for a sustainable future, Unilever.</u></b> </font></font></font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">One acre of spinach yields 6 tons#Kenyans4Kenya project in #Moyale 64 acres on drip irrigation </font> <p><b><u><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">A tweet by The Kenya red cross</font></u></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b>Here are some basic facts why spinach is increasingly becoming popular.</b> </font></font></font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">According to Dutch scientists from the University of Leiden, spinach contains tyrosine an amino acid that stimulates the production of dopaline a hormone enhancing mental abilities. The basis of Steve Jobs success was he ate foods rich in tyrosine like spinach, bananas almonds and peaches. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Source: fresh plaza.com </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Spinach is rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamin A. </font> <p><b><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">So, what is the key to successful spinach production? </font></b> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Here is what John Navazio an agricultural consultant says: </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">“To appreciate why spinach misbehaves, one must recognize the plants humble origins. It is a cool season crop originally grown in fall and winter in the Middle East.” </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">To grow spinach profitably you must understand its likes and dislikes. Spinach is a cool season crop. Temperatures above 27 degrees can retard its growth. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Second, spinach does not like an acidic soil. It prefers a soil with a PH of 6-7.5 </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">It also requires light showers accompanied by periods of sunlight. Heavy rains lead to attack of spinach by downy mildew disease. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">That is why there is a shortage of spinach in the months of April through May and October through December in Kenya. This is because spinach is devastated by downy mildew, a disease prevalent during the rainy season. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOF3cozPNfeWq070kDoWMib__DWLrYplMsGSOdSFB7kIdxlu3q_TmCicHXKY85NE1g1YKnoLGlLoT9rv__OjgGiiVqT5DkyqxrDTX5JVisWXjZoZR0VJN_0DmHET-GAcsGcRwxQHcEf8/s1600-h/downy%252520mildew%252520in%252520spinach1%25255B6%25255D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="downy mildew in spinach1" border="0" alt="downy mildew in spinach1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3Ubwby7x9uyFOLSQcLeF1LnAGnMoQadPzdPeFcgVgea3mUrudNJ1HT3Rdv2839lZVuucrxhtlZU05phIDSsGKEiavn4jR_uHF3MTxsktm-MymucyCXboynC2viAC3DFaeOXqoNH9NxU/?imgmax=800" width="565" height="482"></a> </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Downy mildew disease is very difficult to control once your spinach is attacked. This results to a biting spinach shortage during the above said months. </font> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w2krLk6Z5r8/VIVbIzcC4_I/AAAAAAAAAdE/qf5r8Gf0SqM/s1600-h/downy%252520mildew%252520in%252520spinach%2525202%25255B8%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="downy mildew in spinach 2" border="0" alt="downy mildew in spinach 2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XFIjXn3xJhg/VIVbVRi-9EI/AAAAAAAAAdM/jyA4InPPPRY/downy%252520mildew%252520in%252520spinach%2525202_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="536" height="482"></a> <p><font size="3"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#000000"><b>So, how can you take advantage of the weakness of spinach and earn good money from</b> <b>it?</b> </font></font></font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">FACT: Selling the vegetable in the months of shortage earns more. Therefore, you must time production to match peak market and shortage. To do this, establish your nursery at MID March for long rains season and MID October for short rains season. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Doing that ensures that the spinach is at the nursery in the time of heaviest rainfall. The seedlings will be ready for transplanting when the rain is subsiding. And will reach maturity when the rain is almost ending. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">The reason why it’s best to establish a nursery during the rainy season is “you can easily control diseases in the nursery” </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">At the nursery, you can easily monitor diseases and spray suitable fungicides regularly. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Cover the nursery with a plastic sheet to avoid the plants getting excessive rain and avoid an attack by downy mildew disease. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Further, the nursery acts as storehouse of your spinach plants. They await there for the opportune time for transplanting. </font> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas">Avoid growing spinach in low lying areas that are prone to flooding as flooding increases the incidence of disease.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Consolas"></font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-22041587499975029682014-06-18T12:48:00.001+03:002018-08-11T07:01:11.187+03:00From thousands to millions: How to grow Mangoes for income during retirement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Let me show you how an investment of 200,000 shillings in <a href="https://pangonionlinemarketing.com/category/horticulture-industry/fruit-production/mango/">growing mango</a> trees today on one hectare of land, will yield you Ksh 3,918,000 in eight years. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Show me any pension plan whose returns can beat that! I bet they’re very few, or none. Yet, what I am going to show you is real, and is backed up with fact, and figures from credentialed sources. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Don’t you want such an attractive returns from a low risk, high profit investment? Right <b><u>NOW,</u></b> I want to show you a <u><strong>Step-By-Step</strong></u> plan on how to achieve that— from the farm you have in your village. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">You don’t need to worry about having a huge piece of land. You can start growing mangoes on the land you have. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">This is why...</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">A tree can yield up to 1,000 fruits in a year. If you sell every fruit for 17 shillings, you will earn One tree will earn you Ksh 17,000 in a year. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">If your land can accommodate 5 trees, you will earn Ksh 85,000 every year for 30 years (30 years is the life expectancy of the tree) stress free!</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">This money may seem little if you only have five trees, but you can increase its value by purchasing a grade cow, chicken, or buying goats that will multiply the money when they give birth.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><u>Or</u> you can keep money for your child in a junior savings account for his school fees.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The money becomes sweeter if you have 200,300 or even 1,000 trees! </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Interested?</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Continue reading... </span><br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">From the desk of Haron Mogeni,</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Professional horticulturist and Farm manager,</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Kiambu prison farm.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><img alt="Sweet mangoes" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7MAAER7OyL8/U6FgRF_q-SI/AAAAAAAAAbc/MMQs0gWbV94/Sweetmangoes3.png?imgmax=800" height="323" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Sweet mangoes" width="430" /> </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Dear farmer,</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Getting high returns from your farm is a walk in the park if, you grow the right crop. This is because crops have a way of multiplying an investment by 100%, 200% or even 500% if you do the right thing, and they grow well.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Today I want to show you the shortcut to such unimaginable returns by showing you how to <b><u>WORK SMART</u></b> with mango trees. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">But, let us start by examining why growing mangoes can increase your investment by over 517% if given time and managed well. A study conducted by a leading research institution in Kenya confirmed that mangoes are popular very fruits.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">They found out over 50% of the residents of Nairobi and other towns buy mangoes when they are in season. Furthermore, the research showed mangoes are in high demand in Europe, Middle East and in the Far East. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Also, the population of Kenya is growing by 1 million every year. By the time the mangoes you grow today, will be in peak production, the country have 8 million more people who’ll need them.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">However, let not the occasional glut of mangoes experienced in the market worry you. It is only temporary. This is because the demand for vegetables and fruits is rising faster than supply, while production is stagnant. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Just few years ago, we used to have a glut of avocadoes. But, nowadays we don’t have any. The fruit has become a highly sought fruit because of increased demand in Europe and other parts of the world.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The knowledge I will show you <b>RIGHT NOW</b> on how to grow mangoes. I will show you who the customers are, and where to find high paying customers.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">You’ll get the right information that will give you confidence, and the ability to generate massive returns from your mango farming business.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">In <u>The Organic Farmer</u>, issue# 85 June 2012</span> </strong> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Mango is the second most popular fruit in Kenya followed by passion.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">John Muchangi, The star in <b><u>The most popular fruit and vegetable unveiled</u></b> 29<sup>th</sup> April 2012</span> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Over half of Nairobi consumers purchase mangoes in a month.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #060606; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Mango (<em>Mangifera indica</em> <em>L</em>.) is one of the high potential fruits in Kenya, suitable for different agro-ecological <br />zones ranging from sub-humid to semi-arid. Despite the still growing economic importance of mango in Kenya, <br />its production potential has not yet been fully exploited.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">The mango industry in Kenya has expanded considerably over the years, not only in size but also in geographical location of commercial and homestead plantings. As a result of this expansion, the mango fruit is becoming popular with the local population</span> <br />
<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">There is a great diversity of mango fruit type which permits considerable manipulation for various purposes and markets: juice, chutney, pickles, jam/jelly, fresh fruit, canned and/dried fruit etc.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">Given the multiple products, it is therefore a potential source of foreign exchange for a developing country; it is also a source of employment for a considerable seasonal labor force.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><strong>Ms. Lillian Tuhaise Fruit dealer, Nakasero Market Kampala.</strong></span> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">There are many unexploited opportunities within Africa, which should be tapped. This is not surprising when out of the total remaining global arable land about 60% is in Africa. Population is also growing at a high rate and escalating food demand.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Sammy Kariuki, Tymax Agricultural solutions</span> </strong> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The world trade in mangoes is stable and its production is growing. Countries in which production is still growing are Kenya, Egypt, and Vietnam. </span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.freshplaza.com/"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><strong>www.freshplaza.com</strong></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The age you plan to retire at, does not matter. What counts is “Do you have sufficient cash for a better lifestyle, or enough cash to sustain the lifestyle you had before retirement.”</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Prior to retirement, you would be thinking of a source of income that will support you, month after month for years without getting dry. Therefore, you’ll need an investment that will yield you money without fail.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">There are hundreds or even thousands of ways of investing your money, but today I want to discuss on how growing mangoes can be the best investment ever! But let me make it more juicer. Read the report below…</span> <br />
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<tr> <td width="399"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Kenya Agricultural Research institute (Kari) has brought in five mango varieties from the USA. These varieties include Haden, Tommy Atkins, Van dyke, Sensation and Kent. They yield 1000 to 1200 fruits per tree.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The Standard newspaper website, 31st March 2013</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Now the market price of one mango fruit is KSh 15. So, if you grow these trees, you expect Ksh 15,000 to 18,000 per tree! Now multiply this by 120, which is the number of trees that you can grow in a hectare. That is a turnover of Ksh 2,948,000 per year. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Now what are the qualities of a good requirement plan? Any retirement plan should be low to medium risk so that you don’t lose your money. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">However, you still want to generate enough interest from a retirement investment so that you can beat inflation, and preserve the value of your savings.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">To do that you need to have a right mix of investments. You can invest in real estate, buy shares, and even join a pension scheme. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">If you are looking at farming crops as a way of creating value, then I am here to give you the right information and prepare you in every way.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The good news about growing crops is that you have 100% control over your investment. In other types of investments, other people make investment choices on your behalf. But, in growing crops in your farm, you decide the level of risk. </span> <br />
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<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: small;">If I chose growing mangoes, how to I beat drought caused by climate change? </span></b></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">There is nothing better at tolerating dry weather like trees. They have long taproots, which go deep down into the soil to sip water. Trees are even found (palm trees) in deserts!</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">You are a witness; trees are often the last plants to die during dry weather, but they don’t go down without fighting a very long dry spells. Now, that makes the growing of trees a low risk, high profit investment.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">So, there are about 3 tree crops that you could grow assure you of an income even during dry periods. These trees include macadamia, avocados and mangoes. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">However, today let’s talk about <b>the mango tree</b>, whose fruit is regarded as the king fruit. Further, the tree has the ability to resist the driest weather and remain green.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">For instance, this tree has never failed to produce fruit year after year even in dry weather, for the people of lower eastern Kenya, the coast region and the rift valley; areas that experience frequent drought. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">In fact, during drought, people in these areas survive on the fruit as they wait for the weather to improve. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">However, climate change has reduced the range of crops that could be suitable for that. Especially here, in Kenya, climate change has often devasted farmers. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">But, that should not deter you from investing in farming. The fact that traffic accidents are on the increase does not deter you from driving or travelling. I am sure what you do is to take precaution. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: small;">What you need to succeed in mango growing</span></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">You need trees that are in production a proper marketing channel, and value addition strategies.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">So how do you get to having trees that are in production? You need to grow mango seedlings in your farm and care for them until they start producing. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">But, you just plant any seedlings. To maximize on the returns, reduce risk, there is a need to grow early, medium and late yielding varieties.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: small;">Now, let’s discuss the economics of mango production</span></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">One hectare accommodates 200 mango trees spaced at 8 M X 6 M. each plant covers an area of 40 M<sup>2 </sup>one tree can yield up to 1000-1200 fruits. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Here’s are some results of a study on appropriate plant spacing conducted in Brazil titled “<u><strong>Tommy Atkins mango trees subjected to high density planting in sub humid tropical in northeastern Brazil</strong></u>”</span><br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="485"><span style="color: #060606; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">“Treatments consisted of five spacial arrangements of plants (8x5 M, 6x3 M, 5x2 M, and 4x2 M which resulted in the following planting densities: 250(control), 357, 555, 1000 and 1250 plants per hectare. in general high density planting caused reduction in vegetative and reproductive variables of individual mango trees, but had little influence on fruit quality. <br /><br />Above 555 plants per hectare, a significant decrease was observed in mango tree growth. furthermore there were decreases in the percentage of flowering, fruit yield per area. However,planting density up to 357 plants per hectare, increases fruit yield per area in comparison to the control (i.e. 250 plants per hectare)”<br /> Carlos Antônio et al</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: x-small;">The research shows that you can grow up to 357 mango trees per hectare without affecting the quality of fruits. I would however recommend growing 200 trees per hectare so that you can reduce the management costs of the orchard.</span> <br />
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<tr> <td width="399"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The Kenya agricultural institute (KARI) has brought in five of mango varieties from the USA. The varieties include Haden, Tommy Atkins, Van dyke, Sensation and Kent. They yield 1000 to 1200 fruits per tree.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The Standard, 31st March 2013</span> <br />
<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><u>Kenyan farmers earn a fortune from mango<br />farming.</u></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><span style="color: #030303;">You may be thinking how can a single tree yield between 1000-1200 fruits. A tree normally produces fruit in twice in a year. that means it will produce between 500 to 600 fruits in a season.</span> </span></span> <br />
<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: x-small;">Here is what a senior researcher is saying on when the mango trees get into production.</span><br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="399"><span style="color: #060606; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;">In the main production area, the Coast Province, two supply seasons can be differentiated. The first and main season runs from November to February and the second from June to August. In areas of higher altitude such as Murang'a and Mwea (Central Province), the harvest season is 4—6 weeks later than at the coast, with a peak in February and March. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>Tony Simons,PhD</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>Principal Tree scientist</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #020202; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: small;"><strong>World Agroforestry Center</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The characteristics of these varieties (grown for export) are listed below;</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Valencia pride</span> </strong> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">This mid-season variety yields large, elongated fruits with good taste quality and excellent appearance. It is difficult to store and as such must be transported by air. This variety has a niche position on the export market</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><strong>Keitt</strong></span> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The fruit is oval, longer and flatter lengthwise than Kent. Its weight is highly variable, ranging from 500 grams to 1 kg, which is a shortcoming for the export market. It is a late variety; the fruits are attractive with a variable blush depending on the exposure to sunlight. </span> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Sensation</span> </strong> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">This variety, of unknown parentage, originates from Florida. The fruit is small to medium-sized (280-340 grams), deep red in color with a few spots of yellow. Its main quality is its relative tolerance to blackspot bacterial disease. This is a mid-season variety adapted to the cooler areas of the sub-tropical zone, e.g. some areas in South Africa. </span></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Kent</span> </strong> </div>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The fruits reach maturity in the middle of the season. They are ovate, relatively large and generally weigh between 500 and 900 grams. The flesh is firm and has a pleasant taste. This mango matures very slowly and gradually.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Fruits that are harvested close to maturity can be stored for a long time at cool temperatures. The fruit's excellent sensory qualities, the firmness of its flesh and its gradual ripening are all equally attractive features to retailers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><strong>Crop production protocol for mango (<i>mangifera indica</i> ) </strong><a href="http://www.coleacp.org/pip"><strong>www.coleacp.org/pip</strong></a><strong> </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #070707; font-family: "lucida console";">Here are some of the initial costs you are likely to incur when you decide to grow mangoes on <u><strong>one Hectare</strong></u> of land</span><br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Seedlings @ Ksh 200 x 200=</span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">40,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Plowing</span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #080808; font-family: "lucida console";">12,000</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">9,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">2<sup>nd</sup> Harrowing (if was virgin land)</span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #080808; font-family: "lucida console";">6,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Irrigation </span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">40,000</span> </div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Making 200 planting holes and actual planting @ Ksh 100 </span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">20,000</span> </div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Miscellaneous</span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">40,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="306"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Manure 2 lorries @ <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Ksh 4,000</span></span></td> <td valign="top" width="147"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">8,000</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";"><strong>Total</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Ksh <strong><u>172,000</u>/=</strong></span><strong> </strong></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="42"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Year</span></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Number of expected fruits per plant</span></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="106"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Income each fruit @Ksh15</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">a hectare has 200 plants</span></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="147"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Cost of labor and other inputs like fungicides, weeding, pruning </span></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="97"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Net income</span></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="98"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Cumulative income </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">1</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="105"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="146"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">112,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="97"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-112,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="100"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-112,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="44"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">2</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="105"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">30,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-30,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="101"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-142,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">3</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">0</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">30,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-30,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="102"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-172,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">4</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">50</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">100,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">30,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">70,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="102"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">-102,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">5</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">200</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">400,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">100,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">300,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="102"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">198,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">6</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">300</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">900,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">100,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">800,000</span></div>
</td> <td><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">998,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">7</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">400</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">1,200,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">200,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">1,000,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="102"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">1,998,000</span></div>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="45"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">8</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="91"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">700</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="104"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">2,100,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="145"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">230,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="96"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">1,920,000</span></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" width="103"><div align="center">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">3,918,000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: small;">Transplanting of seedlings</span></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The seedlings flower 5-6 months after transplanting. Remove flowers for the seedlings are too weak and young to support fruit.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Mango production starts in year 3. The break-even point comes in the 5<sup>th</sup> year, but it could come earlier if the mango orchard is inter-cropped with maize or other crops. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><b>Is my area suitable for growing mangoes?</b> </span></span></span></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Well, it depends on the altitude of your area, and the amount of rainfall received. Mangoes prefer areas of moderate rainfall coupled with a dry season. A period of drought is necessary to stimulate flowering. Here is what experts say about suitable areas of growing mangoes.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #060606; font-family: "lucida console";">Suitable altitudes for growing mango is between 100-1000 meters above sea level</span><br />
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<tr> <td width="398"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">The mango tree’s phenological cycle is strongly influenced by weather conditions. For mango trees to flower there must be a marked halt in growth. This occurs when there’s of a drop in average temperatures and/or a marked dry period.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">Mango seedlings cost Ksh 200 each, but don’t worry of the price of the seedlings. A seedling has the potential to develop into a tree and yield you Ksh 18,000 year after year starting from the fifth year after transplanting for 30 years! </span><br />
<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">I have a number of seedlings in my nursery, but i can’t promise to have them beyond <strong><u>August 10TH</u>. </strong>This is because the seedlings are in high demand, and and the timeliness of your response matters so much!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">First you call me, and inform me where you intend to grow the mango seedlings. This is really important because mangoes can grow well in specific areas. This info will help me determine if your agro-ecological zone is suitable for growing mangoes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">If your area is suitable, and you’re ready to place an order, we meet, and discuss mode of payment, the details of delivery and any other terms we agree on.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">Free technical advice on how to maintain the tree</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">Guidance on how to control pests and diseases of mango trees</span> </li>
<li><span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">Show you how to time your production for the market so that your mangoes reach the market when their <span style="color: #030303; font-family: "lucida console";">demand </span>high </span></li>
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<span style="color: #d20000; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: large;">today on Tel # 0715609418<br />or</span><a href="mailto:haronmogeni@gmail.com"><span style="color: #d20000; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: large;">haronmogeni@gmail.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "lucida console";">Ps. Try growing mangoes today. Don’t let your farm lie idle yet it can mint you money. If you are able to sell the mangoes at 2 shillings more, you will see huge profits. Do the math for yourself.</span><br />
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H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-34671079886550861322014-06-09T09:51:00.001+03:002014-06-16T12:02:51.604+03:00Bad brokers, bad business: a story of conniving brokers at githurai 45 market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">If you want to get more sales and more profit selling vegetables...</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Then beware of the underhand dealings of brokers in fresh produce markets.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Let me teach you how to sell in fresh produce markets through brokers to the right clients, at the right price. What these customers need...</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">And the steps you need to take every day to succeed in selling fresh produce in markets around the Kenya. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Dear hardworking farmer, </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Do you often find the prices offered for your produce being too low, for you to recover the costs of production? </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">You want to earn more from your hard work, so you desire to sell to the right people and at the right price.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">But, you find yourself surrounded by fresh produce market brokers, who gang up to buy your produce at a low price.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">However, how do you find the right people who are willing to pay you the true value of your produce?</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Should you avoid selling in open-air markets like Gikomba, Marigiti, Wakulima, Githurai, Korogocho market, and focus on selling to supermarkets?</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Here is what research institutions found out, on the purchasing habits of consumers in Nairobi and other parts of the country. </span> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 350px;"> <tbody>
<tr> <td width="348"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">Consumers in Nairobi follow a shopping pattern that is highly diversified across food groups. When asked where they shopped for food during the previous month, over 90% indicated that they had purchased at least one food item in three or more types of retail outlets. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">This pattern is quite stable across income groups.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">Between 80-90% of households visited an open-air market, a traditional duka, or a shop. Focusing on fresh produce, 72% visited an open-air market, and 56% a kiosk. Only 6% made fresh produce purchases in a supermarket chain.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">Working paper 16- Tegemeo institute of Agricultural policy and development</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">Anna Mutahi, Director</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Consolas; font-size: x-small;">TNS RMS East Africa</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Fact: you cannot avoid selling your produce in the open-air markets because that’s where the buyers are. Unfortunately, these markets are under the control of brokers, and that’s why you need to know how to handle the brokers. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">So how will you win this struggle? In a bid to find answers to farmers complaints, many universities, Ngo’s and community-based organizations, have recommended this solution...</span> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 250px;"> <tbody>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Growing what the market wants means that you are in control, and the market will be willing to buy at your price. Today I’ll tell you of how I did just that, and made sizzling profit. I want to sharpen you so that you may be a knowledgeable farmer. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Let’s start with the first thing that you need to know. </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Lucida Console;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">The best time to <b>get your produce the market is when there is a biting shortage.</b></span></span></span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">How do you do that?</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">You should research on the best time to produce. Remember this important point, “the changes of season affect the production of every crop, either positively or negatively.” </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Aim to produce when the season has negatively affected the production of a crop. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Having done research on the selling price of kale and spinach in various markets around the country, I found out, the veggies would sell at a profit in the months of September through November. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Therefore, I planted kale and spinach at the beginning of August 2013 with the intent of selling the produce during the said months. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">“My timing was perfect,” because the research pointed to a pattern of scarcity of the vegetables during the said months for the last 10 years. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Thus, the likelihood of making profit, selling the vegetables in the said months was sky-high. </span> <br />
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<b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Impact of unexpected change of weather </span></b></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Kenya always has cool weather in the months of June to August. The cool weather, favors the production of vegetables of the Brassica family like kale, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts among others.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">The cool weather extended to the month of October. The unexpected weather change helped other farmers, and I who were growing brassicas. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">The cool weather meant that I would do less irrigation than originally planned. The change of weather resulted in an unanticipated boom harvest of kale, cabbage and spinach during the months of September to November.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">The usual dry weather from September to November was a trump card that I hoped to draw to make more sales, and I was very successful.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">This meant my customers could not but everything my farm produced, because of the bumper crop. “I had to go back to the drawing board, and think of a better way of selling the excess veggies.” </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">“To sell, the excess vegetables at Githurai 45 market,” was my plan. I had never taken any produce to the market, but I convinced myself the market is a free market, where the freedom of entry and exit exists. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">I consulted some traders who informed me, “All you need to sell in the market, to pack the vegetables in gunnysacks, put them in a pick-up and arrive there by 5:00 am.”</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">When I got to the market, some people, whom I thought were customers, surrounded me. They asked me inquiringly, “How much do you sell a kilo of the vegetables?” </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">They offered to pay 10/= shillings per kilo of kale or spinach, a price that was two times lower, than what my regular customers offer me. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">I did a quick calculation and realized that, I would earn 10,000 shillings, enough to recover all my costs but would make no profit.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">A choice had to be made. To sell at the price, and I leave the market early for home, or stay put, and wait for better paying customers.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">I chose the latter.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">I came to understand later, the people who wanted to buy my veggies were brokers, looking for a quick buck.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">A big mistake by a newbie</span></h2>
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">One thing you need to know, most brokers spend a lot of time in the market daily as they looking for business. It is easy to know farmers who are new to the market.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">In my naivety, I committed a terrible blunder of forgetting my weighing scales at home. “How would I confirm the weight of kale or spinach that I sold to customers?” that was my agony. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">My lack of weighing scales gave brokers an opportunity to fleece me. Some brokers offered to buy my vegetables, at the price of Shs. 25/= per kilo, but they insisted that I use their weighing scales. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">I was relieved... </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Little did I know the scales were, thieving scales! Every time a kilo I weighed a kilo of vegetables, another kilo was lost. The scales would weigh 2 kilos instead of one. Though I was suspicious of the amount weighed, there was no way I could verify my suspicions. </span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">That brings me to the big question of business ethics in the fresh produce marketing in Kenya. It is apparent that, the city and municipal councils have abdicated their authority to brokers who conspire to trick hard working farmers and genuine traders.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;">Back to my story, by the time I finished selling, it had made a modest profit of Kshs. 7,000/= I could have made more were it not for the thieving weighing scales. </span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;"><img align="left" alt="clip_image001" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_LjkgI_IE3Y/U5VZV2cj20I/AAAAAAAAAas/rtUQ6XzFjAw/clip_image001%25255B12%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="12" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="clip_image001" width="25" />Aim to produce crops at times of scarcity. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;"><img align="left" alt="clip_image001[1]" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HM4hMnqO4Wg/U5VZWx_0pUI/AAAAAAAAAa0/AHGlWuNlQa8/clip_image001%25255B1%25255D%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="12" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="clip_image001[1]" width="25" />Try selling directly to kiosk owners and mama mbogas and restaurants/hotels.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;"><img align="left" alt="clip_image001[2]" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cs5w24Ath8Y/U5VZXnLxGzI/AAAAAAAAAa8/cIkVNrphL1s/clip_image001%25255B2%25255D%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="12" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="clip_image001[2]" width="25" />Conduct a pre visit to the market, a week before taking your produce to the market so that you find out the price trends of the produce you intend to sell.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: small;"><img align="left" alt="clip_image001[3]" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FPz_cTBzKpg/U5VZYkaatOI/AAAAAAAAAbE/-VuNUwPmVAQ/clip_image001%25255B3%25255D%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="12" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="clip_image001[3]" width="25" />Always carry a weighing scale for your produce, one that you can rely on.</span> <br />
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H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-17321126046675445392014-06-08T10:35:00.001+03:002014-06-08T10:35:53.137+03:00How to make more profits from your farm by growing lavender<p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Let me teach you how to grow lavender, sell it to the right customers at the right price, what these customers need... and the steps you need to take every day to succeed in growing lavender in Kenya right now!</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Interested? </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Continue reading...</font></p> <p> <img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" src="http://bellejheanell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Lavender-1-640x478.jpg" width="307" height="230"> </p> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">From the desk of Haron Mogeni,</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Horticulturist and Farm manager,</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Kiambu Prison farm</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Dear hardworking farmer, </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Are you searching for an alternative crop that is easy to manage, yields high profit, and is in high demand? You have always grown on your small farm crops like; maize, beans, kale, or potatoes yet the market prices of these crops don’t please you.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Welcome. You’ve landed at the right website. After hours of agonizing and backbreaking research, I have identified the perfect crop that is easy to manage, high in profit and demand. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">It is a breakthrough opportunity and the timeliness of your response matters so much. After you complete reading this, you’d be left wondering why your farm is under other crops. In fact, you will lament how you’ve been losing huge profits.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">You may be wondering if am qualified to make such a huge promise. Well, I am a graduate of horticulture from Egerton University. Currently a farm manager at Kiambu prison farm.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Therefore, What I’m telling you are not just stories, but things that I have done research on, and have practiced. Not to mention my 10 years experience in the agricultural field.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Farmers in Kenya and everywhere are finding it difficult to earn a living from their farm. This is because of the high costs of production and the stiff competition as they grow what everybody is growing.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Nevertheless, today I want to open your eyes and introduce you to a crop that people rarely consider. A kilo of its produce goes for Kenya shillings 3000/=. If you prefer counting your money in dollars, a kilo of its produce yields you $ 35.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">This is the perfect crop for smallholder farms. You don’t need any experience to grow the crop. In fact, if you’ve ever grown any crop, then you are more than qualified to grow lavender.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">All you need to know is how, to whom and where to sell this crop. But, don’t worry about that. By the time you finish reading this report, you will have all the skills needed to do just market lavender like a <b><u>Guru</u></b>.</font> </p> <p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="355" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="353"> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Across Europe the demand for herbs is growing— in the UK, for example over the last decade there has been a large increase in people interested in home cookery and experimenting with culinary techniques and different cuisines, which has led to the demand for herbs.</font> <p align="center"><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">The East African Fresh Produce Journal </font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Lavender is known to be one of the famous herbs with the fragrance of its dried flowers and from the oils refined from it. This is typically being use as perfumes, so growing lavender flowers, as a business is truly lucrative.</font> <p align="center"><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Start up biz hub</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Question: I like growing herbs in my garden. Which do you recommend?</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Answer: Lavender </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Lavender has become increasingly popular as a herb for cooking and industry. The herb produces a perfume so admired that vast fields of lavender plants are grown in England, Provence, Tasmania and morocco to satisfy a worldwide demand for scented soaps, candles, skin lotions, and many products. A few sprigs clustered in a vase can fill an entire room with its romantic fragrance. Swirled in a bathtub, they will even scent the water.</font> <p align="center"><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Manjala Juluri, ASLA Landscape consultant and designer</font></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console"><strong></strong></font> <h2><font color="#040404" size="4" face="Lucida Console"><strong></strong></font> </h2> <h2><font color="#040404" size="4" face="Lucida Console"><strong>First thing first: why grow lavender?</strong></font></h2> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Lavender is a worthy crop to grow because of its perennial growing nature. This means its lifespan extends over 1 year. The implication of this is that you will harvest flowers year after year, without replanting it again.</font> </p> <p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="346" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="344"> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Lavender plants can last for 10-15 years or longer if managed correctly. </font> <p align="center"><font size="2"><font face="Consolas"><font color="#040404"><strong>K M Swanepoel and W G Alberts Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand</strong></font></font></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Second, lavender can grow over a wide range of altitude between 1000-1700 meters above sea level. The higher the altitude the better as the oil yields tend to increase with altitude. This is because the plant flowers more abundantly in cooler conditions.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Third, you will not worry about pests and diseases, which ravage most crops. However, the plant suffers from phytophora root rot if grown in poorly drained soils, or when overwatered. The plant grows well soils of low fertility.</font> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="339" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="337"> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">Lavender ranks high as a sustainable crop because it does not rely on pesticides and fertilizers…</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">ATTRA</font></b> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Consolas">National sustainable Agriculture Information Service</font></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Fourth, the selling price of lavender products is very high. To find the average prices of a kilo of dried lavender flowers, oil and fragrance, visit online shops like ebay, Amazon and Alibaba. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">The prices range from $50-300, which in my opinion are enough to cover the cost of production and leave you with profit.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">So, how and where do I start?</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Start a nursery. Why do you need to start one? You are likely to face difficulties of getting sufficient planting for your farm. Therefore, you’ll need to multiply what you get. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Another reason for establishing a nursery is to save on costs. An acre requires 15,000-28,000 plants. Now let’s assume one seedling costs $2. That will mean on planting material alone you’ll have to spend $30,000- 56,000.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Establishing a nursery will allow you to save on costs of transport. This is because plant material is bulky in nature. Transporting the material for long distances will be expensive. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">One more thing, the cost of planting material constitutes a great percentage of the overall cost of growing lavender. You also want to reduce the cost of planting material and the risk of loss. Thus multiplying your own planting material makes sense. </font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">How to multiply your seedlings</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Transplant the planting material you bought into a nursery. Allow it time say 3 months to establish itself, and become vigorous. You will need to take cuttings from the plants.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">The best time to take cuttings from lavender is right after they have bloomed. Take cuttings from stems with no flower buds on them. Remove leaves from the bottom half of the cutting and insert it into well draining sterile potting soil or horticultural vermiculite.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Rooting hormone is not necessary. The cuttings should root in about 3 weeks. Transplant rooted cuttings into pots 2-4 inches in diameter. One the plants develop a vigorous root system transplant them to the farm.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Before transplanting the seedling into the farm, contact various restaurants, hotels, as they are the largest consumers of the herb.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Transplanting to the farm</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Lavender is not competitive and does not respond well to weed pressure. Prepare the field during dry weather to kill all perennial weeds. You can apply pre-emergent herbicides so that the plants has a head start before weeds. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">When planting <i>(lavender agustifolia)</i> or its cultivars, ensure planting material has been propagated vegetatively from cuttings, not started form seed so that you can have true to type plants. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">When planting lavender as a crop, spacing depends on the size of the cultivars. Spacing ranges from 2-3 feet within the row and 3-6 feet between rows.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Pruning </font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Lavender flowers on new growth. Therefore, prune the plants every year after it is established. Pruning should take place when green leaves start to emerge from the base of the plant. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Remove approximately one third of the top. The plant responds well to pruning. Pruning keeps the plant from splitting and becoming too woody.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Harvesting </font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Harvest the lavender stems in the morning hours when the oils are most concentrated and when approximately 50% of the flower buds have opened. Use a sickle or pruning shears to cut stems as long as possible. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Form bundles of 50-100 stems and bind them with rubber bands. Rubber bands will contract when the stems dry out. Dry the harvested lavender in a cool dark place where there is good air circulation.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Yields of lavender</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">An acre of true lavender (<i>lavender angustifolia</i>) produces from 150 to 900 kg of dried flowers and about 10 to 20 liters essential oil.</font> <p><b><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">Marketing of lavender</font></b> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">You can market lavender other products in many ways i.e. as dried or fresh flowers, or processed products. Find local buyers like; hotels, marketing agents and companies from chemical and pharmaceutical, as well as food and flavoring industries. Before you start any production, conduct research on the local market of your produce. You can use social networking sites like Linkenld, Facebook, Google plus and other online forum to reach buyers. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">International buyers are divided into flavor and fragrance houses, cosmetics and personal health care, aromatherapy and food manufacturers who buy in large quantities.</font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">The major market in the world for essential oils is the United States, followed by Japan and Europe. However, production continues to be concentrated in Europe, with seven of the world’s largest essential oil processing firms. </font> <p><font color="#040404" size="2" face="Lucida Console">In the United States, the major users of essential oils are the soft drink companies. Japan accounts for 10 % of the world demand. The Canadian market is dominated by the United States perfume and flavoring industry.</font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-77894587561290101372012-11-12T15:38:00.001+03:002012-11-12T15:38:39.960+03:00IMPACT AND ROLE OF SUPERMARKETS AS OUTLETS FRESH FARM PRODUCE AND PROCUREMENT<h5><font face="Lucida Console"><u>In summary</u></font></h5> <p><font face="Lucida Console">Supermarkets are becoming popular outlets of fresh fruits and vegetables because of their quality and safety measures and growing middle class that are ready to spend more.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">A farmer who is targeting to sell his produce in a supermarket must understand its’ procurement procedures.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">Huge chain supermarkets have contracted companies or have specialist procurement departments that source the produce on their behalf and are less likely to buy direct from farmers.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">A farmer intending to sell to the big chains supermarkets may have challenges in assuring them consistency and quality.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">Smaller supermarkets require small volumes of produce have less restrictions to direct purchase from farmers.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">Procurement of fresh fruits and vegetables depends on size of supermarket, volume of demand, and its organizational structure.</font> <p><font face="Lucida Console">Small supermarkets purchase their requirement from farmers (both contract and non contract or wholesale or retail markets.</font> <h2><font size="3">OUTLETS OF FRESH FRUITS AND</font> <font size="3">VEGETABLES</font></h2> <p><font size="3"><font face="Lucida Console">Fruits and vegetables are consumed in Kenya when fresh; processing is restricted to the extraction of fresh juice and the drying of fruits and vegetables.<b></b></font></font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">This means that a small fraction of the total production of fresh fruits and vegetables in the country is sold to processing industries.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">A huge fraction is sold in traditional outlets i.e. Kiosks and open air markets which account for 80% of sales.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Some of the fresh produce is sold in supermarkets like Uchumi, Nakumatt, Tuskeys, Naivas, Kamindi, Cleanshelf, among others.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Open air markets/wet wholesale and retail markets provide competition to supermarkets as a substantial consumer base patronizes them for their convenient price and variety available.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Open air markets/wet wholesale and retail markets offer competitive prices, but are characterized by lower quality products and unhygienic conditions. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">They thrive by serving the poor in the urban areas who visit them for their competitive prices and variety of produce available.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Changing quality and safety requirement of customers has made some of the big chain supermarket to shift to more specialization suppliers for their procurement needs and this has implications that will directly or indirectly affect final points at the farm level.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">The highest consumption of processed fresh fruits and vegetables is in urban areas where incomes are higher and presence of tourists gives a drive for consumption.</font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Lucida Console"><b>Wakulima</b> market is the main wholesale market in Nairobi serving retail markets in Nairobi like <b>Kawangware</b>, <b>Gikomba</b>, <b>Toi</b>, <b>Kangemi</b>, City Park and <b>Korogocho</b>.</font></font> <h2><b><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">HOW SUPERMARKETS SOURCE FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES</font></b></h2> <h3><font size="2"><font face="Lucida Console"><b>1. </b><b>THROUGH IMPORTATION </b></font></font></h3> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">The financial muscle of supermarkets enables them to import produce from South Africa and other east African countries when some fruits and vegetables are off season in Kenya. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Though some produce is imported from Uganda and Tanzania by traders in open air markets during off seasons, it does not take long before the off season sets in them.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">That so as, Tanzania and Uganda lie in close proximity with Kenya; the equator passes though Uganda and Tanzania is a few degrees away from it. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Supermarkets have an edge in the business of importation as they can access distant markets and have highly trained procurement departments.</font> <h3><font size="2"><font face="Lucida Console"><b>2. </b><b>PROCUREMENT FROM LOCAL MARKET</b></font></font></h3> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Small and independent supermarkets account for 25% of the supermarket share of fresh fruits and vegetables buy from brokers who get their goods from open or wet markets or directly from rural farms.</font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Lucida Console">Large supermarkets prefer suppliers who guarantee quality, traceability, a steady supply of expected volume all year and consistent delivery times.<b> </b></font></font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">The aforesaid needs have made <b>Fresh And Juici</b> <b>ltd</b> wholly owned by Nakumatt to supply all its branches. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Nakumatt has a centralized procurement system for its Nairobi network with one supplier for horticultural produce who sources the produce from large to medium farms near Nairobi, 10% from small holder farmers.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Uchumi has a centralized purchasing for its branches in Nairobi. After purchasing, the vegetables are distributed to the branches within Nairobi. For some of its stores, especially those in small towns they purchase directly from farmers and traders.</font> <p><font size="3"><font face="Lucida Console">There are 4 large institutional suppliers and 10 small ones who have emerged due to more stringent demand on quality by supermarkets. They include <b>Mugoya grocers</b>, <b>Zucchini vegetables shop</b> and <b>Fresh and Juici</b></font></font> <h2><b><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">IMPACT OF SUPERMARKETS IN FRESH PRODUCE SUPPLY CHAIN</font></b></h2> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">A large percentage of the households in the Nairobi and other towns purchase fruits and vegetables from retail markets like kiosks and kibandas around their homes. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">This is soon changing as more and more people are buying fresh fruits and vegetables from supermarkets. </font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">This is so as supermarkets are quality conscious, have a variety of fruits and vegetables throughout the year and the growing middle class in the country prefers to shop in them rather can visit grimy and overcrowded markets.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Supermarkets have started laying stringent safety and quality standards for foodstuff with some of the produce being labeled with producer identification for purposes of traceability.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Supermarkets as outlets of produce are likely to causing fundamental structural changes in the produce supply chains as they taking away market share from kiosks, open air markets and kibandas.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Though Wholesale and open markets still remains the most important outlet for fruits and vegetables in Kenya, the supermarkets are becoming vicious competitors.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Supermarkets emphasize on quality, variety and reliability, traceability and consistent supply of produce.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">These conditions can’t be met when purchases are made at Wholesale and open markets.</font> <p><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">There is real fear that direct supplies from small holder farmers may dwindle due to these stringent demands and also spatial scattered nature of these producers that raise transactions costs especially transport and time.</font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-77737675885888993622012-11-09T15:10:00.001+03:002012-11-09T15:10:26.063+03:00HOW TO EVALUATE FARM PROFITABILITY<p align="justify"><font size="3"> <font face="Lucida Console">A farmer invests time, money and labor in his farm with the aim of making profit and personal satisfaction. </font></font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">His assumption is, if the weather is conducive and pests don’t destroy his crops or diseases kill his animals he will recover his input and make profit. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">He has a basket of options to choose from— crops or animals that he will plant or keep so as to minimize his risk and maximize his profit.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">He must undertake a detailed examination of the profitability of individual enterprises and of the farm system as a whole in the evaluation process.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console"><strong>‘There are no quick fixes available to improved farm profitability every item must be carefully considered if it’s worth keeping’</strong></font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">This process of evaluation involves the under mentioned process</font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><font size="3">1. BENCHMARKING </font></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">It is not easy to assess the efficiency and profitability of an enterprise without comparing it to available standards.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Since extension services unavailable in Kenya, the only starting point for comparison of is the best practice norms or benchmarks.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">As you compare your farms enterprises with those from other farms you will know whether you are utilizing the full potential of your farm or not.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">For example, if you own dairy cattle, you may compare their productivity those from a research center.</font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><font size="3">2. OPPORTUNITY COST OR PRODUCTION COST?</font></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">The prices of farm produce are unpredictable resulting to uncertainty about the correct price to use for most produce.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">During accounting, items are valued at production cost. A milk producer will therefore record the price of fuel, fertilizer and seed as being a maize production cost in his accounting system.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">If he wants to determine the profitability of his dairy enterprise he will use the price he can get for the maize less marketing cost.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">In other words, the maize enterprise sells maize to the dairy enterprise at market related price.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">This principle widely used where related companies sell services to each other at market related values.</font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><font size="3">3. LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE</font></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">A good financial record keeping system is a pre-requisite for profitability.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">A profitable farm system should be evaluated by looking at the bottom line or net disposable income which is the amount of money a farmer can put in his pocket.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">To increase the net disposable income, first step is to increase the gross margin, that achieved by looking at all the enterprises to save on variable expenses. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Variable expenses are those that vary with the quantity produced such as seed and fertilizer, however, reducing them normally results in lower production and earnings.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Secondly, a farmer should increase his technical efficiency. His decisions will be important in the efficient and correct use of variable inputs to result in the maximum gross margin.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Finally, prices vary between suppliers so, efficient purchasing management is necessary.</font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><font size="3">4. LOWERING OVERHEAD COSTS</font></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Re-evaluate all overhead costs and get new quotations for services.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Labor should therefore be managed efficiently as possible. It is possible to save by negotiating interest rates with credit suppliers.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Careful management of creditor accounts can also save interest and ensure you use the full interest free period provided by suppliers. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">The purchase of capital equipment should be limit to what you can afford.</font> <h2><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">5. NONFARM INCOME AND TAXES</font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Nonfarm income plays an important role in balancing the books. During good years, invest money off the farm and build a sizable investment portfolio that will provide necessary income especially during bad farming.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Lucida Console">Always keep household expenses under control. Improved fiscal performance is the result of detailed analysis of farm business both on the level of a single enterprise and the farms overall performance. </font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-4929212496862654602012-10-09T16:04:00.001+03:002012-10-09T16:04:12.677+03:00FARMING GREEN MAIZE IN KITALE: IS IT A CREDIBLE INVESTMENT?<p align="justify"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="maize plantation" border="0" alt="maize plantation" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQbxfRxUMdtspZ-kqHxxr2J1C-ff-1y3uYh-Y_xes8SQO7UcNTtDA9FAVIwnnP21kNNcdtdPBLly7u0kZh2eKX6IyaZjKXheDo_TZCz-qZSC-Z3p01tRVnDQIl0Fk1Z5kLVHoHStZic4/?imgmax=800" width="387" height="291"> <font size="3"><font face="Consolas">There are many investment opportunities in the agricultural industry; among them is green maize farming. </font></font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">This type of farming is different, as the farmer sells the maize while it is at the mature green stage.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Green maize is popular in Kenya; it’s cooked with beans to produce a popular meal known as githeri or it’s eaten roasted. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">It has been estimated that an acre of maize costs a farmer 20,000-20,000 to produce. Once the maize is at the mature green stage, brokers/middlemen buy the crop at a cost 35,000-40,000 shillings per acre.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">This means that a farmer will make a profit of 15,000-20,000 per acre. The broker takes care of all costs of harvesting, packing and transporting the maize.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">When the maize is left to dry so that it is sold for flour production, one acre can produce 20 to 30 ninety kilogram bags.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">A bag of dry maize is priced at 2,500-2,800 shillings. This means that a farmer is likely to earn between 50,000 to 84,000 shillings.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">He will however incur the costs of harvesting, shelling, drying the maize, storage and treating the maize to guard against weevils.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">All the aforementioned costs will eat into his profit and it is likely that the profit he will make will be lower than if he sold his maize at the green stage.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Dilemma facing potential investors</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Growing green maize in Kitale seems like a worthy investment as the environment favors maize production, the soils are fertile, and the price of green maize is high at 3000 shillings for a 115-kilogram bag.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Unfortunately, most investors are greenhorns; they are not aware of the complexities in farming, land tenure and marketing green maize. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Here is what you require as an investor:</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">1. Land to hire or lease if you don’t own any</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">2. Tilling the Land, first harrow, and second harrow</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">3. Hire a planting machine</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">4. Weeding by laborers or control weeds through herbicides. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">5. Spraying by tractor for pests and diseases</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">6. Harvesting by hand or machine</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">7. Transporting the maize from the farm to the market</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">8. Have a storage facility</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">A table showing the cost of some farm operations in Kitale </font></p> <p align="justify"> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"><font size="3" face="Consolas"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Activity </font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Cost in shillings per acre</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">1.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Hiring land</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">3,000</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">2.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Plowing </font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">4,000</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">3.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">1<sup>st</sup> Harrowing</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">3,500</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">4.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">2<sup>nd</sup> Harrowing</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">3,500</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">5.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Hybrid seeds</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">1,500</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">6.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Weeding by tractor spraying (this is what you will pay the owner of the tractor)</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">1,000(does not include the cost of herbicides and water)</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">7.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Spraying pests and disease using a tractor</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">1,000(does not include the cost of pesticide/fungicide and water)</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">8.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Harvesting by hand </font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">2,500</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">9.</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Transporting produce to the market</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">(This cost varies from farmer to farmer depending on his target market)</font></p></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">10</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="334"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">Total cost of input per acre</font></p></td> <td valign="top" width="259"> <p><font size="3" face="Consolas">25,000 (approximate cost)</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <h2 align="justify"><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">ACREAGE REQUIRED TO BREAK-EVEN</font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The ideal acreage if you intend to go commercial is 30 plus acres. To break even, you must have a minimum of 20 acres.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Commercial maize farming gets juicier as the cost of inputs comes down considerably with increased acreage. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">If you are planting 100 acres and over, the best option is to buy a second hand tractor valued at 800,000-1,000,000 shillings.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">To illustrate this point, the inputs required for one acre is estimated at 15,000 shillings thus 100 acres will cost 1.5 million shillings.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">40% this costs of goes to the owner of the tractor; if you own the tractor, your costs will be reduced by a huge margin.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Furthermore, you will earn more when the tractor works for other small-scale farmers.</font> <h2 align="justify"><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN LEASING LAND</font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Lease the land for a reasonable period for example 3-4 years. This will allow you to recoup your investments when the crop fails or the weather is not acting as expected.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">You need to lease land in a secure area without many environmental challenges and communication that may pose high management and labor costs.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Avoid leasing land near wildlife sanctuaries, game parks and transit corridors as most of your production will be lost to them.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Securing one parcel of land that is over 30 acres is difficult and you are prone to fraudsters.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">You need to conduct due diligence to and it’s important that you consult a lawyer to advice you on the terms of the lease.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">SUPERVISION OF FARM OPERATIONS </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">You need to employ a trustworthy person to supervise the farm operations if you are operating from far.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The employee should be one who understands when and how to plough, harrow, and conduct any other essential operations, without these, you are liable to huge losses.</font> <h2 align="justify"><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">STRATEGIES OF REDUCING LOSS</font></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">A farmer engaging in this type of farming can get losses in the following manner;</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">When the maize of the entire farm matures at the same time, say 100 acres- this will lead to surplus production. This affects supply and demand leading to low prices being offered for the produce. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">This can be solved by planting different portions of the farm with early maturing, middle maturing and late maturing varieties.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Another reason that may lead to losses is when the crop in a single field does not have uniform growth or maturity. The solution for this is to buy certified seed from a credible dealer.</font> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-85220360388924784992012-10-09T16:01:00.001+03:002012-10-09T16:01:35.538+03:00HAND HELD MOTORIZED TRACTORS:THEIR POPULARITY, PERFORMANCE AND COST<p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Walking tractor/hand held motorized plow" border="0" alt="Walking tractor/hand held motorized plow" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2rJex0zns7M/UHQgKmVWvrI/AAAAAAAAAWs/kflFRP1yGdU/image%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="340" height="452"> Hand held motorized tractors have been touted as a solution for plowing small farms in Africa.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The low cost of these machines seems attractive to small scale farmers. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">This is good news, as farmers in Africa and other developing nations have been using hoes or ox-driven plows for centuries. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The purpose of this article is to discuss the perceptions on the performance, practicability and cost of this machine.</font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">RATIONALE FOR USING VARIOUS MACHINES TO PLOW</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">When farmer tills his land using a hoe, the maximum area he can plow in a day is an eighth of an acre when he is working alone and the soils are friable.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Where the soils are hard and clayey in nature, the area that a single farmer can plow using a hoe is less than an eighth an acre.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">On the other hand, when an ox-driven plow is used, he can plow at-least half an acre per day, similarly when a tractor used, more than 6 acres can be plowed depending on the power of the tractor.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">In an effort to address some of the challenges facing small farmers, engineers developed small hand held tractors commonly known as walking tractors. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">This innovation has elicited great interest in the farming community and traders who want to promote their use as the equipment seem affordable, practicable, reliable and cost effective.</font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">RESERVATIONS OF FARMERS INTERESTED IN HAND HELD TRACTORS</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Farmers are interested in the experiences of those who are currently using the machines so that they can make an informed choice. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">These experiences are on; the cost, performance, lifespan, maintenance cost, consumption of fuel per acre, and on the availability of spare parts of walking tractors.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">However this information is not available as very few farmers are using the machine and they rarely share their experiences.</font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">POPULARITY OF HAND HELD MOTORIZED TRACTORS</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">These machines are popular in countries like India, China, Korea and Turkey where they are used in plowing paddy fields.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Information does not exist indicating the first country to use this type of tractor, but their use is widespread in China, South Korea and Turkey. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">However this technology is new to Africa, few farmers own them and have reported mixed experiences as they use them.</font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">THE COST OF WALKING TRACTORS</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">There are a number of shops at river-road Street and industrial area in Nairobi that sell these machines. The prices range from 180,000-200,000 shillings. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The reason for the variance is the origin of the engine, its horsepower and the profit margin a particular vendor is targeting. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The models available in Kenya are imported from china and India with very few coming from turkey there are some that are assembled locally by Jomo Kenyatta University of agriculture and technology.</font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">THE PERFORMANCE OF WALKING TRACTORS</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">No studies have been conducted in Kenya on the performance of various models under different soil conditions. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">The available information is from the personal experiences of people who are using or have used such tractors.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">It is therefore difficult to draw credible conclusions on the performance of the machines. For instance, it has been claimed that, it’s possible to plow 2 acres in a day using these tractors.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">My personal experience is contrary to this claim, doing even ¼ of an acre is difficult and unhealthy. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Most of the models turned either left or right using levers during plowing. Turning the tractor either left or right is an energy sucking job that makings it impossible for one, two or three person to plow 2 acres in a day! </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">Secondly, the design of the tractor is such exhaust pipe of the engine is at top of the tractor. This means that if there some wind dangerous diesel fumes will be blown to your face which may cause health problems with extended use of the machine. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas">“I worked with a 35 HP walking tractor, handling the tractor was so difficult, the vibrations from the engine were powerful, I could feel the vibrations all the way to my spine” “I had to stop using for the sake of my health,” quips Eliud, a farmer in Busia County!</font> <p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Consolas"></font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-23392694159116757342012-09-13T18:10:00.001+03:002012-09-13T18:10:38.161+03:00HOW TO STORE POTATO TUBERS<p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Potatoes in a Sufuria" border="0" alt="Potatoes in a Sufuria" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGrl_t6nCX35j7oCmwhCRFay_5MpeG9wsAy6PgCRVJJn3dRuYMHMPrf3NuVvliWzmJEW4Z66JXeSNqYjCI80DRZv5jfaGLFqhW4834ALfQpWIsHVOJtaw52puYcpM73kH4Pj4POuVG3s/?imgmax=800" width="411" height="336"> Farmers experience challenges when storing their potatoes after harvests because of their perishable nature.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Secondly,they are sensitive to sunlight; they turn green when exposed to it, thus become unsuitable for planting or consumption. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The exposure leads to the production of toxins known as solanin.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">For the farmer to avoid loses when the potatoes turn green, or when they rot, he should take extra care.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">A step by step process of avoiding such losses has been discussed here. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Every potato farmer has two storage objectives.</font> <ol> <li> <div align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">To store part of his harvest as seed for the next season.</font></div> <li> <div align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">To store the excess harvest for the market prices to improve. </font></div></li></ol> <h2><font face="Comic Sans MS">Procedure of preparing potato seed for storage</font></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The objective of seed storage is to have optimum development of sprouts prior to planting. This can only be achieved by the appropriate pre and post harvest treatment of the seed. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The first step harden potatoes, This is achieved by cutting off the stems at the base two weeks before harvest. This treatment reduces the loss moisture from the potatoes after harvest.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">After harvest sort out potatoes immediately; only egg sized potatoes are suitable for seed.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">All bruised potatoes should be removed; they are easily affected by disease, rotting agents, tuber weevils and may infect the rest if stored together. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Potatoes meant for seed shouldn’t be washed as the water may be contaminated by bacteria or fungi.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">After the aforesaid is done, put the potatoes in sisal bags and place them on raised platforms or on a dry floor inside a rat proofed store.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Avoid synthetic bags to store potatoes; Sisal bags are better as they allow circulation of air. Alternatively, store them in net bags that allow sunlight and ventilation. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Do not store potatoes in direct sunlight, they turn green and cannot be used as seed or even for consumption. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The store should face an East-West direction to reduce the amount of light getting into the stores.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">If an ordinary store is used, the seed potatoes should be covered with grass to help them sprout and reduce the amount of light getting to potatoes.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Good seed potatoes should be well sprouted; they should have a uniform sprout in all eyes. Potato sprouts should be at least 2 cm in length before transplanting.</font> <h2><b><font face="Comic Sans MS">STORING POTATOES MEANT FOR CONSUMPTION/ware potatoes</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Potatoes meant for consumption are also known as <a title="VEGETABLE PRODUCTION" href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5415E/x5415e04.htm" rel="tag" target="_blank">ware potatoes.</a></font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">After tubers are dug out, they should be well dried [<font face="Lucida Console">a process known as curing] </font>while ensuring they aren’t exposed to the sun, rain or wind.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">When two weeks are over, they’ll have thickened skins and any nicks will have healed.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Whether the potatoes are placed in bins, bags or boxes the main consideration is air circulation.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">For this reason a slated box is the best. The atmosphere should have a high relative humidity the preferably 90%, temperatures should be between 15-20 degrees to allow slow respiration of the tubers.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Exposing tubers to light hastens sprouting and produces a green color or sunburn hence potatoes should be covered or shaded from light.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">As the storage season advances, potatoes should be examined from time to time, if sprouting is observed, remove the sprout and reject the damaged and diseased tubers.</font> <h2><b><font face="Comic Sans MS">USING SAWDUST DURING STORAGE OF POTATOES</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Potatoes are sorted for storage by removing those that are bruised, those with tuber moth holes and rotting ones.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Farmers then spread a thick layer of <a href="http://www.farmradio.org/english/radio-scripts/90-1script_en.asp" target="_blank">sawdust</a> across the clean floor on the store.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">They then spread the potatoes on the sawdust to cover the potatoes. This method is able to extend shelf life for up to 5 months without any sign of damage.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Using this method may benefit farmers to store their surplus potatoes until the market prices are favorable.</font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-88487599151610793122012-09-09T16:24:00.001+03:002012-09-09T16:24:22.592+03:00BANANA: POPULARITY, PRODUCTION, HARVESTING RIPENING, USES, AND PROCESSING IN KENYA.<p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console"><tbody><tr><td></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:c1b18a61-affa-4794-b2f1-1b9f37421abf" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><a style="border:0px" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=8462f44ff6802bbe&page=browse&resid=8462F44FF6802BBE!167&type=5"><img style="border:0px" alt="View Banana photos" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--eMU3AgEZMM/UEyYVbOMQ9I/AAAAAAAAATo/74HF3tJvuj8/InlineRepresentation4b5f5f08f7614921.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style="width:400px;text-align:right;" ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=8462f44ff6802bbe&page=browse&resid=8462F44FF6802BBE!167&type=5">View Full Album</a></div></div> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">How many times have you chosen to buy a banana during lunch hours that costs between 5 to 10 shillings instead of buying fries? </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">You are not alone-workers in most cities and towns in Kenya buy bananas at lunchtime to save on cost of buying fast foods or to avoid fast food for health reasons. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Fully mature banana ready for harvest" border="0" alt="Fully mature banana ready for harvest" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1gIgA_4CAM94BFKyzjTNQ3pLRWizCTNVRcYZrx4rlYZPd0BHmHR0m5b3GZa13YA21pjevD_ZMRdG2bYe2RYL_2kNI4Nzv2u55IF-uGBELpYurEG_ZHWphJCbE-yM5eT3RtiS95JHjxY/?imgmax=800" width="208" height="183"> </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">This peculiar habit of Kenyans has propelled banana to be the most popular fruit in the country and opened avenues for farmers to profit big. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">A research conducted in 2008 indicated that 60 percent of stalls in fresh market centers, villages and towns selling fresh produce stock bananas. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">We can conclude that farmers who venture into banana farming are likely to earn more compared to other fruit farming since banana production is year round. </font> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>KENYA’S PRODUCTIVITY OF BANANAS</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">It is estimated that the country produces over 1 million tones of the crop valued at 7 billion shillings. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Unfortunately, over 40% of production the countries production is lost due to poor harvesting and handling techniques, inadequate market banana market and due to fungal diseases like panama and pests like banana weevil. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">These diseases and pests make the harvested crop to be of poor quality thus diminishing the returns to farmers. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Because of the aforesaid reasons, we country is losing its local market to imports from Uganda, a country that produces 10 million tones valued at 1.7 billion dollars of fruit making it the second largest producer of bananas in the world after India. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The average yield per hectare of banana in Kenya has been established to be 15 tones. </font> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>AREAS IN KENYA WHERE BANANAS ARE GROWN</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The Abagusii community found in Kisii County are famed producers of the crop. It’s often joked that they can eat ugali with [a meal made from maize flour] ripe bananas instead of vegetables. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Bananas are also produced in Meru, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, and Maragua, Mbooni under irrigation. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The average weight of one bunch of bananas is 15-20 kg which fetches 200-300 shillings at the farm gate. </font> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>TYPE BANANAS PREFERRED BY CUSTOMERS</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">There are many banana varieties, that can classified in two distinct groups according to the way they are consumed: those suitable for cooking and those suitable for ripening. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Ripened bananas are more popular of the two; a fact attributed to the hectic Kenyan life, their affordability and the fact that a ripe banana is ready to eat. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Customers look for uniformly ripened bananas that are yellow in color and do not have black patches caused by rough handling during harvesting. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">In most fast food outlets the cost of one plate of chips is between 60 to 200 shillings on the other hand, a single banana will cost between 5 to 10 shillings and 3 of them are sufficient to cool hunger pangs. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Ripened bananas are preferred because they give the body immediate energy supply because they have sufficient amounts of sugar and glucose. </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b></b></font> </h2> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>OTHER USES OF BANANA PLANT</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Besides yielding of banana fruit, pseudo stems of the banana plant are used in the production of fiber and as a reliable source of forage feed for many livestock farmers. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Banana beer is brewed in Rwanda is called Rugwanda it is served warm and tastes as if it’s sprinkled with charcoal. Guys there actually have it for lunch. </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b></b></font> </h2> <h3>PESTS AFFECTING BANANA PLANT</h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Nematodes are the most damaging pest causing over 70% loss of the crop. Control is by nematicides e.g. carbofuran but it is becoming infective at the recommended lethal doses. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Treating the soil with farmyard manure, poultry manure and extracts from<i> <b>tagetes minuta</b></i> have the same capabilities of controlling nematodes like carbofuran. They are thus preferred since Nematicides damage the environment </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b></b></font> </h2> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>WHERE TO FIND SUITABLE DISEASE FREE SUCKERS</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Tissue culture banana seedlings are available at Jomo Kenyatta University of agriculture and technology in Juja and at the National Horticulture Research Centre, Thika or the nearest Kari research centre. </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b></b></font> <font face="Lucida Console"><b>WHY GROWING BANANAS IN A GREENHOUSE IS NOT PRACTICAL</b> </font></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The cost of constructing One hectare of greenhouse is estimated to be $100,000-$200,000 meaning only high value crops are suitable for greenhouse production. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">When we consider the production and value of one hectare of bananas; one hectare yields 14-20 tones of bananas valued at $ 3,220 to $ 4600 after waiting for 2-3 years! </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Secondly the surface area occupied by one stool of banana plant that consists of the mother [the crop bearing bunch] the daughter and the child is about 4M<sup>2</sup>. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">This limits the number of plants that can be grown bin the greenhouse thus lowers the number of bunches that can be harvested. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">This is disadvantageous for those who sell to the market in form of bunches. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Finally a banana plant can grow to a height of 8 meters. This means if several of them are grown in a greenhouse they can outgrow the greenhouse and probably destroy it. </font> <h2><b><font face="Lucida Console"></font></b> </h2> <h3><b><font face="Lucida Console">RIPENING BANANAS </font></b></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">There are three ways to do so </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b>1. </b><b>Natural ripening </b></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Unripe, green, fully mature bananas are placed together with avocadoes or ripening passion fruit in an air tight paper bag. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">During ripening there is the production and accumulation of ethylene gas that hastens ripening. </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b>2. </b><b>Ethylene generators </b></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Artificial ethylene generators produce ethylene that induces the ripening of bananas for industrial scale bananas. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Disadvantage of artificially ripened bananas is they lack the characteristic flavor and aroma of naturally ripened fruit. </font> <h2><font face="Lucida Console"><b>3. </b><b>Dipping bananas in water containing carbide </b></font></h2> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">It has been said that when bananas are dipped in water containing carbide their ripening is enhanced. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">However it said that industrial grade carbide may contain traces of arsenic and phosphorus hence the use of calcium carbide in most countries is illegal. </font> <h3>BANANA PROCESSING COMPANIES IN KENYA</h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Stawi foods and Fruits Company enters into contracts with organized farmer groups where they buy bananas from them. They process them into banana flour and package them ready for the market. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Processed banana is packaged as <b>Stawi</b> <b>Natural Banana Flour</b> and is commonly used to make baby food pasta, food fortification and pizza base. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">Banana plant can yield up to 14 tones per hectare. </font> <h3><font face="Lucida Console"><b>NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF BANANAS</b> </font></h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">They contain potassium, an electrolyte that helps to maintain the body’s fluid balance, keep muscles from cramping and prevent high blood pressure. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">One banana is enough to replace what is lost during one or two hours of hard exercise. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">One banana contains approximately 9 grams of fiber which is a third of our daily requirement.</font></p> <h3>DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFLORESCENCE INTO A BANA<font face="Lucida Console"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Banana inflorescence" border="0" alt="Banana inflorescence" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht3h3lwEj9sliBav0niEWDDWZqE12K9q26i9x5vPols7oz4WxUBdTN0txDGZxcpGjKBH-NF5QofXo6qNns8gFbAwhTVB9nihUJQzD-vX8YpMZeg6JLysk8UQInR8P_5eeDhvlXDX6eZA/?imgmax=800" width="183" height="243"></font>NA BUNCH</h3> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">A banana plant takes one to two years to attain maturity. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The maturity stage is characterized by the production of an inflorescence that later develops into a banana bunch containing several fingers that grow into bananas. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The size of the inflorescence determines the final size of a banana bunch and bananas. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">For banana plants to produce bigger inflorescences the soil should be supplied with sufficient manure, be well draining and </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">The plant should be should be free of pests like banana weevil, thrips and diseases. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">For instance the above plant will produce a small banana bunch and small bananas when fully mature because the inflorescence is small that is 40 cm long. </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console">For the plant to develop a big bunch the inflorescence should be about 60-70 cm long. </font><font face="Lucida Console">Once the inflorescence is produced, bananas will be formed in 3 to 5 months.</font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console"> </font> <p align="justify"><font face="Lucida Console"></font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-57670180643330313552012-08-07T14:51:00.001+03:002020-05-21T07:32:16.740+03:00PRUNING AND CANOPY MANAGEMENT OF AVOCADO TREES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Pruning of avocado fruit trees is one of the most undervalued farm operations among small-scale African farmers. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Pruning is essential as it makes a difference in the value of the fruits produced by the farmer hence more income.</span></div>
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Well maintained and pruned trees produce fruits with higher amounts of avocado oil; trees are less susceptible to diseases and produce healthy fruits.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">When you don't prune avocado fruit trees, they grow very tall thus ruling out spraying pesticides and fungicides on them using cheap and simple equipment for example knapsack sprayers. </span> </div>
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During pruning, we create an excellent avocado tree architecture that enhances a proper spray distribution and penetration; the maintain the avocado tree at a maximum height of 5.5 meters.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console"; font-size: x-small;">4 Reasons Why We Prune Avocado Trees</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>1. To get better light penetration into the tree</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Pruning of avocado trees allows us to expose a large percentage of the tree's foliage to sunlight thus making the leaves more efficient in the production of food for the development of fruits. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">If branches crowd together, humidity within the canopy of the tree increases--a condition that diseases. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">High humidity around the flowers provides suitable conditions for fungal spores to penetrate developing fruits; thus pruning serves to reduce the moisture while increasing light inside the tree canopy. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>2. Control size and vigor</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Avocado trees become tall and dangerous if structural pruning is not carried out. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Varieties such as Fuerte can reach a height of 10 meters which makes harvesting hard and hazardous. Pruning, therefore, helps to make the tree of a manageable height.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">3. Maintain yield and quality </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">The market prefers bigger fruits, but when a tree bears an unusually high number of developing fruits, they tend to be smaller. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">To discourage the production of many small avocado fruits, we remove some of the developing fruits (thinning out)--a practice will tend to produce heavier avocadoes. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>4. Bring neglected Avocado trees back into condition </b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Pruning stimulates the growth of new shoots and rejuvenates old trees. </span> </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">TYPES OF PRUNING</span> </span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>1. <a href="http://www.oakleafgardening.com/how-to/train-and-support-plants/training-trees/">Training </a></b><a href="http://www.oakleafgardening.com/how-to/train-and-support-plants/training-trees/">provides the basic framework </a>of the tree as it grows from a seedling to a mature tree. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>2. </b></span><span style="background-color: #f5f6f5;">When the tree is fruiting, we carry out </span><b>Renewal pruning</b>. Its purpose is to remove weak or dead material and control or encourage vigor.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">If the tree is growing too tall, the strong vertical growth is cut or headed back. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>3. Thinning out</b> is involves the removal of excess fruits when the tree has very many of them. Thining out discourages <a href="https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/fegen/biennial-bearing-information.htm">biennial bearing</a> which is a tendency for some trees to produce bumper harvests one year and poor ones the next.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">WHEN TO PRUNE AN AVOCADO TREE</span></b> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>1. During transplanting</b> the first pruning takes place at this stage. We trim any broken or very long roots so that they can fit into the planting hole.<b></b> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><b>2. At the close of harvest and before flowering</b> For mature plants, pruning is typically carried out at this stage. Excess branches are removed to open up the tree to air and light. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Grafted avocado plants sometimes produce </span><span style="background-color: #f5f6f5;">suckers.</span><span style="background-color: #f5f6f5;"> Removing these suckers is a part of pruning</span>. Suckers are those shoots that emerge from the rootstalk that have the potential to grow into new plants.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">When suckers are left to grow, they will compete with the tree for nutrients and eventually reduce the yields of the main tree. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">3. When the tree has produces very many fruits we remove some of them to encourage the remaining ones to grow bigger. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">This process of removing some fruits is known as <b>thinning out</b>; a process that discourages biennial bearing. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">A guide is correct tree height is to prune, so that canopy height becomes 70% of row width with triangular shape for the best light interception. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";">Any damaged or broken growth must be removed using a setaceous, a sharp panga or pruning saw. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida console";"><span style="background-color: #f5f6f5;">To prevent the transfer of viral diseases from tree to tree, you once you finish pruning one tree, you must sterilize the pruning tools before you move to the next tree.</span></span></div>
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H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407514663427140694.post-11692944480566343182012-08-07T14:49:00.001+03:002012-08-07T14:49:06.661+03:00PRACTICES DURING HARVEST AND COOLING LEADING TO CONTAMINATION OF FARM PRODUCE<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Contamination of fresh produce by Microbes can occur easily during harvesting. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Contamination is commonly caused by field workers or by the physical environment of the produce. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Environmental sources of contaminants include soil, water, air, hands, containers, etc.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Preventing contamination of produce with pathogens is critical, since their presence increases the risk of illness for consumers and lowers food safety. </font> <h2 align="justify"><b><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Contamination of agricultural produce during harvest</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Some products like grapes and strawberries; are manually harvested, never cooled nor washed at harvest and packed in the field immediately after harvest.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Packing in the field generates a condition where contamination can occur easily from soil, other solid contaminants and disease causing microbes from the hands of the packer. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Since manual harvesting (the use of hands during harvest) is involved, there is a great deal of handling and contamination of the product is likely.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Some farmers use water taken directly from rivers or holding ponds for washing produce whose safety is doubtful. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">When fruits and vegetables are immersed in such water containing pathogens, they can become contaminated.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Others do not clean machines for use in harvesting and handling produce before and after use, a practice that allows residues from the previous harvest to contaminate the new harvest. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Others handle containers and packing materials carelessly, allowing them to be full of dirt and other contaminants. </font> <h2><b><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">How produce is contaminated during cooling</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Cooling methods using water and ice as the cooling media have the greatest potential for contamination of fruits and vegetables.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">It is crucial that ice used in cooling is produced from chlorinated, potable water and stored in a hygienic manner. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Water and ice used for cooling systems should be free of bacterial contamination.</font> <h2><b><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Practices that minimize contamination of agricultural produce</font></b></h2> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Add an approved disinfectant to keep water free from micro-organisms. </font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">These include disinfectants such as sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite or liquid chlorine.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Good hygienic practices should be followed in handling containers and packing materials to prevent product contamination.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">It is important to place a water settling and filtration device in the cooling-water treatment system to remove organic material.</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Cooling water should be replaced regularly (at least once a day, depending on the amount used and condition of the produce).</font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Lucida Console">Sick people should not be allowed to work in the farm especially during harvest as some diseases like typhoid among others are spread though contact.</font></p> H Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021038464633683396noreply@blogger.com0