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HOW TO GROW AFRICAN MARIGOLD, The Wonder Crop You Should Grow
African marigold is an upright growing, aromatic, annual plant, up to m in height, with showy, fragrant flowers up to 10 cm in diameter. This plant is noted for repelling…
Red Creole Onion, The Variety Of Onion Most Preferred In Kenya
Onion farming in Kenya is widely done in small-scale in either open gardens or green houses. Onions are always at a sought-after in Kenya for spicing as well as giving…
Catnip Farming In Kenya, An Easy To Grow Perennial Drought Tolerant Herb
Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is a common herb that is a member of the mint family. It’s a plant that is easy to grow and has feather-like, light-green foliage with…
Uganda: Lessons from the 2022 farming year
With the Covid-19 lamentations still raging within almost the entire population most farmers have had additional issues to blame as big causes of their apparent economic misery. Interestingly there does…
From Arabica and Robusta A Rare Coffee Variety Liberica Could Dominate The Market
Liberica Coffee: For the past century, the coffee market has been dominated by two species: Arabica and Robusta, respectively comprising 55% and 45% of global production. Pricier, sweeter Arabica beans…
Fruit Nursery Establishment And Grafting Techniques
The success of failure of an orchard is largely dependent on how well the propagating and growing of fruit trees has been done in the early stage, therefore proper nursery…
Chives Farming In Kenya, Step By Step Guide
Chives farming is actually pretty simple. All they need is a warm, sunny to semi-shady spot with slightly sandy, humus-rich, well-aerated soil. And water regularly so that these herbaceous plants…
Crop Scouting, An Important Aspect To Farmers
Crop scouting involves making several stops to your crop farm for observation and inspection, also known as farm scouting or field scouting Farmers Trend considers crop scouting as one of…
Reasons for milk reduction on your lactating friesian cows
I have a small dairy enterprise in Machakos County, currently hosting four Friesian cows of which two have calved once. My plan is to breed my own calves by cross-breeding…
Why Nectarine And Peach Leaf Curl identification, treatment & prevention
Peach leaf curl is a common sight on peach or nectarine trees with young leaves distorting and changing colour. Learn how to spot peach leaf curl and what to do…