Planting potatoes, growing them into beautiful plants, and then harvesting two handfuls of small, knobby potatoes can get any farmer frustrated. However, if you plan and do things properly from the beginning, you can have a good harvest.
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The Secret to Growing the Perfect Spinach: Tips for a Bumper Harvest
Spinach is like the superhero of leafy greens—nutritious, versatile, and surprisingly easy to grow if you know a few tricks. Whether you’re a seasoned farmer or just trying to turn your backyard into a salad factory, mastering spinach is a must. Ready to grow spinach that’s lush, green, and Instagram-worthy? Let’s get those leaves poppin’!
The Most Common Farming Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Farming is hard work, but let’s be real—it’s also full of moments that make you want to laugh, cry, or both. Farming mistakes happen, like planting your crops perfectly, only to realize you forgot to water them. Or thinking, “How bad can pests really be?” until your farm looks like a bug buffet.
Farming In A New Light: Soil Solarization Techniques And Advantages
If you’re looking for a way to prepare your soil for planting by eliminating weeds and pests that are easy and affordable, consider solarization. This method involves several steps: watering, covering the area with clear plastic, and then using the captured heat from the sun to bake the soil.
Waterlogging – What It Is, How To Prevent It + Solutions
With the amount of rain we’ve received lately, you could be looking for a solution to save your farm from waterlogging. You may even have been expecting and praying for high rainfall this season for the proper growth of your crops. But, it seems the blessings are too much for the crops to handle.
Simple Techniques to Increase Maize Yield for Higher Profits
Most small-scale farmers in Zambia grow maize. In fact, Zambia is a country whose economic growth largely depends on the export of maize. With maize being the staple food of the country and the centre of export, we have more farmers venturing into the production of this crop now more than ever. So, how do you increase your maize yield for higher profits?
Frequently Asked Questions About Growing Cabbage
Hello farmers, we’re here with common questions we’ve been getting about growing cabbage. This is a follow-up article from “A guideline to growing cabbage.” If you have not read that already please click here to go to that article. Here is a list of frequently asked questions about cabbage growing.
Growing Soya Beans in Zambia
Let’s start with some numbers. On average most Zambian farmers harvest between 2-tons to 4-tons of soya beans per hectare. ie 2000kg to 4000kg per hectare. The total production cost per hectare is approximately K4000 to K6000. Therefore, if a 50kg bag is selling for about k350 – k600 and if you had a 2-ton yield per hectare, you would make approximately between K14000-K24000 per hectare including production costs. Now that you know the average earning potential and have decided to still grow soya beans, then you can read on for details of how to grow the crop. Please note that prices are subject to change.
Growing cabbages in bags
Can you grow a cabbage in a bag? Yes, you can! Growing cabbages in bags is easy, as long as you don’t crowd them. It’s actually a good idea to grow them in bags if you’re short on space, have poor soil, or just don’t want to plant them in the ground.
10 Tips For Growing Cabbages
It takes a bit of extra effort and time to grow reasonably-sized cabbages. However, growing big cabbages can take some serious focus. If you want to learn how to grow bigger cabbage heads, there are a few rules that you have to follow. Here are 10 tips for growing big cabbages: