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    Growing Carrots
    Crop management Carrots being cool weather crop and grow in a wide range of temperatures dont fertilize carrots and grow in  sand, loose well drained soils. The warmer the temperature, the faster the seed sprouting and always plant at 0.5 inch or less and mulch for seeds to establish. Similarly, use potting mix when planting […]
    Duration: 15:28:00
    Growing The Best Basil
    Basil management A farmer should provide shade to basil and intercrop with either tomatoes or peppers. Soil need to be well drained, able to absorb moisture and should have high organic content, neutral pH, free of debris and other impendiments. Equally, a farmers should apply nitrogen fertlizer and plant in container of 4-6 inches deep […]
    Duration: 09:07:00
    Make Your Own Weed Fertilizer
    Fertilizer making First, collect weeds like alfalfa, amaranth, bee balm, bird’s foot, chick weed, chicory, clover, comfrey, dandelion, garden cress, lambsquater and stinging nettle. Put weeds in bucket, add water to surface and cover with lid for fermentation and cover for 6 weeks and its ready for use. Finally, mix 1 part of fertilizer with […]
    Duration: 11:23:00
    Essential Garlic Harvesting Tips
    Crop management As outside leaves form a protective papery coating for storage, the reliable harvesting indicator is when a portion of leaves die off. However, garlic is harvested when 1/2 of leaves have dried off. Similarly,  because curing and storing garlic is drying outer leaves to form a proper protective layer, dont harvest on rainy […]
    Duration: 12:33:00
    Zucchini Growing Tips
    Crop management Plant zucchnis 2.5cm deep in moist seeding mix 2 months before transplant and plants emerge in a week and true leaves appear a week after germination. Plant zucchinis in a full sun location with moist well drained soils at 2 feet apart and mulch the plant and water as well thoroughly. However, plants […]
    Duration: 08:46:00
    Ways To Ripen Tomatoes Faster On The Vine
    Rippening method First, remove small under developed fruits and induce stress on plant to speed up maturation for the seeds as this improves on flavour in tomatoes. Similarly, induce stress on only fuly formed tomato fruits to prevent blossom end rot on imature fruits. Harvest ripen fruits from plants to increase energy and speed for […]
    Duration: 03:17:00
    Strawberry Farming
    Strawberry management Being a crop grown in cold regions in open fields and poly houses, strawberry need well drained soils which is sandy-loam with a site that receive adequate sunlight to 8 hours a day. Consider availability of reliable water supply for irrigation purposes and incoporate orgainc atter into soil and choose certified disease free […]
    Duration: 03:17:00
    Digital Marketing Agricultural Product
    Product marketing. Through digital marketing, agriculture businesses increase product visibility, attract new customers and build strong brand presence online and the website serves as foundation of online business strategy to engage with potential customers. Similarly, videos and info graphix shows educational content and promote products and services. It can use videos to show case farming […]
    Duration: 04:33:00
    How to Grow Rice Step by Step
    Rice management Because rice is grown in sandy-loam and loamsandy soils and also clay loam, it is grown in relative high and humid climatic conditions and always a farmer should choose local varieties to grow in an area. Prepare lnd by ploughing, mixing and leveling soil and transplant seedlings from bed to main field. Similarly […]
    Duration: 05:00:00
    Handling & Herding of Livestock
    Animal management First for a point of balance, it is an instictive anti predator response and cattle bunch together for security and safety and a farmer should use the flight zone, point of balance and loose bunching to move the cattle. Finally for cattle circle and turn, animals confuse predator by creating distraction and this […]
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