How to grow onions step by step in Kenya

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STAGE ONE: 

NURSERY PREPARATION- prepare a good nursery

Add manure. (well-seasoned/decomposed)

-Prepare seed bed

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-Plant seeds

-Immediately after germination, put shade over the seed bed- 1M high using either shade net or dry grass.

(Onion normally takes 40 days in the nursery).

STAGE TWO:

LAND PREPARATION:

Dig and add manure-decomposed/well-seasoned

-make beds if you are doing drip irrigation

-use piping water if doing under basins

-Make furrows when depending on rains.

 Under irrigation and Basins-spray glyphocet 7 days before transplanting.

 For furrows/Rain-fed- spray selective herbicide 3-4 days after transplanting.

STAGE THREE:

• Transplanting:

-Use spacing of 5-7cm

-Add DAP on transplanting, but this depend on the soil organic matter(soil fertility)

     N/B this can be obtained by soil testing.

STAGE FOUR:

Vegetative growth- This is highly variable

N/B- Ask for agronomic guidance.

4-5 days after transplanting, use vegetative polyfeed- either by drip, piping or spray.

-On the 3rd and 4th week after transplanting, apply CAN, Polyfeed standard, Multi-K

-Week 12-13-Ready for harvesting.

Onion variety that can fetch you ksh 800,000 in three months

Onion is one of the most grown vegetable crops in the world.its also a variety once growth well and with the right hybrid variety can make you smile all the way to the bank.We help you farm right and we highly recommend NEPTUNE F1 variety from Amiran Kenya ltd.
 500gms Seed variety pack is now available and retailing for  Ksh 7,192.
Description:- High yielding, good pungency, good for salads, extended shelf life. The skin is deep red, shape is a flattened globe, has relative maturity and can be stored for 5-6months.

Drip irrigation installation package quotation in Kenya

Drip irrigation installation package
1. Drip line roll of 15000m goes for ksh11,000. This can serve approximately one ha of land.
2.PVC pipes 20ft in length. Again this depends with the hectarage.
3.drip line connectors
4.drip line jointers
5.labour ksh7,500 per ha
6.transportation is charged separately according to the location of the land.
NB : We only charge the labour,the client buys the package.
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Drip irrigation drip kit system in kenya

shade net Kenya is the chief distributor and manufacturer of drip irrigation kit system.
Are you looking to farm using drip lines?.its a farming system you will not only regret but you will save energy and also water.
Get in touch with them today

Shade Net Limited

P.O.BOX 2127 – 01000

Thika, Kenya

Located off Gatanga road next to Tropical Farm Management.

Telephone: – +254 20-2118204/5

Fax: +254 20-2622888

Call/text drip kit installer on 0715024923

Rambo F1 tomato hybrid in kenya

Rambo F1 tomato hybrid with highly wilt torelant capability.
Characteristics:
1.determinate
2.maturity.75days after transplanting
3.fruit weight 150grams
4.yield potential is 30tonnes per ha
5.good shelf life up to 2 weeks.
6.vigorous growth rate and fruit formation
7.excellent fruit grade of up to 90% in grade one.
Resistance/torelance capability
*high bacterial wilt torelant
*fusarium wilt
*bacterial spot
*nematodes
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Amiran Kenya limited contact care

 Contact Amiran Kenya ltd  on there TOLL FREE number 0800720720 in case you have questions on matters agriculture.
Or visit their office
Old airport north road
Nairobi, Kenya
www.amirankenya.com

Plastic mulch the most innovatative agricultural practice

Mulch is a layer material applied on top of soil, to conserve the moisture, reduce weed growth, improve  fertility and health of the soil.
Amiran Kenya has come up with the most innovative technology to achieve this effectively and efficiently. Call them now

The best recommended tomato hybrid seed for Kenyan market

Looking forward to high yielding tomato hybrid variety,then Shanty Improved F1 is the best recommended by Kenyan farmers.what you need to know about this hybrid is that:-
- Its Determinate Hybrid Variety.
-Open Field bush or staking.
-Regular Shelf life.
Shape: Oval
Weight (g): 140-160/fruit
-Resistances: Verticellum, Fusarium, Tomato Mosaic Virus, Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Nematodes.

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Shanty Improved F1 tomato hybrid prices in kenya

1000 seeds retails at Kes 3364,
2500 seeds is Kes. 8352
 12,500 seeds is Kes. 38,266.

 15 tonnes per acre with good agronomic practices.

Tomato nursery management practices

Tomato staking method/ifarmkenya.co.ke

Raising health seedlings is the most important  practices especially in tomato farming.right from selecting the best tomato hybrid which does well in Kenyan soil,to mulching and disease and pest control practices are very crucial.here are simple steps you can follow to get health and vigorous tomato seedlings.
1.Select the best site area

• Make sure that the area selected  should be well drained, and free from water logging.

• Make sure there is  enough sunlight access,

• The nursery should be close to water area for regular easy watering.

2.Nursery bed preparationNursery bed should be prepared according to the season and crop.

• In the rainy season raised beds are prepared but in the winter and summer season flat beds should be prepared.

• If the seedlings are to be raised in boxes during unfavourable weather condition, the flower pots, polythene bags, potting plugs, wooden treys, earthen pots etc. may be used. Prepare soil mixture in the ratio of 1:1:1 of soil, sand and well rotten FYM/leaf mould etc. and fill the mixture in these seedlings raising structure. Arrangement should be made to drain excess water from these structures by making a hole in the bottom of all types of pots

Raised nursery beds

• Length of the bed may be kept 3 to 5 meter; however, width is restricted to 1 meter only which facilitates intercultural operations.

• The beds are raised 15 to 20 cm high from the ground level. A space of 30 - 40 cm is leaft in between two beds.

• The space between two beds helps in weeding, nursery care against diseases and insect pest and also for draining out the excess rain water from the nursery beds.

• The beds should be prepared in the east and west direction and line should be made from north to south direction on the beds.

Sowing tomato seeds in the nursery

• Lines are made 0.5 to 1.0 cm deep parallel to the width at an distance of 5.0 cm from the line and seeds are sown or placed singly at a distance of about 1.0 cm apart.

• Cover the seeds with well rotten and sieved FYM or leaf compost etc. (1:1:1). After the seed covering a light irrigation must be given.

• The nursery beds at this time requires light irrigation with the help of an irrigation can until all the seeds get germinated.

• Excess rainwater or irrigated water should be drained out from the field as and when it is required otherwise seedlings may die due to excess of water.

• Watering in the beds depends upon the weather condition. If temperature is high, open irrigation is applied. Need not to irrigate the beds during rainy days.

• It is an important operation to remove weak, unhealthy, diseased, insect pests damaged and dense plants from the nursery beds keeping distance of about 0.5 to 1.0 cm from plant to plant.

• The thinning facilitates balance light and air to each and every plant. It also helps in watching the diseased and insect pest attacked plants while moving around the nursery.

• Timely weeding in nursery is very important to get healthy seedling. If there are some weeds in the seed bed, remove them manually either by hand or by use of a small hand tool.

• Pre emergence herbicides can also be sprayed soon after seed sowing to control the weeds.

The most dangerous and terrible disease in the nursery is the Damping off disease

Signs:

• Pre-emergence death of seeds is seen.

• In first instance girdling takes place on the stem near base of the stem and seedlings bent down near the ground and die.

• The causal organisms are pythium, phytopthora, rhizoctonia and Fusarium fungi.

• Treat the nursery bed either by soil solarization, formalin solution or formalin dust or fungicides like rhedomil.

Leaf miner disease

After the seed bed preparation tomato seeds are sown in the nursery bed in lines.

This is the proper line sowing for tomato seedlings.

To maintain the soil moisture for seed germination cover the seed bed with a thin layer of mulch of paddy straw or sugar cane trash, or sarkanda or any organic mulch during hot weather and by plastic mulch (plastic sheet) in cool weather.

After 3-4 days,carefully remove the mulch to avoid any damage to emerging seedling as at this time they must be out.

NB: Always remove mulch in the evening hours to avoid harmful effect of bright sun on newly emerging seedlings

It is very small sized insect enter in the leaves from margin side and move from one place to other by eating the chlorophyll. Initially the infected part of the leaves become brown and later on dry.its mostly control using fungicide like rhedomil.

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