Planting trees and vegetables

In a case where a farmer intends to set a large portion of land for trees and another portion for agricultural use, advise is essential on the following; 

-Best commercial use on the portion covered by trees.
-Best crops, fruits or vegetables planted in the area for maximum revenue returns.

Where the trees are young, you can plant short annual crops such as legumes like beans, cowpeas, njahi, garden peas and soya beans.;

-Vegetables such as potatoes, sweet pepper (hoho), cabbages, kales, and spinach. It is important to put a screen around the trees to protect them from disturbance during routine management such as weeding, spraying and harvesting of the crop that you will plant.

-Fruit trees that can do well in the area include apples, custard apple, citrus (oranges, tangerine, lime, lemon, grape fruit and mandarin), guava, jackfruit, macadamia, mulberry, passion fruits, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, tamarillo (tree tomato) and white sapote.

-Get the seedling from KALRO to ensure that you plant good quality trees and fruits. For the plants that are propagated from seeds, ensure the you get certified seeds from your nearby Agrovet.

Source: Daily Nation
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