Tomato farming guide

Tomato - This vine plant is fairly easy to grow and will produce a
bumper crop with proper care. Its uses are versatile, however,
tomatoes are susceptible to a range of pests and diseases.

Tomato tree with fruits

Planting
-If you're planting seeds (versus purchasing transplants), you'll want to start your seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the average last spring frost date.

-Select a site with full sun and well-drained soil. For northern
regions, is is VERY important that your site receives at least
6 hours of sun. For souther regions, light afternoon shade
will help tomatoes survive and thrive.

-Two weeks before transplanting seedlings outdoors, till soil
to about 1 foot and mix in aged manure, compost,
or fertilizer.

-Harden off transplants for a week before moving outdoors.

Watermelon farming guide

Heat-loving watermelons can be a challenge to grow in cooler regions. To increase success, choose short-season varieties,start them inside, warm soil with black plastic or IRT mulch,and protect young plants with fabric row covers.

Water melon farm

Growing Guide
Indoor - As they require a long growing season, watermelons are best
started indoors approximately 3-4 weeks prior to the last frost
of the season. Sow seeds 1/4" deep in flats or small pots,sowing 3 seeds per pot.

-Keep medium moist while awaiting germination. Additionally, watermelon seeds will show better
germination rates with heat.

-Keep the soil between 80-90 degrees, using a heat mat if necessary. Seed should begin to
germinate within 3-10 days.

Tree tomatoes farming guide

A single tree tomato grown in good fertile soil can bear 20-30kg of fruit per year earning the farmer over Ksh 500,000 from a single acre of land.

The fruits can be eaten fresh by scooping the flesh from halved pieces. For other uses the skin must be removed which is easily done by pouring boiling water over the fruits and letting it stand for 4 minutes before peeling. 

Tree tomato trees with fruits

The tree tomato flesh can be added to stews to make unique flavour. The tree tomato fruits are tasty and decorative in salads making appetizing desserts. Fresh tree tomato is
frequently blended with sugar and water to make refreshing juice.

Capsicum farming guide

Introduction :- Coloured capsicum which also knows as “sweet pepper” or “bell pepper” is one of
the important high value vegetable crops cultivated in green houses and to the some extent under shade net house in milder climatic regions.

Ripe capsicum fruits

-It is rich in vitamin-A, C and minerals. Capsicum cultivation is very popular in Peri-Urban production systems because of easy access to urban markets.

-It is also gaining importance due to ready market available throughout the year. It is sold anything between Ksh50-80/kg depending upon the colour, quality and season.

-Capsicum yields in open field cultivation ranges between 20-40t/ha, where as in a green house the yield range is from 100-120t/ha.

Onions growing guide

Dried or fresh, raw or cooked, onions are a
foundational part of in a variety of soups, salads,breads, and casseroles. Onions are easier to grow than you might think, and they're a great plant for tucking into spare corners and along the edges of garden beds.

Onions

Types - Onions come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes,
and colors. The white, yellow, or red bulbs range in size from small pickling onions to large Spanish cultivars; they can be globe, top, or spindle shaped.

Cabbage farming guide

  -Cabbage seeds take four to 10 days to germinate
and if grown in a seedbed, they should be
transplanted after five to seven weeks. They,
thereafter, take 80 days to mature and harvest.

-Cabbage also needs well-aerated soil, so loosen
the soil regularly and apply mulch. A thick mulch
layer of 15 to 20cm deep will help to keep the
soil moist and cool. Shortly before head
formation, heap up the soil around the root or
stem area.

Cabbage

-Cabbage has high water needs, which peak after they start forming heads. Therefore, the crop is
best grown under irrigation to ensure steady water supply.

Potato farming guide

Which Soil type is Suitable for Potato farming ?

Potatoes will grow in just about any well-drained
soil, but they dislike soggy soil. Because they do
all their growing underground, they can expand
more easily in loose, loamy soil than in heavy,
compacted, clay soil that keeps plant roots from
getting the air and water they need.

Freshly uprooted potatoes

Boom flower boosting farm yields

Coffee has been and is vital to the livelihoods of millions of
smallholder farmers in Kenya. Growing coffee as a cash crop
on small pieces of land in the country has not been easy
especially for the small farm holders due to high cost of
inputs and poor market prices.  That means delays for
farmers in earning income from their crop hence abandoning
it.

Small holder farmers are experiencing rising prices of coffee inputs
and low pay and this has contributed to a decline in coffee yields and
an increase in disease and pests.

Farmers believe that their coffee
bushes are becoming ‘confused’, which is not a good thing when their
family’s livelihood depends heavily on the money they make from the
crop.

Pawpaw Farming is Lucrative

This young and progressive farmer shared his
own story and experience working as
an entrepreneur and a self-made farmer, he
basically focus on pineapple and pawpaw
farming;

he as made so much success in his
farming business and now he shares his own
story, i hope you will find it motivating and
compelling to fast forward your own success
in your various agricultural businesses.

a pawpaw farmer

I am a commercial pawpaw
and pineapple farmer . I have been growing
these two crops for the last 10 years.