Are you looking for timely info and tips on how to grow crops, best agricultural practices, crop management, and crop nutrition? In this agriculture blog, find the latest research, recommendations, updates, business plans and gross margin analysis for vegetables, fruits, cereals and other pulse crops in Kenya
Pumpkins are a nutritious and healthy meal. Its fruits are mature for harvest in 75 to 120 days after seed germination. We give the best pumpkin varieties for cooking and easy to grow in the following list. It shows the maturity time, yield potential (weight, fruit diameter) and other features like best use, tolerance and…
Are you looking to increase your crop yield this season? Soil testing and use of agricultural lime to reduce soil acidity might be the answer. According to recent studies, 13% of soils in Kenya’s and 29% of the of sub-Saharan Africa[i] are acidic. Causes of soil acidity in kenya of acidic fertilizers like the Di-Ammonium…
The use of fertilizer can easily double your farm yields and profits. But, you must use the right fertilizer blend at correct amounts. In this post, we will give you the fertilizer application rate per crop in Kenya. According to the Ministry of Agriculture guidelines, you will need planting and topdressing fertilizers. You must be…
Learn all that you need to know about chemical and organic fertilizers in Kenya including types, brands and prices
Are you looking for the best quality fertilizer for sale in Kenya? In this post will give you a list of fertilizer companies in Kenya. They include Yara, MEA and Copia. They are in business of making and/ or distributing foliar, chemical and organic fertilizer in the region. The fertilizers are fit for planting ans…
This article explores the challenges maize farming in Kenya farmers must overcome to make profits. It gives some solutions to mitigate the worst risks at the end of this post. An example is soil testing and crop insurance to deal with the challenges of soil acidity and frequent droughts. You cannot make profits in corn…
Did you know that Kenya has 56 registered potato varieties by the KEPHIS? But which is the best variety for making crisps, chips, or mashing? More interestingly, which one would make you the highest profits given its high yields or fast maturity period? The chart below compares all the types of potatoes types available in…
Are you a commercial vegetable or horticultural farmer looking to harvest more spinach for extra profits? In this post, we will give you tips for how to grow big spinach and kales vegetables in Kenya. It looks into spinach plants and yields per acre/ 90 per cent of small scale farmers in Kenya plant these…
In this article, we give you tips for growing cabbages in Kenya. To get higher yields, you need cabbage heads that are bigger, heavy and compact. They should be free of defects like rots, and its inner color would be cream or white. To achieve those goals, Follow our tips for successful commercial gardening and…
Are you looking to harvest big cabbage heads from your farm ? This analysis has the 11 best hybrid cabbage seeds in Kenya. Eg. Gloria F1, Baraka F1 Amigo F1.