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Improving water usage efficiencies in sugarcane
The global sugar industry is often slammed for wasting freshwater resources. In SA, sugar farmers and processors have found practical ways to improve water use
- Plant Diseases – Understanding the Problem
- The farming philosophy of a top maize farmer
- Sugarcane, with tomatoes on the side
- Expert Tips for Growing Carrots and Parsnips
- Improving seedling production
- OMET farming better than hydroponics?
- Get the balance right in your vegetable garden
- How to Grow Potatoes: Growing Potatoes, Planting Potatoes & Storing Potatoes
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SA apples: all set for healthy growth
By embracing new technology to ensure a greater yield and utilising resources efficiently, South African apple producers can look forward to a bright future.
Growing potatoes with nature
Producing potatoes biologically requires patience. But, as farmer Jan Genis explained to Jay Ferreira, this holistic and sustainable method improves soil health
Growing Potatoes – New Potatoes for Christmas
I have heard of all sorts of methods of growing and producing new potatoes for Christmas, but in most cases they are simply potatoes dug at the normal time
Ensuring optimal greenhouse irrigation
Irrigating in the correct quantities and at the right frequency are key to greater production in a hydroponic greenhouse system.
Table grape farmer’s success
Hannes du Toit, who successfully manipulated the tricky and relatively new Sugrasixteen grape variety to produce a good quality, high yield crop with big berry
Direct seeding for onions
Onions have triggers which influence bulbing and bolting, and it’s important to understand these to avoid pitfalls and get the most out of a particular variety.
Why cabbage should be your first choice
There’s nothing worse than not having success with your first crop, so choose one that is cheap and easy to grow. In other words, choose cabbage.
The Secret To Wildly Increasing Cucumber Yields
As anyone who’s tried to grow a member of the cucurbit family (which includes melons, squashes and cucumbers) knows
Blight can make a bean crop worthless
Last week I mentioned that halo blight thrives in cooler conditions and spreads very rapidly in wet ones.
Soil pH – the cure for clubroot in cabbages
Clubroot really is a revolting disease -that’s literally the reaction of any farmer who pulls out a sickly-looking plant and sees what the root system
10 Edible Weeds Likely Growing in Your Yard
You work so hard on your vegetable garden, primping and pruning to the point of exhaustion each spring. One of the biggest chores, of course, is weeding
Conquer cauliflower mosaic virus
Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) is a very destructive cruciferous crop disease that usually occurs unexpectedly. In most cases, by the time farmers notice it it