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  • December 12th, 2023

    Sustainable Fertilizer Practices

    Balancing the need for high crop yields with environmental sustainability is a core concern for modern agriculture. Sustainable fertilizer practices aim to maximize crop production while minimizing the negative environmental impact. Here are key points to consider when assessing the environmental impact of fertilizers: 1. Nutrient Runoff Excess nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, can leach […]

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  • November 17th, 2023

    Effective Nutrient Management

    Effective nutrient management is crucial for optimising crop growth and achieving high yields. It involves understanding the nutrient requirements of crops, maintaining soil nutrient balance, and employing sustainable practices to enhance nutrient availability. Here are some key insights into nutrient management: 1️⃣ Soil Testing Before embarking on nutrient management, soil testing is essential. This process […]

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  • April 8th, 2020

    Determining The Cost Of Production Of Cereals (Maize, Wheat & Barley)

    Knowing your farm cost of production is absolutely crucial for any farming business, and it is an integral part of the advice we give the farmers that we work with at Cropnuts. So every year we take a look through the actual farm input costs of growing different cereal crops (maize wheat & barley) and […]

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  • February 12th, 2020

    Greenhouse Soil Tips For Beginners

    Greenhouse soil crops need more specialized care. When you grow plants out in the open field, your soil has time to rest and regenerate. Not so in the greenhouse, where the climate is much hotter and the soil and plants are working hard all year round. Greenhouse soil temperatures are higher and you need to […]

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  • January 20th, 2020

    How Organic Matter Creates Sustainable, Carbon-Friendly Agriculture

    Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal remains at various stages of decomposition, cells and tissues of soil microbes, and substances that soil microbes synthesize (Wikipedia). In order to save the world from self-destruction, we need to move towards sustainable carbon friendly farming. Many farms in Kenya have already embarked on this journey. […]

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  • January 16th, 2020

    Designing A Suitable Fertigation System

    Fertigation is the application of fertilizer together with the irrigation water. The most common form of fertigation in Kenya is via drip irrigation. Fertigation provides precise nutrition, application flexibility, minimized loses & environmental protection. Fertigation Benefits The benefits of drip fertigation to plants are that nutrients are applied directly into the active root zone with […]

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  • January 15th, 2020

    Calcium Nitrate Alternatives In Hydroponic & Fertigation Systems

    Calcium Nitrate is an inorganic compound with the formula Ca(NO3)2 and is mainly used as a component in fertilizers. In soil and plant nutrition Calcium is King. Calcium Nitrate is the only cheapish non-reactive water soluble calcium fertilizer suitable for drip feeding fertigated crops, so it goes without saying that calcium nitrate is the sovereign of fertilizers.  There are […]

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  • May 30th, 2018

    Top Dressing Fertilizer For Maize: Why Timing Is Key

    Top dressing fertilizer for maize works best when the timing is key; ie. when it is applied at the correct crop growth stage and at the recommended rate. This is why: For maize, Urea application timing depends on an understanding of the key growth stages. As many crops reach top dressing timing, we look at […]

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