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# Seedlings

Know Zone — Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.
Let’s go and meet them and learn more
In this Episode we are learning about:
1. Chicken hygiene and feeds
2. Financial planning and markets
3. Treating your seeds for planting
4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits

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Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.

Let’s go and meet them and learn more

In this Episode we are learning about:

1. Chicken hygiene and feeds

2. Financial planning and markets

3. Treating your seeds for planting

4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits

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Welcome to Shamba Shape Up.

This week we are in Meru County and we are visiting an expert farmer called Rachel.

She runs a training course for farmers around her area. Can she teach us a thing or two? who’s going to be teacher on this episode?

We learn about:

Forage production (Bracharia):

➢ How to get more forage plants without having to buy the seeds or the seedlings by making and planting bracharia splints.

➢ mportance of planting bracharia as forage for your livestock.

Soil testing

➢ We help Rachel with her coffee plantation, which is yellowing by doing a soil test in the farm.

➢ Importance of doing a soil test in your farm.

Push-Pull method

➢ How to get rid of pests in vegetables by using the Push-Pull method.

Avocado Irrigation

➢ We get advice on when and how to irrigate an avocado tree.

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If you do not want to buy seedlings, you can grow your seeds in a nursery.