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Irrigation & pest control in sweet potatoes For sweet potato runners to root, the soil around the plants must be moist. Usually, the irrigation applied just after planting will be enough, but this depend
25/04/2019
Sweet potatoes after planting Sweet potatoes are highly adaptable when it comes to soil type. I have grown this crop commercially in soils ranging from sandy to a very heavy clay.
24/04/2019
Growing sweet potatoes Unless you obtain clean planting material from time to time, there is a risk of virus lowering yield and quality in your sweet potatoes.
23/04/2019
The future of sweet potatoes Sweet potato consumption has not grown in the way it should have. When travelling in the Mpumulanga Lowveld 35 years ago,
22/04/2019
Capsicum viruses Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most important plant viruses in South Africa.
19/04/2019
Start Growing Potatoes – Best Potato Growers Tips Potatoes are hardly worth growing in a small garden unless you can concentrate on early varieties to provide ‘new’ potatoes or on good-quality unusual varieties
18/04/2019
Low demand forces farmers to destroy sweet potatoes Farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai are waiting for buyers for Japanese sweet potatoes harvested from hundreds of hectares
02/04/2019
Benefits of vermiculture David Leslie and his son James use vermiculture to keep their potato, bean, maize and soya crops healthy – and it’s paying off. Gerhard Uys visited them
28/03/2019
Grow Your Own Potatoes – Potato Pests and Diseases When you are just starting to grow your own potatoes, there many potato pests and diseases which are potential enemies of the potato which you should know about
28/02/2019
Positive growth for potato industry The area is well-known for its citrus and potatoes, which seem to occupy all of the limited, open flat spaces available.
26/12/2018