Vegetable growers usually deal with large fields of crops such as cabbages, potatoes, tomatoes, onions and other vegetables. These crops are becoming increasingly important and as such, proper fertilisation and handling play an important role in ensuring availability of healthy and more abundant crop yields.

During this busy season for farmers, ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd offers the required products for farmers to make a success of market gardening. ETG Veg mixes, foliar fertilisers and a number of agro chemicals such as Gliogrow are there to help in vegetable crop management to produce the best quality and value.

Veg mixes are blended fertilisers that are crop specific, soil specific, organic matter enriched and lime enriched. They include Veg mix A which is meant for fruits and vegetables such as okra, tomato, eggplant, cucurbits and peppers. Veg mix B is used for leafy vegetables such as cabbage, rape, Chinese cabbage, spinach and lettuce. Veg mix C is used for tubers such as carrots, onions and potatoes. Veg Top 24 is used for most fruit and vegetable crops. Veg Top 32 is used for hybrid varieties such as Dominic and Star 9037, and lastly, Super Veg Feed is used for high yielding vegetable varieties.

Crop specific fertilisers are blended according to crop nutrient requirements. Soil specific fertilisers are blended according to soil analysis results and have advantages such as improved crop yields and soil maintenance.

Organic matter enriched fertilisers contain organic materials which offer advantages such as increased soil fertility, better water holding capacity, improved soil texture and structure, and increased soil organisms.

Last but not least, lime enriched fertilisers contain a certain percentage of agriculture lime and offer the following advantages: improved soil pH, improved availability of nutrients, better plant health and is a less expensive way to apply lime.

Furthermore, foliar fertilisers are diluted fertiliser solutions applied directly to plant leaves. As with fertiliser applied to the soil, the goal of foliar fertilisation is to supply plants with the nutrients needed for good growth. Foliar fertilisation is the most efficient way to increase yield and plant health. These include Veggie Oemff Starter, Veggie Oemff Grow, Veggie Oemff Fruit, Soya Oemff, Maize Oemff, Wheat Oemff and Sugar Cane Oemff. The group of Oemffs was formulated to enhance the utilisation of fertilisers by the plant. This group of foliar fertilisers also plays a role in correcting soil deficiencies and overcoming the soil’s inability to transfer nutrients to the plant under low moisture conditions.

On the other hand, Gliogrow is an energy enzyme chemical which unleashes the green revolution by acting as an organic growth stimulant throughout the entire plant life cycle. The primary effect of Gliogrow is a naturally enhanced resistance to pathogen infection which in turn improves crop yield, improves utilisation of fertilisers by plants and promotes freshness of fruits and vegetables for longer periods. By using this natural product, the requirement for other synthetic fungicides might be reduced significantly.

For the purpose of reaching out to more people, ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd has opened more depots across the country. The following is our updated list of depots.