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Banana production in Africa part 4: Controlling weeds and pest control
Controlling weeds and pests in banana production is essential to ensure healthy growth and maximise yields. Here are some methods for weed and pest control: Weed Control: Manual weeding: Hand-pulling weeds is effective but labourintensive. Mulching: Applying organic mulch helps suppress weed growth. Herbicides: Selective herbicides can be used[...]
A vision of a pristine indigenous landscape
by Tisha Steyn Juanita Wilmans is a woman with a mission. She cannot walk past a weed without removing it. A thoroughly cleared plot of aliens in Wilderness Heights. Trevor Dearlove, who found the Wilderness National Park during the early 80s, says invasive alien plants, black wattle[...]
Managing weeds in your fields: What is the best approach?
by Sangeeta Patel, Sales Agronomist, SeedCo Zambia The summer cropping season is upon us. As we have started planting our fields, here’s SeedCo’s focus on one of the factors that may be limiting the desired yields: Weeds! Weeds are unwanted plants that grow amongst desired crops in a field.[...]