Good evening. Please I need advise from experts on this matter. My uncle is planning to start a cassava and maize farm. The size of land is 5 acres. The issue we are on now is the issue of clearing. What method of clearing is best suitable for a land of the aforementioned size; manual clearing or use of herbicide

Ps:The bush is quite thick and composed majorly of elephant grass and there are no trees in the land.

Lalasticlala, Seun pls FP

Aflix:
Good evening. Please I need advise from experts on this matter. My uncle is planning to start a cassava and maize farm. The size of land is 5 acres. The issue we are on now is the issue of clearing. What method of clearing is best suitable for a land of the aforementioned size; manual clearing or use of herbicide

Ps:The bush is quite thick and composed majorly of elephant grass and there are no trees in the land.

Lalasticlala, Seun pls FP

For the aforementioned size of land the best clearing method is as follows from top to least.

1. Farm machines (hire a tractor) to do the job.
2. Manual labour(incorporate clearing and spraying)



**Using a tractor, you Plough, harrow, then ridge the piece of land, then spray your post-emergence herbicide. Then plant your crop.


**Using manual labour, clear the 5 acres then leave it for some days(about 7 days) to get dry, gather and burn. After burning leave for some days, then spray your herbicides (mixing glyphosate and atrazine, for double attack on pre-emergence & post-emergence weeds), heap the land, plant your crop.


Clear/cut land first before applying herbicide. Just know that iff you first apply herbicide, you'd still cut down the bush to make it more suitable for farming, and after cutting you'd also still apply herbicide again, so save yourself the troubles and cut land first before thinking of applying herbicide.



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nuelleoz:

For the aforementioned size of land the best clearing method is as follows from top to least.

1. Farm machines (hire a tractor) to do the job.
2. Manual labour(incorporate clearing and spraying)



**Using a tractor, you Plough, harrow, then ridge the piece of land, then spray your post-emergence herbicide. Then plant your crop.


**Using manual labour, clear the 5 acres then leave it for some days(about 7 days) to get dry, gather and burn. After burning leave for some days, then spray your herbicides (mixing glyphosate and atrazine, for double attack on pre-emergence & post-emergence weeds), heap the land, plant your crop.


Clear/cut land first before applying herbicide. Just know that iff you first apply herbicide, you'd still cut down the bush to make it more suitable for farming, and after cutting you'd also still apply herbicide again, so save yourself the troubles and cut land first before thinking of applying herbicide.



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Thanks for your submission. But there is nothing wrong if we do decide to use herbicide right? We are trying to save costs and the use of herbicide is going to be cheaper.

Aflix:
Thanks for your submission. But there is nothing wrong if we do decide to use herbicide right? We are trying to save costs and the use of herbicide is going to be cheaper.

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