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Post on Soil Fertility
Most of the time, the average person treats the soil "like dirt". A wise farmer/rancher will care for the soil because he knows that man is dependent on the top 6 inches (15.2 centimeters) of soil. In the plant-animal-soil continuum, soil is often neglected because it does not indicate stress in an obvious way. Animals and plants show physical symptoms but the soil must be looked at more carefully to monitor good health.

Soil that is rich in nutrients is fertile. The expectation of growing plants as food for livestock must include the reality that plants will take nutrients out of the soil. Replacing nutrients is the basic goal of fertilization. Improper fertilization in the past has caused controversy, but the basic premise of fertilization is to replenish the soil.


There are three basic ways to replenish the nutrients removed from the soil. One way is to recycle nutrients, mainly by way of animal waste. This is a crucial method when discussing pastures. Another way to replenish soils is to obtain and apply fertilizer. And the third way is through microbial action such as nitrogen fixation. Forage-livestock producers should understand and utilize all three for maximum fertility with minimum cost and environmental damage.

Fertilization is an important issue because it is needed in order to produce enough food for the increasing population from the decreasing cultivated land, but too much or inappropriate use can be detrimental to the environment. Part of the debates about fertilizers discuss "man-made" or "chemical" fertilizers as compared to "organic farming". There are many misconceptions about all three terms. This module will look at the various aspects of fertilization so a broader understanding will lead to better fertilization and results.

Permit me to inform you that we supply plantain suckers called Giant Elephant (Musa paradisiacal) and it is hybrid, resistant to pest and fruit before 11months. You van copy and past the link below on your browser and read more on our suckers as you view pictures

1. www.nairaland.com/3207817/treated-giant-hybrids-elephants-plantain
2. www.nairaland.com/3574128/investing-hybrid-plantain-plantation-not

My good followers, are you aware of the implication of mix cropping two crop which are heavy feeder of NPK ?
From experience, the outcome can be devastating at the long run. Ameliorating this is by consulting expert farmers and certainly having a knowledge of NPKmg percentage of your soil by calling kenfarm for your soil analysis. cheers

My good followers, are you aware of the implication of mix cropping two crop which are heavy feeder of NPK ?

From experience, the outcome can be devastating at the long run. Ameliorating this is by consulting expert farmers and certainly having a knowledge of NPKmg percentage of your soil by calling kenfarm for your soil analysis. cheers

Dear kenfarm followers, pic below is a visit to a customer farm to collect soil sample for analysis.

The farm owner intend planting two heavy feeder crops on the farm land (mix farming). It may interest you to know that the soil analysis kenfarm conducted on the farm indicate insufficient Macro nutrients.

Thus, if the soil analysis was not done, we won't have identify the insufficiency of Macro Nutrient in the farm soil. If our soil analysis did not detect low % of Macro nutrients in the farm soil, the crop would have experience stunted growth with poor yield at harvest. But with our soil test outcome, kenfarm was able to ameliorate the situation by treating the soil and certainly plenty of Macro nutrient was introduced into the soil using our expertise.

won't you rather contact kenfarm today for your soil analysis
via: kenfarm2020@gmail.com
08038623884/09091405861

Dear kenfarm followers, pic below is a visit to a customer farm to collect soil sample for analysis.

The farm owner intend planting two crops on the farm land (mix farming). It may interest you to know that the soil analysis kenfarm conducted on the farm indicate insufficient Macro nutrients.

Now, if the soil analysis was not done, we won't have identify the insufficiency of Macro Nutrient in the farm soil. The farm owner intend planting two crops which need plenty of Macro nutrients for initial growth.

if our soil analysis did not detect low % of Macro nutrients in the farm soil, the crop would have experience stunted growth with poor yield at harvest. But with our soil test outcome, kenfarm was able to treat the soil and certainly plenty of Macro nutrient was introduced into the soil.

won't you rather contact kenfarm today for your soil analysis

via: kenfarm2020@gmail.com

08038623884/09091405861

Followers of kenfarm thread, find below pix of our visit to a client farm at Ijebu Igbo for the land treatment. We did the soil analysis and the outcome of the analysis made imperative for us to balance the soil PH of the farm land to maximise yield.

Are you still contemplating on whether you need to do your farm soil analysis, consider it a wise decision to analyse your farm soil.
What you stand to gain by analysing your soil is enormous. Subsistence farming has gone pass the era of just burying seeds in the ground and go home to sleep with with your two eyes close.

Some farm land soil lack vital nutrients (macro & micro). Don't you think having an idea of the nutrient composition of your soil will help you know which treatment to give your farm soil?

Treating a farm soil include introducing the lacking nutrient into your soil, neutralisin the highly concentrated one, balancing the soil PH amongst others.
Also, a high PH soil indicate the need to .......... and low Soil PH indicate the need to ...........

However, when the PH of the soil is known, it help you to know the type of crop to plant on your farm land. As a matter of fact, some crop strive well in a soil with high soil PH while some other crop strive best in a soil with low PH.
If this is scientifically proved, what do you think will be of your crop at harvest time when you fail to do soil analysis and go ahead to plant your crop that strive well in Low PH soil on your farm land with high Soil PH

A bountiful harvest is not for the ignorant farmers. kenfarm is bringing to your notice the info that help you make a difference this season
consult us via 08038623884 or 09091405861

Many thanks to those sharing this vital info....together we can make more food available in the !arket

make haste to engage our services. a trial with us will convince you

A client once ask me to tell him or prove to him why he should buy my sucker. A sure lot of NL viewing my post will be asking themselves why I do I have to buy my sucker from ken farm.

kenfarm sells hybrid suckers known as Giant Elephant. Our sucker was genetically replicated from a special hybrid from IITA. Even as our sucker is pest resistant we treat using insecticide shortly before planting.

Am obliging all our esteem client who has purchase our sucker to encourage your fellow farmer to patronise us.

..... together we can eradicate poverty, food insecurity and created job

Hey, my cassava farmer followers, as usual kenfarm is here to give you update helpful in the establishment, maintenance and selling of your cassava tubers. Find the info below helpful
Cassava are bought according to the starch contents. Farm gate price less transport cost
Starch %. NGN/Tonne
15%. 9,750
16%. 10,400
18%. 11, 700
20%. 13,000
22%. 14,300
23%. 14,950
24%. 15,600
26% 16,900
28%. 18,200
29% 18,850
Other conditions applies
1. Tuber less than 18months old since planting
2. Tubers free from disease and in good condition
3. Tubers fresh less than 36 hours since harvest

So far, base on feed back gotten from cassava farmers who purchase our TME 419, it has been found to have high % of starch making it more valuable in the market.
contact us via email: kenfarm2020@gmail.com

collecting soil for analysis @ a farm in Ijebu

soil pH does play a role in nutrient availability. Should you be concerned on your farm? Be more aware than concerned. Keep the pH factor in mind when planning nutrient management programs. Also, keep historical records of soil pH in your fields. Soils tend to acidify over time, particularly when large applications of NH 4+ based fertilizers are used or there is a high proportion of legumes in the rotation.
A knowledge of your soil PH is the key to a successful planting season. Soil analysis with us will go a long way in helping you to make the correct decision on: type of fertilizer to apply, Quantity of fertilizer to apply, when to apply the fertilizer and the treatment to give your farm land....contact kenfarm today

soil pH does play a role in nutrient availability. Should you be concerned on your farm? Be more aware than concerned. Keep the pH factor in mind when planning nutrient management programs. Also, keep historical records of soil pH in your fields. Soils tend to acidify over time, particularly when large applications of NH 4+ based fertilizers are used or there is a high proportion of legumes in the rotation.

A knowledge of your soil PH is the key to a successful planting season. Soil analysis with us will go a long way in helping you to make the correct decision on: type of fertilizer to apply, Quantity of fertilizer to apply, when to apply the fertilizer and the treatment to give your farm land....contact kenfarm today

below is a pix of our last visit to Ijebu to collect soil sample for analysis

EFFECTS OF BUSH BURNING ON YOUR FARM SOIL FERTILITY

Kenfarm like to bring to fur the merits and demerits of burning your farm land. This we are sure will be I formative to our potential customer undergoing pre-planting process.

In as much as burning your farm after clearing seem to be the fastest way to clear off the weeds, it is imperative we understand that fire can diminish nutrient pool sizes, nevertheless nutrient availability often increases. Soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires since fire chemically converts nutrients bound in dead plant tissues and the soil surface to more available forms.

The fire indirectly increases mineralization rates through its impacts.
Note that the concentration of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions in the soil can increase or be unaffected by fires whereas nitrogen and sulphur often decrease.

Thus, if you have burn your farm land after clearing, we advise you perform soil analysis to ascertain the soil fertility.
contact us via email: kenfarm2020@gmail.com

EFFECTS OF BUSH BURNING ON YOUR FARM SOIL FERTILITY

Kenfarm like to bring to fur the merits and demerits of burning your farm land. This we are sure will be I formative to our potential customer undergoing pre-planting process.

In as much as burning your farm after clearing seem to be the fastest way to clear off the weeds, it is imperative we understand that fire can diminish nutrient pool sizes, nevertheless nutrient availability often increases. Soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires since fire chemically converts nutrients bound in dead plant tissues and the soil surface to more available forms. The fire indirectly increases mineralization rates through its impacts.

Note that the concentration of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions in the soil can increase or be unaffected by fires whereas nitrogen and sulphur often decrease.
Thus, if you have burn your farm land after clearing, we advise you perform soil analysis to ascertain the soil fertility.
contact us via email: kenfarm2020@gmail.com

What is the frequency of rain fall at your location??

EFFECTS OF BUSH BURNING ON YOUR FARM SOIL FERTILITY


Kenfarm like to bring to fur the merits and demerits of burning your farm land. This we are sure will be I formative to our potential customer undergoing pre-planting process.

In as much as burning your farm after clearing seem to be fastest way to clear off tge weeds, it is imperative we understand that fire can diminish nutrient pool sizes, nevertheless nutrient availability often increases. Soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires since fire chemically converts nutrients bound in dead plant tissues and the soil surface to more available forms. The fire indirectly increases mineralization rates through its impacts.

Note that the concentration of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions in the soil can increase or be unaffected by fires whereas nitrogen and sulphur often decrease.

Thus, if you have burn your farm land after clearing, we advise you perform soil analysis to ascertain the soil fertility.

EFFECTS OF BUSH BURNING ON YOUR FARM SOIL FERTILITY


Kenfarm like to bring to fur the merits and demerits of burning your farm land. This we are sure will be I formative to our potential customer undergoing pre-planting process.

In as much as burning your farm after clearing seem to be fastest way to clear off tge weeds, it is imperative we understand that fire can diminish nutrient pool sizes, nevertheless nutrient availability often increases. Soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires since fire chemically converts nutrients bound in dead plant tissues and the soil surface to more available forms. The fire indirectly increases mineralization rates through its impacts.

Note that the concentration of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions in the soil can increase or be unaffected by fires whereas nitrogen and sulphur often decrease.

Thus, if you have burn your farm land after clearing, we advise you perform soil analysis to ascertain the soil fertility.
consult us for your soil analysis

Followers of kenfarm thread, find below pix of our visit to a client farm at Ijebu Igbo for the land treatment. We did the soil analysis and the outcome of the analysis made imperative for us to balance the soil PH of the farm land to maximise yield.

Are you still contemplating on whether you need to do your farm soil analysis, consider it a wise decision to analyse your farm soil.
What you stand to gain by analysing your soil is enormous. Subsistence farming has gone pass the era of just burying seeds in the ground and go home to sleep with with your two eyes close.


Some farm land soil lack vital nutrients (macro & micro). Don't you think having an idea of the nutrient composition of your soil will help you know which treatment to give your farm soil?

Treating a farm soil include introducing the lacking nutrient into your soil, neutralising the highly concentrated one, balancing the soil PH amongst others.

Also, a high PH soil indicate the need to .......... and low Soil PH indicate the need to ...........
However, when the PH of the soil is known, it help you to know the type of crop to plant on your farm land. As a matter of fact, some crop strive well in a soil with high soil PH while some other crop strive best in a soil with low PH.
If this is scientifically proved, what do you think will be of your crop at harvest time when you fail to do soil analysis and go ahead to plant your crop that strive well in Low PH soil on your farm land with high Soil PH


A bountiful harvest is not for the ignorant farmers. kenfarm is bringing to your notice the info that help you make a difference this season

consult us via 08038623884 or 09091405861

JohnieWalker12:
Thanks for the helpful tips.

Thanks Bro, it is our work oh!!!!

Call for your viable sucker free of all pest from kenfarm and you will be smiling to the bank at the end of this planting season. Whether you will be satisfy or dissatisfy on your harvesting day depends on your choice of suckers.....this follow the saying that ..... "what you plant is what you harvest"
Make no mistake of your choice of sucker....improved variety is expensive, more viable and pest resistant unlike local specie that are as cheap as 40naira with low yield, pest infested, fruit after 2yrs and nonviable. Make a wise choice by calling kenfarm for your genetically engineered suckers suitable for the tropical region.
kenfarm customer care on WhatsApp :08038623884

Followers of kenfarm thread, find above pix of our visit to a client farm at Ijebu Igbo for the land treatment. We did the soil analysis and the outcome of the analysis made it imperative for us to balance the soil PH of the farm land to maximise yeild. Are you still contemplating on whether you need to do your farm soil analysis, consider it a wise decision to analyse your farm soil.
What you stand to gain by analysing your soil is enormous. Subsistence farming has gone pass the era of just burying seeds in the ground and go home to sleep with with your two eyes close.

Some farm land soil lack vital nutrients (macro & micro). Don't you think having an idea of the nutrient composition of your soil will help you know which treatment to give your farm soil?

Treating a farm soil include introducing the lacking nutrient into your soil, neutralising the highly concentrated one, balancing the soil PH amongst others. Also, a high PH soil indicate the need to .......... and low Soil PH indicate the need to ...........

However, when the PH of the soil is known, it help you to know the type of crop to plant on your farm land. As a matter of fact, some crop strive well in a soil with high soil PH while some other crop strive best in a soil with low PH.

If this is scientifically proved, what do you think will be of your crop at harvest time when you fail to do soil analysis and go ahead to plant your crop that strive well in Low PH soil on your farm land with high Soil PH??

A bountiful harvest is not for the ignorant farmers. kenfarm is bringing to your notice the info that help you make a difference this season
consult us via 08038623884 or 09091405861

Ken4agent:
the ANS is simple.....if you plant your nursery suckers on yur farm, they will germinate to produce other sucker as children which is the once display on kenfarm pix.

So can't the parent suckers (Nursery suckers) and the children suckers (suckers on kenfarm pix) be called hybrid?

the answer is YES because genetically they have the same genetic makeup
Make further investigation

kenfarm suckers are product of a Nursery sucker planted many season ago

zeux:
The future of your plantation begins with your sucker. A fruitful and bountiful harvest is determined by the type of suckers you plant.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2042535_suckersinthenursery_jpeg1e97148e63a651866fa31b6b40a68de0
Image from lesgupnigeria thread.

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Image from ken4agent thread.

Please gentlemen and other farmers, I need your input on the above.
A lot of people selling suckers call theirs hybrid. From the above, they look different but are both called hybrid.
I only need a clarification on 'what is what' or 'which is which'.
Thank you.

the ANS is simple.....if you plant your nursery suckers on yur farm, they will germinate to produce other sucker as children which is the once display on kenfarm pix.

So can't the parent suckers (Nursery suckers) and the children suckers (suckers on kenfarm pix) be called hybrid?

the answer is YES because genetically they have the same genetic makeup
Make further investigation

Agritech:
Nice. One of the first decision a farm should make is carrying out a soil test on his farm. Soil acidity is a problem in southern Nigeria. If a soil is acidic, macro nutrients would be immobilized. Even if fertilizer is applied, the soil would hold the nutrients and not sulply to the crop until the soil is neutralize.

Soil testing helps farmers to know the capability and suitability of his land and it's not expensive.

You are doing a good job by educating people the need to carry out soil testing.

Thanks for your encouragement Sir, the pleasure is ours.
We dish our educative inform for farmers to utilise because we at kenfarm believes Together we can eradicate poverty, joblessness and food insecurity.

Followers of kenfarm thread, find below pix of our visit to a client farm at Ijebu Igbo for the land treatment. We did the soil analysis and the outcome of the analysis made imperative for us to balance the soil PH of the farm land to maximise yeild. Are you still contemplating on whether you need to do your farm soil analysis, consider it a wise decision to analyse your farm soil.

What you stand to gain by analysing your soil is enormous. Subsistence farming has gone pass the era of just burying seeds in the ground and go home to sleep with with your two eyes close.

Some farm land soil lack vital nutrients (macro & micro). Don't you think having an idea of the nutrient composition of your soil will help you know which treatment to give your farm soil? Treating a farm soil include introducing the lacking nutrient into your soil, neutralising the highly concentrated one, balancing the soil PH amongst others. Also, a high PH soil indicate the need to .......... and low Soil PH indicate the need to ...........

However, when the PH of the soil is known, it help you to know the type of crop to plant on your farm land. As a matter of fact, some crop strive well in a soil with high soil PH while some other crop strive best in a soil with low PH.

If this is scientifically proved, what do you think will be of your crop at harvest time when you fail to do soil analysis and go ahead to plant your crop that strive well in Low PH soil on your farm land with high Soil PH

A bountiful harvest is not for the ignorant farmers. kenfarm is bringing to your notice the info that help you make a difference this season

consult us via 08038623884 or 09091405861

WHY YOU SHOULD DO SOIL ANALYSIS

Ideally, fertilizer recommendations should be based on soil analysis but when this is not done then use the land history and vegetation to determine the soil fertility. Agricultural research has proved that 90% of farmer who carry out the soil analysis of their farm land experience a bountiful turnover output (I.e bumper harvest).

This is so because the soil analysis will reveal the level of micro & macro nutrient in the soil especially NPK (Nitrogen, patacium calcium) Hence, the knowledge of your farm soil fertility will further give a clue as to what Quantity of fertilizer to apply, what time to apply it, and which type of fertilizer to apply. I must quickly in for you that a farm land that will be used for cassava forming much be rich in NPK element and must have an acidic PH of not more than 6.0. This is the reason lime is usually added to the farm land as a pre-preparation step to cassava farming. Also, plantain suckers strive best in an alkaline soil. If you intend to cultivate any of these two crops, then next thing after clearing your farm is soil analysis for soil fertility text.

You do not want to depend on the soil vegetation to conclude on the soil fertility because the weeds on your farm land which appears healthy may be enjoying nutrients in the soil of your farm. But after clearing your farm land and tilling it especially using mechanised method (tractor), the Tractor often time compromise the soil fertility by 20% due to mixing of the top, middle and inner soil together.

So when you plant your crop afterwards without doing the soil analysis believing your crop will look healthy like the weeds/vegetation on your land, you will be taking an erroneous decision capable of compromising the growth of your cassava stem.

Subsistent farmer are free to depend on vegetation to ascertain soil fertility but I strongly discourage commercial farmers from using such method but rather do soil analysis to save yourself lot of challenges that arise in the future. A healthy cassava easily resist pest, fungi, bacteria etc.

Farmers complain that after a few harvests, plantains don’t do well, what’s the problem?
This is caused by nematodes and borers’ attacks which make plantains to dry off; all of these are soil pests. So, to control these pests a farmer needs to apply enamaticide twice a year. They can use MOCAP bastion and it will be good to have a permanent calendar. It is good to apply in April and again in September. If this is well followed, you will stop this effect. You know that the nematodes and borers attack plantains more, not bananas. That’s why banana stems which were cultivated by our parents long in the 50s are still surviving

Farmers complain that after a few harvests, plantains don’t do well, what’s the problem?
This is caused by nematodes and borers’ attacks which make plantains to dry off; all of these are soil pests. So, to control these pests a farmer needs to apply enamaticide twice a year. They can use MOCAP bastion and it will be good to have a permanent calendar. It is good to apply in April and again in September. If this is well followed, you will stop this effect. You know that the nematodes and borers attack plantains more, not bananas. That’s why banana stems which were cultivated by our parents long in the 50s are still surviving