Planting of Cassava stem , The best way to practice mixed cropping ,todays work at the farm.

[monica-ene]

Hello Hive

The bulk of the task in our commercial farming venture is the planting of cassava. Cassava is one of the most commonly consumed tuber crops in my country. It can be processed into different forms to produce flour and other varieties of our delicacies, like fufu and eba. The cost of growing cassava is very low compared to other food crops.

All we need do is to purchase the stem here and a truck load of quality engineered cassava stem is 60knaira/40k naira. This truck load can only plant 2 acre of the land hence we will be needing about 11 truck load of cassava like this to plant the whole farm.

After planting corn,
We moved to plant a little bit of soy beans, and today the planting of cassava continued.
All this is done to minimize the cost of production, from clearing land to hiring OC tractors to make the ridges.

By making this a commercial farm, we can use the same amount of financial input to control herbicides on the farm for different types of crops at the same time.
At harvest, we will have multiple crops and maybe some potential interest.

Since the farmland is large, we often employ the assistance of laborers. Sometimes the work requires our presence to show them the distance and spaces between each crop. The planting has to be done in such a way that the different crops can cohabit together without one affecting the other.

The best way to practice mixed cropping in commercial and mixed cropping systems is to study the growth cycle of each crop. Once you plant one crop, like maize, for instance, you can choose to allow it to grow for like a month before adding beans or soy beans. Planting leguminous crops along with cereals.

By the time the maize is ripe and ready for harvest, the soy beans will be at their flowering stage.
And while the soy beans are also getting ready for harvest, you introduce the next crop, which is cassava, guinea corn, or a combination of both.
That's one good way to successfully practice mixed cropping in a commercial land spot.

To play the cassava stem, we cut it into smaller sizes of 10–15" and plant them at an interval of 20–20" apart.
Today, about 6 acres were successfully planted. And tomorrow will be the time to see how far the work will go. There is a bit of a shortage of the cassava stem and some finances from our fellow workers, which is causing the second place of work to go a little bit slower.

This is the work done so far today, see tomorrow with more progress and in another blog. Hope we are all making progress with our various endeavors.
It’s weekend already
Remember to rest in between these rigorous activities like I am beginning to make it a habit now after breaking down few days ago. Rest vitalizes us daily and energy for the next day days work is renewed

Thank you for stopping by.

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