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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: April 2008

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Test Post by email. Click here for larger photo. Members of MDI and UoN at ICT introduction and training event in Kambu. Monday, April 7, 2008. This variety has a yellow colored flesh and is said to be sweeter and more honey flavored than the red fleshed watermelon. The moon and stars variety. How do you plant watermelons? Before field planting is done, one should lay clear plastic mulch since this would help in conserving moisture but also...

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: Cucumber Beetles

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. These eat leaves and stems and blossoms of developing plant and transmit bacterial wilt disease. Chemical/ Biological control: azinophos methyl. Cultural control: use resistant varieties, cultivate thoroughly before planting, use plastic or straw as bedding , reduce weeds. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange. Test Post by email. How do you plant watermelons? Anthracnose ( C lagenarium).

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: Aphids

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. Feed on plant saps reduce vigor size and field feed under leaves, extract honey dew, lead to growth of black sooty vector plant virus e.g. Cucumber mosaic virus. Chemical control – Phimetrozine. Biological control- using natural enemies such as lady beetles, wasps. Cultural – Use resistant cultivars, avoid barriers like hedgerows or woodlots which encourage aphids falling in field. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Test Post by email.

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: How do you know a watermelon is mature?

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. How do you know a watermelon is mature? There are a number of signs which can be used to tell whether watermelon is ripe or not. Maturity however depends on location, variety and plant growth. To check whether a watermelon is ripe, one could use the following indicators;. Tendrils or pigtails on vines nearest the fruit are wilting and have changed color from green to brown. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Test Post by email.

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: Anthracnose ( C lagenarium)

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. Anthracnose ( C lagenarium). Symptoms include raised circular water soaked spots on crown leaves, yellowing color , kills leaves, dark sports on fruit. Chemical control– Apply earl chlorotha lonil and azoxystrobin. Cultural control– use resistant varieties, Disease free varieties. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange. Test Post by email. How do you plant watermelons? Anthracnose ( C lagenarium).

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: Melon Worm

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. These feed on leaves and flower buds, vines and fruits. Cultural control: After harvest remove debus from field, destroy vines and unused fruit and control weeds. Chemical control: Abamectin and Carbaryl. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange. Test Post by email. How do you plant watermelons? Where are the potential watermelon markets in Keny. Anthracnose ( C lagenarium). Watermelons - Common Pests.

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange: Watermelons - Common Pests

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Kambu Agricultural Information Exchange. Monday, April 7, 2008. Watermelons - Common Pests. The most common pest that affects watermelons is the spider mites which thrive in the hot, dry season and the aphids which are common after cool seasons. Others include seed corn maggots, melon worms, cutworms, leaf miners, cabbage loppers and cutworms. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange. Test Post by email. How do you plant watermelons? Anthracnose ( C lagenarium).

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Kiine School: Kiine Primary School

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Kiine is a rural primary school in the Central Province of Kenya. You can see where we are on the map here. You can find out more about us here. Together with our partners. In the VeSeL project we aim to use the web to learn and promote our community and school, make friends and form partnerships. More about our learning objectives here. Click here for larger version on flickr. Originally uploaded by kiine.teacher. At Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Kevin (a researcher on the Vesel project). I am very excited...

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Kiine School: Where we are

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Kiine is a rural primary school in the Central Province of Kenya. You can see where we are on the map here. You can find out more about us here. Together with our partners. In the VeSeL project we aim to use the web to learn and promote our community and school, make friends and form partnerships. More about our learning objectives here. We are located slightly north of Sagana towards Mount Kenya in Central Province of Kenya. You can zoom in and out of the map using the and - buttons in the map above.