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Succession planting — never run out of produce

Instead of planting all your lettuce at once, plant a new batch every 2 weeks. By the time the first batch is harvested, the second is almost ready...

Thandiwe Nkosi

♥ 2 13 days ago

crops Gauteng

Making your own compost tea — free fertiliser

Fill a 200L drum with water, hang a hessian bag with 20kg of mature compost in it, add a handful of molasses, and bubble air through it with a chea...

Thandiwe Nkosi

♥ 1 16 days ago

crops Gauteng

Companion planting that actually works in tunnels

I plant basil between my tomato rows in the tunnels. The basil repels whitefly and aphids — I haven't sprayed in 2 seasons. The trick is to plant t...

Thandiwe Nkosi

♥ 2 20 days ago

crops Limpopo

When to plant white maize in Limpopo

We've been planting WE5323 in mid-January for 20 years now. The key is to wait for at least 50mm of rain before you put seed in the ground. Too ear...

Pieter van der Merwe

♥ 2 21 days ago