AG 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Tomato, Okra, Crop Rotation
8 Oct 2020
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A vegetable is any crop that is grown and eaten fresh. Vegetables are important both for nutritional and commercial reasons. They are categorized on the basis of the part used as food. Leaf vegetables for example kales and cabbages. Root vegetables for example carrots, beets, radishes and turnips. Fruit vegetables for example french beans and okra. Stem vegetables for example asparagus, leeks and spring onions. Bulb vegetables for example bulbed onions and garlic. Tomatoes are fruit vegetables widely grown in kenya. The ripe fruit may be eaten raw cooked or processed to make tomato sauces, juices and pastes. Choose a site which has not been grown solanaceae crop in the last three years. Nursery beds are raised about 15cm above the ground level. Make drills of 20cm apart and 1cm deep drill and cover the seeds. The land should be dug deeply to control weeds. Seedlings are ready for transplanting when they are 10-15cmhigh after about one month.
