5.80 STRAWBERRIES – BIGGER – BETTER BERRIES
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LESSON 5.80 STRAWBERRIES – BIGGER – BETTER BERRIES
High Value. High Risk
A key success factor of farming is to minimize risk.
There are many factors you
cannot control, but one factor you can control is the irrigation system you
choose to install.
Strawberry is a high value but
extremely sensitive crop. Using a less than ideal SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION may save a small amount of
money, but you add extra risk to your entire cropping system and therefore
results.
As strawberries are one of the
highest revenue crops per square meter, it does not make economic sense to risk
significant yield loss to make a small saving during installation.
Are there alternatives to
drip?
Technically – yes. Commercially viable – not really.
Furrow (flood) irrigation is
not viable to produce fresh market strawberries.
In regard to sprinklers, drip
irrigation continually applies the most uniform application of water, which
makes a big difference in potential revenues. Additionally, with sprinklers you
increase your risk of plant disease and fruit damage due to water being sprayed
on the leaves and fruit. Strawberries are overly sensitive to disease and
growers are under pressure to reduce spraying of chemicals on their crop. Also,
important when you will produce for the European market its not allowed to spay
pesticides, as they control all with specialists and cancel your business very quick.
Sprinklers are often required
at the initial stages of growing; however, they should not be used for most of
the cropping cycle.
Also, strawberries should not go
in contact with the earth and a rainy season or period, which make them dirty
and it’s no chance to wash them before selling.
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SOMO LA 5.80 STRAWBERRIES - KUBWA - BERRIES BORA
Thamani ya juu. Hatari kubwa
Sababu kuu ya mafanikio ya kilimo ni kupunguza hatari.
Kuna mambo mengi ambayo huwezi kudhibiti, lakini jambo moja unaloweza kudhibiti ni mfumo wa umwagiliaji unaochagua kusakinisha.
Strawberry ni zao la thamani kubwa lakini nyeti sana. Kutumia Umwagiliaji mdogo wa SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION kunaweza kuokoa kiasi kidogo cha pesa, lakini unaongeza hatari zaidi kwenye mfumo wako wote wa upandaji na hivyo matokeo.
Kwa vile jordgubbar ni mojawapo ya mazao yanayoingiza mapato ya juu kwa kila mita ya mraba, haileti maana ya kiuchumi kuhatarisha hasara kubwa ya mavuno ili kuokoa kidogo wakati wa ufungaji.
Je, kuna njia mbadala za drip?
Kitaalam - ndio. Inafaa kibiashara - sio kweli.
Umwagiliaji wa mifereji (mafuriko) hauwezi kuzalisha jordgubbar safi za soko.
Kuhusiana na vinyunyiziaji, umwagiliaji kwa njia ya matone huendelea kutumia uwekaji sawa wa maji, ambayo hufanya tofauti kubwa katika mapato yanayoweza kutokea. Zaidi ya hayo, kwa vinyunyiziaji huongeza hatari yako ya ugonjwa wa mimea na uharibifu wa matunda kutokana na maji yanayonyunyiziwa kwenye majani na matunda. Jordgubbar ni nyeti sana kwa magonjwa na wakulima wanakabiliwa na shinikizo la kupunguza unyunyiziaji wa kemikali kwenye mazao yao. Pia, ni muhimu wakati utazalisha kwa ajili ya soko la Ulaya hairuhusiwi kusambaza dawa za kuulia wadudu, kwani zinadhibiti zote na wataalamu na kughairi biashara yako haraka sana.
Kunyunyizia mara nyingi huhitajika katika hatua za awali za kukua; hata hivyo, zisitumike kwa sehemu kubwa ya mzunguko wa upandaji miti.
Pia, jordgubbar haipaswi kuwasiliana na dunia na msimu wa mvua au kipindi, ambacho huwafanya kuwa chafu na hakuna nafasi ya kuwaosha kabla ya kuuza.
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