Stuart Barden in Kenya

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Some small plot trial results

 
Soya Bean planted 4/4/15,  plant pop 24 plants per square meter,variety was DPSB19 yield   1.12 t ha 
 
Mung Beans (green grams) planted 4/4/15 plant pop 27 plantrs per square meter variety was KS20 yield 2.51 t ha
 
Soya Bean planted 4/4/15, plant pop 26 plants per square meter, variety was DPSB8 yield was 1.27 t ha

Yellow beans planted 4/4/15 plant pop was 15 plants per square meter, variety "From Village next door" yield was 2.54 t ha (nice)

Soya Beans planted 4/4/15 plant pop was 17 plants per square meter, variety EHI3600, yield 1.62 t ha

Kabuli Chickpeas, planted 8/04/15 variety "from Tuskys supermarket" plant pop was 14 per square meter YIELD WAS 3.64THA

Soya Bean planted on the 8/04/15, variety was Nyala, plant pop was 25 plants per square meter, Yield 1.76 t ha (highest Soya yield)
 
All in all we got some interesting ballpark information (they are not replicated trials) from this seasons trials, Kabuli chickpeas , Local yellow Beans and Mung Beans (Green grams) look like crops we will take into commercial production.

2 comments:

  1. Great mung bean and chickpea yields mate. Will have to get some tips from you on how to grow them!!

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  2. Good work and especially a demonstration that the Zero till can be profitable at home (Kenya). We went for a field trip in Dookie area and was impressed by the Canola crop we saw, all under zero till. I think for africa to feed itself , zero till+ Rubble retention is the way to go. Charles Agric science student at unimelb.

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