3.57 - STARTING A GARDEN + NURSERY – GREEK COTTON

PERMACULTURE COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY (Post 27.  Jan 2024)
1 PDC LESSON - 3.57 - STARTING A GARDEN + NURSERY – GREEK COTTON
Near NIGHTINGALE MEDICAL CENTRE in KISUMU MILIMANI KENYA



I got 10 cotton seeds from a friend in Italy. OK so far, and I planted them in pots and then transplanted them in the left part of the garden, where the soil is not quite as good. 6 trees have sprouted and it is hard to believe how much they have grown. It is unbelievable how many seeds I got. Each bush has flowered and produced between 30 and 40 clusters. And each had 8 seeds in a flower or cluster. Apart from the fact that I use the cotton for sofa cushions, I have now collected 1250 seeds. The second generation, which has now been sown and planted, has also been successful.
Plucking the seeds is tedious, but calming, because you can listen to music while you do it.
(But now I also know why the Europeans needed Africans to help with their cotton fields before they developed machines for this work.)
The hot climate and rain in the evenings is apparently ideal for cotton.


PERMACULTURE KOZI KILIMO-UCHUMI (Post 26. 2024)
SOMO 1 la PDC - 3.56 - KUANZISHA BUSTANI + KITALU - PAMBA YA KIGIRIKI
Karibu na NIGHTINGALE MEDICAL CENTRE huko KISUMU MILIMANI KENYA


Nilipata mbegu 10 za pamba kutoka kwa rafiki yangu huko Italia. Sawa hadi sasa, na nikazipanda kwenye sufuria na kisha kuzipandikiza katika sehemu ya kushoto ya bustani, ambapo udongo sio mzuri kabisa. Miti 6 imechipuka na ni vigumu kuamini imekua kiasi gani. Ni ajabu nilipata mbegu ngapi. Kila kichaka kimechanua maua na kutoa nguzo kati ya 30 na 40. Na kila moja ilikuwa na mbegu 8 kwenye ua au nguzo. Mbali na ukweli kwamba mimi hutumia pamba kwa matakia ya sofa, sasa nimekusanya mbegu 1250. Kizazi cha pili, ambacho sasa kimepandwa na kupandwa, pia kimefanikiwa.
Kung'oa mbegu ni ngumu, lakini kunatuliza, kwa sababu unaweza kusikiliza muziki wakati unafanya.
(Lakini sasa ninajua pia kwa nini Wazungu walihitaji Waafrika kusaidia katika mashamba yao ya pamba kabla ya kutengeneza mashine za kazi hii.)
Hali ya hewa ya joto na mvua jioni ni dhahiri inafaa kwa pamba.


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