Bolo Yeung
Lister
Bush fires si mchezo
Australia Burning
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Tuthu wa Ndenderu
Senior Lister
Macadamia farmer in kenya should be gearing for a high season
Bolo Yeung
Lister
how is that related to the fire?
Tuthu wa Ndenderu
Senior Lister
Australia is a top producer of Macadamia, and those fires must have caused significant damages to their crops, so, in the next few years, we are looking for higher demands in the world market.
It happened either in the late 90's or early 00's, and our farmers were smiling all the way to the bank.
It happened either in the late 90's or early 00's, and our farmers were smiling all the way to the bank.
Abba
Elder Lister
Australia is leading producer of macadamia nuts, seems like their farms are destroyed. There will be a super high demand world wide and Kenya might benefit
Devil's pet house.
How long does macadamia take to grow? Nikimbilie seedlings next week
MbitikaZetu
Elder Lister
The whites killed the Aborigines and took their land. The atrocities are now coming back to haunt them. Wakule ujeuri wao.
Nattydread
Elder Lister
Macadamias grow very slowly. I planted one 3 years ago and is no more than two and a half feet high.
Tuthu wa Ndenderu
Senior Lister
Macadamia nuts grow on large bushy trees which start producing after four or five years. The trees will be in full production after six years and will continue indefinitely.
There are several major varieties of macadamia nuts including Cates, Beaumonts, James and others.
Depending on the variety, the nuts may drop when they are ready for harvesting, or you may need to pick them off the trees. Cates will split the outer hull on the nut and drop. This normally will start in late October and continue through to the end of January.
Tuthu wa Ndenderu
Senior Lister
Macadamia do well in coffee growing areas, especially in embu, meru and Kirinyanga, i know there are few plantations in thika to.
MbitikaZetu
Elder Lister
Climbing a macadamia tree is not a joke. Those thorny leaves can badly injure you. The trick is to plant the short thin varieties which you can shake and drop the ready nuts
Tuthu wa Ndenderu
Senior Lister
Nowadays science is so advanced, we no longer plant fruit and nut trees that touch the skies , and branches spread a few meters in radius.
Traditional mango tree
Hybrid mango trees
MbitikaZetu
Elder Lister
Those short mango trees bearing fruit remind me of teenage pregnancy.
Kasaman
Elder Lister
where can I get the seedlings ?
Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
was it a graft? should start production in three years, ulipanda na manure?
Sambamba
Lister
The problem is that you cannot export NIS which would have benefited most farmers. The Australians export the nut in shell to China na bei mzuri sana. Akina munga wa equity, Junglenut, Kenya nut and a few others ganged up and convinced the government that wana fanya value addition. So farmers have no option but to sell to them.
Kasaman
Elder Lister
munakula muguka na kuexport nuts ! Mungu anawaona .
