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Fertilizers and Manure Application Practices Investigations on Vegetable Gardens Soils at Qwaqwa within Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality

Authors: Griffith Petrus Hadebe;

Fertilizers and Manure Application Practices Investigations on Vegetable Gardens Soils at Qwaqwa within Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality

Abstract

Aims: To investigate fertilizer application practices in vegetables garden soils, methods of fertilizer applications on soils and perceptions of farmers about fertilizers application practices. Study Design: Thirty vegetable producers were randomly selected within QwaQwa communal areas Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Qwaqwa communal vegetable garden soils at Maluti A Phofung local municipality within Thabo Mofutsanyana district. Methodology: Open ended questions, close questions and interviews were developed and used to investigate fertilizers and manure applications on vegetable soils. Results: Eighty five percent of the vegetable farmers respondents are planting on seedbeds, 68.7% of them are resting their soils after two years of same vegetable commodity production, cattle manure was rated best manure applied at the rate of 95%, gardening tools are mostly utilized when tilling the soil than tractor and implements.

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