NoDig H&G

19/03/2026

Join me in the journey of growing high density apples in Kenya. We focus of success and failures. Like, Subscribe and share

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01/01/2026

Pruning and Training of apples start at eary stage to achieve fruit quality and best tree shape for easy pest, disease control and allowing the tree to have enough sunlight and air circulation.
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16/12/2025

Soil Amendment is Key to best plant growth and nutrients intake
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09/12/2025

Why the plums and pears production has been on decline.

There are several reasons behind this. Farmers nolonger improve their soil by applying the most important component of all - organic manure. If we go back during our grandparents time, the cow and sheep sheds used to be built within the Orchards and cows and sheep would rest and sleep under the pears and plums tree.

Secondly, farmers nolonger prune the fruits, fumigate to control disease like fire blight, no foliar application and we nolonger keep bees in our farms. Kitambo, every home used to have 2 or more bee hives, a flock of sheep that would give quality manure, our grandparents would spend alot of time cutting down (prunning) the trees when they are dormant (no leaves on them).

Thirdly, variety and seed sharing. I remember we would get a variety bought from rift valley, others from other regions and the same would happens with our friends who use to visit us, they would carry cuttings of the best variety they have seen and this contributed to those variety doing well in different region with different soil and they would take time to get affected by diseases.
Lastly, it's time we upgrade the trees that were planted by our grandparents more than 50+ years ago, amend and improve our soil, get new varieties from other regions and learn how to prune and feed the fruits. Plant a fruit tree today.

Here is a nyandarua plums I got from Limuru and we have pruned and fed it well. All the others that were planted by our fathers have zero fruits.

it's plum season in Nyandarua

03/12/2025

What do you know about water?
Do you know the months which you can do rain fed farming and which you do irrigation?
In an year, take a pen and note everything down.

01/12/2025

The secret to best apple orchards is having best seedling variety, quality care and controlling Pest and Diseases.

26/11/2025

WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHOOSE SPUR-BEARING APPLE VARIETIES

Spur-bearing apple trees offer several key benefits that make them ideal for commercial orchards, particularly high-density plantings:

Compact Growth Habit: Their naturally smaller and tidier structure means more trees can be planted per acre, maximizing land use.

Higher Yield: They produce more fruit buds per length of branch compared to tip-bearing varieties, leading to greater productivity.

Easier Management: The compact form simplifies pruning, harvesting, and applying treatments (pesticides, fertilizers).

Suitability for Training Systems: Spur-bearing varieties are excellent candidates for intensive training systems like espalier or slender spindle, which are widely used in modern commercial operations to optimize light interception and further increase yield.

24/11/2025

Understanding apple growing climate requirement for maximum production and less disease and pest control.

23/11/2025

Most plant Diseases are caused by a mineral nutrient deficiency so always focus on plant nutrition and micronutrients.

10/11/2025

Planting our cover crop for the orchard. advocate for incorporating animals in our farms. As they fix they soil, we provide nutritious feeds to animals which in turn give us organic manure to continue improving the soil.

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30/10/2025

To have best apple orchard, make sure you have the seedlings and plant them when they are big enough to have a shorter maturity period.
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