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Steps to take before you grow potatoes

Friday, February 06, 2015 — updated on June 29, 2020

Potatoes for sale in Kakamega. FILE PHOTO | ISAAC WALE |

What you need to know:

Bomet is a high potential area for potato farming.
Ensure you plant certified or clean seeds to avoid diseases like bacterial wilt.

WEANING CALVES

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Red Creole: This is a popular standard variety because of its quality. It produces mainly single onions from transplants, and are red, flat-round and with a pungent taste.
Red Tropicana: This is a red bulbing type. Red Tropicana F1 Hybrid produces large, red, thick flat onions with firm pungent flesh. It is highly productive and, therefore, demands high levels of management. It grows well in dry aerated store.
Bombay Red: This is a variety for dry and warmer conditions. It is small to medium-size, globe-shaped, purplish red and pungent.
Yellow Granex FI Hybrid: This is an early maturing high-yielding attractive, thick flat onion with thin yellow scales. The flesh is medium firm, crisp and mild in flavour. The shape and size is uniform leading to higher market prices, and the storage quality is good.
Texas Early Grano: This is an early maturing variety (100 to 120 days) with a rather short shelf-life. It is yellowish, mild and not very pungent. The bulbs are high top shaped with dry yellow scales. It is a heavy yielder for high altitude regions and is ideal for fish salads.
White Creole: This is a white variety normally used for dehydration.
Green bunching: This is a non-bulbing spring onion. It has attractive tasty dark green leaves. It is an early and highly productive onion grown for stems rather than bulbs. It is tolerant to sun scotch and it is recommended for salads and fresh market.

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