Proper Coffee Management

The main season for coffee farming is here. Coffee farming is not like any other crop. Its farming activities require timeliness without delay for a farmer to be able to increase productivity and get good quality beans. Delays in conducting coffee farming husbandry lead to loss of yield and increase in cost of production especially in disease and pest management.

In order to realize increased productivity and good quality beans, do the following this February;

1. Proper pruning,
2. Zinc and Boron sprays,
3. Pest control,
4. Leaf rust control,
5. Digging where necessary,
6. Application of manure mixed with Humipower
7. Application of lime where necessary.

ZINC GOLD® is a unique formulation providing 100% EDTA chelated Zinc for the immediate correction of zinc deficiencies and maintenance of growth in agricultural crops.

Correct zinc deficiency on your crop. Deficiency causes interveinal chlorosis, small, deformed and abnormal leaves, fun branching and longer internodes. Apply Zinc Gold (70% zinc) one or two month before flowering at a rate of 20mls/20ltrs of water. This induces flower bud. Also spray Vitabor Gold (15% boron,6%N and other micro element) to provide boron necessary to prevent flower abortion and die back.

VITABOR GOLD® is a highly soluble, effective and cost efficient foliar fertilizer containing readily available Boron and Nitrogen for the plant.

This February,  dry spell encourages attack by pest which include Thrips and Green scales. Eradicate by spraying Presento as the best product for the control of the sucking pest at a rate of 10g/20l of water.

PRESENTO® 200SP is a highly systemic insecticide for foliar and stem application and is active particularly against a range of insects with broad spectrum long residual activity widely used in agriculture for controlling insect pests including aphids, thrips, whiteflies and leaf miner in a broad range of ornamentals and edible crops.

Coffee leaf rust is the most preference disease this February due to dry period. Use Green cop at a rate of 70g/20l of water to prevent and Milestone at a rate of 20mls to cure the disease. Integra at 3mls/20l of water should be incorporated in all your insecticide and fungicide sprays to increase rate of action, avoid being washed and make them more effective

We encourage you to contact us as we offer the best proven product and advice for coffee production in the market. Thank you.