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Beans Farming Program/ Planting Guide

Published Oct 27, 2024

Beans Farming Program/ Planting Guide

BEANS FARMING PROGRAM

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  • An acre requires about 24 to 30kg for pure stand and about 16 to 20kg of seeds when intercropped with maize.
  • Spacing: Do 20cm from plant to plant and 45cm between the rows. Plant 2 seeds per hole
  • Beans generally take about 1- 1.5months to flower and 2- 2.5months to mature, depending on the different varieties.

Here is an ideal planting guide:
 

TimeApplicationTarget
At planting
  • DAP 50kg/acre
  • Aid in root formation

After 10 days

(week 1)

  • Systema (20ml/20l)
  • Cutworms

After 7 days

(week 2)

  • Basagran (200ml/20l)
  • Pre-emergence and early post emergence herbicide for the control of weeds

After 3 days

(week 3)

  • Maximizer (10ml/20l) + Mazao Plenty Macro Pro (40ml/20l)
  • NPK 17.17.17 (50kg/acre)
  • Rejuvenate the crop after the herbicide stress
  • Balanced nutrition

After 3 days

(week 4)

  • Rapid (10ml/20l) + Uster Top (10ml/20l)
  • Aphids, Thrips, Red spidermites, Beanfly
  • Leaf rust

After 10 days

(week 5)

  • Orbea Opti (10ml/20l) + Mastercop (20ml/20ml)
  • Aphids, Thrips, Whitefly, Beanfly
  • Angular/Bacterial leaf spot

After 7 days

(week 6)

  • Mazao Plenty Sure K (40ml/20) + Orbea Opti (10ml/20l)
  • Enhance flowering and poding
  • Aphids, Thrips, Whitefly, Beanfly

After 7 days

(week 7)

  • Uster Top (10ml/20l)
  • Leaf rust, botrytis, anthracnose

After 7 days

(week 8)

  • Mazao Plenty Sure K (40ml/20l) + Rapid (10ml/20l)
  • Filling of pods
  • Aphids, Thrips, Red spidermites


PRODUCT LINKS TO AGROPESTS E-COMMERCE:

DAP: https://agropests.co.ke/products?s=DAP 

Systema: https://agropests.co.ke/products?s=Systema  

Basagran: https://agropests.com/products/basagran-1-l

Maximizer: https://agropests.com/products?s=Maximizer

Macro Pro: https://agropests.com/products?s=Macro%20pro

17.17.17: https://agropests.com/products?s=17.17.17

Rapid: https://agropests.com/products?s=Rapid 

Uster Top: https://agropests.com/products?s=Uster%20Top 

Orbea Opti: https://agropests.com/products?s=Orbea%20Opti 

Mastercop: https://agropests.com/products?s=Mastercop 

Sure K: https://agropests.com/products?s=Sure%20K 

Orbea Opti: https://agropests.com/products?s=Orbea%20opti 

Uster Top: https://agropests.com/products?s=Uster%20Top 

Sure K: https://agropests.com/products?s=Sure%20K 

Rapid: https://agropests.com/products?s=Rapid 

 

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