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[giraffe @neckincrisis]

mind your own fucking business

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

@RealElvo Lemon grass is goated.

[Farmers #Trend @FarmersTrend]

🥑🍃 IS YOUR AVOCADO TREE TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING?

Your avocado leaves can reveal a lot about the health of your trees. Yellowing, browning, spots, or wilting are often early warning signs that something is wrong.

Understanding these symptoms early can help you prevent yield losses and maintain a healthy, productive orchard.

1️⃣ Potassium Deficiency (Leaf Burn)

🔍 Symptoms: Brown, scorched leaf edges and tips, especially on older leaves.

❗ Causes:
• Low potassium levels in the soil
• Excessive leaching due to heavy rains
• Poor nutrient management

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Apply potassium-rich fertilizers
• Conduct regular soil testing
• Maintain balanced fertilization programs

2️⃣ Zinc Deficiency

🔍 Symptoms: Small leaves, yellowing between leaf veins, stunted growth.

❗ Causes:
• Zinc-deficient soils
• High soil pH reducing nutrient availability

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Apply zinc foliar sprays
• Incorporate zinc-containing fertilizers
• Monitor soil pH regularly

3️⃣ Cercospora Leaf Spot

🔍 Symptoms: Brown, purple, or black spots on leaves and fruits.

❗ Causes:
• Fungal infection favored by humid conditions
• Poor air circulation within the canopy

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Prune trees to improve airflow
• Remove infected leaves and debris
• Apply recommended fungicides when necessary

4️⃣ Anthracnose Disease

🔍 Symptoms: Dark lesions on leaves, twigs, flowers, and fruits.

❗ Causes:
• Fungal pathogens thriving in wet weather
• Dense canopies and poor orchard hygiene

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Regular pruning
• Maintain orchard sanitation
• Use preventive fungicide sprays during wet seasons

5️⃣ Salt Burn

🔍 Symptoms: Browning and drying of leaf margins.

❗ Causes:
• High salt levels in irrigation water
• Excess fertilizer accumulation

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Use quality irrigation water
• Avoid over-fertilization
• Leach excess salts periodically

6️⃣ Mite Damage

🔍 Symptoms: Bronzing, stippling, speckled leaves, and leaf drop.

❗ Causes:
• Spider mites and related pests feeding on leaves

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Monitor orchards regularly
• Encourage beneficial insects
• Apply approved miticides when infestations occur

7️⃣ Phytophthora Root Rot

🔍 Symptoms: Yellowing, wilting, poor growth, and gradual tree decline.

❗ Causes:
• Waterlogged soils
• Poor drainage
• Soil-borne fungal infection

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Improve drainage
• Avoid overwatering
• Use disease-free planting material
• Apply recommended treatments where necessary

8️⃣ Nitrogen Deficiency

🔍 Symptoms: Uniform yellowing of older leaves and reduced growth.

❗ Causes:
• Low nitrogen levels in the soil
• Nutrient depletion over time

✅ Prevention & Management:
• Apply nitrogen fertilizers based on soil test recommendations
• Incorporate organic manure and compost
• Maintain a balanced nutrition program

🌱 Healthy avocado leaves are the foundation of high yields and quality fruits.

Regular scouting, proper nutrition, good drainage, and timely pest and disease management can save farmers thousands of shillings in losses.

💬 Which avocado leaf problem have you encountered most often on your farm? Share your experience in the comments.

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[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

@David_Agronomy @CerealsEvent Is that canola? That's some pretty big bush.

[David Jones @David_Agronomy]

Looking forward to visiting @CerealsEvent on Wednesday for the first time in a few years! If you see me, please come and say hi.

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

Rosemary essential oil.

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

Drying some German Chamomile flowers. Note how the flowers are not exposed to direct sunlight so as to get a full rigid and intact flower with all the pollen and petals in place.

[Eleanor🎼 @Eleanor1589539]

The best game for keeping the memory of older people alive

[Patrick Sessions @Lengetia_farm]

Never a dull moment here. This boy waiting patiently for his ride to a new home after filling his belly with our beef.

[Abu Iman @Mr_Guantai]

Tuko kwa jua. Je wewe?

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

@miss__lucas254 Tea tree oil works wonders to eliminate dandruffs. plus it rejuvenates your scalp and boosts hair growth. 30mls of pure organic steam distilled tea tree oil goes for 1k. Hmu

[Patrick Sessions @Lengetia_farm]

Always a beautiful time of the year when the rains are about to arrive.

[Abu Iman @Mr_Guantai]

When we speak, listen. Under JKIA there are men buried under the runway. In Yatta, there are men who died in the canal. In Tigoni, entire villages were wiped out. Countless died in Manyani, Hola, Tuntu and Uruku.

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

Essential oils from S. Africa will fetch higher prices in the int'l market than those from N. Africa simply because of quality.
Focusing closer home 🙂, Mugoka from Mbeere fetches better prices than that from Embu and is of higher quality all because of VoC's.

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

Very true, Volatile Organic Compounds (VoC's) found majorly in tea, aromatic plants,marijuana etc greatly affect their quality. Soils & weather directly affect the concentration of these compounds. Int'l markets mainly focus on quality.

[Mũigai @Gathumbi001]

Your answers lie here. In Kericho, tea grows fast, meaning it doesn’t have enough time to accumulate certain components that are required. An acre of land in Kericho will produce 5000kgs or more in an year while the same acre in Central will produce 3000kgs or less in the same period

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

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[™ @bash18c]

These days you gotta have a job for the bills & another job for yourself

[Aleckie Ronald @SirAlexas]

Anyway March 15th we are heading to Malindi for 17th Edition of #KOX5Aside presented to you by @OdibetsOfficial .. we have 100K for winners, 60K for runners up and 40K for first runners up...Lets gooooo to the beach 💃💃

[Agronomy Ke @AgronomyKe]

@Kenya_Agron Must be a selective herbicide.

[ASAFARM @Golichas]

Still green Vetiver grass that's drought tolerant and requires little maintenance for survival once established. Best for Arid and semi arid regions that's 80% of Kenya map.