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44 root growth. The earth around the roots must be firmed to prevent the roots from dryingout (fig. 22). Firming the earth should be done by pressing firmly but not too hard with the fingers Figure 21: Transplanting the correct way . Figure 22: Transplanting the wrong way 6 Watering and other tending Watering should be done immediately after transplanting. Do not sprinkle plants that are in the sun! To encourage growth to start The vegetable garden in the tropics
quickly, sprinkle them after a few days with the solution of manure in water mentioned in Chapter 6, to which a handful of wood ashes has been added. If necessary, the newly transplanted plants can be sheltered with folded banana leaves or other small cup-like objects. 7.5 Taking cuttings Some plants can be propagated by taking cuttings. Cut off a part of the mother plant, put it in the ground, and a new plant will grow, once it has rooted. Cut big cassava stems without leaves into pieces about 40cm long. Plant these with about one third of the stem covered, in ridges, normally two cuttings per ridge. The same thing can be done with sweet potato stems. Remove the leaves from the lower half, and plant the stem in the earth. Yam and sweet potato can be multiplied by planting a tuber or part of a tuber. Cocoyam and taro can also be multiplied by planting young shoots. In this case it is called propagation by division. Several other vegetables can also be propagated from cuttings. Ideally you should do this during the rainy season, in soil which should be moist, but not soaked with water. When making cuttings, you must disinfect the tools you use (e.g. a knife) in boiling water before each cut, to prevent spreading infectious diseases. Sowing and propagation by cuttings 45
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Page 3 and 4: Foreword This Agrodok does not pret
Page 5 and 6: 7.3 Sowing in a nursery 41 7.4 Tran
Page 7 and 8: 2 Fruit and vegetables in the diet
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Page 11 and 12: 3 Which type of garden? There are s
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Page 15 and 16: 4 Garden tools A family garden requ
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Page 21 and 22: struction and firewood. Waste wood
Page 23 and 24: Figure 7: Hoeing and spading 5.5 Pr
Page 25 and 26: ? a cassava hedge provides edible l
Page 27 and 28: ten, and in the largest quantities,
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Page 31 and 32: microbes. A simple way to use house
Page 33 and 34: acid. N and K fertilizers in the fo
Page 35 and 36: 7 Sowing and propagation by cutting
Page 37 and 38: Figure 14: Grading the seeds It can
Page 39 and 40: Figure 16: Sowing methods The sowin
Page 41 and 42: 7.3 Sowing in a nursery Some vegeta
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Page 47 and 48: ter is sprinkled over the plants. Y
Page 49 and 50: chase away birds you can make noise
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Page 55 and 56: Earthing up This is heaping earth a
Page 57 and 58: 9 Choosing the right crops You shou
Page 59 and 60: Further reading Bunnik J. (1990) Fr
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