The farm named Soil Ripe Ltd uses plastic (poly) mulch technology to grow tomatoes and capsicum, each on an acre, for the local market. CONTROLS SPLASH EROSION, DISEASES“Plastic mulch technology cuts water use by reducing evaporation, which means the crop gets 100 per cent of the water required. “The technology also promotes the right spacing as both the drip and the plastic mulch paper have the right and equal spacing,” says Odhiambo. “The plastic mulch paper is punched depending on the crop, which dictate distance from one hole to another, but average is 30cm or 45cm. “With plastic mulch technology, there is firmness in the soil on a particular bed and nutrients are relayed to where they are needed.

Source: Daily Nation October 28, 2016 17:11 UTC