Sang, 44, grows an assortment of summer flowers in Chesoton village, an agribusiness he has engaged in since 2009, and has no intentions of switching to any other crop. The flowers he grows at different times are arabicum, ammi and mobydick, which have a ready market at the Thika-based Wilmar Flowers that exports the produce to Netherlands. Mobydick must be 70cm in length and each go for between Sh6 and Sh12.”RELIABLE COMPANYArabicum flowers are graded according to length. “Sometimes I grow mobydick on 0.3 or 0.5 acres and I get Sh300,000,’’ reveals the farmer, noting space per plant is 50cm and inter-row 100cm. “Since the flowers are only for export, the farmer should ensure he gets reliable company through which he can sell his produce.

Source: Daily Nation December 14, 2018 17:48 UTC