Hello Hive
How time flies, can't wait to eat some corn from this irrigation and river bank grown corn. For the past two weeks I have been a bit busy and having passed by the corn farm only to be greeted by pleasant surprise yesterday evening. When corns are at their Tasseling stage like this l, it is the reproductive phase and seeds are already forming inside the maize cobs.
The one benefit we have enjoyed growing these corn is that the food here is purely organic and there was absolute no need for addition of fertilizer. The river bank has one of the most fertile soil. Alot of dirts get washed down here and decomposes in the water. Soon as the water dries up the soil is rich enough to grow any type of crop.
The growth rate of the corn cannot be compared to the ones planted in the fields.
Alot of farmers have missed it on how to maintain the fertility of soil. Continuous planting without giving the soil some rest has weakened most farming lands around here leading to more cost and expenses for growing crops. We have to spend more in buying fertilizers to aid our corns growth.
The value of natural foods cannot be overrated as we know how beneficial they are and much safer for our health. I'm still surprised that it is possible to grow corn up to this height maintaining its dark green leaves color. The only challenge here is the drying river. As the river becomes drier the generator and pumping machine finds is hard to get more water to the crops.
With this level of growth and development it will take only 2-3 weeks more for harvest to begin here, often times the maize cobs aes already formed at this stage too and while the tasseling continues the corn continues to matured up. It is safer to say that most of the corn eating before the commencement of the year is more healthier for people than the ones grown during the raining seasons.
It is not every farmer that knows how to safely use chemicals and fertilizer on crops. There is a moderate way we can use these items but a lot of our local farmers are not educated making it difficult for them to practice safer use of chemicals for growing our foods. I'm hoping that as we have new graduates in agriculture more young minds will go into farming and practice a safer way of growing our foods for the benefits of everyone.
