As Promised 🥹

Spinach Production 101 🥬🥬🥬

Fun Facts

-In a space of 2months post transplant you can start sending your spinach to market

- Giant Fork Spinach can grow to a size of a watermelon 🍉

- Theres a range of different colours of spinach - yellow/red/orange

Thread

https://twitter.com/new_shana/status/1671183252256698369

1. Soil

- Spinach can be grown in all type of soils, so long as your top soil is not entirely made of clay!

- Do your land prep in time, if your area experiences floods create water ways and plant on raised beds!

- Do not forget your soil samples, if you plan on going big!

Let talk about the 89million hectares of land that is owned by:

1. Individuals (37 million hectares)

2. Companies (23 million hectares)

3. Trusts (29 million hectares)

REMEMBER
The same individuals who owns 37m of land also own these companies and trusts!

#FarmingWithShana 1. Individuals
In South Africa, there’s +6million individuals who are “Land Owners”. This simple means they have title deeds and are registered in the Deeds Office in CapeTown!

There’s definitely more out there!!!😌😅

Butternut Production 101

FunFacts

- Did you know Butternuts, Cucumbers and Watermelons are in the same family?

- Butternut is one of the common vegetables that are often recommended by dieticians in the cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs😁👀

Thread 1. Soil
- Sandy loam to loam soils are highly preferable for butternut production.

- Good drainage soils are good for production, depth of +45 - 90cm if you can

- If you did not do your land preparations accurately during heavy rains, the soil surface will remain soggy/wet...

ZZ2 Family Business is a one Massive Empire :

+100 year old Billion empire 🫣

The ZZ2 exports not only the familiar “brand” of tomatoes but also onions, mangoes, avocadoes, blueberries and dates, among others.

A Thread

https://twitter.com/paul54386261/status/1659256779778269199

I am sure the question in everyone's mind is:

How did they accumulate so much wealth overtime?

1. Background
- It wasn't an easy ride, I guess we all could say farming is hard business right?

- ZZ2 empire founder and pioneer Mr Willem Van Zyl started his empire in 1702...

As promised 😤🫶🏽🙏

Friday For Farmers is Up!!! #FfF

1. If you want to start farming potatoes we have a potato farmer who is selling all the equipment/machinery you’ll need all at R480k ✌️ 2. This for Grain Farm Mangers looking for employment 🫶🏽 If you got what it takes to manage a 500ha of grains ✌️ my DMs are open😅

Onion Production 101 🧅🧅🧅

Fun Facts

- Onions was once used as a currency

- Onion means Unity

- In SA from November till May/June every year the onions you buy from the stores are not fresh (storage onions) that why the prices are always high...

- Fresh Onions June - Oct 1. Soil
- Always fix the soil first!!!

- Good farmers do soil samples every after 3 years!!!

- Onions love loamy soils

- Work the top soil for good drainage atleast upto 75cm

- 30cm top soil should be fine and loose (use a rotavator if you have one)

POTATO PRODUCTION 101🥔

Fun Facts about Potatoes in SA

1. SA potato consumption rate per person is +32kg & is highest in Africa!(must be Kota)

2. In 2020 -> 263million 10kg pockets of potatoes were produced in SA

3. Potato Farming is valued at R32b, farmers share is only R8b 1. Soil

- I always emphasize the importance of making sure you have healthy soils!!!

-Soil will have a huge impact on your yield, size, shape, germination, and the plant itself.

-Unhealthy soils will harbor unwanted microorganisms like nematodes and disease causing pathogens

TOMATO PRODUCTION 101 🍅

Fun Facts

1. Tomatoes and Potatoes are one plant, the difference is one produces fruit 🍅 and the other produces tubes 🥔

2. A tomato tree has the ability to grow 15cm every week

3. Tomatoes can be yellow, pink, purple, black and even white

Thread This thread is for "open field production"

1.Soil

A happy soil leads to happy plants.

1.1 Soil Samples : do your soil samples before you work the land to check if the land is suitable for production.

1.2 Soil should be tilled to the depth of 20-40cm for best root development

Cabbage Production 101

First: Fun Facts about cabbages
1. It is generally frost resistant (meaning it can grow in very harsh ice cold environments)

2. Cabbages can be grown throughout the year

3. You can plant +40 000 heads of cabbages in 1 hectare

4. Helps with constipation Production

1. Soil

1.1 Make sure your soil is prepared correctly (well drained loamy is the best) - > The reason for this is so your cabbage roots can breath.

1.2 If it your first time using that soil for production you are highly advised to do soil samples.