Vegetable Farming in Zambia: How We Transplant and Grow EggPlant (Weeks 1-4)

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Eggplant is also called aubergine or brinjal and is one of the most popular vegetables used in cooking around the world. It is also relatively easy to grow and plants will bear fruit for several months in the right conditions.
Our first update shares how our first crop at Westgate was transplanted from nursery beds in November 2021 and then nurtured for the next four weeks.

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@pauls.wungko7578 2 жыл бұрын

I have been watching your videos for a while now. i'm from Liberia. with the shadenet, do you think it's better to use rain gun as compare to the drip irrigation in vegetable farming?? sometimes workers don't pay attention and a break on those drip will have a greater effect.. also, what is the size of your vegetable farm??

@mondofarms4343 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul. The choice of which type of irrigation to use is different for everyone. I especially appreciate the issue you raised about workers having to look after and monitor them while in use. We have a few sprinklers on our farm, but generally opt for drips first because they are the most effective at water conservation and place water directly where it is needed. Our staff are constantly supervised and held to account where they fail. But that depends on the size and scope of the farm. Our farmnis quite large and we are rapidly moving towards semi-commercial status. So we have quite a large workforce and enough people to deploy to specific tasks. Next year, we are going to massively expand the area of onion grown, which will probably mean having to move beyond drip irrigation and try some sprinklers.

@maambomuleya3063 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for tips. Inespeciallynlikebthe spraying before transplanting.

@mondofarms4343 Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jeysonpereyra8337 3 күн бұрын

Hey Mondo Farm, I am Jeyson a young farmer from The Dominican Republic and I watch all your videos as they are very educational. I am currently planning to plant eggplant 🍆 and would like to know what distance you use plant to plant. I will really appreciate if you respond, Thank you! 🙏🏼

@mondofarms4343 3 күн бұрын

Pls keep our other videos on the topic. I'm sure we mention the spacing, as well as other helpful information.

@mupulamusumali7438 Жыл бұрын

God bless you for this video this is the best video on the whole of youtube that i have checked explaining eggplants this well. Thank you

@mondofarms4343 Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I hope you have also the latest and more detailed video on Eggplant growing kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWnJo4qlqsadhdU

@winfredkatuka5605 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for the video it's is so educative. I have developed interest in growing eggplants and currently I have started quite small. I wanted to find out if you do sell seedlings? I have kind of hit a snug with the nursery that I made the germination was so poor. Nevertheless, I have continued to manage the few plants that pulled through. My aim is to upscale the number of plants hence my request for some seedlings. I will be glad to hear from you.

@mondofarms4343 8 күн бұрын

Hi Ba Wilfred. We haven't grown eggplant for most of this year. We loved the crop, and it's easy to grow. It helped us get our confidence back after the onion disaster of 2022. But the price has been stagnant for a long time. So we shifted more into high value veg crops that you will see on our more recent videos. We always grew our own eggplant seedlings. It's quite straightforward as the crop is not as difficult as pepper, etc. All the best.