Vegetable Farming in Zambia: Transplanting Pepper Seedlings

Transplanting vegetable seedlings from a nursery to their final establishment beds always fills our team with excitement and positive feelings. This video shares how we settled a sweet pepper crop onto its home on Dubai 1 at Winterthorn.
The day of transplanting comes as the last step in a process that starts with planning, then involves preparing the beds and the seedlings.

[@jackiethiardt2127]

Hello from Namibia 🇳🇦 . I am not a farmer but a very new back yard gardener or a yardner 😊. Off course I ran to KZbin for tips and tricks. There are so many content which is very helpful but I couldn’t find anyone doing it in our neck of the woods until I found you. I know what you are doing is totally different but I get so many tips from you that is relevant to somewhat similar to my environment. Then again I just love watching your absolutely neat farming techniques. Thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks, Ba Jackie. You are most welcome.

[@guidinglightorphansinc.5255]

Very helpful lessons especially on bed preparation and pre transplanting steps. Your beds look amazing and am sure your plants will be happy to lay down on them and give you great results ❤

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks so much!

[@choolwechilomo8635]

We are learning and growing with you. Your videos are always worthy and educative.... I always learn from them.

[@mondofarms4343]

Great to hear

[@iwanjohnson7474]

Hi. I am a experienced vegetable farmer in South Africa. - I love your videos. Keep them coming. Still learning every day.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thank you. That is such an honour.

[@mudeshanshima6897]

Former RPS here. Got inspired by your channel now I have a pine plantation and, just like you, going into Avocado. Keep up the good work. I look forward to your video

[@mondofarms4343]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MyAlbert49]

I learn alot from Mondo farm , kudos to the hard workers ,am being inspired every time to venture one day in farming.

[@mondofarms4343]

Good to hear

[@DREMD876]

Love the content. Very educational

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks 😊

[@jackholman5008]

Good day sir is it truw the rains failed in zambia this year in zambia In south africa it was a bad start but from december its all been a very good season

[@mondofarms4343]

Glad to hear that things are good in SA. We will need your maize this year north of the Limpopo

[@bayto21]

Hello from Vietnam. i have learned a lot from your videos. Could you please share a little bit about how do you deal with clogging problems when using drip irrigation?

[@mondofarms4343]

Great question. We are planning on doing some more videos about drip irrigation that will give more details. This one was just an introduction.

[@gruserewebs]

Hey hey bro, thanks for the lessons. I was missing your update for some time...

[@mondofarms4343]

You're most welcome ☺️

[@okechotete5839]

Do a show on how u manage your farm when u are not there , always watch from kenya

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks, that is a great idea. We were thinking about that, and now that you have asked specifically, I know there is an audience for it. Ome very useful tool as yoi can see from our KZbin videos is that our two farm supervisors and their farm manager have been given cell phones on which they shoot video updates and reports for me and share via WhatsApp. It is very effective. I get videos from throughout the working day. The cost of moderate phones like Samsung Galaxy A03 or A04, plus monthly bundles and data is worthwhile. Of course, it also falls on me to keep watching the videos and respond to what I'm shown.

[@emekaugoh9892]

I like you classes and it's helpful to me , please will like to what is black earth and it's composition

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks. Black Earth is a product we buy from a company called Osho Chemicals. This is from their website www.oshochem.com/oshoproduct/blackearth-85-wsg/ They operate here in Zambia, and I recall them being present in East Africa. If you can't get it from them, I'm confident that you can find other similar products.

[@obrienmutale2939]

So basically the fertility trenches are covered with soil that makes a flat surface of the beds?

[@mondofarms4343]

Indeed

[@olipahnyirenda7975]

Learning. But that vehicle with open windows, hmm, snakes

[@mondofarms4343]

Yebbo

[@boydchijazyo4305]

Which fertilizer do you use.you are really inspiring us

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks Ba Boyd. We use various fertilisers on different crops at different stages of growth. You will see us mention them in our other videos.

[@boydchijazyo4305]

@@mondofarms4343 ok i will appreciate iam learning a lot of things from you

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

The slash and burn of the grass is not always bad (it could be that the grass is carrying a disease that fire will cleanse from it), but it is true that it's an outdated agricultural practice.

[@mondofarms4343]

indeed

[@elijahgwebo8228]

Good to hear from you Sir my question is on applying direct manure from the poultry is wrong?

[@mondofarms4343]

Yes, no, maybe. It depends. Manure is usually safe to apply to crops if it is well decomposed. Perhaps left outside for 4-6 weeks so that some of its ammonia content has reduced. Fresh manure can be quite dangerous, especially if applied too close to young plant roots or seeds. We use manure to make compost, which is a more moderate form or organic nutrient. Pls check oit oir detailed video on how we make compost.

[@mutepasindazi8391]

Hello. What's the name of your green pepper supplier.

[@mondofarms4343]

Sadly, they didn't pay for us to advertise their products or services 😕 We are avoiding giving too much free marketing of the products and services we feature on our videos, which are exposed to thousands of viewers. As we often say on our channel, 'Farming is a business' So is KZbin.

[@mathewrichards7309]

Why dont you grow in a green house

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks, Matthew. We come across questions like this from time to time on our channel. It's a matter of context. We are African farmers making sharing primarily to other farmers here in Africa. Most of us don't yet have greenhouses for economic and developmental reasons, so we show how vegetables can be grown on the open field. That is relevant to our primary target audience. Hope that helps.

[@tshakancube4556]

Its not healthy to burn the grass just mulch them they will give u good manure

[@mondofarms4343]

Indeed. I was sad to see it but decided to include that clip on purpose. Mainly to show what happens on real farms in Africa. The battle to inculcate modern agronomic practices in farm workers goes on.

[@PrinceMwanza-p8w]

This is super amazing👏

[@kabeyakadima3887]

We would like to come and visit your farm

[@jackn2867]

It's been a minute. Has the dry spell affected your fields and crops?

[@mondofarms4343]

Yes, indeed. Things are quite tense and we're not forecast to get any rain until next month. I was supposed to work on a video about it and our efforts to irrigate the field crops. But it was just too depressing, and I pivoted to this more cheerful one instead.

[@jackn2867]

I understand. All the best and thanks for keeping things on the positive side. Stay blessed.

[@Gbenga101]

MONDO FARM, Thanks for the great video, your job is exceptionally brilliant. I have watched your videos a few times but still doesn't get how the manure get underneath the prepared beds, I really hope you can help clarify this?..... Thanks

[@mondofarms4343]

You're most welcome. We have shown the process of crwatomg fertility trenches in several of our videos over the years. Pls have a closer look.

[@FodayKamara-m1x]

Hello I’m from Guinea I really l Iike your videos it’s very helpful nice meeting your Chanal

[@mondofarms4343]

Welcome!!

[@Sammuzo44]

Learning alot, can u imagine I have planted tomatoes. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@mondofarms4343]

All the best.

[@chichinnyamah3582]

Thanks. Very educational

[@mondofarms4343]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brianmukwasa1284]

I love following you, ba wishi, a blessing to us all.

[@mondofarms4343]

Thanks Ba Brian

[@jutscorpio]

@26:35 Charles is now the Queen!😄

[@mondofarms4343]

😊😊

[@mwewashamende4790]

I’m glad you are back!!! 😊

[@mondofarms4343]

Me too!!

[@Afri-optimiste]

thanks for the Training

[@mondofarms4343]

Most welcome ☺️

[@IRFARM786]

hi brother m the owner of IR FARMS in pakistan. i was searching about farming in zambia. i saw your chanel very informative. how can i contact u plz

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

I wonder if apples would grow well there, or if they've to be shipped in from colder places like SA (I know that apples are, on the whole, not very heat-hardy).