Vegetables

Potatoes are a productive crop and as such are heavy feeders. The potato also has a rather confined root system, so make sure the fertiliser is placed where the roots...

The industry-related initiative to help improve markets launched by the Institute of Market Agents of SA (IMASA) last year seems to have gained a lot more momentum than expected.

Potatoes have to be ridged and lifted. These two operations can be troublesome with certain clay soil, especially when the weather doesn’t play along.

Sports medicine expert Dr Tim Noakes caused a minor flurry recently when he referred to the exclusion of carbohydrates, which includes potatoes, in an athlete’s diet.

Potatoes are an amazing crop. The amount of nutrients produced on a hectare of potatoes is staggering. It’s virtually a complete food, with a high nutritional content and a good...

Some market agents believe BEE agencies operating on markets are solely responsible for assisting and promoting small-scale farmers.

If you want lands free of weeds, herbicides must be used properly. The first principle is timing.

I regularly attack politicians and their bedfellows, and highlight the damage they’re causing to SA’s fresh produce markets.

There are a number of particularly bad weed species which can be tough and costly to deal with once established.

Many role players have for years lamented the lack of commitment by municipalities when it comes to their fresh produce markets.

Many of my colleagues are worried about the future of commission markets in this country.

Officially, the world’s number one weed is nutgrass, more correctly called ‘nutsedge’, as it’s not a grass but a sedge. (Sedges don’t have nodes as do true grasses.)