Maize Agroforestry

Maize Agrofrestry

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:12am

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Everyone talks about the three sisters: corn, pumpkin and beans. We would like to plant much more than this: maize, tephrosia, pigeon pea, pumpkin, climbing beans, crawling beans, sweet potato, cassava and hibiscus. Can this be done?

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Maize and Cassava

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:08am

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Can Cassava and Maize be planted together and if so what should the spacing be?

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Maize and Sweet Potato

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:07am

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Some people are telling us to plant sweet potato with our maize. Is this a good idea and how should we plant it?

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Maize and Hibiscus

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:06am

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Can we plant edible hibiscus (jamaican sorrel) with our maize or will it compete for nutrients?

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Maize & Citronella

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:05am

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Can citronella grass be used in the same way as vettiver for controlling erosion?

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Maize and Vettiver

Submitted by Chowe_Malawi on 11 October 2015 - 10:04am

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Our maize fields are on slopes. We want to plant vettiver and lemon grass (is this second as good?) but we're not sure how closely to space it when planting. Advice?