Many farmers in Kenya practice watermelon farming for consumption and to earn income. Watermelons are the most popular fruit due to their numerous health benefits. There are many places to sell your watermelons once they are mature in Kenya. But where do you sell watermelons in Kenya? This article discusses areas where you can sell watermelons in Kenya.
Below are some of the places where you can sell watermelon in Kenya:
1. Major markets like Nairobi City Market, Agakhan Market, Githurai Market, Marikiti Market, Kangemi Market, and Kongowea Market in Mombasa. Watermelon costs between Kshs 50 and Kshs 100 depending on the season.
2. Major towns like Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Makueni, Nakuru, and Kajiado sell watermelon for Kshs 100 per fruit.
3. In upscale grocery stores like Zucchini and Chandarana Food Plus, where fruit can cost up to Kshs 500.
4. Across the Kenyan borders like in Uganda and Tanzania, where the price of fruit is between Kshs 100 and Kshs 300.
5. Nairobi’s Farmiken is a marketplace for sellers and buyers of farm produce such as watermelon, which costs Kshs 100 per fruit.
6. Farmer Market Kenya which is an online marketplace where buyers and sellers meet to trade farm products.
Guide to Follow When Spraying Watermelon in Kenya
Pests and diseases can hurt the growth and development of watermelons and lower their yields. Therefore, you can control them by spraying them with pesticides and fungicides.
The spray used is chlorothalonil, copper, and mancozeb, which are used as fungicides. They protect watermelons against gummy stem blight, downy mildew, and anthracnose. The spring program is designed to manage bacterial blotch, bacterial leaf spots, and powdery mildew on watermelon.
Steps to Be Followed When Spraying Watermelon
The following seven steps are to be followed when spraying a watermelon:
1. Use 70 g of spray and mix it in 20 liters of water.
2. Spray early in the morning by spraying when the vines are starting to run, no later than when the first flowers open.
3. From vine run until mid-May, you should spray the watermelon plant every ten days.
4. After mid-May, spray every week through harvest, regardless of whether.
5. Apply fungicides, allowing time to dry before a predicted rain rather than after.
6. Do not stop spraying until one week before the final harvest.
7. Spray once a week during the dry season and at least twice during the wet season, and start when the plants have germinated.
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