cowpeas
Cowpea Kilifi County, Kenya
my cowpeas crops are yellowing what nutrient could be missing and what fertilizer do I apply for the deficiency
Posted
by: Yussuf Mwinyi
(1 point)
Posted: June 1, 2023
Answers
Your crop seems to have been affected by a viral disease........Rogue off the diseased ones
Posted
by: Leonard Tawakali
(6 points)
Posted: June 1, 2023
Hello Kilifi, How's Kenya today. Firstly, did you carry out soil testing on the soil to know the available and deficient nutrients in the soil before planting at all? Doing this will serve as a guide to adopt the GAP- good agronomic practices of any crop to plant.
Secondly, are you certain the yellowing was not as result of other nearby farms activities?
Thirdly, applying fertilizer to cowpea will only make it to grow more vegetatively rather than pod production.
Lastly for now, make use of 'the other crops' aspect of the app on NURU segment, the same way we use it on cassava. Best of luck
Posted
by: ARANSI OMOLABAKE
(8 points)
Posted: June 1, 2023
It could be Sulphur deficiency because the yellowing is shown on younger leaves starting from the tip towards the mid rib.
1. Apply organic manure to increase sulphur availability.
2. Avoid burning of organic waste.
3. Apply single super phosphate to reduce the deficiency.
Posted
by: Eunice Ama Nani
(2 points)
Posted: June 8, 2023
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