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- Complete the harvesting of the maize crops as soon as possible.
- Plan programme for the next season.
- Consult extension officers about farming problems.
- Carry on with repair works on the farm.
- Overhaul all farm machinery and necessary spares.
- Finalise purchasing of inputs.
- Continue soil sampling for pH and chemical analysis
- Monitor and control birds in winter cereals.
- Watch and control bush fires.
Tobacco/Paprika
- Continue with the building of curing sheds in readiness for the next year.
- Obtain your seed requirements.
- Prepare and sow seedbeds.
Cotton
- Slash all living cotton stalks in the Lowveld by August1.
- Destroy remaining parts of the plant including rots by August 15.
- Slash all living cotton stalks I the rest of the country by August 15.
- Destroy the remaining parts of the plant by September 10.
- Non compliance with the above results in criminal prosecution.
Vegetables
- Avoid transplanting during the warm part of the day and mulch for moisture conservation.
- Obtain information from extension officers as to which varieties of vegetables are suitable for your area.
- Sow beans, beetroot, cabbage, chilies, carrots, eggplants, okra, pumpkins, spinach and tomatoes.
- Plant melons, potatoes, cucumber, pumpkins and butternuts under irrigation or sale in November and December.
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