Harvesting and storing maize
Agriculture · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Harvest when grain is hard and husks dry. Dry further. Store clean, off the floor, away from weevils. Wet plastic heaps rot.
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Choosing the crop: maize as the worked example
- What maize needs: rain, zone and soil
- Preparing land for maize
- Maize seed: certified, treated, able to germinate
- Planting maize: spacing, depth and timing
- Feeding maize: manure, basal and top dressing
- Weeding and field care of maize
- Pests and diseases while maize grows
- Harvesting and storing maize
- The maize calendar, justified, with beans and sukuma