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Fidelity 400 WDG a tool for IRM programs
At Lachlan Kenya Limited, we understand that crops require a conducive environment for them to yield to their potential in any production system. This environment is made of both biotic and abiotic factors such as pests and diseases, climate, soils or media, the farming activities in the areas surrounding the subject farms, the nature of…
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Runner 240 SC
RUNNER 240 SC is a molting acceleration product and is most effective after being ingested by young larvae, it also has good ovicidal effect.
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Understanding Calcium using lettuce as an example
Understanding which factor has created the calcium deficiency is the key to growers getting better crops and using their inputs to best effect and not wasting time and money with the wrong approach.
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Smart Fertilizers for Nutrition Ambition
As farmers around the world seek to grow more with less, Levity through Lachlan is finding success with its growing portfolio of ‘smart’ fertilizers
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Lachlan – The cabbage farmer’s best friend!
Lachlan, in collaboration with our breeders and suppliers, have tested and selected top cabbage varieties that enable farmers to grow commercial crops in most weather conditions in many parts of the country.
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Topshot 60 OD: A Relief for Rice Farmers
Lachlan Kenya Limited in collaboration with Corteva Agriscience has brought a solution by specially designing Topshot 60 OD.
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Out goes Gladiator 4TC, in comes Premise 200SC
In December 2021 Lachlan withdrew the termiticide GLADIATOR (a chlorpyrifos based product) from the market, partly due to pressure on organophosphate insecticides for their environmental and mammalian toxicity profile
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Bioxx 5000 – Growing Media & Soil Disinfection
A stabilized Chlorine dioxide which unlike industrial Chlorine delivers more efficient and residual control of soil and other media borne infections
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Onion Runal F1
Runal F1 was trialed in the Kenyan market in 2018 and 2019 across all major onion growing belts from Kajiado, Isiolo, Laikipia, Nakuru, West Pokot and Mt. Elgon.
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Controlling False Codling Moth (FCM)
The pest has a 30-174 days lifecycle and can produce 2 to 10 generations in a year laying up to 800 eggs depending on multiple factors including temperature, food availability and quality, and humidity.
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HUWA-SAN, the future of disinfection is here!
Water is a natural reservoir and conduit of plant pathogens that, if untreated, rapidly spread diseases such as Verticillium, Phytophthora, Agrobacteria, Ecoli, Botrytis amongst others through the crop. Biofilms build up in drip lines, both feeding and protecting the pathogenic bacteria and fungi, clogging drip emitters, disrupting uniform irrigation and plant growth.
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Termites – The real enemies of progress!
Your home could be under attack right now by not just one attacker but thousands of tiny ‘terrorists’. You can’t see these terrorists but they are there in your house, backyard and maybe even in your furniture. They cause fires and computer breakdowns by chewing cables as they search for wood, they attack concrete/brick buildings…
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General tips for onion production
Day length All short day onion varieties require a photoperiod (day length) of between 10 – 12 h for bulb initiation; for instance, if a variety is exposed to a shorter than required photoperiod, there will be a high percentage of non-bulbing plants with thick necks. If a variety is exposed to a longer than…
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BIOXX 5000 Broad Spectrum Biocide
BIOXX 5000 is a liquid, stabilized Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2). It is a broad spectrum biocide which is bactericidal, fungicidal, sporicidal, viricidal and algaecidal.
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Why choose Emerald F1 Hybrid Tomato?
Due to its good tolerance to Bacterial Wilt, Emerald F1 has been the variety of choice for tomato growers in Kirinyaga, Homabay and parts of Western Kenya, which are areas known to have high infestations of the disease.
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Why Duramon 30 is better than CAN
Duramon 30 is a slow release nitrogen fertilizer enriched with sulphur, zinc and magnesium that are necessary for photosynthesis.
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Why Multiphos 10-25-0 is better than DAP
Multiphos 10-25-0 + TE is a granular Compound NP fertilizer (Chemically Formulated) containing secondary and microelements for direct application to soil or in physical mixtures.
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SAKATA seeds launch new cabbage in East Africa
Farmers are moving across from their older cabbage varieties to this latest variety Powerslam F1 so that they can have more reliability on the quality and therefore profitability of their crops.
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Why use Albion
Albion is a pioneering new product that can reduce physiological disorders, improve flower set, fruit holding, and improves firmness and shelf life of fruit and vegetable crops.
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Wheat Growing Stages
Identification of plants growth stages is important to enable timely crop management decisions that maximize yields and profitability. It also enables timely pests and nutrition management.
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Phytotoxity Management
Phytotoxicity is defined as a delay of seed germination, inhibition of plant growth or any adverse effect on plants caused by specific substances (phytotoxins) or growing conditions.
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Optimizing Avocado production in Kenya
Despite increased production and growth in terms of acreage over the last decade, avocado sustainable production still faces numerous challenges …
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