LUBISINI LUBISINI. Control. Name and Surname. % Weeds 0% high weeds - 100% no. % grow th (germi nation colour height health ) Trial.

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1 Name and Surname MATATIELE, EC Mr Gamakhulu Ntseki / Mhlagwane (64) S E Control LUBISINI 5x8m x2=80m². Hand planted. Yellow Maize (traditional) 40m². Already harvested. Stover piled for sale to neighbours. Beans 40m² LUBISINI 400m²; 4(10mx10m) 7.2 kg MAP, 26.4 kg Lime. No top dressing. Hand hoe x 2 and Matracca planter x2 Layout: 50cmx50cm maize (basins) and hand planters), 25cmx10cm beans. Roundup pre and at planting. Dual Gold and Decis Forte at planting. Cover (0) ne to 100 full cover (at planting) 10-, 5 Weeds 0 high impact on crops pests 0 badto 100 pests dama ge yield loss 65 Stalk visible 65 grow th (germi nation colour height health ) Overall score (10) Harvest figures Beans (1-2.5 t /ha) Cowpea (1-1.2 t /ha) Maize (4-10 t/ha) Beans: 968kg- 1.9t/ha beans; SCG member but t participating presently due to lack of finances. Unemployed, 1 grant, grows vegetables. Maize cobs on trial plots better formed and larger than. Cover from maize and bean intercrop around from 6 weeks onwards. Weeding done t 3 weeks for some of the plots those grew better. Damage by donkeys. No cowpea harvest. Crop stand for hand planting better than Matracca planter. Germination rates; Maize 52, beans 36, cowpeas 14 Far left: Control; Germination a bit patchy. Growth ok, yellowing due to weed competition, harvest and stover stacked for sale to neighbours. Left: trial plot around Jan Reasonable growth. Beans and cowpeas germination t too good. Weed competition. Later pic (April 2014), shows hail damage. Beans: 4.76 kg/25 m² (hand), 2.42kg 25m² (Planter)

2 Nonkosivumile Sicwebu (69( S E 14 hh members (5 adults), 3 employed, 4 grants. Well developed and fenced homestead. SCG member (Siyabonga) 50x50m = 2500m No fertilizer. No pesticides. Yellow maize planted with animal drawn planter. 54rows x 145 plants/row. 400m²; 4(10mx10m) 7.2 kg MAP, 26.4 kg Lime, 9.6 kg LAN- top dressing. Hand hoe x 2 and Matracca planter x2 Layout: 50cmx50cm maize (basins and hand planters), 25cmx10cm beans. Roundup pre and at planting. Dual Gold and Decis Forte at planting High wee infestati on Crust:, Run-off-, Depth-25cm - trial plot Run off on plot was present Plots very weedy. Competition with crops. Heavy stalk infestation in trial. Cowpeas, stunted and died off. Germination rates; maize-54, beans 32, cowpeas 3.. Far Left: Control plot - Jan above and April 2014 below. Patchy growth, very little cover. Hail damage obvious later in the season. Left: plot Jan 2014 above. Crops yellowing and a bit stunted. Weed competition already high. Below A stalk infested plant also with hail damage. Beans, cowpe as; harvest too weedy

3 Mrs Nobukhosibakh e Duba (64) S E 10 hh members, 3 employed, poultry and livestock. SCG member (Siyabonga) 11x6.8 m = 74.8 m ².No fertilizer. Traditional maize planted. Spacing 90cmx50cm. 10 rows x 30 plants/row. 100m²; 4(5mx5m) 3.6 kg MAP, 7.2 kg Lime, 2.4 kg LAN- top dressing. Hand hoe x 2 and MBLI planter x2 Layout: 50cmx50cm maize (basins and hand planters), 25cmx10cm beans. Roundup pre and at planting. Dual Gold and Decis Forte at planting. 5-, 5 80 Not too weedy, v little cover later Late seaso n stalk dama ge Weeding on time, more for than trial growth reasonably good. Germination rates; mazie-605, beans- 35.Hail damage. Reduced yield in cowpeas and beans. Also grazing by free range poultry. COVER CROPS PLANT ED Far Left: Control plot9to right of pic) and trail plot (to left of pic) Can see better growth for trial, but also more Left: trial plot in April Left- Large cobs (Nelsons Choice) and Right- stalk damage Mrs Rosina Matubatuba (54) S E No 100m²; 4(5mx5m) 3.6 kg MAP, 7.2 kg Lime; Hand hoe x 2 and MBLI planter x2 Layout: 50cmx50cm maize (basins and hand planters), 25cmx10cm beans. Roundup pre and at planting. Dual Gold and Decis Forte at planting 10-, 55 A lot of, and crop cover t too good 75 Stalk

4 8 hh members, unemployed, 1 grant, 34 poultry. SCG (Lumkanti) SOIL SAMPLE: N(200kg/ha), P (70kg/ha), K (140kg) No lime. Ph 5.2, acid sat (2 ) Clay 9, Org C 0.7 Crop cover in trial differed for hand planted (40) and planter (60) plots. ~6 weeks after planting in Jan Weeding done earlier for some plotsso growth there better. Beans died because of water logging/ruff. Germination rates; maize- 48, beans 29 and cowpeas 20 Left: plot Patchy germination, al ot of weed competition, yellowing of plants 6-7 weeks after planting (Jan 2014) Mrs MaNdlela Makhaba (64) S E 5hh members, unemployed, garden, 3 pigs. SCG member No 100m²; 4(5mx5m) 3.6 kg MAP, 7.2 kg Lime. Hand hoe only. Spacing haphazard. She planted the blocks at different times. Roundup pre and at planting. Dual Gold and Decis Forte at planting. Maize 29 seeds/row x 20 rows; Beans and cowpeas 42 seeds/row x 20 rows 10-, 55 A lot of, and crop cover t too good Germination rates: Maize- 68, beans 30. Heavy rains caused some losses. Far left: Maize germination in a bit patchy and quite weedy (Feb 2014). Left: plot good growth, especially with cowpea intercrop and cover by crop, reducing. Few pests Mrs Mpilo Sicwebu Spraying volunteer S E. 100m²; 4(5mx5m) 3.6 kg MAP, 7.2 kg Lime. Hand hoe only. NO information available; He was forced to leave his homestead and abandon the plot.

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