u c
lh and amuud gamma and Ila-5,5011 herbaceous plants
sueh as mmmum turnkey, wrisolds, muaeeo planks,
ml the laps 0! meme mu plains and ulher Anzac: um
ml‘y supplrs‘ grass, Mu plpvlde a muslim solute a!
“slash” mnkh Eveu more valuable are such 50h
legumu as Sesbrzma, veleh, Halla clam, epwpea, lablab
bean, my: beau, Desmodmm. Summ, and 0va.
These can he slashed p. (m Wekdry lmplesl
mlelplamed wl|h grams lu plve a Iullvgmous ground
men aiding m lhe supplefislon 0| gasses ublab dlts
duwh ,usl helm gnins npeu m lhe wlmer dry season.

Thin, a eumhmalloh alguwmg ahd gallwnng mulch
enables u; to male a mh hum“! [or gilduls uvel clays
o! sands, in loose volanlc tinder, cm a aluva ahd m
low mnl 2m” aauds. beh ol lheae slhlnllons em
suew-shdly pmduce muleh

Sam: duheull mukh such is hlblsms. “mama. and
weeds wluch lend |a msplvlfl [mm eulllhgs or aeed u
mulched «aevexal grams and hedge epeelesl eau be
muled lo gardens vla poullry or eaule pens lwhele
aeeds ale moved and luliage ealelu. They all alao be
shredded «a. ahamule disesuon in blogai plallla,
baggtd ml lge plasu: bales exposed lu lhe sun (when
lhey ”cook‘ '0 a weed-flee suhge), or simply bundled
and mused lu r0| lh eoveled water pus lh iamsome
smh lHuutmg ls ldaa| col me pnmary prmfivssmg cl
plahl wanes (hal pmlflxst |o mlesl gardens ll uhe
llealed l'lgs ellmulale Oren lhe mil—9139:, xluwmes,
hubs, and aedsesuul lespmulhmuevmposl

All else lilllng. even I plaalle sheel muleh has ex-
eellem em; all mw mp, pmemmg lam splash md
nulnem leaehmg, and al lhe same lime mndensmg
gmndwflu al mghl || does nul, huwevel, add lu me
humus muem o! sedan-01mm: c-rlml capaeuy 019ml
strumm, md may even «lease uuwauled ehemleals lu
lhe sad.

Th: value 0! auelaee mukh m weed !uppm!6lon .s a
mapr [adnr m lawn-mg garden wark For lhls mason,
any mulch should be lhlckly applled 20-25 em ls—zn

 

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can? VIELDS UNDER SELECTED MlchHEs

MULCNES Mam cwpsa Savannah Cassava
ale. Imam 3,1 m a 8 ns'
Pumas-mm a 3 l 2 1.4 u 2
smw

Emma!“ ans 3.: o s 1.: ls.s
Mlllal slrlw 3.5 2.1 15 15.5
{Pullmml

ngumn waslas u m I .l V5.5
Sawdlm 3,7 as 1.: 20.5
Bangmund so as as 16.‘
wavy ms am umpmmed.

mm a. N, Oklpudaml a ul. Rssrdu‘ mule»: and
mum/turd

mehen deep when llml estabhshmg hnme guduls
Lamr muleh eah be deemed lrom yeeh habage and
hordes o! windbreaks

a N. Oklgbo and lz, Lal H: mm Mulehes and
Agv'mllmullurt (hllmutmnal Conkxente uh Ewingxal
Agneullule, Mammal, I973), m mapme aura-eyes In
rope wuh increismg laud pressures, round lhal
nmlllligr syslem: mamlamed m gamcd ylelds lul
mane m Nigeria, and meleased yields imm mulehed
mp lorwwpu, ma bean and easuva.

l have aeleeled ou| some anI mulches horn (M
mole exlemlve onglnal nbk given, Mulch lnals ale
(empaxed with bare gmund {on lhe Ian hue ul mle
ml

Mame had a mnvked pusluve response lu legume
suaws or waterplam (mm mulch, wlule lhe Iegunws
themselvgs responded well |D gm; uud awdusl
muleh, and ussava \o bum legume and g husk
waski.

 

 

 

 
 
  
  
  
    

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