Miraa Among 47 Suitable Crops You Can Plant In Tongaren, Soysambu Ward, Bungoma County

The short rains are here. Coming after a prolonged dry season that had sent chills down the spines of millions of farmers around the country. When the rains come, in the mind of every farmer, is what to plant without running into losses.

Soko Directory will from today, be telling you what to plant, and when to plant in every single ward in Kenya, in all 47 counties in Kenya on a daily basis. We kick off in Bungoma County, Tongaren Constituency, Soysambu/Mitua Ward.

Bungoma is synonymous with Ugali. This means, most of the farmers in this county plant maize, mostly on a small scale for food. Tongaren, (where Yesu wa Tongaren) comes from, is also synonymous with maize. With the short rains, farmers are burying seeds in the soil.

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At least 47 crops are suitable in Tongaren, Soysambu Mitua/ward. Many have been made to believe that only three crops can do well here; maize, beans, and sweet potatoes but did you know that Miraa/Khat does so well in this constituency, and this ward?

Planting miraa anywhere within Bungoma County is something that is unheard of. It seems Bungoma County, more specifically this ward can give our brothers and sisters from Meru and Embu a run for their money.

Types of miraa that farmers in Tongare, Soysambu/Mitua Ward can plant:

1. Makata
2. Matangoma
3. Nyeusi
4. Shurba
5. Giza
6. Kangeta
7. Alele
8. Lombolio
9. Mbogua
10. Ngoba
11. Kathelwa
12. Gathanga

Here is the full list of 47 crops that are suitable for this place:

Cereals

1. Maize
2. Sorghum
3. Wheat
4. Beans

Flowers

1. Alstroemeria
2.  Carthamus
3. Easter lilies
4. Gladiolus
5. Gypsophila
6. Lavender
7. Leather leaf fern
8. Moby dick

Fruits

1. Avocado
2. Mangoes
3. Pawpaw
4. Pears

Horticulture

1. Bananas
2. Cabbages
3. French Beans
4. Mushroom
5. Passion Fruits
6. Pumpkin
7. Strawberry

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Indigenous vegetables

1. Jute Mallow
2. Nightshade
3. Slender leaf/mitoo
4. Terere

Industrial Crops

1. Coffee
2. Miraa
3. Tea

Legumes

1. Climbing beans
2. Runner/Lima beans
3. Runner/Lima/Butter beans

Medicinal and Aromatic

1. Basil
2. Garlic

Roots and Tubers

1. Potato
2. Sweet Potato

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But even as you plant, know how to read the signs. The Kenya Meteorological Department has indicated that the short rains might just be that; short rains. They are not here to stay for long. By the time of writing this story, the rain had not touched the ground for about 7 days in the place, signs of it ghosting farmers as it always does.