Hi, we are working at trialing the Maresha planter in South Sudan. When we watched it being used in Tanzania, there was not any existing vegetation.
But this year there was some early rains in South Sudan. The grass in knee high. Does anyone have sugestions on how to plant CA into knee-high grass without chemicals. Thanks,
Grass is a challenge. If you have non-itching mucuna seads or another vigorous bean variety, you can slash down the grass and plant right into it. Mucuna (or any other vigorously growing bean) will overgrow and kill anything on the field, put in lots of nitrogen and will also provide you with food (although mucuna is bothersome to prepare, you need to soak it, and boil it twice while replacing the water to reduce the cyanoids in it).
It also depends on the rains. Mucuna need enough water to grow well. In our area it doesn’t work in drier years. But if you have let’s say over 700mm of rain, it works well.
By next year, you’ll have a much nicer prepared field for other crops.