Field Management Practices

Mulching is used to increase soil temperature.

Staking and trellising are used to facilitate management operations like pest control.

Pruning is done on immature plants to stimulate early branching.

Fruit thinning involves removing all the fruits from a plant.

Sequential cropping involves planting multiple crops simultaneously in the same field.

Sequential cropping helps to reduce soil fertility.

Yardlong beans are examples of plants that have the natural ability to climb.

Staking is only required for plants with special structures like tendrils.

Mulching prevents soil contact with plant foliage to prevent weeds.

Cropping systems include sequential cropping and staking.