Multi-Story Bags:
This method of planting is particularly good for people who have little space available.
• Place a sack on the ground. Place a 2 kg tin (with the top and bottom removed so that you can see through it) in the middle of the sack.
• Fill the tin with small stones. Fill around the tin with a mixture of topsoil and manure. Make sure the soil surrounding the tin is the same level as the rocks.
• Pick the tin up and fill with small stones again. Fill around the tin with the mixture of topsoil and manure. Keep doing this until the bag is full. (When you are done the bag will be full. There will be a column of rocks in the center and topsoil/manure mixture all around the sides.) When you have filled the last bit, leave the tin around the rocks at the top.
• Punch holes around the bag, with about 6 inches between holes. The holes must be large enough to plant sukuma seedlings.
• Water the bag by pouring water through the rocks in the center—the rocks will disperse the water to the sides of the bag. To make sure all the plants get water, check the holes. Water accordingly.
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