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About Polkadraai Farm - Polkadraai Farm +27 (0)21 881 3303 Mon-Sun: 9:00 - 16:00 Follow Polkadraai Farm MENU Home About Us Our ProductsSupplies& Wine Shop Our Strawberries Wholesale Enquiries Activities Strawberry Picking Tractor Rides Pony Rides Mini Golf Face Painting Arts & Crafts Birthday Parties PlaygroundSuppliesCourt Functions Birthday Parties Groups & Tours Directions Contact Us About Polkadraai Farm Polkadraai FarmAbout Polkadraai Farm Ensuring Sustainability at Polkadraai Farm We are single-minded to conserving our local environment, in protected well tended sites that our strawberries can thrive and develop their famous flavours. Managing our Water & Fertilisers Polkadraai Farm and its management are undeniably enlightened that our region is water scarce and as such needs to be vigilant when consuming water. For this reason, we employ the pursuit strategies to use as little of our precious resources as possible. We plan our crops water requirement on a weekly understructure using current weather data to forecast exactly how much water the plants need. Precise amounts of water are given through lard irrigation (which is increasingly efficient than overhead irrigation) and we use a plastic mulch to imbricate our strawberry beds. This prevents evaporation and saves a lot of water. Through the use of tunnels, we are worldly-wise to waterworks every waif of rain water into our storage dams for use at a later stage when the yield requires increasingly water. 1mm of rain allows us to store 28000 litres of water in our dam. This has unliable us to save millions of litres of water by not withdrawing it from the local eco-system. Every year, we add organic material when into the soil to replace what the previous season took out. We have our soils tested every 2-3 months by accredited laboratories to ensure that the correct nutrient wastefulness exists and, if not, transpiration our fertiliser recipes so that the plants received the correct nutrients to produce the weightier strawberries. We employ expert consultants from all over the world to help us make these technical decisions. Reducing Agricultural Chemicals Polkadraai Farm continues to pursue a strategy of reducing our dependence on agricultural chemicals. We are in the process of implementing a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan. Firstly we employ scouts who identify which pests are present and the level of infestation. We then act equal to this level and not equal to a stock-still schedule. We introduce natural insect predators to tenancy pest populations such as thrips, aphids and red spider (two spotted) mites. We moreover routinely review our use of conventional pesticides in an struggle to replace them with newer, constructive and target specific alternatives where possible. We prefer to optimise plant health and employ disciplined field hygiene methods as a way to naturally gainsay the plant pathogens which typically thrive in weaker fields. Vegetation Polkadraai Farm is currently trialling grass inter-row furrows to tenancy weed populations and protect yellowish soil from erosion. Grass kept at a height of 10cm improves soil structure, provides the platonic microclimate for plants and creates a healthy environment for natural insect predators to survive. We add valuable organic mulches to the fields to enrich soil life and structure as well as make use of natural windbreaks, namely trees to protect the crops from wind damage. Growing Strawberries Safely Polkadraai Farm is single-minded to employing the weightier supplies safety warranty system available. GlobalGAP is an yearly inspect by an accredited and self-sustaining third party, which safeguards our employees and consumers alike. The GlobalGAP protocol provides a reference system for the implementation of good agricultural practices and forms the framework within which new activities are introduced. Its protocols imbricate issues such as product traceability, environmental safeguarding, correct use and recording of chemicals and fertilisers, product quality specifications, supplies hygiene and employee health and safety. Social Investment Polkadraai Farm supports various polity organisations and projects primarily in the areas in which we operate. APearlyPrice At Polkadraai Farm, we aim to grow and unhook the weightier quality strawberries on the market at any given time. This quality is achieved through the use of multiple growing sites, shielding sustentation to variety trialling and timely wearing whet cultivation techniques. It is through the return of a pearly price that we are worldly-wise to protract to not only produce a unscratched product, but moreover a production system that has a net positive effect on the local communities in which we operate. Follow Polkadraai Farm Search Polkadraai Farm Search for: Copyright © 2016 - Polkadraai Farm GPS: 33° 57’ 45” S 18° 44’ 35” E Design & Web Hosting by Smartweb | Website Disclaimer