As they are shallow soils, maize falls down easily.
Ch’ich’lu’um
Chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) and sometimes sweet potato.
Tuzas (less frequent).
Puslu’um
Maize, beans, and pumpkins
Shallow soils, low water retention.
Ch’och’ol
None
Little surface for planting (too many rock fragments)
Tsek’el, Yan yan tunichi’, Mulu’ch buk’tun
Maize, beans, and pumpkins
Little surface for planting (many rock fragments). Presence of weeds.
Chaltun
Maize, beans, and pumpkins
Little surface for planting (too much rock). Very shallow soils.
Farmers do not have any preference to where to grow Sisal (Agave fourcroydes); they all agreed that the more rock fragments and outcrops in the soil the better the growth of Sisal.