maimsy:
Quite intresting piece. Jasper7 I am really interested. I do moringa, would want to try out cucumber as well. Pls let's have ur contact.
My email: maims2008@yahoo.co.uk.

jjman2322:


When do you want to start the clustered farming operation?

jasper7:
Back to class. We are at number 4 factor. NUMBER 4 is IRRIGATION. Over 80% of cucumber composition is water. Yes! Water... the need for constant water cannot be underestimated. And for this, irrigation is key.

Personally, wherever I am developing land, once the land is secure from pests the next thing I do is secure a constant source of water. Could be a nearby stream or I sink bore-hole in the land.

Please if you don't have constant source of water, cucumber farming is not for you.

If the plants are not well watered, the primary effect is that the products will be bitter. Have you eaten bitter cucumber before? Let's just say it's a combination of quinine and bitter leaf. Nobody will buy it from you, and bye bye to 1million Net profit.
Secondly, the plants won't last long before they wither. Which would not allow you to harvest as many times as you need to. So... bye bye 1million profit.

sCun:

I was enjoying the thread until I got to this part, it just spoilt my mood. What are we going to do about these Fulani cattle rearers for God's sake?
Does it mean that we will start having regular clashes with them like the middle belt when we (South east) go back fully into agriculture?
What is the solution?

PAGAN9JA:


You are mad. I should do the same of i see u trespassing on my property.

Filthy bas.tard.

Savage uncivilized mentality.

obanqua:
Wow!
Keep it up bro.

Please I am interested, where do I start from?
details to obanqua@hotmail.com


Thanks

jasper7:
NUMBER 2: LABOUR. From personal experience. My first farm was a small one (about one plot). So, I handled it myself, only hired labour when making the beds. I made 100K in 2 months. I was shocked! That spurred me to look for more land. But when I increased to 4plots, I hired workers (2 workers). I was expecting to make at least 400k or 350. But to my greatest surprise, I made 250k. And had to pay their salaries of 80k. (20k each for 2 months). I was distraught, I began to check for what went wrong and discovered 2 things about Labour in Nigeria.

1. An average Nigerian youth wants to be richer than Dangote but is not ready to work. Very lazy to the bones.

2. If it's not their fathers business, they are ready to collapse and destroy whatever you are building.

TAEpiphany:
LMAO .... You are too funny. Please continue with your narrative. It's good to see a farmer with humor. The bit about monkeys harvesting....lol didn't even know we still had monkeys in Nigeria. Last we heard they all left Idanre hills

100Cents:


Preach on preacher !

maimsy:
Quite intresting piece. Jasper7 I am really interested. I do moringa, would want to try out cucumber as well. Pls let's have ur contact.
My email: maims2008@yahoo.co.uk.

jasper7:

Follow up then, you'll find this thread interesting and educative

PAGAN9JA:


You are mad. I should do the same of i see u trespassing on my property.

Filthy bas.tard.

Savage uncivilized mentality.

jasper7:
Merry Christmas in advance to all my followers on this thread. Please do ensure you eat well this festve season. Unfortunately, I have gone through a terrible run of weeks (about a month). After the meeting with the farmers at ogbomosho I have been sick, really sick. Well, according to the doctors I suffered soft tissue infection. Which led to an operation. Am fine, thank you . This is the reason why the thread has been on slowmo for some weeks now. Well, there's no holiday for the farmers but the doc said I should take some time off from tedious work (a month or 2). So... I'll have all the time for you guys once am discharged fully from the hospital. Unfortunately I won't be joining much in the festive flexing due to restrictions on what and what I can eat and drink. Abeg make una kindly share my portion. . God Bless Y'all

cashweather:
Jasper, you are blessed, am proud of you, i want u to be my mentor. I really appreciate, the knowledge you have shared. You have inspired me. These site is best site in Nigeria. I really appreciate the owner Seun of setting up this site. Jasper i wana be like you next year. I base in Rivers state, i will love to plant cucumber next year. I love to add u on bbm or on watts up. Hope u dont mind?

Denn:


You deserve no response....

Ironic how you call people savages when you should have invested in a cheap mirror.

I intend shooting monkeys that trespass my farm... Why the ill feelings... I thought we were all humans posting on this thread.... Or....

PAGAN9JA:


Its so easy for you to talk of taking someones life is it? Of an innocent creature that cannot reason beyond the line of food?

Have you ever thought that you must be trespassing on the land of the apes? Do u know that due to the logging, land grabbing and deforestation, there is no food left in the bush? Which is why they spill out into human settlement. Nigeria willl soon lose her monkeys as well.

You are not human. You are a savage creature.