I had a very poor harvest from my cucumber farm. What can I do to improve on it?
Pls NLanders, I need ur candid advice

Before I can comment fully, I'll like to get some answers to some questions.

1. How is the pest activity on the farm?
2. What quantity of Manure was applied on the Land
3. What quantity of water do you apply on the farm and how regularly.

These 3 are the major causes of poor harvest during dry season.

jasper7:
Before I can comment fully, I'll like to get some answers to some questions.

1. How is the pest activity on the farm?
2. What quantity of Manure was applied on the Land
3. What quantity of water do you apply on the farm and how regularly.

These 3 are the major causes of poor harvest during dry season.

I'll take d questions as u numbered them
1. I tackled d pest with d needed pesticide
2. I used organic manure (liquid)
3. I applied water morning and night using my sprayer

Austin234:

I'll take d questions as u numbered them
1. I tackled d pest with d needed pesticide
2. I used organic manure (liquid)
3. I applied water morning and night using my sprayer

Which sprayer sir?
what is the mode of application for the organic manure?

Thanks for your outlined answer, and since I am unable to see your farm, I am just giving out possible causes of cucumber wahala.

op bear in mind that spraying insecticides during flowering will not allow bees to come for pollination.
Have you used Multi-k fertilizer from Haifa dizengoff

happybrother:
op bear in mind that spraying insecticides during flowering will not allow bees to come for pollination.
Have you used Multi-k fertilizer from Haifa dizengoff

pls sir,abt d fertilizer is granular or liquid, (2) hw is been sold sir.thanks

jasper7:

Which sprayer sir?
what is the mode of application for the organic manure?

Thanks for your outlined answer, and since I am unable to see your farm, I am just giving out possible causes of cucumber wahala.

Tanx much. Just d usual Can rubber sprayer. I use it manually to spray water, mixture of water and d organic manure, pesticides and d boost growth mixture.
Though i discovered that the land is sloppy thereby aiding d leeching of d soil nutrients including d chemicals applied

happybrother:
op bear in mind that spraying insecticides during flowering will not allow bees to come for pollination.
Have you used Multi-k fertilizer from Haifa dizengoff

Tank u for ur response. I only spray my pesticides in d night to accomodate d useful pest as i was thought.
Where can i get d Multi-k fertilizer and how effective is it?

jasper7, am stil waiting for ur response

Learning........

@Austin234. If you suspect leaching or erosion, that's a problem. if you want to make beds in a sloppy land, make the beds against the slope, to encourage retention of water.

Also look into what happybrother talked about, you don't apply insecticide during flowering stage during the day time. because that's when the bees pollinate.

sheyi86:
pls sir,abt d fertilizer is granular or liquid, (2) hw is been sold sir.thanks

its granular but you dissolve in water for foliate spray

I can help you through this check my signature to more about.

Austin234:


Tank u for ur response. I only spray my pesticides in d night to accomodate d useful pest as i was thought.
Where can i get d Multi-k fertilizer and how effective is it?

Have you considered using neem oil as pesticides. It doesn't drive away bees during flowering. If you are in Ibadan I will give you some to try.

organicfoods:
Have you considered using neem oil as pesticides. It doesn't drive away bees during flowering. If you are in Ibadan I will give you some to try.

Am not in ibadan

Austin234:


Am not in ibadan

The neem oil is very good, do you have access to the tree?

Please l need cucumber seed asap, anyone with an idea where l can get? I am in lbadan