I am currently making ridges, your advice would greatly be of help to me cus my plan before now was to plant them for consumption. thanks

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Please be specific : is sweet potatoes or Irish potatoes?

Jashub:
Please be specific : is sweet potatoes or Irish potatoes?

sweet potato, white skin to be precise

ekerensima:


sweet potato, white skin to be precise

Sweet potatoes is not as lucrative as Irish potatoes because of preference in taste. But let me ask you a question : do you want to go into it for commercial purposes?

yes. got about 1plot for it 120×60ft

Sweet potato is highly profitable for commercial farming. Go ahead to plant it, you will see buyers for it. Hausa always convey sweet potatoes in their trucks to Mile 12 everyday.

Sammielee007:
Sweet potato is highly profitable for commercial farming. Go ahead to plant it, you will see buyers for it. Hausa always convey sweet potatoes in their trucks to Mile 12 everyday.

It's more profitable than Irish potatoes? Bros, I hope you're not one of those Internet farmers that peddle lies all in name of wanting to show relevance

I am not one of them and I can never be one. This is my contact 08164516732 I farm for sweet potatoes last week Wednesday and it has started germinating. Sweet potatoes is good there is a market for it.

if it were possible I would test the two (Irish and sweet) since it's a small project. thanks for inputs. much appreciated

Sammielee007:
I am not one of them and I can never be one. This is my contact 08164516732 I farm for sweet potatoes last week Wednesday and it has started germinating. Sweet potatoes is good there is a market for it.

I did a test run last year by sprouting the tubers and transplanting the sprouts. I got really good results. how do you grow yours. with the stem/vine or with the tubers

Jashub:
It's more profitable than Irish potatoes? Bros, I hope you're not one of those Internet farmers that peddle lies all in name of wanting to show relevance

Irish potatoes should be more expensive since it's not as popular as the sweet one.

Jashub:
Please be specific : is sweet potatoes or Irish potatoes?

it seems you have vast amount of experience on this topic. I'm officially starting my farming career this year.

ekerensima:

it seems you have vast amount of experience on this topic. I'm officially starting my farming career this year.

Glad to hear that. I'm a farmer but I don't farm potatoes on a commercial level. I deal mainly with yams,
groundnut and sesame seed.

Jashub:
Glad to hear that. I'm a farmer but I don't farm potatoes on a commercial level. I deal mainly with yams,
groundnut and sesame seed.

you've created a path for yourself, my eyes are set on early harvest 3-6months crops I'll graduate to bigger projects ad i gain experience. I'll mention you on my new thread on My watermelon farmer.

ekerensima:

you've created a path for yourself, my eyes are set on early harvest 3-6months crops I'll graduate to bigger projects ad i gain experience. I'll mention you on my new thread on My watermelon farmer.

I'll be looking forward to it.

I plant mine with the vine not with the tubers. I plant mine in two ways. Firstly, after cutting the vine into places I deep both end into the soil.

Secondly, after cutting the vine into two places I deep all vine into the soil by allowing the soil to cover the vine so that all the vines can germinate and then it will have a lot of tubers while fruiting.

Chat me on Whatsapp 08164516732.

Sammielee007:
I plant mine with the vine not with the tubers. I plant mine in two ways. Firstly, after cutting the vine into places I deep both end into the soil.

Secondly, after cutting the vine into two places I deep all vine into the soil by allowing the soil to cover the vine so that all the vines can germinate and then it will have a lot of tubers while fruiting.

Chat me on Whatsapp 08164516732.

Hello, can I message you also?

I'd also want to farm sweet potatoes, but for personal consumption as I have a small farm land and sweet potatoes is one foodstuff I always buy in the market.

I'll be glad if you explain to me better how to go about planting it -- how to get the vine or seedlings.


@ekerensima, I'd love your input also.


Gracias.

sweet potatoes sells here (delta) like mad d red and white

Priam:


Hello, can I message you also?

I'd also want to farm sweet potatoes, but for personal consumption as I have a small farm land and sweet potatoes is one foodstuff I always buy in the market.

I'll be glad if you explain to me better how to go about planting it -- how to get the vine or seedlings.


@ekerensima, I'd love your input also.


Gracias.

you can either use the vines or the potatoes themselves. whichever is nearest to you. for the vines, make long ridges, cut the vine to bits (Wooden ruler length, abt 20cm) and lay it on top the ridge.
for the potato tuber, cut the tuber into bits (you could cut it as small as possible, cus I've seen finger sized tubers from my last planting germinate this season, so cut em up and let em heal.)
dont plant them on the ridge yet. or plant them on the ridge with enough spacing say 1 foot. give the 3weeks max. most of them will germinate with 3 or four heads. let them grow and then pinch each sprouts(snips) with the roots and transplant to other prepared ridges giving 1foot spacing. I kept mine for 4months and harvested last year November but if you'd like to keep it longer time the harvest for dry season. I fear the rain will make it rot!!! I may be wrong.
*** sorry for the typos, typing in speed mode**
NB
I disbelieved the feasibility of the tuber method I found on wiki how and put off my projet for a year!?!
Note!! you get your harvest on the exact spot you transplanted the snips saving you the stress of searching for ur sweet sweet potatoes.

ekerensima:


you can either use the vines or the potatoes themselves. whichever is nearest to you. for the vines, make long ridges, cut the vine to bits (Wooden ruler length, abt 20cm) and lay it on top the ridge.
for the potato tuber, cut the tuber into bits (you could cut it as small as possible, cus I've seen finger sized tubers from my last planting germinate this season, so cut em up and let em heal.)
dont plant them on the ridge yet. or plant them on the ridge with enough spacing say 1 foot. give the 3weeks max. most of them will germinate with 3 or four heads. let them grow and then pinch each sprouts(snips) with the roots and transplant to other prepared ridges giving 1foot spacing. I kept mine for 4months and harvested last year November but if you'd like to keep it longer time the harvest for dry season. I fear the rain will make it rot!!! I may be wrong.
*** sorry for the typos, typing in speed mode**
NB
I disbelieved the feasibility of the tuber method I found on wiki how and put off my projet for a year!?!
Note!! you get your harvest on the exact spot you transplanted the snips saving you the stress of searching for ur sweet sweet potatoes.

I so much appreciate this.

I'll try the potatoes tuber method as they're easily accessible to me now.

jeph19:
sweet potatoes sells here (delta) like mad d red and white

How much is it per 50kg?

jeph19:
sweet potatoes sells here (delta) like mad d red and white

which market? Where in Delta are u

Jashub:
I'll be looking forward to it.

Needs some info regarding the topic.

GTOkowa:
which market? Where in Delta are u

Warri

jeph19:
sweet potatoes sells here (delta) like mad d red and white

which market

jeph19:


Warri

how much is per 50kg and do u know any market where we in Agbor can sell u know warri is a bit far