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Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Tohsynetita1: 2:04pm On May 26, 2023
staga:


There is a technique I have been using. I do not use any herbicides.

I use a tractor to plough. After ploughing, I plant. Once the maize is 3-weeks post sprouting, I mix urea and mycorrhiza into my seed planter, and roll the planter beside the plants.

Mycorrhiza makes the maize develop a much more efficient root system for max utilization. It is a naturally occurring fungus, but is destroyed by herbicides.

The difference between my crop and those of other farmers is always amazing.
how do I get it please and can it be used on all crops?
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 11:00pm On May 26, 2023
During scouting, I noticed fall army worm infestation,so application of pesticide( cypermetrin) commenced.

Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 11:03pm On May 26, 2023
June 11th will make it 6 weeks...so first urea application will commence....

Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 11:05pm On May 26, 2023
This is the tiller at 26th day.... Farmers in the house, hope say e good?

Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 11:11pm On May 26, 2023
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Re: My Maize Farm Journey by betabread: 7:55pm On May 27, 2023
staga:


There is a technique I have been using. I do not use any herbicides.

I use a tractor to plough. After ploughing, I plant. Once the maize is 3-weeks post sprouting, I mix urea and mycorrhiza into my seed planter, and roll the planter beside the plants.

Mycorrhiza makes the maize develop a much more efficient root system for max utilization. It is a naturally occurring fungus, but is destroyed by herbicides.

The difference between my crop and those of other farmers is always amazing.

Whats ur experience using Lagon for maize,
Im switching from atrazine as i want to use same piece of land for tomato in October...

If u have used lagon, is it compatible with paraquat
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 9:40pm On May 27, 2023
betabread:


Whats ur experience using Lagon for maize,
Im switching from atrazine as i want to use same piece of land for tomato in October...

If u have used lagon, is it compatible with paraquat
u don't need atrazine for Lagon, lagon is effective if the land is wet....
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by betabread: 9:44pm On May 27, 2023
Omo9ja147:
u don't need atrazine for Lagon, lagon is effective if the land is wet....

My ploughing is shady and there are patches of weeds not properly buried....... can i mix lagon with paraquat, dont want the give d improperly buried weeds a head start
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 10:22pm On May 27, 2023
betabread:


My ploughing is shady and there are patches of weeds not properly buried....... can i mix lagon with paraquat, dont want the give d improperly buried weeds a head start
u don't need to mix lagon with anything.... It will work very fine.... 8 weeks weed free if applied very well
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by betabread: 10:24pm On May 27, 2023
Omo9ja147:
u don't need to mix lagon with anything.... It will work very fine.... 8 weeks weed free if applied very well

Thanks

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Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 9:16am On May 30, 2023
Manual weeding commenced prior to urea application... Weed is an enemy in Agriculture... Here I the statistics, if u fail to control weed in the first three weeks of the crop cycle, 50 percent of the yield is gone....
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Wodu89: 9:45am On May 30, 2023
Omo9ja147:
Manual weeding commenced prior to urea application... Weed is an enemy in Agriculture... Here I the statistics, if u fail to control weed in the first three weeks of the crop cycle, 50 percent of the yield is gone....


Regardless of fertilizer application?
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 12:57pm On May 30, 2023
Wodu89:



Regardless of fertilizer application?
I've done application of NPK at two weeks...
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 7:00pm On Jun 03, 2023
Manual Weeding still continue... Pesticide application was done against army worm infestation.

Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 7:02pm On Jun 03, 2023
I wanted to do split urea fertilizer application...but as money no dey, I will just go for once.. that's at 8 weeks.

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Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 7:04pm On Jun 03, 2023
This is the girth size at 33 days.

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Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 7:05pm On Jun 03, 2023
Army worm almost give me high bp... Thank God for Cypermetrin. cool

Re: My Maize Farm Journey by betabread: 5:42am On Jun 04, 2023
Omo9ja147:
Manual Weeding still continue... Pesticide application was done against army worm infestation.

Ur maize field is sparsely populated
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Omo9ja147(m): 6:06am On Jun 04, 2023
betabread:


Ur maize field is sparsely populated
it is not... I did replanting..so those ones are young that's y.... I had issues with guinea fowl, they almost picked everything.
Re: My Maize Farm Journey by Beava: 11:30am On Nov 24, 2023
d end of d journey is never disclosed why?

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