@Ejulafarms...thanks for the info. With irritation do you think the total project will cost up to #250k.? Labour, seeds etc

juuvi:
@Ejulafarms...thanks for the info. With irritation do you think the total project will cost up to #250k.? Labour, seeds etc

Assuming you and a family member(unpaid) will do all the labour and seed go for about #20 per one. Then an Acre not Hectare is feasible.

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@ejula farm. Pls Wat can I use to control bush rat on my ugu farm. they are really destroying the ugu plant and preventing it from bringing out seed

esty27:
@ejula farm. Pls Wat can I use to control bush rat on my ugu farm. they are really destroying the ugu plant and preventing it from bringing out seed

If it will not eat too much into your capital, barricade the farm space with barb wire and wood (from farm). Is a do it yourself job. 150 yards should cover a plot comfortable. u can also achieve same feat with 75 yards by diving the barb wire height into two, it can still guard against rat intrusion. A roll is 50 yards so 1.5 rolls can do the job effectively.


Ejula Farm

@syrez , Thanks

Update...

Challenges

Some of the major challenge with vegetable farming is effective irrigation and labour. This challenge has made me cut down my project size from 10 plots to about 3 plots for the time being.

Effective irrigation: A pumping machine + hose is manageable for 1 plot but not suitable at all for 3 plots and above. I am not saying it is not achievable but it will be unnecessary stressful. So please take note.

So from inquiries, use rain gun or drip. Yes it entails huge cost but with proper management the ROI is worthwhile.

Labour: Trying to maintain 3 plots of Ugu by yourself is very tasking. Considering especially my archaic form of irrigation. If it is a crop like plantain, then it is very possible to effectively manage even an acre but vegetables are so tender that they need daily attention. From watering to applying fertilizer to weeding.


So far... The effort is worthwhile. I have learnt a lot and with further better management, the venture would be rewarding.


Ejula Farm...

Ejulafarm:
Update...

Challenges

Some of the major challenge with vegetable farming is effective irrigation and labour. This challenge has made me cut down my project size from 10 plots to about 3 plots for the time being.

Effective irrigation: A pumping machine + hose is manageable for 1 plot but not suitable at all for 3 plots and above. I am not saying it is not achievable but it will be unnecessary stressful. So please take note.

So from inquiries, use rain gun or drip. Yes it entails huge cost but with proper management the ROI is worthwhile.

Labour: Trying to maintain 3 plots of Ugu by yourself is very tasking. Considering especially my archaic form of irrigation. If it is a crop like plantain, then it is very possible to effectively manage even an acre but vegetables are so tender that they need daily attention. From watering to applying fertilizer to weeding.


So far... The effort is worthwhile. I have learnt a lot and with further better management, the venture would be rewarding.


Ejula Farm...

though u learnt the hard way but it was a lesson worth learning

Emempaul:


though u learnt the hard way but it was a lesson worth learning

Thanks emempaul. I really learnt from our conversation and I really look forward to knowing more.

Brother I totally agree with your experience.....in my own case...i did quite a number of comparison and decided to adopt manual all through on half an hectare...its been pretty challenging but the truth behind it is that I wanted to be sure of the profit margin at the end...
I can only wish that our unemployed youths and the government are truly serious with the agric sector

Ejulafarm:
Update...

Challenges

Some of the major challenge with vegetable farming is effective irrigation and labour. This challenge has made me cut down my project size from 10 plots to about 3 plots for the time being.

Effective irrigation: A pumping machine + hose is manageable for 1 plot but not suitable at all for 3 plots and above. I am not saying it is not achievable but it will be unnecessary stressful. So please take note.

So from inquiries, use rain gun or drip. Yes it entails huge cost but with proper management the ROI is worthwhile.

Labour: Trying to maintain 3 plots of Ugu by yourself is very tasking. Considering especially my archaic form of irrigation. If it is a crop like plantain, then it is very possible to effectively manage even an acre but vegetables are so tender that they need daily attention. From watering to applying fertilizer to weeding.


So far... The effort is worthwhile. I have learnt a lot and with further better management, the venture would be rewarding.


Ejula Farm...

Ejulafarm:


Thanks emempaul. I really learnt from our conversation and I really look forward to knowing more.

u are welcome anytime

youngzoologist:
Brother I totally agree with your experience.....in my own case...i did quite a number of comparison and decided to adopt manual all through on half an hectare...its been pretty challenging but the truth behind it is that I wanted to be sure of the profit margin at the end...
I can only wish that our unemployed youths and the government are truly serious with the agric sector

Nice picture to support your premise. You are so right about the government and youths not paying so much attention to the agric sector. Vegetable farming is all about garbage in and garbage out i.e. your input determine your output.

Take for example, I couldn't effectively water my veggies and as a result of this shortcoming I had to shift my proposed harvest day by 1 week which is this coming week.

I also couldn't apply fertilizer after the first cut because I was not too sure of an effective way to irrigate.

We will get there if we persevere. I know so.


Ejula Farm.

so wat the situation report so far with the progress of the farm

Emempaul:
so wat the situation report so far with the progress of the farm

Things are balancing out especially sticking with just 3 plots for now.

Ejulafarm:


Nice picture to support your premise. You are so right about the government and youths not paying so much attention to the agric sector. Vegetable farming is all about garbage in and garbage out i.e. your input determine your output.

Take for example, I couldn't effectively water my veggies and as a result of this shortcoming I had to shift my proposed harvest day by 1 week which is this coming week.

I also couldn't apply fertilizer after the first cut because I was not too sure of an effective way to irrigate.

We will get there if we persevere. I know so.


Ejula Farm.

Pls what kinda fertiliser is suitable for ugu farming

udejiga17:


Pls what kinda fertiliser is suitable for ugu farming

plz bro. is it pumping machine that you are using to wetting your ugu?

Dadanoah:
plz bro. is it pumping machine that you are using to wetting your ugu?

Yes bro

udejiga17:


Pls what kinda fertiliser is suitable for ugu farming

Ideally, you should test the soil for the nutrients that are deficient. The general one is NPK 15-15-15 which you can use as a standalone or mix with Urea (N).


Ejula Farm

@Ejula...happy new month to you and all visitors on your thread...please, I did my first cut of ugu two days ago...I was told a pampa goes for two thousand naira but shockingly...the guy that helped in the cutting used one and a half cement bag as one pampa....how true is this....what's your measurement and prize in your area

youngzoologist:
@Ejula...happy new month to you and all visitors on your thread...please, I did my first cut of ugu two days ago...I was told a pampa goes for two thousand naira but shockingly...the guy that helped in the cutting used one and a half cement bag as one pampa....how true is this....what's your measurement and prize in your area

Honestly, this is first time I am hearing the word "pampa". I sell by hand measurement. Ugu leaves that will totally fill your hand when wrapped around goes for about #300. By measurement, it varies from 1kg to 1.5kg. I use about 1.5 kg to attract customers.

Do please explain the "pampa" usage?

Note: I was away for a while.

Ejulafarm:
Update...

Challenges

Some of the major challenge with vegetable farming is effective irrigation and labour. This challenge has made me cut down my project size from 10 plots to about 3 plots for the time being.

Effective irrigation: A pumping machine + hose is manageable for 1 plot but not suitable at all for 3 plots and above. I am not saying it is not achievable but it will be unnecessary stressful. So please take note.

So from inquiries, use rain gun or drip. Yes it entails huge cost but with proper management the ROI is worthwhile.

Labour: Trying to maintain 3 plots of Ugu by yourself is very tasking. Considering especially my archaic form of irrigation. If it is a crop like plantain, then it is very possible to effectively manage even an acre but vegetables are so tender that they need daily attention. From watering to applying fertilizer to weeding.


So far... The effort is worthwhile. I have learnt a lot and with further better management, the venture would be rewarding.


Ejula Farm...

kudos. I learnt the hard way also. From irrigating acre of tomatoes using traditional basin flooding(mentally and physically draining, coupled with water rationing challenges) , i am repositioning to smartfarm 3plots using vertical sacks, driplines, and green house, all using high density planting population. Its a learning curve. I hope to major in ugu someday, but fencing is a priority before that. I have learnt a lot from this great thread and hope to start updating with contributions soon. You and other contributors are really inspiring

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dgitrader:
kudos. I learnt the hard way also. From irrigating acre of tomatoes using traditional basin flooding(mentally and physically draining, coupled with water rationing challenges) , i am repositioning to smartfarm 3plots using vertical sacks, driplines, and green house, all using high density planting population. Its a learning curve. I hope to major in ugu someday, but fencing is a priority before that. I have learnt a lot from this great thread and hope to start updating with contributions soon. You and other contributors are really inspiring

I am glad your learnt from this thread. Yes, Irrigation is key to a bountiful harvest. We are waiting your contribution.

Regards

Ejulafarm:


I am glad your learnt from this thread. Yes, Irrigation is key to a bountiful harvest. We are waiting your contribution.

Regards

Hello Ejula Farm, you doing a very nice work. Thumbs up. Rightly said irrigation is very critical that is why when i set out to start my own garden i researched and stumbled upon clay pot irrigation and guess what? it works very very well in saving labor and saving most crucially water. I hope you can adopt it and share your feed back with us. Also lastly in my opinion to effectively manage and maximize land space, a higher planting density should be adopted and a trellis should be erected for vertical plant growth you can read my write up. I hope one day we can partner and start a big ugu farmers cooperative as i think this is the only way we can achieve economies of scale and push volumes. You can read my write up on the different types of irrigation i messed around with .
https://www.nairaland.com/3601759/analysis-ugu-garden-using-clay#53269899

Buried clay pot you can see moisture around the pots

Experimenting with vertical plant growth

If you look at the left hand corner of the picture, ull observe that the base of the plant is done dry, but the leaf look very good , the root of the plant is ground the clay pot so the plant getting water as it need. I usually refill pots every 3 days. I really wanted to try this technique in the dry season and it has done remarkably well.

Another picture of a buried clay pot, irrigating two plant at the same time, no pumps, no filters very simple just nature working its magic

DBPOWER:


Hello Ejula Farm, you doing a very nice work. Thumbs up. Rightly said irrigation is very critical that is why when i set out to start my own garden i researched and stumbled upon clay pot irrigation and guess what? it works very very well in saving labor and saving most crucially water. I hope you can adopt it and share your feed back with us. Also lastly in my opinion to effectively manage and maximize land space, a higher planting density should be adopted and a trellis should be erected for vertical plant growth you can read my write up. I hope one day we can partner and start a big ugu farmers cooperative as i think this is the only way we can achieve economies of scale and push volumes. You can read my write up on the different types of irrigation i messed around with .
https://www.nairaland.com/3601759/analysis-ugu-garden-using-clay#53269899

I went through your writeup and the re-invented innovation (since it's a new application in our domain here in Nigeria), I must say that was a wonderful piece of writeup. Some months back when going through an online course with university of western Australian, I was able to see the magnitude of water conservation especially its application to farming. No doubt, Ugu is a goldmine waiting to be tapped from. I am compiling a lot to help qualify the claim that Ugu farming is big Industry on its own.

I am yet to share this since I am still very much in the process.

I will send you a mail so we will take it from there.

Ejula Farm..

IMPORTANT UPDATE

During the course of this thread, I have received quite a good number of recommendations. And the top of this recommendation is

- Setting up a corporate body for Ugu farmers
- Help to set up Ugu farms.

The aim of this thread is to help young men and women interested in Ugu farming. And I am taking this bold step with the support of great Ugu farmers like olaide68, youngzoologist and DBPOWER to launch an experimental online association strictly for Ugu farmers. I am proposing an easy recognizable name for the Co-Op. So I am recommending UGU FARMERS ASSOCIATION of Nigeria. (UFA). The Nigeria usage is not highlighted because we believe the association will transcend the shore of Nigeria.

This experimental phase aims to achieve the following

- To help get the real interested ugu farmers involved.
- To setup our objectives

If the above objective is setup, we will take the big leap of faith to make the association functional in all capacity.

The following objective are limited, but as the association get more brains involved we will expand and re-edit the present ones.

- To help support young vibrant youths interested in ugu farming. This support will rage from technical to financial
- To form a synergy that will speed up the process of Ugu export to the EU and US
- To help with all certifications like NAQS and NEPC, for our members
- To make the voice of Ugu farmers loud and clear as the nation tilt to agribusiness as a main source of revenue
- To create a platform where ugu sellers (no matter their level of literacy) get involve in this mammoth project
- To create a database of all Ugu stakeholders
- To involve repute investors and expose them to our members in need of them..

The aim is to empower youth.

I urge serious people interested in Ugu farming to join the moving train. The group is open for now but once the structure is lined out it will be strictly by membership.

Please if you are not motivated enough, don't get involve because we will know the "realers".

We will use Nairaland platform and an email platform to create the structure for now.

Show your interest in this thread or the other one https://www.nairaland.com/3620133/ugu-farmers-association-nigeria-ufa

God bless Ugu farmers

Regards,
Ejula Farm

I've said it couple of times and always worried by farmers attitudes towards their intellectual rights... So far...and for once, I support the move of to have specific farmers asociations far different from the politicised Nigeria's Farmers Association.....just few days ago, I sold my ugu and was shocked at the experience inspite of huge resources invested into it....funny enough...the vulganizer, tailors, hairdressers etc...has "local" as they look....have formidable association recognised by law and fighting the interest of the members with one voice....such is far from farmers....my greatest challenge with us..is PASSION and implementation....

Ejulafarm:
IMPORTANT UPDATE

During the course of this thread, I have received quite a good number of recommendations. And the top of this recommendation is

- Setting up a corporate body for Ugu farmers
- Help to set up Ugu farms.

The aim of this thread is to help young men and women interested in Ugu farming. And I am taking this bold step with the support of great Ugu farmers like olaide68, youngzoologist and DBPOWER to launch an experimental online association strictly for Ugu farmers. I am proposing an easy recognizable name for the Co-Op. So I am recommending UGU FARMERS ASSOCIATION of Nigeria. (UFA). The Nigeria usage is not highlighted because we believe the association will transcend the shore of Nigeria.

This experimental phase aims to achieve the following

- To help get the real interested ugu farmers involved.
- To setup our objectives

If the above objective is setup, we will take the big leap of faith to make the association functional in all capacity.

The following objective are limited, but as the association get more brains involved we will expand and re-edit the present ones.

- To help support young vibrant youths interested in ugu farming. This support will rage from technical to financial
- To form a synergy that will speed up the process of Ugu export to the EU and US
- To help with all certifications like NAQS and NEPC, for our members
- To make the voice of Ugu farmers loud and clear as the nation tilt to agribusiness as a main source of revenue
- To create a platform where ugu sellers (no matter their level of literacy) get involve in this mammoth project
- To create a database of all Ugu stakeholders
- To involve repute investors and expose them to our members in need of them..

The aim is to empower youth.

I urge serious people interested in Ugu farming to join the moving train. The group is open for now but once the structure is lined out it will be strictly by membership.

Please if you are not motivated enough, don't get involve because we will know the "realers".

We will use Nairaland platform and an email platform to create the structure for now.

Show your interest in this thread or the other one https://www.nairaland.com/3620133/ugu-farmers-association-nigeria-ufa

God bless Ugu farmers

Regards,
Ejula Farm

You are so right on point. But about passion and implementation, I believe we don't need crowd of people to actualize it. Doing the course of running this thread, I have come across people with like passion as yourself and I. What we just have to do is create an enabling platform to help us achieve our goals.

I intentionally did not want to create a whatsapp group. I have seen some loops in using such medium as some are just there to feed on their knowledge bank without contributing an iota of input to the group. It takes a lot drive for one to follow a nairaland thread and POST.

Believe me, I have related to persons and there's enough drive to achieve Ugu Farmers Association (UFA). We can't start letting all the geese out of the bags yet. The password to any info for UFA is PASSION and COMMITMENT.

Try discussing on both threads, so we can fish out the genuine ones. I believe the present youths in the country are yearning for a platform with great minds. Let's make this happen.

Some info you deem it's not fit for the public eye can be shared to my email. If I or you see other commitment individuals, please do let us know.

We need Commitment and not Crowd. The Crowd will fall in place in due time.

It is critical we build a structure and a thorough objective for UFA.

Looking forward to working with you and other committed fellows.

Regards,
Ejula Farm

From the other thread

Good to know you all are interested... muhamm3d, superpack,mctobe, fison, arvinkz.

At muhamm3d, yes i agree a whatsapp group is needed but it is how to properly regulate post that's a concern. I have decided to go with your recommendation and hopefully we sought out admins that will strictly enforce the posting rule.

Do add your numbers here (so better still send your number to ejulafarm(at)hotmail.com) and let me add ALL that are interested. From my research, there is a huge task ahead but collectively we can achieve this.


Ejula Farm.