jethro2:

I have not bother to count that. I dont have idea. Please dont forget that the sizes are never the same.

l know size varies just to have an idea.Are there no other market outlets in Lagos except Mile 12?

Bhurlagy:
@jethro,congrats bro.
Pls house,i need answers to these questions
1. How many seed of cucumber in a hole wen planting.
2. At what stage do one apply fertilizer and insectide.
3.Will i be the one to take it to the market or i will call the buyer to come pick them.
4. The ibadan address of iita and where i can get the technisem seeds.
Going for my biro and diary to jot ur candid reply.

1. 2-3 seed per hole for cucumber planting
2. NPK 2 -3 weeks after planting, liquid fertilizer when its fruiting
3 Yes, you have to take to the market. The agents in the market have their own commission.
4 Agritropic is the distributor of technisem products in Ibadan. Contact name is Mr Dayo 08030886296.
The office is beside custom, close to secretariat at Agodi Ibadan.
Best of luck

Great

1. 2-3 seed per hole for cucumber planting
2. NPK 2 -3 weeks after planting, liquid fertilizer when its fruiting
3 Yes, you have to take to the market. The agents in the market have their own commission.
4 Agritropic is the distributor of technisem products in Ibadan. Contact name is Mr Dayo 08030886296.
The office is beside custom, close to secretariat at Agodi Ibadan.
Best of luck

Thanks alot bro.
Can i intercrop with pepper nd maize

Pavore9:
l know size varies just to have an idea.Are there no other market outlets in Lagos except Mile 12?

For bulk buying at present, its only mile 12. Hotels and restaurants do buys in kilo and at a good price if one can get across to them

Bhurlagy:

Thanks alot bro.
Can i intercrop with pepper nd maize

No. You can not intercrop with pepper and maize. Its a crawling/creeping crops that requires lot of space. Planting is 1m by 1m

jethro2:

No. You can not intercrop with pepper and maize. Its a crawling/creeping crops that requires lot of space. Planting is 1m by 1m

I appreciate your quick reply.
Why staking then,though i learnt it makes d fruit neat and easy to spray.
Correct me if am wrong.

Bhurlagy:

I appreciate your quick reply.
Why staking then,though i learnt it makes d fruit neat and easy to spray.
Correct me if am wrong.

Yes you are correct. And protect from crawling insects and some disease from the soil.

plz can upload pic of the gnld pro grow liquid ferrilizer you used.

jethro2:

For bulk buying at present, its only mile 12. Hotels and restaurants do buys in kilo and at a good price if one can get across to them

while selling @ mile 12, make marketing forays into hotels it pays.

mercylicious:
plz can upload pic of the gnld pro grow liquid ferrilizer you used.

I m currently at an IFDC training. I will be back in the farm by Monday. Please remind me then if i forget

Pavore9:
while selling @ mile 12, make marketing forays into hotels it pays.

They have standard requirements for packaging labelling and all sorts. They also don't buy in bulk. One need to sign contract to be supplying throughout the year. Eg for tomato some request for 100kg every week. To meet their standards and demand one must be harvesting every week for a whole year

jethro2:

The target market is mile 12 Lagos. A bag in mile 12 is currently 3000 while Ibadan market is 2000

The 25kg bag in Abuja is N4000.

Saw this at the Dizengoff Stand at the AgraInnovate International Conference and Exhibition today, the attendant didn't know the variety though.

@Jethro2, welldone. Congrats for your farm. Im in love with farming.I think I can try this.

But please what insecticide do you recommend? Do you still use insecticide after you have started harvesting?

amarawa:

The 25kg bag in Abuja is N4000.

Same is N3,000 in Lagos.

Kalusam:
Saw this at the Dzingerdof Stand at the AgraInnovate International Conference and Exhibition today, the attendant didn't know the variety though.

Look nice. How is the conference. I planned to be there but something else came up. Dizengoff deals with green house farming.

pragmatistm:
@Jethro2, welldone. Congrats for your farm. Im in love with farming.I think I can try this.
But please what insecticide do you recommend? Do you still use insecticide after you have started harvesting?

Thank you. Different environment have different pest and insects and they require different methods for handling. One have to be conversant with your environment. What works in my area might not work in another area or could even harm the crop. Best practise is to get information from nearby farmers of the same produce

So I thought but discovered that they are also into seeds, machinery and chemicals

jethro2:

Look nice. How is the conference. I planned to be there but something else came up. Dizengoff deals with green house farming.

@Jethro2,
Pls give more informations on this murano,pointsett and marketer varieties
1. Each variety duration
2. Size
3. Any other info u think can help intending cucumber farmer.

Bhurlagy:
@Jethro2,
Pls give more informations on this murano,pointsett and marketer varieties
1. Each variety duration
2. Size
3. Any other info u think can help intending cucumber farmer.

Murano F2 is an hybrid product while pointsett and marketer are heirloom product.
1. Variety duration
Murano is matured between 5 to 6 weeks.
pointsett and marketer between 7 to 8 weeks.
2. Murano is longer than the other two.
I will gladly attend to questions that you have based on my little farm experience.

Kalusam:
So I thought but discovered that they are also into seeds, machinery and chemicals

Are there other firms into greenhouse equipment at the event? Someday will use it to set up a soiless strawberry farm.

@Pavore, they were the only ones in that line of business at the exhibition stand yesterday

Pavore9:
Are there other firms into greenhouse equipment at the event? Someday will use it to set up a soiless strawberry farm.

Kalusam:
@Pavore, they were the only ones in that line of business at the exhibition stand yesterday

ok. so much can be achieved with a greenhouse, will do a post on my visit to some Sisters who are into aquaponics.

Murano seed is quite expensive sha! By my calculation you will need about N100,000 per hectare. Will that be profitable?

Oga Jethro, can u give a rough estimate of d cost of pesticide, NPK and GNLD fertilizer u used?

I am sorry for not attending to post questions and all. I have been on a tight schedule. I will find time to do so before the day runs out.

jethro2:

I cultivated about 5 - 6 acres. An acre is 40m by 40m. Not sure what plot is that

Madam, that's not correct! 1 acre is 4040sqm and that should be 40.04 * 100m and not 40 *40m.

Jethro, please what's your email address?

jethro2:
I am sorry for not attending to post questions and all. I have been on a tight schedule. I will find time to do so before the day runs out.

amarawa:
Murano seed is quite expensive sha! By my calculation you will need about N100,000 per hectare. Will that be profitable?

Yes Murano is expensive. I didnt plant it on a large scale so i wouldnt be able to justify the profitability

ptoall:
Oga Jethro, can u give a rough estimate of d cost of pesticide, NPK and GNLD fertilizer u used?

Npk is N5500 per bag. An hectare use a bag(some lands are fertile that no need of fertilizer. GNLD. I bought 5 litre for N11,000. The measurement is 16 litre water mixed with 10 or 20 ml. Not too specific but within that range. Pesticide. A litre goes for N1100. Wee use one two or three times.

olushowunm:
Madam, that's not correct! 1 acre is 4040sqm and that should be 40.04 * 100m and not 40 *40m.

Thanks for the correction. My mistake. I appreciate it