Please don't laugh when you go through my profile and see that in the past three weeks, I've opened almost four threads on different agricultural products.

The first thought that might come to your mind is that "This guy don swear say him must farm by fire by force"

But the fact remains that I am fascinated by agriculture, how the food we eat is produced and the "power" of agriculture.

Don't ask me what I mean when I enclosed power.


So two days back, on exactly the same day I planted watermelon, I equally planted cucumber

Thanks to Jasper7, Olamimo12 and some other peeps, I garnered enough knowledge of planting cucumber and I set out at once to cultivate it here in Rivers State in small quantity though.

Last week, I made my ridges for the cucumber... On Monday, I bought the Cucumber seeds from Agritropics at Oilmill bus stop via the help of Soloxam.

On Wednesday 17th June 2015, I planted the cucumber seeds.

Picture is that of the ridges made for planting the cucumber seeds.

well done OP, following your threads. Interesting.
Agric is interesting

1money:
well done OP, following your threads. Interesting.
Agric is interesting

Thank you boss. I went through your profile and I can see you've cultivated cucumber before. You expertise experience will be of much help here. Thanks in advance.

I bought this 10g pack of seeds from Technisem.

I am here, and I am following with keen interest.

jasper7:
I am here, and I am following with keen interest.

Thank You very much Professor Jasper. I sure won't disappoint.

Picture of seeds just before planting

I planted them four seeds per hole, I feet spacing between them.

Since they would be staked/trellised, I didn't see the need for much spacing.

Today would make it the 3red day since planting. No sign of germinating yet.


Thank God for the slight rain today. No need for watering.

Neduzze5:



Thank you boss. I went through your profile and I can see you've cultivated cucumber before. You expertise experience will be of much help here. Thanks in advance.

Far from being a boss lol. Na jasper7 n d odas get that title.

1money:

Far from being a boss lol. Na jasper7 n d odas get that title.

Lol... But all the same, I still greet you.

Morning everyone, Pavore9, I sight you Sir.

I was told by a very good boss that I should have gotten the Murano F1 variety of cucumber seeds. It's not too late for me to do that. All I need to do is to prepare another portion of land and plant side by side.

This way, I can be able to compare and contrast between the two.

Sir Jasper7, I'd love to visit your farms in Owerri. Port Harcourt is not too far....

Neduzze5:
Morning everyone, Pavore9, I sight you Sir.

I was told by a very good boss that I should have gotten the Murano F1 variety of cucumber seeds. It's not too late for me to do that. All I need to do is to prepare another portion of land and plant side by side.

This way, I can be able to compare and contrast between the two.

Sir Jasper7, I'd love to visit your farms in Owerri. Port Harcourt is not too far....

Just doing my morning patrol as l have not been too available in the recent. Like you said it is not too late to get the other variety. Just hope that as you are capturing the day to day growth on camera, you are also entering your day to day observation and weather condition in a diary as it would be very helpful.

Pavore9:


Just doing my morning patrol as l have not been too available in the recent. Like you said it is not too late to get the other variety. Just hope that as you are capturing the day to day growth on camera, you are also entering your day to day observation and weather condition in a diary as it would be very helpful.

Thanks bro. Nice suggestions. I'd surely do that.

Am Adebayo Toluwani I based in Abuja and I am looking for company or individuals who has competitive agricultural products or processed food with competitive prices compared to what it been sold for here, who are looking for market in Abuja you can contact me let discuss on how to create market for your product for you. 08137803408 (wathsapp) adebayo4ng@gmail.com

adebayo4ng:
Am Adebayo Toluwani I based in Abuja and I am looking for company or individuals who has competitive agricultural products or processed food with competitive prices compared to what it been sold for here, who are looking for market in Abuja you can contact me let discuss on how to create market for your product for you. 08137803408 (wathsapp) adebayo4ng@gmail.com

When it's time for that, I'd send you an email. Thanks btw.

adebayo4ng:
Am Adebayo Toluwani I based in Abuja and I am looking for company or individuals who has competitive agricultural products or processed food with competitive prices compared to what it been sold for here, who are looking for market in Abuja you can contact me let discuss on how to create market for your product for you. 08137803408 (wathsapp) adebayo4ng@gmail.com

What and what can you market in Abuja?
You must have done some research to discover the need of the people.

Sunday 21st June 2015

Today makes it Day 5 since planting. I've not been to the farm yet. Tomorrow, I'll be there.

Day 6

Seeds have sprouted out.

About 70% germination rate. Hope they will be completed late by tomorrow. Watering will be done by 5pm.

Staking has begun. Will be completed later today if rain doesn't fall.

Day 7...


My cucumber is doing very well. Staking in progress

Just saw this... Still wondering what it could be

Day 9

Cucumber is doing well. Rain was quite very plentiful today.

I can see their true leaves coming out.

nice, keep it up.
Please what are those yellow stuffs on the floor, just around the tender and younger cucumber seedling?

endy231:
nice, keep it up.
Please what are those yellow stuffs on the floor, just around the tender and younger cucumber seedling?

I don't know what it was but I removed them to avoid stories.

Staking finished.

Very soon I'll start sending ropes up from the plants to the stakes like this....

First true leaves

Day 14

Saturday 05 July 2015

Day 19

Pictures of different cucumber plants at Day 19 without any fertilizer addition, no pesticides sprayed, no herbicides used

One more picture

Tuesday 7th July 2015 makes it Day 21 since planting

@OP....... how far ? what has become of your watermelon ?