Good day boys and girls, I wanted to create this thread about two weeks ago but data dey do me ojoro since Mtn stopped giving out free 20mb but it's good I now have something to manage.

I really wanted to plant something since everything I needed was readily available.

I started a watermelon farm with the first heavy rain of the year in Ilorin, Kwara state. Prior to that time I researched some basic procedures and other things about watermelon farming like the planting time, type of seed to be planted(wet or dry), spacing, depth and some other things. I stumbled upon a thread on Nairaland during my research.

I'll comment on the pictures I'll post as we roll

The farm is in my compound, just beside where we dump and burn garbage. The soil is sandy loam.

Week 7- you can see nylon underneath the fruits, I was trying to prevent rot

Week 8- The nylon was retaining water so opted for banana leaves
..,........-I made a small tomatoes bed beside the watermelon farm as tomato don turn gold for market

Week 10- Those two are almost ready for harvest
.....you can see the maize I planted in between the watermelons

Week 10- I was inspecting the farm on a Saturday and saw those ones spoilt and some being eaten up
-Those are the bastaard pests I mostly see underneath or beside the fruits, I don't even know the name

week 11- just before harvesting the one on the right

I'll consider this a success viewing the second picture

The second harvest was about 4days after the first, I noticed it cracked beneath so I harvested it immediately

Where are the pictures

Modified
I so much love it when I see young people engaging in Agriculture. God bless your hustle Sir. If you decide to wait for this Government, it means that you have just decided to waste your time. The future is too close to waste even a second.

Coming

mazimee:
Where are the pictures

calm down sir, lemme book space first

Good for you sir, instead of sit down dey wait for bubu's 5k.. You went right to work

May God Bless our hussles

I'm planning to establish one in Ilorin too when I'm back


But it looks like the productivity isn't great at that your pics

MrKong:
I'm planning to establish one in Ilorin too when I'm back


But it looks like the productivity isn't great at that your pics

It's just a small farm sir and at the rate northerners bring in watermelon to this place I don't think it will be marketable

SuperSuave:

It's just a small farm sir and at the rate northerners bring in watermelon to this place I don't think it will be marketable

Doesn't matter, if there isn't market for it those people won't be bringing it at that rate...all you need to do is market appraisal, ask the ordinary Hausa man selling the water melon where you can buy in bulk, go to the place and price like you actually want to buy. Introduce yourself as a farmer who would like to be supplying them at a cheaper rate and easier way. Trust me, people want easy money

mazimee:
Where are the pictures

Modified
I so much love it when I see young people engaging in Agriculture. God bless your hustle Sir. If you decide to wait for this Government, you will just decided to waste your time. The future is too close to waste even a second.

thank you sir but I was just experimenting and having fun

MrKong:

Doesn't matter, if there isn't market for it those people won't be bringing it at that rate...all you need to do is market appraisal, ask the ordinary Hausa man selling the water melon where you can buy in bulk, go to the place and price like you actually want to buy. Introduce yourself as a farmer who would like to be supplying them at a cheaper rate and easier way. Trust me, people want easy money

Northerners are too loyal to their people sir. I thought about this too

SuperSuave:

It's just a small farm sir and at the rate northerners bring in watermelon to this place I don't think it will be marketable

Then research on what they don't bring in.

SuperSuave:
Northerners are too loyal to their people sir. I thought about this too

That just because they trust someone who can speak their language...assuming you understand abit

Good

It looks nice though I'm not a fan of watermelon.

I love water melon like........
even if I'm offered in dream, I'll finish it! we're so into each other to the extent that it can't be used to bewitch me!;/D

Nice one bro... Agricullture is the way forward now..... More grace!!!

nice

A beg wetin una de talk about

Op fine though

nothing do u my brother....could u pls put me through on how to go abt d first stage..

Good

good

Nice
You can teach Nigerians farming ...see my signature.

Good

i see a millionaire in the making. more grease to your elbow bros. with more wisdom. sorry about the emptyhen saga

Nice one bro i love the spirit same thing here but my farm manager harvested and could not drop any fund wish if we could do something together i have 3 arces of land in oke odan

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God bless your hustle bro.

SuperSuave:
Week 7- you can see nylon underneath the fruits, I was trying to prevent rot
Week 8- The nylon was retaining water so opted for banana leaves
..,........-I made a small tomatoes bed beside the watermelon farm as tomato don turn gold for market
Week 10- Those two are almost ready for harvest
.....you can see the maize I planted in between the watermelons

dont let anyone deceive u... Most of the water melon we eat here are not from the north... people r making millions from the south just from planting r water melon. if u think im lieing, visit ogun state or edo state on ur way to auchi