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Sweet Potato Farming by KingShayDee(m): 7:11pm On Jul 24, 2017 |
Goodevening Nlanders I have been thinking of branching into sweet potato farming recently as there is high demand and it's also profitable, i need someone with expert advice who is currently a sweet potato farmer. What are the pros and cons? What is the cost implication to starting on a 1ha farm? How much does a ton cost? Finally where do i get buyers? Thank you |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by greenhope(m): 4:32am On Jul 25, 2017 |
What variety do you want to plant? |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by nurey(m): 12:24pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
Southwest (abeokuta) Sweet Potato don't do well in water prone soil, means they may not like too much rain too as too much water will cause root rot. With optimum land preparation glyphospate + paraqat and proper ridges, you are good to go weed free land you can plant 2weeks after just to douse the effect. Sweet Potato is planted with stem cuttings the tip is the best planting material taken from an adult plant with length 30cm of the vine. An average of 20tonnes of fresh weight/hectare equivalent to 6tons of dry matter. Planted between March and April and late rains between august and September. You plant on ridges for proper tuberisation and have a 1m spacing between the field and adjoining lands to avoid rodents feeding off your roots. Water in the soil reduces tuber formation. Sweet Potato is a runner, will cover the soil in no time and woe betide any weed growing after the vines have established but you may just need to rogue the field. 25 to 30cm on ridges about 60 to 75cm apart. The major attack on the root is nematodes who bore into them, with proper ploughing you can eliminate this threats. I carried out a research on this in 2014 and I planted 7 varieties result of my field experiment TIS8164 AND OLOKUTA were the best which made good use of the nutrient available to them (I used an organic fertilizer 50kg for 3 plots) OLOKUTA had the best dry matter weight of the varieties means will be good for processing into flour. NSRP/05/2D had the highest number of branches and the highest tuber yield weight. The vines were gotten from National root crop research Institute in ibadan (it was gotten by my supervisor). Goodluck 4 Likes |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by agricexport(m): 1:48pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
we have a plan to set up this potatoes farming for our members, can you help us out? |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by KingShayDee(m): 10:23pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
greenhope:I dont know the varieties but i want to plant a variety that high yielding and pest resistant |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by KingShayDee(m): 10:25pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
nurey:Thanks for your update but can i have your contact |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by nurey(m): 7:25am On Jul 26, 2017 |
KingShayDee:Call or Whatsapp the number in my signature |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by KingShayDee(m): 7:31am On Jul 26, 2017 |
nurey: I sent you a dm on whatapp kindly check |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by BOSTAK: 7:37am On May 13, 2018 |
Can I have your number as I want to start potato farming too, thanks |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by javu75: 11:14pm On Aug 26, 2018 |
Please I would like to know which state in Nigeria has the highest number of potato farm as I have been planing to go into the distribution and marketing business |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by kunleweb: 4:31pm On Aug 27, 2018 |
agricexport: Do you need farm setup researchers? If so, do contact me. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Sweet Potato Farming by magret10: 1:03pm On Oct 24, 2022 |
Pls sir I need ur no or u can dm me 08181169125 I want to venture into it |
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