Good day Nairalanders.
Shout out to all the big guys in the game who inspired me go into agriculture. I've been an active guest since 2015 and this platform has been very helpful.
So, Recently one of our clients acquired some plotsof land beside a river for vegetable farming ( cucumber and watermelon), a very infertile land, deficient in micro nutrients and has a lot of termite hills. I layer realised he had planted 150g of darina seeds and only 100 germinated �, lol, he was like, when i came to farm the next day, my empty seeds were everywhere like I hosted a party for termites, �.
So I had to run a pilot project on how we could solve
1. Repair the soil ( manure is very scarce in my area)
2. Solve the termite issue.
3. Minimise weed disturbance
4. Make good use of available nutrients
5. Increase the population of watermelon per plot and most importantly
6. beat down COST.

I contacted a friend who advised me to use polybag (met him on this forum)

started the project on the 24th of March, with 1000 poly bags and planted the cucumber on 27th March and will be planting the watermelon today after certifying the cucumber growth.

I planted 700 cucumber plants and 586 germinated. surprisingly I haven't added manure nor NPK and I've sprayed pesticides, fungicide, stress reliever (due to. the heat) and foliar fertilizer onceo

Nice one. The sack bag farming is doing pretty good. Kudos bro! Please what's the variety of your cucumber? And secondly, how old are the cucumbers from the day of planting? Thanks.

GilEstel:
I planted 700 cucumber plants and 586 germinated. surprisingly I haven't added manure nor NPK and I've sprayed pesticides, fungicide, stress reliever (due to. the heat) and foliar fertilizer onceo

It's always advisable to add manure as basal before planting cucumber. Maybe more would have germinated if you added manure before planting. All the best

Please how much did you get the pipe and how did u intend to supply water

Functionoftime:

It's always advisable to add manure as basal before planting cucumber. Maybe more would have germinated if you added manure before planting. All the best

I divided the bags in three sections. in the first section, I added more of manure, in the second section I added little manure and the last section was decomposed manure.
I noticed the decomposed manure did better.

somessi:
Nice one. The sack bag farming is doing pretty good. Kudos bro! Please what's the variety of your cucumber? And secondly, how old are the cucumbers from the day of planting? Thanks.

I planted Cu999 and I planted on 27th of March

Liadi2:
Please how much did you get the pipe and how did u intend to supply water

I'm using driptape.

The growth rate of the cukes is astonishing. pics at 18days.

Liadi2:
Please how much did you get the pipe and how did u intend to supply water

I got 500m roll at 25k.

Pls where is ur farm located? How much did u buy the cu999 cucumber seeds, I'm interested in planting in polybags.

decoolseun:
Pls where is ur farm located? How much did u buy the cu999 cucumber seeds, I'm interested in planting in polybags.

I'm in Benin... I bought the seeds at 8k plus waybill of 2k from a friend. I can guide you from start to finish.

GilEstel:

I'm in Benin... I bought the seeds at 8k plus waybill of 2k from a friend. I can guide you from start to finish.

Okay, thanks.i'm in ogun state... Like to know how it goes, keep updating us. Good luck.

GilEstel:


I got 500m roll at 25k.

how many water emitting points did you have with 500 mtres rolls of drip,I did a rough calculation of converting metre to cm and dividing by 30cm spacing=1,666 emitters, check if am correct

GilEstel:

I'm in Benin... I bought the seeds at 8k plus waybill of 2k from a friend. I can guide you from start to finish.

Pls how many pieces of seeds is it for 8k?

okoroemeka:
how many water emitting points did you have with 500 mtres rolls of drip,I did a rough calculation of converting metre to cm and dividing by 30cm spacing=1,666 emitters, check if am correct

you're correct

decoolseun:

Pls how many pieces of seeds is it for 8k?

Approximately 1750seeds

GilEstel:


Approximately 1750seeds

Okay, thanks.

Wow... 500m?
It's looking good. Pls where did u get the pipe? I'm in benin

As my seeing this poly bag system,it's a classic case of if mountain don't come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the mountain,the issue of crop rotation, clearing of thick virgin Forrest looking for fertile soil,issue with poor soils,poor yield due to insufficient irrigation,etc,all will be redundant by this poly bag,u can have your farm in the comfort of your backyard and bring in fertile soil from any location, necessity really is the mother of inventions.

GilEstel:


I got 500m croll at 25k.

Do you mean you bought the drip tape for 25k ?

This is interesting but is the polythene not too small for the cukes root?

olakunleben16:
This is interesting but is the polythene not too small for the cukes root?

cucumber and watermelon has shallow or short root. The root will not be affected

Mrkellz:
Wow... 500m? It's looking good. Pls where did u get the pipe? I'm in benin

I sell driptapes and kits, I also do installation. 08051005618 let's talk.

okoroemeka:
As my seeing this poly bag system,it's a classic case of if mountain don't come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the mountain,the issue of crop rotation, clearing of thick virgin Forrest looking for fertile soil,issue with poor soils,poor yield due to insufficient irrigation,etc,all will be redundant by this poly bag,u can have your farm in the comfort of your backyard and bring in fertile soil from any location, necessity really is the mother of inventions.

Boss you said it all and the polythene has different dimensions for different crops. it's saves nutrients and water effective

olakunleben16:

Do you mean you bought the drip tape for 25k ?

Yeah, apart from connectors and waybill. I install drip tapes so I installed it myself

GilEstel:


Yeah, apart from connectors and waybill. I install drip tapes so I installed it myself

That's interesting, so how are the cukes doing?

GilEstel:


Boss you said it all and the polythene has different dimensions for different crops. it's saves nutrients and water effective

Hope there are holes underneath to drain excess water after heavy downpour

Functionoftime:

Hope there are holes underneath to drain excess water after heavy downpour

if it is waterlogged, it will stunt their growth

GilEstel:


Approximately 1750 useeds

Do u know there branch here in ogun state?, I need 200 pieces of the cu999 seeds.

please who knows where i can get sacs at a cheaper rate in Lagos for cucumber farming?

GilEstel:
I planted 700 cucumber plants and 586 germinated. surprisingly I haven't added manure nor NPK and I've sprayed pesticides, fungicide, stress reliever (due to. the heat) and foliar fertilizer onceo

Nice job OP, i don't see any sign of staking here, do you plan staking later or you don't want to?