Any one in abk who can teach how to successfully irrigate a farm. Should pls help a brother out.

Barusho:
Any one in abk who can teach how to successfully irrigate a farm. Should pls help a brother out.

I'll be setting up my drip kit in a week or two.. you can come see for yourself

Psalm4kute:

I'll be setting up my drip kit in a week or two.. you can come see for yourself

Where in Abk, please what are you planting.

famagro:


Where in Abk, please what are you planting.

I live in Okelantoro, I'm planting habenaro pepper
But my farm is in papalanto area,.. I'll be setting up my drip irrigation next week, as we're currently making ridges

Psalm4kute:

I live in Okelantoro, I'm planting habenaro pepper
But my farm is in papalanto area,.. I'll be setting up my drip irrigation next week, as we're currently making ridges

how much does it cost to lease land close to River in your area

Pls send me your number bro would love to come and see it bro.

Olaleyeabdullah:
how much does it cost to lease land close to River in your area

My land is close to a river, less than 15m distance.. I bought an acre 600k dont know about leasing

Barusho:
Pls send me your number bro would love to come and see it bro.

08069737541 mtn
09015972907 airtel

My habenaros are 14days old today

Which is your WhatsApp no

Barusho:
Which is your WhatsApp no

My mtn number 08069737541

If you don't mind we would like you to go through the process of your herbenero pepper till date we are all here to learn.

Barusho:
If you don't mind we would like you to go through the process of your herbenero pepper till date we are all here to learn.

Lol, I'm still a practicing farmer, but yes ofcourse I'd love to share this information with pleasure, as I've also learnt from others here on this forum

I'll write the process here in the next 20mins, my ba3 is almost out

OK bro

In farming, what works for me, may not work for you, and what works for you may not work for me, so be open to ideas at all time,

I always advice aspiring farmers like myself, "be a internet farmer" before you go Into the real thing and also try to gain knowledge and guidance from other farmers around you if you can, both online and offline

[/b] early November I lost 12k worth of seeds [/bA] due to ignorance

MY MISTAKE

I BOUGHT ETNA F1 HABENARO SEEDS 10k worth and
EFIA HABENARO SEED 2k worth

Cocopeats 3k

25pieces of seedling trays 13750

Hired a small room in the village my farm is located.. and I started my nursery indoor,

Procedure

1) dissolve the block of cocopeats with water and distribute the cocopeats lightly into the tray,

2) soaked my seeds in warm water for 6 to 12 hours

3) distribute 1 seed per cell into the seedling tray

4) apply water via knapsack sprayer every 3 days


Problems I encountered

1) rats destroyed 30% of my seeds because I did the nursery indoor and felt theres no need for me to cover them with net

2) excess water and lack of sunlight led to leggy seedlings and damping off

3) I saw traces of fungi bacteria (white mucor) in most of the plants

At 2 weeks old, all my old all of my plants stopped germinating, they were all looking unhealthy and stagnant, so I quickly called @okoroemeka and other co farmers I know in this forum explained the situation, they showed me my mistake which was lack of chlorophyll due to lack of sunlight and excessive watering.. though the seedlings could still be saved I was told but I decided to dispose them off and start afresh

So I bought 2 sachets of efia seeds 1700 naira each

went to search for dry cow manure in the area (compost)

This time around I sprouted my pepper seeds with paper (paper towel method) pls note this process Is tedious when you're doing 1 to 3k pepper seeds

Here is a link on how it's done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qg9RlStYTQ

At 5 days old the roots of the seeds were already germinating in the paper towel( savet,news paper, toilet roll), so I transferred them to my nursery tray containing mixed cocopeats and dry cow manure at the 5th day....

I instructed my manager to only water the nursery when he sees the surface of the tray is dry

And at 7 days old I applied zforce fungicide

So today there they are at 14days old,.. including the 5 days on paper

The first true leaves are already visible

How many seeds are there in efia seeds and what gram

Barusho:
How many seeds are there in efia seeds and what gram

Theres a minimum of 1200 to 1500 seeds

And pack it's a 5g pack

Did you soak the efua seeds too for 6-12 hrs

Barusho:
Did you soak the efua seeds too for 6-12 hrs

Theres no need for soaking the seed when using paper towel method. But if you're going to plant directly, soak the seed 6 to 12 hour

I appreciate threads like these,please continue to update us with your farm project progress and the challenges you encounter

Thank you bro really appreciate your effort

We are waiting for update bro

Barusho:
Any one in abk who can teach how to successfully irrigate a farm. Should pls help a brother out.

I would have loved to help you but unfortunately my farm is in Owode. its not so difficult, if you could come to my farm i could show you..