Yes apple can now grow in Nigeria . The Specie is a high breed and withing 2 years it begins to fruit. I can send you pictures

Omicron007:
Fellow Nairalanders,

I bought one small sized apple the other day for Two Hundred Naira.
After consuming the fruit, I began to reminisce on how I have planted apple seeds as a young kid and watered them every time. Sadly, none of the seeds I planted was able to germinate.

Growing up, I once heard that Apples cannot grow in Nigeria because the land is not fertile enough.

So, does apple really grow in this country?
Have you seen an apple tree?

RedEnergy:
Plateau State is the coldest, has highest ground elevation.

Mambila is the highest actually, close to cameroon mountains.

I bought an � apple tree 2005 or so from Jos Plateau State, to One Man Village, close to Marraba(border town to Abuja) tended It for 5yrs.i.e watering the plant very very well, at times bathing d whole tree with hose. After 5yrs d tree started producing fruits. But birds never allowed d fruits to grow to big size. Some of d fruits grew To d size of a walnut. D tree died exactly 2010 or 11; due to some situations that befell me that year. It is possible to grow apple in Nigeria. (I am new here..... first post). I do enjoy some of your positive post. Bro. Righteousness 89, I am With you Sir.

So you have not see apple tree in mabilla gembu

One of our neighbors used to have an apple tree back in the village. Though the apples are the red type and not the green ones. I don't know about the green apples.

I'm from imo state by the way.

kus4fame:






It's ok.
Lemme come and be going to plant apple in my deep freezer.
Hoping to reap bountifully by next season from my dear apple tree planted in the coldest part of the refrigerator.
"An adroit approach".

Hahaha, at least think like an adult!

bejick:

yes my dad planted one ling time ago, but the apple it produces are funny looking something like guava shape.

How about the taste?

Yes

Omicron007:
Fellow Nairalanders,

I bought one small sized apple the other day for Two Hundred Naira.
After consuming the fruit, I began to reminisce on how I have planted apple seeds as a young kid and watered them every time. Sadly, none of the seeds I planted was able to germinate.

Growing up, I once heard that Apples cannot grow in Nigeria because the land is not fertile enough.

So, does apple really grow in this country?
Have you seen an apple tree?

YES IT DOES
I HAVE PLANTS IN KANO AND JOS

KUNTA007:


Bro grow up and don’t say what you don’t know. I have been there in that agricultural farm. You can eat as much as you want but you can’t take out. It’s all fenced. Let’s try testify to only things we know. When I was a kid me and my friends go there to steal apples. We were once even arrested for stealing lots of apples there. That was then they told us if we want to eat let’s eat but not take out

While I was doing agro-business with astc, you were just a petty thief, and now you want to tell me about commercial apples? I get it.

dgitrader:

While I was doing agro-business with astc, you were just a petty thief, and now you want to tell me about commercial apples? I get it.

Whatever just say things you know that’s all. I see your maturity now. No hard feelings my message was clear.

It’s the rain that made house pigeon and chicken shares same shelter. I don’t know you and you don’t know me. If you feel offended sorry.

Pls, endeavors to go & ask your village chief or head,they all know everything that is breathing or even not around them...

I can germinate Apple seed here in NIGERIA, currently it is in nursery stage.

kus4fame:






It's ok.
Lemme come and be going to plant apple in my deep freezer.
Hoping to reap bountifully by next season from my dear apple tree planted in the coldest part of the refrigerator.
"An adroit approach".

dumb a** nigga!!! it seems you don't know the difference between "temperature" and "climate"

KUNTA007:


Whatever just say things you know that’s all. I see your maturity now. No hard feelings my message was clear.

It’s the rain that made house pigeon and chicken shares same shelter. I don’t know you and you don’t know me. If you feel offended sorry.

Poor grammatical construction! Nigga, i didn't get to realize what you were tryin' to say.

Odidigboigbo:
Your reasons are not attainable.
It's capital intensive, how?
It takes more time more time before the trees start yielding fruits? Is that an excuse? All commercial trees take a reasonable time to produce. Trees like palm, cocoa, Orange, rubber, kola nut, etc. These trees, take years before they start producing, yet we grow it here because they can be produce in commercial quantities in our climate. The truth remains that Apple cannot "survive well" in Jos.

I said it's capital intensive because it actually is, the only tree I saw was the red apple and it didn't come out very well to me...but I know with proper approach it could have.

Let me give you a hint...most farmers in the plateau are not used to farming commercial products like cocoa or palm unlike in the south... They grow what they can harvest in few months.

Some few years ago strawberry was not realistic to be cultivated in Nigeria but now it grows on almost every farm in the plateau.

Also, Apples takes like 8 to 10 years before yeilding fruits, if you think a local plateau farmer will wait that long to farm a fruit with very low demands then you must be dreaming.

Limassol:
I reckon with goverment aid in the form of subsidies and grants and loans, Plateau state and Benue have the potential to feed the whole country - almost everything grows there from potato,yam,whole grains, different fruits and veggies. What do you think.

Very true... Plateau and Benue has what it takes, that's if government can fully invest in it. There is a Dutch company in Jos and kaduna currently producing commercialized potatoe and exporting it to there country in large scale.

Imagine what our government can do if they invest in agriculture.

illicit:
This is what happens

The apple that's been sold here were actually harvested prematurely so that they won't rot while being packaged and shipped.

It's the same way we harvest unripe oranges and mangoes here for export. It only ripens when they put some chemical on the way.

So when u buy an apple here and plant the seed, it won't germinate because the seed is actually premature.

If u get a matured apple seed, it will germinate. It may not bud easily tho because of environmental factors but it will surely germinate.

Bro you are 100% wrong, all the apples sold here are all matured. The proccess of germinating apple seed is very though, it can take up to 45 day before one seed sprout. I personally have germintate it here in nigeria and my nursery are sold from 10 to 15k per stand. I can even teach you how to do it your self.

SirLakes:

I dey wait your pictures nah

You still never see the pictures since or your data don finish?

Yes Apple can grow. These are two out of my 15 Apple trees in Benin, Edo state. They're 8 months old

Plant 2

wonyi:


How about the taste?

like I said everything about the apple is funny, the side the looks the taste is the worse.

Enudapan:
Nah eh! No qualms
This is so unsophisticated

I don't think so
Cos apples are the most
Expensive fruit here in Nigeria
One apple goes as high as 500 naira,
Most times I dey wonder how does apple juice sellers buy there apples and sell those juice at cheaper rate

Flavoured bro

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SonyaSpence:
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macron:
Hello, I wanted to ask if you have any information on the stakeholders list

Not at all bro

SonyaSpence:


Not at all bro

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