Moh247:
I tell you Nigeria has no reason to be hungry


Kudos O.P

I just re planted some too after my harvest

shatap you can never make sense
stop pretending

You are wicked. How can you pay only 1500 for filling 50 sacs of cement with sand

Nice one op
Learn something

N'ihi nke a bụ ihe Jehova kwuru banyere ya

Moh247:
I tell you Nigeria have no reason to be hungry

Kudos O.P

I just re planted some too after my harvest

Precisely! The problem is mostly that of laziness on the part of the poor.

BaddestQueen:
shatap you can never make sense
stop pretending

I am afraid he is right!

Kobojunkie:
Precisely! The problem is mostly that of laziness on the part of the poor.

From my experience of this particular sac farming, Nature does 80% of the real work, and anybody with youtube can set it up

Good work OP.
God bless the next plantings more.

orogodoganyin:



basically just shared them out to people

out of the close to 100 sacs you planted, how many yams did you harvest?

Kobojunkie:
Precisely! The problem is mostly that of laziness on the part of the poor.

You are right - they like free money and one they didn't labor for.

Kudos OP!

Interesting

Kudos. I tried similar thing in my compound, but unfortunately rodents and squirrels didn't allow them grow. Hoping to try again

This is really interesting

Get an Oraimo earbuds and enjoy music in the go

Moh247:
From my experience of this particular sac farming, Nature does 80% of the real work, and anybody with youtube can set it up

Even when nature doesn't do à lot of it, there is no hard work in waking up to water or weed a small capacity farm or garden. The average Nigerian home ought to have a garden that continously and I mean year round supplies the kitchen with food essentials but that still isn't the case and the only reason is laziness.

armyofone:
You are right - they like free money and one they didn't labor for.

Kudos OP!

Nigerians, particularly the poor, need to change abeg. Go a poor home and you see big yard space but bare. Why?

Go oyinbo house, right from the gate na one plant or another you go dey avoid to reach door. Yet we get better weather for growing food crops all year round. .

orogodoganyin:
So I harvested today... Harvest wasn't so good and I think I know why.
1. The soil I planted with, didn't support Potato planted by someone else the previous season
2. My staking wasn't so good
3. fertilizer application wasn't good too
4. No seed treatment before planting
5. Negligence on my part during the course of the season

Fantastic

A plot takes over a thousand sacs

orogodoganyin:


if they do well, it means I don't have to worry about having acres of land to plant yam... A plot might take 500 or more seedlings, and in the comfort of my surroundings

DeBiafran:

A plot takes over a thousand sacs

That's even more economical than allotting a remote acre somewhere for the same job.

orogodoganyin:
So I harvested today... Harvest wasn't so good and I think I know why.
1. The soil I planted with, didn't support Potato planted by someone else the previous season
2. My staking wasn't so good
3. fertilizer application wasn't good too
4. No seed treatment before planting
5. Negligence on my part during the course of the season

Consider composting as way of improving soil quality since you are planting in bags. And maybe work on ensuring crops are well watered. That's my experience with bag planting. In case that regular watering is out of the question, then employ mulching which is a great way to reduce watering need..

orogodoganyin:



The solution is apparently costly so I'm just leaving it be.

The fungi infection came from the yam setts I used. They were already infected so i guess it carried on to the plant eventually. They should've been treated before planting

NasoLifeBe!!!
How can the yam be treated before planting

orogodoganyin:



The solution is apparently costly so I'm just leaving it be.

The fungi infection came from the yam setts I used. They were already infected so i guess it carried on to the plant eventually. They should've been treated before planting

How do you do that... I would be planting next year

orogodoganyin:
The insecticide actually did a good job on the insects but it also affected the plants. Maybe the concentration was high...
But then new shoots and leaves came out and it's all good now.
I've applied a second doze of fertilizer and a third is due already.
Don't forget I've been applying in bits n not the usual amount.

At what stage (week) should this be done?

Lovely..

educative thread, thanks for sharing this interesting yam journey from pregnancy to birth

Kobojunkie:
Nigerians, particularly the poor, need to change abeg. Go a poor home and you see big yard space but bare. Why?

Go oyinbo house, right from the gate na one plant or another you go dey avoid to reach door. Yet we get better weather for growing food crops all year round. .

I tell you. Most are scared of hard work.
Great weather, land etc but hungrier!
No creativity or innovation. If there are large numbers of people like this OP in each state in Nigeria, things would be better.
They all want to go to university - yet parents can't afford to pay.
They can't feed yet have 4 children plus side children.

All this is what you labour for

orogodoganyin:
Well... At least, I know what to do against next season

Use cow manure instead of inorganic fertilizers .


You can bag the manures now and mulch it to prevent weed growth until when you are ready to start planting.

Your yield was poor for using the wrong fertilizer and also the bags might be too small for growing large tubers.

Consider larger backs and opt for cow dung instead. You can get the dung from your local cow market.

Please update have you harvested the yam. Show us the outcome

armyofone:
I tell you. Most are scared of hard work.
Great weather, land etc but hungrier!
No creativity or innovation. If there are large numbers of people like this OP in each state in Nigeria, things would be better.
They all want to go to university - yet parents can't afford to pay. They can't feed yet have 4 children plus side children.

The thing dey baffling, no be small..

Very interesting to watch your farm

Kobojunkie:
The thing dey baffling, no be small..

I really don't understand too!