housing.
I bought a colony (2males and 3females) on the 24/02/2021 for 80k, due to to their small sizes I used bokoharam net to cover the cage round so they won't escape.
grasscutter has a very sharp teeth, that was why I choose such net to prevent them from biting it and escaping.
I would be posting more pictures soon as my grasscutter have become more familiar with me.

happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the world.
I have been a bit busy at farm because it KS planting season already.
so sad I lost one of the grasscutter to snake attack, but I average amended the cage and blocked every hole snakes can pass through.
grasscutter is a choice meat with low cholesterol, try are very easy to breed and the most important thing is there going.
they reached sexual maturity around the 7-8month and start reproducing.
one interesting thing about the meat is you spent virtually almost nothing to feed them which makes it very profitable.

Farmerakinloye6:
the seedlings is 10 old today. For those that watch the video, the net I spread under was removed on 8 day because the root has shoot out.i don't apply any manure, fertilizer or pesticide.

good am boss.
eku Ojo meta.
what do you mean buy the net you spread under?
how many days can cucumber use in the seed tray before transplanting?
how do you remove the cucumber from the seed tray and transplant it to the field without killing the cucumber

I would be posting here about my grasscutter farm and some daily activities on how I nurture them.

Obatobi1:


The roof should've been made with UV sheet, but I had to use large nylon/sac material which has a little semblance with UV sheet, but way lesser in price and quality to UV sheet

on an average sir.
how many big basket of tomatoes should one expect from 1000 stands of tomatoes with GAP

Farmerakinloye6:
hardest part in cultivating cucumber is staking!!!! It requires handsss ASAP. If your plan is to use Baboo as your Pole....carry your sense follow body and pray on your way to cut it. Be careful and cautious because it is very very dangerious!!!! am bringing this particular project to an end today, I thank God and I really enjoy and appreciate every body contribution,thanks and God bless you all. I make Times 4 of what I invested. Nigeria will be GREAT!

congrat boss

fiddzy:
oga e be things ooo, my dry season cucs over me Wella , but we move ,another bfre the onset of the rains.

it is well sir

safarifarms:
Cucumber has dealt with me seriously and I'm considering looking at other crops like garden egg, tomato and pepper.

Besides the cucumber dying too early several of the fruits keep getting some kind of disease that I'm yet to find someone with concrete information on the cause and remedy.

See attached pictures.

cucumber during dry season isn't that easy, especially when the water level has gone low.
I experimented at the same time and same seed on two different plot of land, one is upland and the other is lowland during this dry season and the result was so clear.

Farmerakinloye6:
Am in market at the moment. See for yourself full basket 2k

with all the stress and fuel that I burn, I will now sell my tomato 2k per basket. Jesus I need a miracle oooo

Farmerakinloye6:
smile price now is 1.5-2k. it will start coming up by March ending.

OK Sir

Farmerakinloye6:
I don't have the time, else I will miss my planting date for tomato. if I continue to irrigate my harvest will be like shakushaku 80%,viable one will be like 20%. It doesn't Worth it...moreover season is almost here ( other commodity loading)

noted boss.
but price of tomato dey fear me now oooo.
I hope it changes before next month ending when I start harvesting

I learnt a lot from this your project boss.
I would be planting cucumber massively by December to meet up with the high price.
your plant still look fresh and it shouldn't be the last harvest

aliadi2:

So you mean i cant use sack. But i read on here that Oga emeka and some others used sack more than once. Cos the land has been used to do mould block

from my little experience about sack farming compared to the conventional way. I would advise you plant on bed, but if you have no other option than sack, try it out sir

jidestroud:

Oga mi, curling of leaves in tomato like every other plant can be chemically induced, biologically or simply response of your plant to your immediate environment. Although, your picture ain't too clear but what did you spray on it?

You also stated the variety planted is platinum right? (Resistant to TYLC virus)

Note: some tomato varieties are notorious for curling .
I once had all my tomato plants curling (variety withheld) out on one occasion. In some cases, there is nothing you can do to stop the curling so long it isn't disease caused.

yes boss.
thanks a lot.
I planted platinum and this is my first time trying it out.
I am still observing them tho.
I doubt it was chemically induced

aliadi2:

Thanks alot . Am thinking of doing sack cause the land i want to use is not that ok. Hope no problem with that

I would advise that you work manure into the soil at the spot you want to plant than using sack.
I am yet to see a commercial sack farmer

edogu:
Please can we know the reason?

lessen the nitrogen in the manure. eat up the nitrogen in the soil

OluchiDelly:


The pic u attached is not very clear, seems there are patches of yellowish infestation on the curled leaves right? If yes then, it's TYLCV.
Most tomato diseases are irredeemable, Just uproot and discard. Step up more preventive measures.

thanks ma

aliadi2:

Hello aquadude. Thanks for the reply . the chicken manure that i have has wood shaving inside but its from layers not broilers. My birds are on deep litter

I would advise that you discard that one and get the one without wood shaving

070.3349977.5

aliadi2:
Hello nice reaching the end of this thread, the success and stories of the people who have succeeded has encourage me to try cucumber farming on the small piece of land in front of my house . i would like to throw some question to Oga Emeka and all the veterans in the house .
1. No one here has really explained how to pin down the trellis so that it wont sag.
2. I have chicken manure that i bagged from my layers poultry farm some weeks back how can i apply it as basal so that it won't burn the crop most of what have read here is how to apply the wet one and i have the one from deep litter
3. Can someone please help with the fertilizer, pesticide and fungicide schedule for us newbies so that this will be a guide.
More blessing to all the great farmers here who took part of their time to try and eradicate poverty from Nigeria in the little ways they know how to . Good bless you all

1. tie the end of the rope to a small stick, then peg it close to your cucumber plant.
2. you can apply it close to your cucumber plant but make sure it doesn't touch the stem of your plant. I hope the manure doesn't have wood shaving.
3. fertilizer - npk
pesticide- depends on the type of pest you want to tackle
fungicide - saaf, ridomil gold, fungi force.

OluchiDelly:


Tomato yellow leaf curl virus TYLCV . What variety did you plant.

platinum.
any solution ma?

070.33499.775

okoroemeka:
#700 per pack at onitsha,the trick in using old school nematicide is to apply before planting

good morning boss.
I noticed that some of my tomato plants leaves are curling upward like in the pic.
what can be the cause

okoroemeka:
furadan FMC

after using furadan on my cucumber farm, I still notice rkn in my farm. I want to try velum prime on the Same plot of farm

okoroemeka:
cucumber is like stock exchange,it can rise and fall anyhow,any news about the spray hood?

good sir.
how much is velum prime and how can I get it sir

is your cucumber available and which variety did you plant

okoroemeka:
I traveled and told my workers to put fertilizer on pepper farm,they carry urea put for tomatoes,my brother na so we lost a tomato farm that is already riping,I nearly have stroke when I came back

sorry about that boss

okoroemeka:
remember eye way see get share,I dey for this 10% share ooo!

boos update us about your tomato small na.
make you encourage us.
I have transfered my own to the field

Farmerakinloye6:
15ml and minimum of 14 days interval.

thanks boss

Olaleyeabdullah:
sorry boss I have come again...the nandini started flowering yesterday. Lots of male flowers. I couldn't see any female. So, my question is that is that how the flowering pattern is?

it is normal sir.
the male flowers attract bees before female flowers start coming out.
you would have less aborted female flower when compared to female dominated varieties

Farmerakinloye6:
he has bought 18 bags of cucumber from me, he is honest and timely, nice doing business with you bro. Price is 4k at the moment.

thank you sir.
nice doing business with you