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OUR STRENGTH

We have been in existence for about 40 months and we keep expanding to meet the unending demands of our customers.

We presently have about 4000 stands of cucumber that would be ready for harvesting on Wednesday and about 6000 newly planted cucumbers

Our farm is fully irrigated and semi mechanised and this have added our workers to perform effectively. We have engines like
1. Mechanised sprayer.
2. Chain saw
3. Earth auger.
4. Bush cutter
5. Weeder

REPAYMENT PLAN

The total amount that would be needed to kick start our expansion is 1,000,000 naira.
With the 50% proposed interest, we would be repaying 1,500,000 naira which would be paid for 10 month after a 2 month monetarium.

HOW WOULD THE LOAN BE EXPENDED

The loan would be used mainly to purchase agricultural inputs like

Cucumber seed 10 sachets. 160000
Tomato seeds 20 sachets. 300000
Fungicide magic box. 150000
Insectide. 30000
Calcium. 50000
Fertilizer 4 bags. 210000
Clearing and others. 100000

TOTAL. 1000000

REASON FOR ACCESSING LOAN.
As a result of the increment in prices of most agricultural input, our budget has been over stretched.
Most prices of agric input we budgeted for this year have doubled and tripled, so it is delaying our expansion plan

We at DOT-SOLAK FARM ENTERPRISES is seeking for ANGEL INVESTOR OR VENTURE CAPITALIST to secure a loan so as to cultivate the remaining portion of the farmland.
The loan would be 50% interest and it would be offset within 10months with 2 month monetarium.
The loan would be legally binded with a collateral from us.
We are giving you a 99.9% assurance that their won't be any default as we make sales weekly presently at our farm and this will make our repayment plan stress free

NATURE OF BUSINESS

We presently run our tomato and cucumber intermittently. Our cucumber section have a capacity of about 20000 stands which is divided into 3 different sections making us have a continuous supply of cucumber to our ever demanding customers.
The tomato section have a capacity of 27000 stands which is as divided into 3 sections also.
We have only used up about 3 acres of the land

Good day.

INTRODUCTION
My name is Oladotun Akinsiku and I am the CEO of DOT-SOLAK FARM ENTERPRISES.
We are located in ondo town, ondo state and majorly into tomato and cucumber production.
We started of on Jan 1, 2021 and registered our business on May 25, 2021.
We started with 2 plot of land and we have expanded to about 6 acres of land

Jub101:
Okro planted on the 10th of February, it was pre-germinated by soaking in water for 12hours to speed up the germination process. This helps in uniform seed germination

What is your source of irrigation

That bastard just killed my brother's wife last week because of greed

Farmerakinloye6:
Sold diva and Cobra 17k why plantinum 11k this morning... Start with motor cycle (2 crate), tricycle then dyna, not there yet! we will get there! My point is you too can start from little. Remember then it was only me in farm Monday-sunday, 7am-6pm everyday.

So inspiring boss.
God bless you.
Next na trailer you go dey load

Kindly contact me if you are an importer of apple. I would be needing a large quantity monthly.
070.....334......9975

My cousin (female) just got her student visa to a school in Essex, UK
Kindly recommend if you you need or know of any lady that would need a female roommate as the school hostel is filled up.
Please quote me as my DM doesn't work

Chidiebubeoji:


Only one of our buyers buys 8k
Others; 5k

They complain of rain disturbing the market.

Nawa ooo.
For the kin subsidy period
The price isn't fair at all, and they won't reduce the price they sell to their customers.
They are always willing to exploit farmers

MARKET WAY.
Farmers should always work on sales of output by have atleast 2 or 3 different source as this would reduce wastage of farm produce and unfavourable pricing.

mcyemite:
I am planning to do my first cucumber seedling tomorrow and I am honestly feeling lazy ahead about the transplantating...and it really got me thinking if it's worth doing or I should plant it directly into the soil...I want to plant 3 sachet of greengo.

Pls senior men that have done both direct planting and using of seed trays...is it worth the stress?
@Aqudude16
@REUBEN010
@Farmerakinloye6
@chidiebubeoji
@FarmTech

I prefer planting direct the i spray conc insecticide to Wade of insect and rat that can eat the seed

5:14am
((((My Okro project is finally done today. I am indeed grateful to God for it was a successful one. I learnt a lot through the process and as a matter of fact I will be downsizing next time just to manage better. Also due to large acreage being used we need extra hands on harvesting days in which those women are trying to suck us dry due to the fact that they know we can’t harvest alone. A basket was being harvested for 500naira and transportation to and fro was on us. Thank you all for sticking around. God bless all your legit endeavors)))


This is a statement from one of our farmer here on nairaland.
2+2 might not always give you 4 in agric, you can't downplay the importance of organic growth in agric. That is why you see many abandoned massive agric project.
But if you have more than enough cash, it is better you invest not more that 20% of it so as to have something to fall back to, then have a mentor with a successful farm record that is ready for consultation because what we see online here are just the basics of agric

mcyemite:
Good morning fellow farmers..please , considering fragility of cucumber seedlings,after how many days after germination is it advisable to transplant?

Like 3 days after germination if they had a good amount of sunlight

EricBraven:
Is there any selective herbicide for cucumber?

You can use any contact herbicide but endeavour to do control spray with spray guard

Farmerakinloye6:
I sold 11k flat this morning...

Thanks for the update boss.
I couldn't bring mine to the market today

Veddywhite:

We are planning on employing an agronomists and marketers that will deal with agents in all major markets in Nigeria.. what do you think

Bros follow this man advise.
Agric and agric business isn't theory oooo.
Start small then upscale.
But if 3 acres means starting small for you, then you are good to go

clinician2x:


I need to buy insecticide. U get sure plug. For my compound in the village mosquito is everywhere u can't sit out to chill

Sniper or ddforce

EricBraven:

Nope they were all planted the same time, I think something is eating the leaves

Nothing is wrong with your cuke bro.
Just spray the surrounding with a lil conc insecticide, make sure it does touch your seedlings

EricBraven:
why is this happening and what can I use

Explain better

mcyemite:


Senior abeg weytin happen gangan..share your experiences with us, what exactly went wrong ?
What it human error or it was nature.

My brother, it's a long story but I would concise.
I never knew the stream I wanted to use in my farm is a seasonal stream because it has a high volume water flow, I was surprised to see it dry all of sudden. I rushed to dig a borehole but it couldn't cater for my farm so I lost all my plants then.
I downside abit to fit into the liters I get from the borehole water I get daily but after some weeks I could hardly pump water for 30mins, the water would stop pumping.
I also have issues with acidic soil my cukes leaves were just turning yellow for no reason.
Just to mention a few

Farmerakinloye6:
I noticed something recently especially with the newbies, they don't bother with the key details. How will I transport my produce? What are the materials I need to grow healthy plant? Where and when to sell my produce? The thing is my eye don see shege for this our work, I have seen someone that lost over twenty million on cucumber and tomato, I have seen someone that realize 3m on just one sachet of plantinum, have seen someone that makes between [size=8pt][/size] 3-5m every five days during season and I have also seen someone that commit suicide because of failing farm back to back....hmmmmm etc. It is dangerous to just jump to work you don't know the details!

Baba you are 100% right.
Let me share my little experience.
I relocated to a bigger site late last year to expand my production. I use same template I used in farming my crops in my previous farm but I can tell you sir that i have being failing back to back till I hit the rock bottom. Millions of naira wasted since I doubled my production . I wan buy sniper drink but when I see say e cost pass malt and milk I change my mind.
Tho things has begin to change gradually.
Farming is not for the mild heart oooo.
And I would advise any farmer to test the river with a foot when ever you want to upscale your production or when changing location.
If possible do soil analysis

Jub101:
Harvest completed . 10 baskets

Weldone bro

Jub101:

Good evening bro, please I need your guidance on where I can sell my cukes in Ibadan. I will be harvesting next tomorrow. Thanks am located Iwo, Osun state

I take my cukes to Sabo at ife when I have excess.
I don't really know much about ib market

FarmTech:
My 4th harvest or so.

This your bagging style na wa ooo, it will consume lots of cukes before you fill it up.
Weldone boss.
Why don't you prune your plant??

solarized:


The tomatoes have improved/settled in their new home.
I lost a few and wish to ask of it's wise to replace them from my new nursery batch?

My observation on the recent experience is that:
1. The young tomatoes were too tall at the time of transplanting them. We had to dig deeper holes to accommodate the height. But, the workers that did the transplant did not fill the soil properly to hold the root+stem. There was vacuum beneath the soil and the plant.
2. The transplant operation started in the morning through the afternoon. The hot weather of the day and subsequent days of no rainfall stressed the plant as well.
No
Can I gap-fill with younger plants from the nursery please?

You can replant sir, that if they are of the same sizes and age

Waffarianman:
Mix DD power and sharpshooter with water and spray the farm and thank later

What proportion sir

FarmTech:

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Congrat. By God's grace my own will soon be out. There is joy in haorvesting .

Thanks boss.
Weldone