I'll suggest you water now and apply fertilizer if you have the means to do so, those weeds will be competing for nutrients with the ugu, especially now that you are expecting fruits, so if have access to water, you should clear the weeds, allow them to dry and use the dried grass as mulch at the base of the plant, this will help in reducing water loss due to evaporation.

Emmafly:


Dear All,
i thought about coming here to continue sharing my experiences on my Ugu project. I decided to leave it alone for seeds and not touch it due to the wicked market conditions and it ended up being a blessing in disguise as the drought finally set in. This is approx. 7 weeks of no rainfall at Ikorodu, Lagos and am smiling because the weeds are busy protecting my very vulnerable plant roots for me to avoid them from burning out while that of other farms has started withering off. Male flowers has started forming so i intend weeding & fertilizing it once the rains begin in September while praying & hoping that it will produce the seeds i will use for my dry season farming in November as the cost of Ugu seeds is outrageously high and that is the only limiting factor for me to embark on dry season farming.
i am patiently waiting for those who set the market conditions during the dry season while i will keep updating the house as i journey through.
potential dry season buyers should keep this number 08183549869- Emmanuel.

Hello,
I sell good quality (broad leaves) ugu seeds, whats your location?

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Benyfil:
Hello all.
Where can I get good ugwu seeds to buy? I need about 10-20 paints

Thanks for the tip, i will look for fertilizer before weekend and apply some, i have only applied manure and urea before now. though i have cut some more than 4 times, is there still hope for those ones to produce pods?

On your intention to start planting by Novembermber, i would suggest you start planting a bit earlier if you have the means, ugu gets very expensive between November and April and still sells fairly in May. that gives you 6-7 months of good sales, but if you start planting by November, and start harvest by January, the plants will need up to another one month to start producing at high capacity, that leaves you with a maximum of 4 months for sales with good price.

Emmafly:


I do not plan to sell leaves by November. I plan to start planting by November so that my leaves will get ready by January. then I will sell throughout the dry season. I have access to at least 2-3 acre swamp for that and I tend to utilize it very well. though it depends on accessibility to and cost of seeds at that time.

on seed formation, you need to apply fertilizer especially potassium and calcium based fertilizer if your plant exhibit such symptoms. Ugu will naturally start to produce if you leave it for that length of time without disturbing it. though, from experience, you need to have cut it for at least 3-4 times before leaving it for seed.

Have you tried leaving any ugu plants for seeds to come out before now? I'm asking because the few ones i planted are over six months now, only 2 plants showed signs of pod formation and the tiny fruits usually gets dry and fall off after a few weeks, the rest have just been showing only flowers. Kindly share knowledge if you have any experience in pod production.

Also if you plan to start selling leaves from November then i don't think you can wait for your own plant to produce pods before you plant.

Emmafly:


Thank you for the advice.
Though I had intention of selling the leaves based on promises here and there especially from the so called market. but you know, until your product is ready before you know your customers behavior. I then realized that the law of demand and supply governs market behavior and not relationship. they suddenly started changing their mind. I even decided to give them on 2 weeks credit but they are even reluctant to receive it. I can imagine how oyingbo will be flooded with vegetables by now plus the extortion in the name of registration with the union. I have decided to use it for seed production to fortify my dry season November farming if I do not get a good market for it. may God keep us till then. but anyone still interested can call my no. 08183549869.

Any more update about the water leaf?

I think Laraforce gold is a systemic chemical and that is not too good since it's the leaves that will be consumed, You should get organic insecticides like neem and many other solutions instead of that. and for the fungicide, i think most ugu diseases only affect plants lacking nutrients, cut off the affected leaves and apply urea, if symptoms persists, then the big bosses in the house will advice further.

How big is your ugu farm?

freshrose:
Please, can one spray Ugu vegetable with Laraforce gold and SAAF Fungicide

thanks.

GemAgro45:
Ojota

Thanks allot boss, i'll check sabo.

OluchiDelly:


Check min of Agric, beside Lagos poly, odonginyan, ikorodu.
Or
Sabo mrk, via ilepo oba b stop, ikorodu. They sell bags, per Congo etc.

Hello Sirs,

Please who knows where i can get NPK Fertilizer within Lagos? I want to use it in my ugu farm to support pod production because i haven't been able to apply sufficient manure.

Kindly help please

Please who knows where i can get NPK Fertilizer in Lagos? I want to use it in my ugu farm to support pod production because i haven't been able to apply sufficient manure.

Kindly help please

Please who knows where i can get NPK Fertilizer in Lagos? I want to use it in my ugu farm to support pod production because i haven't been able to apply sufficient manure.

Kindly help please

Please who knows where i can get NPK Fertilizer in Lagos? I want to use it in my ugu farm to support pod production because i haven't been able to apply sufficient manure.

Kindly help please

Thanks allot Sir, I will try this out and share the result.

Please who knows where I can get Urea in 10kg bag within Lagos?

okoroemeka:
use one plastic takeaway spoon of urea fertilizer per crop,you will see immediate change

FarmTech:

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I haven't grew that intercrop b4. Prune out those diseased leaves. Can u post a picture?

Thanks for your response, I've cut off some affected leaves earlier on, fresh ones came out looking very green and fresh but later turned out the same way after a few weeks

Pictures attached

Please I'd like to ask a question, from your experience in growing okro, does it attract disease to other plants if intercroped? I'm asking because I planted okro on a plot and later added some ugu, the ugu are showing signs of fungal and bacteria diseases all over their leaves, while the okro are still fine after an early stage attack from aphids, someone said the diseases on the ugu is as a result of intercropping with Okro, how true is this I don't know, hence the need for my questions, experts in the house kindly help

FarmTech:

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4. Spray insecticides under leaves
(with this mtd, u can use lower concentration and still get good result)
5. Overhead irrigation (sprinklers) have been known to reduce whitefly population because they knock off immature stages of whiteflies and other pests. They also knock off spidermites. to avoid foliar diseases, irrigate only in the morning or afternoon to allow time for moisture on leaves to dry out. Whiteflies dealt with my cuke and okra because I was using furrow irrigation and I did not fertilize well.

6. Planting coriander close to your crop will chase whiteflies away. I have not used this yet.

There are many other ways but I believe these ones here will work fine. So far there is no whiteflies on my peppers. But they don't like peppers as they like cucumbers and okra. So I will confirm their effectiveness if I plant these 2 crops again.

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