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Tohsynetita1:
For 100 acres, don't use raingun , don't use drip, the best for such is furrow, don't go and waste your money.

Omo9ja147:
Manual Weeding still continue... Pesticide application was done against army worm infestation.

Farmerakinloye6:
I start selling today officially , and I sold for those that want to resell at the same spot at 17k per crate. Normally it should be 18k...let me put it this way.. any farmer that transplant between (open field) feb-march, and you notice your tomato don't do well like previous years or perhaps you are newbie, it is general including myself, the weather cause it and there is nothing we can do about it. Farmers has being complaining to me, one even said" he suspect one woman behind the ordeal "

Omo9ja147:
u don't need to mix lagon with anything.... It will work very fine.... 8 weeks weed free if applied very well

Omo9ja147:
u don't need atrazine for Lagon, lagon is effective if the land is wet....

staga:
There is a technique I have been using. I do not use any herbicides.

I use a tractor to plough. After ploughing, I plant. Once the maize is 3-weeks post sprouting, I mix urea and mycorrhiza into my seed planter, and roll the planter beside the plants.

Mycorrhiza makes the maize develop a much more efficient root system for max utilization. It is a naturally occurring fungus, but is destroyed by herbicides.

The difference between my crop and those of other farmers is always amazing.

Wodu89:
Are you the owner of the capital eediot

Wodu89:
I want to start to plan for my future. This future is about setting up a fully.irrigated farm using rainguns.

I want to know the entire setup cost and will pay a tip to anyone that can complete the grid in my mind.


I will like to know the number of rain guns to buy.

I want to setup a 100 acres Raingun-Irrigated farm.


I will like to know the number of rain guns to buy

I also like to know the estimate time it will take to irrigate the 100 acres at once

I also want to know the estimated quantity of fuel it will take to irrigate the 100 acres

I will pay 4000 Naira for a complete design system.

Zerofarm:
Good morning Nairalander’s

I’m in a confused state as I have like 4m I wanted to use for agriculture this year I wanted to plant the raining season maize but people are saying that raining maize is unprofitable and marketers don’t buy raining season maize unlike dry season maize that I wont make profit.
Please have anyone planted raining season maize here and sell it as fresh maize before and was able to sell everything and make profit ? I wanted to do the farm in Ibadan fully mechanized but I’m worried I might not be able to sell when it’s ready by June/July or so

Abdullahi4u7:
So the 2.5 bags you mentioned is when it's harvested fresh?

Abdullahi4u7:
Which variety did you plant in the end and how was the yield?

Abdullahi4u7:
I need recommendations please:

White maize
High yielding variety
Open pollinated
Disease resistant
For Southwest

Please recommend only if you have cultivated the variety in the southwest and had good results. I wouldn't like recommendations that are based on literature alone.

Thanks

Farmerakinloye6:
Some are planning to quit their full time job for tomato production why some are planning to collect huge loan. My advice,1. if your work is giving you 90k upward every month don't quite yet because anything can happen, what if there is glut? Wait till you master the art of growing and selling! 2. If you are newbie, don't rush to break even! Start small and grow. Anything beyond 2m is beyond if you ask me. Have seeing a lot of millions ENTER BUSH THIS YEAR example, I saw newbie that start by planting 2 hectare of cucumber and over 3 hectare tomato, guess what Both fail. Have seen someone that waste over 10m this year on tomato cultivation.

Attit:
I doubt you have managed a tomato farm before. If not, stop at 3km driptape length. With what you have said, it seems it is 50cm emitter spacing so that the lowest population is 6 000 plants. This is enough to make you a huge profit. And you want to extend to 13km when you haven't done it before. Not advisable.

If you do it well as a beginners, and with cobra, you can make 450 to 600 crates altogether. First, get yourself in order and endeavor to even hit 600 before you start thinking of expanding. If not, maybe its 100 per crates you are going to make for every 3km drip despite wasting farm inputs.

Therefore, forget about expansion now. Do only what your pump and drip can take. Prepare your soil well, tackle your workers well, and make sure you hit 600 crates. By April next year, you should have harvest enough crates. If you see that you are on the right mind to expand, use part of your sales to acquire more drip and do another 1km to 3km. And improve on it.

Stop forcing 13km. You do not have the financial means to do it. Also, I doubt you can handle it if you have the money.

400 crates at N7k is 2.8million naira which you know well is a low price. You can make up to N5million sales with your 3km. So, are you saying you will spend more than N2.5 million naira for 3km?

What I have learned is that most people cannot do more than 1 plot. Even those who asked me for 1 ha, they couldn't. So, I thought about if deeply. And then kidnappers made me to restrategize. I used to say that you should do nothing less than 1 acre in the past. And I would even encourage you to do 1 ha and above. Yes, I was successful in such, but most people cannot handle it. So, I have started telling them to not go inside bushes again. It doesn't worth it if you are a new farmer. Find a small plot and get a good cultivar.

Oga, a beg...veggie is rewarding. Do what you can do well. No need to expand big when you are still learning it.

If I were you, I would take 3km there and test my ability with just 500m drip for like 4 months. Of course, you will learn so much with this way. And then by March - April next year when I have practised well enough, booooom...... 2,500m drip and you hit it big...maybe even hit 650 to 700 crates.

Even with one of my styles, I use 3,500 to 4000 for 1 acre. And I use 80cm spacing for one of my varieties. So, you can see that I dont even have up to your own population. And believe me, if I am on farm, nothing stops me from making 1,400 crates.

Sit down, learn and move your efficiency up. If you do 3km this year and you know your efficiency is 60%, then, downsize to 500m and try to move your efficiency to 90%. I am a perfectionist, so, I strive at 98% and above. If I have my old boys who are active, I can go up to 30km. Yea. But when I had no one with me, and I did not trust the boys who they gave me, I said nope. I went to the city and I pulled out just 200m that my strength can take. I managed it from A to Z at my backyard cos I just want to exercise myself (way to bouncing back to field work after a long rest). Did I force what I used to do? Nope. My boys are already cultivating their own land. I need to build again. On top, kidnapping here and there. And I cannot build a bungalow in a bush for some boys to come pick me. Nope. Rather, we will spell it out there...so in order for me not to even take any risk, I refused to go. And I have nog seen anything which will take me to the bush for now. 30 million naira promise cannot even make me go to any bush now. Never.

Remember that I hablve been shouting it on this platform even before kidnapping is rampant in the south. Many here insulted me that I was wicked and selfish cos I refused to do trainings on my farms or invite them to come see me. Make I use my own hand invite kidnappers cos I want to prove super hero on yeye Nairaland. They hit their heads on imaginary walls here, and I didnt even send them. Lol.

So, the little you think is nothing is something. Do what your irrigation can take now. Your challenge is your efficiency. Sir, go back to the drawing board and increase your efficiency. Make sure you learn about soil preparation. This is the secret of high yield. I see the useless ways soils are prepared here on NL and I always laugh. One was even using fresh manure. Lol. Na waooo. They hit heads on NL imaginary wall and I assited them to hit it more. It is not by force to teach arrogant people things they dont know. Anyway, check my old threads and learn.

Oga, if you are serious, just 1000 seeds of another variety...if you follow my plan, you will hit that 600 crates you want to use 3km for. Sure your 3km will hit the number like 3 months ahead of the variety. The issue is that, you remove extra costs and harvest gradually. You just have to take staking extremely serious. Staking is not like the skeleton bamboo sticks like kwashokor bends all over farms I see. You will use solid stakes that are tall and fitted with strong wire guage.

It is not how many plants, but how good you are and how the variety you are planting can perform. Why will I use 1.5kg per plant seed cos it is cheap, when I can use one that will give me 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, 25kg, or even 30kg per plant? But you dont expect to buy these kind of seeds the amount you buy cobra. Nope. So, before you start using them, practise very well. Practise your cobra also

Attit:
The figures here aren't adding up, but it's ok. I will share some things with you.

First, the cost of 1 ha drip depends on the variety you are working on. How can you say 1 ha drip is 55% completed. Please, just be straight forward sir. You don't have to say it for me to reply you and help. Nope...dont make me feel you are doing 1 ha. What I wrote earlier does not mean you should do 1 ha. It is expensive to do 1 ha. Yes, manufacturers want you to even buy input for 100 ha and above. This is what they want, but we are here to support each other. My point is that there is a minimum you can take to make profit. That minimum is not necessarily 1 ha. I think just 1 plot is still profitable if you are close to market and farm.

What do you mean by big sand filter? You either use 2 inch or 3 inch size depending on the size of your drip. And even your drip is 3 in, I can teach you how to still use 2 in. And the price is N10k to N25k ...maybe they sell at N30k or more for 3inches now. Not sure. Is it N10k to N12k you dont have for 2in filter?

You said 1000ft drip cost you 1500. I think you need to check your figures.

Which one is 2 - 0.8l/hr? Anyway, forget about the info since it really depends on pressure. It is not really necessary.

If you use 0.2mm very well, it can last you even 10 years because it has UV protection. The only way it can get destroyed is when you have high water pressure and it starts bursting (you can reduce the pressure), or when weeding and you use cutlass to cut it. Sun cannot easily destroy it. Also, rats can easily damage 0.2mm...and sharp objects on farm will damage it too. But the good news is that you can amend it. I know even cheaper ways of joining drip without buying expensive joiners. All you do is sit down and take your time to close up all bursted spots. Guy, I have sat down to close up spots in 1.5ha farm with so many bursts here and here. I was short of cash, and I went into my stores and removed sets of drips I wanted to throw away. Listen, even my ex workers refused to use them when I gave them. They said it will be too much cash to buy joiners, and they politely rejected it. Guy, I sat down for good 5 days in my house and amended everything. Took them to farm, set them up and saw many more spots I couldn't detect at home. I returned home and the following started amending the spots I marked the previous day. This one is working in the field which took me 2 solid weeks. The 3 workers I had were just looking at me like zombie. And I didnt bother them cos if I tell them to do it, they will do rubbish. So, I patiently did all myself when I knew I had no cash then. Such experience was the reason I asked people to buy thicker ones. Right now, I even even thicker ones that what I I recommended previously, but I cant tell anyone else to.

My suggestion
Say exactly the size of the plot you want to do and I can give you suggestions. Say exactly what you have and hope to get.

What variety?
Size of bed?
How many rolls of drip per bed
How many rolls of drip have you got?
How many meters in one roll?
How many plants altogether do you want yo do?
Give as many details as possible.