boluwajokosegun:
f u hav a farm & u need cash to expand then goodnews.
FG is helping farmers under a registered cooperative call Drean Nation Alliance
It has online platform
Has a member you can acess a small loan of 200k to start with within 4 weeks
First to months is interest free while d next 10 months are 2% interest
So why don't u take d opportunity now
If u use d 200k for 5 months u can return it & collect 500k or more
U can access it from any where in naija because it is FG powered

OLAMIMO12:

Before i attend to your request, tell me; why are you running away from my area of specialization ? l want to be known for cucumber and watermelon both locally and internationally, yes, yes. give reason, l can be of help

Pavore9:


Lettuce would be a nice try if your soil supports it as harvest is within 2 months and gets higher price than green and shoko.

jethro2:

The local method: Get some dongoyaro seed. Grind and soak in water for a week or more. Sieve the content and use the water as insecticide to spray the chilli pepper.
2. Plant basil leave intervally within the pepper farm.

Common method.
Use insecticide.
But over time insects becomes resistance to the insecticide.

Best is to keep trying different methods

jethro2:

Fungicide can be use to treat the soil before planting eg Furadan.

jethro2:

To sterilize; You cook the soil to a very high temperature. This will kill all the remnants nematodes eggs from the previous season planting.
Solarise; During the preparation of the soil after ploughing you leave it to receive maximum sunlight for minimum of 2 weeks or more.
Tsetse fly/ white fly: Some hybrid tomatoes are resistance to this

jethro2:
@ Bhurlagy.
Once the foundation is wrong the house can not stand.
Vegetables are very delicates and one needs to get it right from the begining.
Your Soil is very important.
You need to know the history of the soil before planting.
By history i meant what was planted there before.
Steps in raising a healthy plant include but not limited to:
1. Treat the soil by sterilization or solarisation. Both nursery beds and the field
2. Use poultry waste or other organic content to revive the soil
3. Use resistance seed
4. Nursery management is very essential.
5. Regular and consistence watering.
6. Use net to protect against insects.

The possibility of having a healthy annd productive plant greatly reduced if any of the step is omitted.

Its hard and by luck for vegetables to recover or survive once they are infected.

Prevention is better than cure really applies to vegetables especially tomatoes.

Its one of the most delicate crop to plant.

I hope you are able to salvage some of your plants?

I also hope this help to some extent even if its coming late.

Best of luck

jethro2:

How did you treat your soil?. What have you applied or have been applying in term of fertilizer etc

OLAMIMO12:

Causes of leaf roll in pepper and tomato are many. Stress, due to watering. Too much water or insufficient supply. If this is the cause, it could be easily reverse. Another one is too much nitrogen in the soil due to over-fertilization. Too much prunning at a time may also be the cause.
I want to believe that it is not fungal disease. Try to analyse the possible cause of leaf roll. Dont panic please. it is a common problem of pepper and tomato.

world1:

We have already send it. But you can resend your email address to me.
We are so sorry for the delay.

innovationafrik:
Once a Tomato plant is infected with any disease, the best option for you is to remove and destroy the infected plant by burning or pouring chlorine on it. Leaving an infected Tomato plant on your field may be detrimental to all your crops and some insects may spread the disease all around your field.
The two diseases that wreck Tomato farms often are Blight and Bacteria Wilt. Bacteria wilt is prevalent in SW Nigeria so Bacteria Wilt resistant tomato variety is advised to be planted. This disease has no cure once it infects your tomato plant. You can however get your soil cured from it by using plastic solarisation or the use of methyl bromide (most countries have banned its use). I also heard that the use of organic inputs can significantly reduce the incidences of bacteria wilt. Hydroponic farming or the use of sterilised soil in planting bags will solve most of these disease problems.
For Blight, the best remedy is prevention. You must make sure your tomato plants have a fungicide coating always. Some farmers drench their tomato plants with fungicide before and immediately after any rain.
The black spot below the tomato fruit looks like Blossom End Rot to me. Its either your soil has inadequate calcium or your tomato plant did not get enough water hence its inability to fully get enough calcium from the soil.
I am not an expert anyway but I am talking from experience.

jasper7:
The 7 decisive factors in successful farming of cucumber. (Most of these rules apply to farming in general).

1. The most important factor is the SEED you are planting.
Is it a local or a foreign seed?
Is it an open or a closed seed?
Is it a hybrid or General seed?
These and more are the things you find out before ever purchasing seed for planting. Some seeds can produce 1tonne of cucumber per hectare each harvest, others can produce 500kg, 200kg, even as low as 50kg. And some can produce up to 2-3 tonnes. Under the same agricultural conditions. (A kG of cucumber sells for minimum of N150 in wholesale).
Another role the kind of seed can play is in deciding how long you can harvest. Some 3-5 times some 5-10times while a select few can go 15-20 times before they wither. (Other factors contribute to how long harvest lasts)

So, you can see that the type of seed used is a very very vital factor

jethro2:

No. You can not intercrop with pepper and maize. Its a crawling/creeping crops that requires lot of space. Planting is 1m by 1m