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oladiran2:
All the kits are fully grown already and just left with weekly harvesting. Will post pictures when new production commence.
What do you want to know on fruit settings?

Hello, Good afternoon sir, please do u sell uv plastic film for greenhouse?

agroronnie:
I applied too but i didn't get an invite for the test, it seems that most invited candidates are all qualified acca/ican members because that is the only criteria that i am working towards as acca student.
Oh well am very optimistic that we will nail it next time... just have to keep trying.

Pls send materials to vincent.c.veronica@gmail.com.

Don't forget you are the product and the marketer too, if you market yourself properly to the interviewers you will sell your brand
No one rule in marketing; you must have absolute knowledge of the product inside out and you must believe in the product (yourself).
All the very best guys.

Hello Ronnie, good day, I would like to get in touch with you either via email or phone contact. I saw your post on your intended hydroponic greenhouse and would like to share ideas. I would appreciate your response thanks!☺

organicfoods:
What you must do:
1. Adequate planning.
2. Water
3. Commitments
4. Avoid Stressing the vine
Adequate Planning: In cucumber farm, you must plan well from start to finish. Your planning must include logistics like
a. Visitation to the farm: You can not abandon a cucumber farm like you do to maize, things happen very fast and there is little you can control when the vines are in full gear. So you have to monitor and ensure things works according to plan. If you don't love farming and you want money don't try cucumbers. If you have a tight schedule, planning from the scratch will help you a lot. You must know what's happening on the field every other day, because the faster they grow the faster things can go wrong. Pests also arrive very fast as well, many of them don't joke with it. You must have a program in place to control the pest. Our program was using neem oil and neem water. We soaked neem leaves in water for seven days and use every week, renewing the broth with fresh leaves every time we harvest the pesticide. This is how we initiate our pest control. We spray twice a week. Neem water on Monday and neem oil plus Black soap on Friday. When it rains, we change the day to when its favorable. Because we planted three in a sack, it was really crowded, I will recommend two per sack. You can plant three seeds per sack and prone to two leaving the healthiest plants. Recently I discover Palm Kernel oil (Yoruba called it adi eyan) when mixed with neem oil was really effective and powerful against caterpillar pest. The solution kills the pest almost immediately, I was really glad with the result. The tips of the cucumber vine are safe heaven for these pests. So spray the tips properly when applying pesticides.
[b]Fertilization:[/b]Cucumber depend heavily on continuous fertilization during production. Understanding the needs of cucumber in every stage of their development is crucial. For growth up to 2 weeks, cucumber nutrients demand appears to be moderate, from this stage upward they tend to demand more, so you can start given them supply. I used different fertilizer at different stages. At two week I used fruits blossom and Lacto Bacillus folia spray. At fruiting stage, I used Harvest plus rich in calcium and phosphorous plus fish hydrosylate. My harvest was really massive.
The composition of the soil will also go a long way. let me share an Idea I got from a crop farming group that I belong. I found great merit in the idea Using, chicken poo, Ash, charcoal and neem dust to constitute the sack will help a lot. Cucumber are susceptible to diseases because of pest activities, this composition will be of great help to the plant. Ash and charcoal has enough sulfur to keep virus and bacteria away. I will talk about new soil composition later in the post
c. Watering/Irrigation[/b]The success of the farm will depend greatly on water. Without it, your plants will get stressed and famished. Fruits quality will depend greatly on the amount of water given to the plant. Try and install simple irrigation like the type ishaqteejay implemented in one of his thread, it will save you a lot of energy needed for pest control. Lest I forget, try and mulch to conserve water and keep weeds away. cucumber don't like disturbance to their roots.
[b]d. Staking: Stake the vines early. They help release enough space for the plants, remember they don't like been crowded.
First Pix is where you will find those demonic caterpillar
second is a stressed fruit from poor water supply or weak pollination.

Hello sir, you are truly inspiring. I have read some of your posts fully on nairaland in a few hours and I must say this, you have educated me a lot.

I truly wish to grow organically. Im currently on a sack farming project for a type of melon in the cucumber family. I'm definitely trying the blood meal on some of my plants this week. I would try making your other beautiful preparations to use in my small project.

I tried using Chlorpyrifos just once and the bees avoided pollinating my earlier melon plants for one week before they came back, even though all d terrible pests were dead. I learnt my lesson. Before then I had been looking for where to buy Neem oil as I had researched on it but nowhere to buy it in my locality. I'm in a village in ekiti on nysc.

But with your free willing ingenuity, I'm gonna prepare my own dogonyaro leaf and bark extract.

I hope to learn more from you. God bless! Seriously and intensely following!!!

Please add me, I'm highly interested I'm based in Ekiti
izuchucoco@gmail.com 07053462145

Pavore9:
Someone will be arriving Lagos on Wednesday from Kenya, he is visiting the red stark apple farm here in Kenya on Tuesday and buying seedlings he is taking back to Nigeria. If you are still interested in procuring it, do send me a PM. A seedling costs $12.

cc. ejibamui, Ayostically, femora007, badmussy, saliubello, onyeogalu1

Hello sir, @pavore9
I sent you an email and I'm still awaiting your reply. I'm interested in getting some apple seedlings. Pls reply me. Thanks!