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SeriouslySense:
So they cannot secure the place wow

I was speculating. I could be wrong.

That location yesterday would have been an obvious target for terrorists.

The President and VP may have been advised to give the events a miss.

sayso:
Just a slice of the question I asked before. What variety did you plant?. I wish you well in your harvest.

Rosa F1. Sent from abroad. Not sure it's available here.

Farmerakinloye6:
This year will be an interesting year for tomato Farmer..housa basket was sold 24-25k yesterday,18-20k today and crate was sold 6.5k this morning.

Interesting indeed. With Salah on Wed/Thurs those basket prices could return to around 25k later this week.

emmaachile2:
What's wrong with mop? What variety is this?

I am planting Jarrah Rz F1 in grow bags though it meant for dry season. I learnt if gap is followed, I should get up to 70 fruits of 100g each. Some get more but fertilizers to achieve this are Urea 46:0:0, npk 15:15:15, mop 0:0:60, limestone with a magnesium supplement like Epsom salt. A magnesium fertilizer will be best if available.

MOP is ok and cheaper. I would use it if I was applying it myself. With about 14,000 plants, we are forced to rely on day-jobbers for things like fertilizer application, and I'm sorry to say this, but they don't follow instructions. With MOP, you have to apply it carefully, at a safe distance from the tomato stem. If MOP touches a tomato plant's stem, it dries the stem and ultimately weakens the plant. Basically, you need a patient & experienced hand to apply it.

With Potassium Nitrate, application to the root area poses less risk of harm to the plant. Easier for an inexperienced person to apply.

vonxe:
From experience, comparing farms should take a lot of things in cognisance

1. Are both lands fertile same way? Farm close to each other may have almost thesame fertilty
2. Did both of you follow thesame agronomic practices ?
3. Did you plant thesame time?

Aside,
What was the total N , P and K you used?
Once I transplant am planning to use supergro with both my pesticides every week, is this ok?
Seems your staking method is different, can you please share your method

I think it can be useful to check what others in your field are doing & compare to see what works best. If my colleague's Platinum performs better than my variety, then I'd probably plant half of one & half of the other next time. The chap is also looking to do the same. It's all about getting the most bang for our efforts. We are not shareholders in the seed companies, so no head-in-sand allegiance to any particular seed.


I use Florida weave staking method. Google or You tube search should yield useful materials.

There are two plants here with over 25 fruits

This plant has many tomatoes, 10 of which are big and chunky already.

Picture taken today at 69 days. Compared to a neighbour's Platinum tomato variety of similar age, my variety is only about half as tall. The fruits on my tomatoes are bigger. We are going to compare total yield of both varieties at the end of the season. Platinum is a formidable variety, buy I think my variety will give it a run for its money.

One of our zones. We have 4 zones. Each zone has about 3,200 tomato plants.

Farmerakinloye6:
smile nah me get website? Am learner too! Pls do.

Great.

I hope to post pictures of my tomato plants later today. Hopefully, FarmerAkinloye would not mind.

ritzyluv:
Thank you very much. So which fertilizer can I use that has higher phosphorus in case of next time?

Phosphorus is essential for boosting tomato flowering, but there's usually enough of it in a balanced (e.g 15-15-15) NPK fertilizer that you probably don't need to worry about buying a high phosphorus blend. The issue with your current fertilizer is that it is not balanced - the Nitrogen content is too high (relative to the phosphorus and potassium) for the flowering and fruiting stages of tomato plants.

Please re-read my original content, as I have added a potassium element. A high potassium fertilizer is more relevant to you as a tomato farmer in Nigeria than using additional phosphorus as, in most cases, the latter will not be necessary. Potassium on the other hand is key to high yield. If you want to go down this route, try and replace your current fertilizer with a balanced one (eg 15-15-15) and add some extra potassium nitrate or muriate of potash (MOP) now that your plants are starting to fruit. I don't like MOP personally, but it's an option.

vonxe:
I put grinded Limestone powder (Lime) as a basal fertilizer?
Will it do what calmag or CN would do?

If yes, i put 120kg of lime in half acre, is the quantity enough?

Lime is supposed to boost calcium availability for plants, so yes, it can be a good alternative to CN.

Your Soil's PH should determine how much Lime to use, but since most of us don't do soil test, the quantity used is usually down to guess work. Generally speaking, if your farm is in a very high rainfall area, a more generous application may be needed.

ritzyluv:
I have only applied the 20:10:10 twice( 2 weeks interval). I used the camag once before I noticed the end-rot.
There is no 15:15:15 in my area(I heard it has been band here) that is why I used 20:10:10
Please what can I do?

20-10-10 is manageable in the early stages of tomato plants life. However, once the plants start showing signs of flowering, the high-nitrogen 20-10-10 should be replaced with a fertilizer with a higher phosphorus and lower nitrogen rate. This is also the time you should be getting ready to apply Calcium Nitrate.

When fruits start forming, then fertilize with slightly more potassium.

Dont wait until fruits are set before you start applying Calcium Nitrate otherwise blossom end rot will affect some of the tomatoes. Once a tomato fruit has BER, there's no remedy. By the way, I feel some tomato varieties are probably more susceptible than others. Something to think about in your next planting.

In your present situation, I advise you pluck affected tomatoes off the plants as soon as possible so the plants can grow new fruits quicker.

In order to prevent newer fruits from succumbing to BER, you need to up your Calcium Nitrate (preferable) or CalMag game.

CN applied through the roots is probably the best medium term option but it takes several days for plants fully absorb it, so not idea when urgency is a factor. A faster option would be to mix at a ratio of 1 tablespoon CN in 4 litres of water and spray on top and under the plant leaves. If you're using a 12 litre pump, that would be 3 tablespoon. Don't heap the spoons as that will take you above the recommended dose which can result in leaf burn and harm your plant.

All the best.

You swore on oath not to disclose it. Yet, you disclosed it.

Mr Amaechi can't keep confidence.

Interesting to see that the crate does not have to be full to the brim.

So, sexual molestation went on for 30mins and adults were watching from a distance in the name 'catching' the culprit 'red handed'. That's very disturbing. Should never have happened.

The sick man licked poor girl's ear, you waited and watched. He touched her...you watched more. He touched her some more, you waited again. All for 30 mins.

What kind of crude evidence collection is this Basically, they inadvertently facilitated the girl's sexual molestation again.

The whole thing is sickening. They've ruined the poor girl's life.

HarunaWest:
From ED level and above in every bank, CBN ought to vet the candidate..In fact DSS vets the nominated candidate.. This banks have a lot of CBN funds and interventions injected into them moreover CBN is the regulatory body for banks in Nigeria. So ideally, they ought to communicate key decisions to the CBN.

The tone and publication of that letter is so unprofessional. It reads like a rant typical of communications between opposing Nigerian politicians.

The CBN could have done its investigation, compel the bank's response, take action and choose an appropriate time to publicise its penalty.


Rushing out an unabridged, too-detailed public communication in this manner dents the CBN's professional standing and ironically harms the systematic banking stability that the CBN alleges First Bank's actions were likely to undermine.

A central should not be engaged in media wars.

Bank of England will not behave like this.

Most large oil companies operating in the North Sea (UK/Scotland) have their HQ in London, not Scotland.

Dangote's HQ is in Lagos, not Obajana.

There's a reason for that. Companies typically locate their HQ in the most cosmopolitan cities.

That said, I see no reason why oil companies can't move some departments to Akwa Ibom, Rivers and othe SS states.

hargbolahan01:
hi sir... I'm also planting platinum and it's at nursery stage now but it's not germinating well...out of over 3000 seeds in the pack only less than 1000 comes out
any advice?

It could be due to planting the seeds too deep in the tray/soil.

Most vegetables seeds germinate poorly when planted too deep.

It could also be that the seeds were too old. The older the seeds, the greater the likelihood of poor germination.

Make the girl sef look am now.

Restaurant is not night club na.

Sheriman:
Baba is teasing Tinubu. He would be shock how Fulani man from Daura will totally disappoint him

Buhari has a right to support whoever he wants as his successor. If he supports somebody other than Tinubu, there'll be no shock there.

What would be shocking would be for Buhari to block Tinubu from contesting the primaries, as his henchmen are currently trying to do.

Tinubu did a lot for Bihari, and has remained loyal throughout. He deserves better.

Most Nigerian meals are anything but healthy.

Portion sizes are huge. We eat too much protein and carbs. Fried plantain. People still fry food . No vegetables in sight. Even when there's vegetables, it is cooked for so long, a cardboard is more nutritious.

We need to change the way we approach cooking & meals in general.

Does anyone have first hand experience of using Golden N.P.K 15-15-15 Fertilizer.

Is it good?


Most NPK fertilizers on the market seem not to be very useful.

The Saraki man is laughable. Is he not part of the problem?

'Unity of Nigeria'. Since when?

A lot of moderate people are beginning to be fed up.

ideepaul:
I replied to your DM, but got no response! connect via WhatsApp 09021747403

Sent you a message.

Intendy:
Evening sir. I'm also interested in the trial phase if any slot to give is still available. thanks

Please leave your phone number.

komoland:
I was also replied to your DM but till now got no response from you, kindly contact me on 07020271826. thanks

Sent you a message.

ideepaul:
i tried to see if I could share with others, but to no avail, I need about 500 seeds just for trials and maybe sharing with a farmer or two so I can share an unbiased feedback...as per the cost, for 20000 stands needed for an hectare of rainy season cultivation (except your cultivar is different, I would need about 189000 for 21,500 seeds, hoping I can get more than 95%seed germination. if that is spent on seeds alone, it negates the benefits of low cost cultivation from my perspective.

I suggest you do experimental planting first before considering buying the seeds. No rush. Will increase seed quantity to 200 so you can share.

How do I get your contact info as there's none in your profile.

ideepaul:
Hello sir, I am definitely interested, but to make it easier for us, I would like to pay for more seeds if the seed price is not excessively high. And I hope I will still find the seeds to buy for commercial operations if it's successful

I can probably sell you a packet (1500 seeds) for N13, 500.

I have not grown Platinum before, but it seems it is a very good seed, from what I have been reading here. However, from the pictures I have seen the plants seem rather tall thus necessitating staking - this can be costly in terms of time, money and effort.

If you want to grow a very large field, the variety I have would be a better choice since it doesn't grow very tall and does not require staking. Yes, you lose may be 10% of the fruits to rot, but I think it is worth it when you consider the effort that goes into staking.

Staking is also a barrier to you scaling up. How do you stake 20,000 plants without investing a ton of money

A tomato variety that is low in height, produces well, highly disease resistant, and is generally low-maintenance is a no brainer in my view.

If you look at Tomato Jos (the American lady investor spending millions of dollars growing tomatoes in Kaduna (I think)), her tomato plants are not staked. That's because she plants several hectares and staking is simply not economically feasible in that situation.

I'm not given to hyperbole, but I'm tempted to say that if this particular tomato seed is adopted widely in the South today, in a year or two, there would be little need to import tomatoes from the North.

Based on my experience, it seems to do well in ALL seasons - dry, wet, heavy rainfall, low rainfall, very high temperature etc. Also, the structure, shape, and colour of the fruit is excellent for Nigerian market and taste. It is possible there are tomatoes that produce more in Nigeria today, but boy, I would be surprised if anything beats this tomato when all factors are considered.

That is why I want people to try it in different locations so we can confirm if my report of its performance is confirmed across the entire south or whether my location just happens to be well suited to it.

If you are in the North and you want to try in your location, I'd be happy to send you some seeds.