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 Agriculture › Re: My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by DICON2(op): 11:27am On Aug 08, 2016 |
Good day everyone, hope you have started your land preparation for the next watermelon planting season? |
| Investment › Re: What Kind Of Business Can I Invest With 1.2m? Pls It's Urgent! by DICON2: 1:51pm On Aug 06, 2016 |
You can invest in my 10acre watermelon farm project. You decide how much you want to invest. Cultivation of an acre is 100,000 naira and after 3 months you get a minimum of 140,000back or even up to 200,000. You can contact me on 0 7 0 6 6 2 9 1 1 0 0 for a detailed proposal. Regards. Iconfarms. Rogersmith: |
| Agriculture › Re: My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by DICON2(op): 2:58pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
>>>ANOTHER LESSON. It was march and it's time for watermelon, the farm is weedy but i thought i can still manage herbicide to save cost. Got herbicide(quick action, major component: paraquat), i sprayed and i planted as soon as possible cos I was running out of time. They were growing fine at the beginning, but the rain increased and the weed started coming back to life. Also, it was may and it was mango's season, i had a old mango tree close to my farm and this fruitflies invaded my farm. Hmmm, this small flies can destroy acres of watermelon farm without you harvesting just 1 ball from it. I started making calls and fortunately for me i was able to find a solution even though i lost a lot of young watermelons to them, A LOT. LESSON LEARNT: Make sure you do you land preparation thoroughly. Hopefully i will share the little i know about land preparation later. ...watch out for fruit flies, especially when you have a fruit tree close by and they are producing at that time. though you must be watchful of these little creatures every time. I FEAR THEM. Spray weekly or even 5 days interval and get a pheromone block (this is the solution to fruit fly) To know if you have fruit fly infestation, you see your young watermelon fruit getting rotten, you will notice a tiny hole at the point of rot and if you break the fruit you will find maggot inside. If those are what you are seeing, that is fruit fly in action, they lay eggs inside young fruits, those egg develop to maggot and the maggots feed on your small watermelon. 1 Share
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| Agriculture › Re: My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by DICON2(op): 3:40pm On Jul 24, 2016 |
>>> Second Cucumber experience. After the previous success i set out to cultivate it on a bigger land. Met with some people and i rented a land, did the clearing, packing, burning(the best option at that time) and ridge making. BUT, by the time the ridges were made, the planting time was almost over but due to the zeal and the money spent i decided to go ahead with the planting, hoping the weather will be favourable. They were growing fine but suddenly the rain stopped, and you know the rest. The harvest was not up 10%of the expected harvest and some was even bitter. Very bitter. LESSON: You can't put your 100% trust in the weather though there are some save periods. To be continued... |
| Agriculture › Re: My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by DICON2(op): 2:52pm On Jul 24, 2016*. Modified: 3:40pm On Jul 24, 2016 |
CONTINUATION... >>>My First Cucumber Story. After the watermelon flop, i planted cucumber and again it didn't do well. WHY: That's the question you were about to ask i guess. They didn't do well because the land is compacted and i didn't bother to till before planted due to my inexperience. They all germinated but they were very short, around just a feet tall and they didn't produce fruit, just bright, beautiful yellow flowers. LESSON: Make sure you thoroughly till the soil. The best bet is to plough but if you can't, make sure you make beds for your vegetables. Then the rain comes again and it was time to plant, tried cucumber on a quarter plot of land and it was a success. |
| Agriculture › My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by DICON2(op): 11:25pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
Shout outs the bosses in here. una know una self. This is just a short story on my experience over the few years i have started farming. Will be talking about the things i didn't do right so that people can learn from my past mistakes. >>> My first voyage into farming was a DISASTER. I Planted watermelon on an approximately 2 plots of land and believe you me i didn't get a ball of watermelon from that farm. MISTAKE(S) MADE: Poor monitoring of the plants and this is because i was very far from the farm and i didn't have any farm worker to help. This prevented me from spraying insecticides and fungicides regularly. NOTE: Also spray your watermelon or any vegetable you plant weekly and make sure you don't skip any week. Will continue tomorrow in sha Allah (God willing). i get serious headache. catch ya lera
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| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farming/Training: June - August 2016. by DICON2: 8:47pm On Jul 19, 2016 |
Won't the september heavy rain cause flower shedding and also make them growing watermelon break/split. Just want to know more. Alpha2k: |
| Agriculture › Re: A Thread For Growing Watermelon In your backyard With Photos by DICON2: 5:33pm On Jul 17, 2016 |
Which variety can do well? pamdaniel: |
| Agriculture › Re: A Thread For Growing Watermelon In your backyard With Photos by DICON2: 5:31pm On Jul 17, 2016 |
Which variety can do well in such situation. pamdaniel: |
| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farming/Training: June - August 2016. by DICON2: 5:24pm On Jul 17, 2016 |
Can watermelon planting still be done at this time of the year. |
| Agriculture › Re: (market More) Cucumber Seed Performance by DICON2: 7:28am On Jul 15, 2016 |
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| Agriculture › Re: My Successful Cucumber Sack Farm In Kaduna by DICON2: 7:56am On May 29, 2016 |
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| Agriculture › Re: Strawberry Farming by DICON2: 2:46pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
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| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farmers Lets Meet Here by DICON2: 2:44pm On Mar 23, 2016*. Modified: 8:35pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
For the fungicide ask for z-force or funguforce. It's is clearly stated on the label of the insecticides, different insecticides has different measurements. Check the label or ask any farmer around you or even the person that you bought it from. ipio: |
| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farmers Lets Meet Here by DICON2: 9:45pm On Mar 19, 2016 |
ipio:Better to be used with the insecticides as prevention is better than cure. Some say when it starts fruiting |
| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farmers Lets Meet Here by DICON2: 9:45pm On Mar 19, 2016 |
ipio:Better to be used with the insecticides as prevention is better than cure. Some say when it start fruiting |
| Agriculture › Re: Watermelon Farmers Lets Meet Here by DICON2: 12:24pm On Mar 19, 2016 |
You start using insecticides after they've sprouted and you keep using weekly/fortnightly until u harvest. Don't forget to use fungicide (z,-force, funguforce) too. |
| Agriculture › Re: Maize by DICON2: 12:37am On Mar 04, 2016 |
The gurus in the house should help a brother out. You can plant maize with watermelon. |
| Agriculture › Re: Is Turkey Profitable To Give Me N70k Or More Weekly Find Out Here by DICON2: 9:41pm On Feb 24, 2016 |
@scanfrost check, he said 8k MINIMUM. And that's not the right manner of approach. 9 Likes |
| Agriculture › Re: Below N6700/50kg Bag Organic Fertilizer For Guaranteed Yield by DICON2: 11:32pm On Feb 07, 2016 |
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| Agriculture › Re: 'KING HUMUS PLUS' Is A Soil Conditioner And Plant Growth Stimulant For All Crops by DICON2: 11:22pm On Feb 06, 2016 |
so what you are saying now is, if I want to buy 1n test I will get it for 4500. |
| Agriculture › Re: Raise Your Standard Of Living By Investing In Cucmber Cultivation. by DICON2: 3:11pm On Feb 03, 2016 |
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