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What's recommended spacing

1.2m-1.5m between bed but some people use 90cm between bed and 60cm ridge

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This bag is too big

iykbethany:
We transplanted the open field habaneros yesterday

Ridge spacing looks too tight

Lanjonath:
Mydas?

Basimah f1

Hdpe pipes are best for irrigation farming.

PVC pipes are simply not cost effective at all. Better use Hdpe pipes which come in 100 meters roll. PVC comes in 6 meters, very tedious & time consuming connecting them especially on a big farm.

Hdpe pipes are actually cheaper than PVC. A big misconception out there is that they are costly. Their fittings are slightly expensive but this evens out if you factor in the cost of connecting 6m PVC pipes with glue to lay in the farm.

HDPE is more durable than PVC and even more hardy.

HDPE is super quick and easy to install. PVC is NOT!

Horlaryemi1:
Thanks for your respond
A since I discovered it, I have been spraying chemical on it. I use dominator twice but because of the fruit, I stop it and am currently using imi force.
Although, I use caterpillar force, A star insecticide and rabbit urine to spray it before

Spray fungicide

A Birnin Gwari farmer in Kaduna.

Click below
https://streamable.com/gnmoqy?src=player-page-share

opes:
Nice. What is the target crop? Rained yesterday, land preparation started already.

Cucumber and Okra

Land preparation
Total Land size: 1 hectare
Location: Abuja

Redjet Rz f1 (open field)
59 days after transplant
Ready for harvesting
Location: Ibadan

Theophinio:
What's this specie of pepper called

Answer is here
https://www.nairaland.com/7956959/how-profitable-pepper-farming-nigeria/3#127771536

Cocoboms:
My friend bought her cuke seed from Johnny seeds. They are expensive. Parthenocarpic cuke seeds are usually expensive. But their yield more than makes up for d cost of buying them. The one I bought in Nigeria last 2 years has been discontinued. But East west seeds has a parthenocarpic beit alpha variety in Nigeria called Basimah f1. Very very expensive 1000 seeds cost about 35k. Crazy!

It's now about 190,000 for 1000 seeds

opes:
Not for me, for a friend in Ibadan. Am planting around March and you know the variety..

Ok

opes:
Pls, what is the price of Darina 100g and number of seeds it contain? Thanks always

About 3,000 seeds but anytime you want to start, I can advise you on better opportunities on cucumber business production.

komoland:
Well done oga, Open field or green house?

Open field

Redjet Rz f1
Location: Ibadan
500 plant population
6 weeks after transplant

DeejaywonDJ1:
This is impressive but how do you manage to irrigate without drip. Pls share can you share how to go about it for pepper

The farmer is using water hose from a tank

Darina f1 cucumber (seedless)
Day 36 after germination
Harvest: First harvest
Volume: 2 bags (200 fruits)
Plant population: 2850
Location: Ibadan, Oyo State

souldeep:
Please pros in the house, btwn Avenir F1, piquante red F1 and Antillais, which of these varieties should I go for, considering yield and resistance to diseases.

Depends on your location. I have someone with antillas and piquante red f1 regretting now in Warri as it's been priced down at 3000/kg while super Habanero f1 is bought at 5000/kg

Darina f1
Day 37
First harvest: 8 bags
Plant population: 1850
Location: Awka.

Pixs was not taken as the women rushed all the bags available. Next harvest should have pics taken.

Educhopper:
Thank you sir for the information you give freely about farming. I am following you silently because I hope to invest into farming in the nearest future. God bless you

You are welcome

Donwise52:
Well done bro
Please I would like to talk to you about your connect for bag of kulikuli in Abuja...I'd really appreciate if you can share with me

Call me on 08032855102

webhostbiz:
Thanks for this info. What about the variety from RZ called mawenzil? Does it command good price too in kg?

Mawenzili in Abuja 5000/kg

Darina f1 cucumber
Day 30 after germination
Ibadan
2850 plant population

First time farmer and doing very well compared to many old farmers.

webhostbiz:
How are the super habanero and other expensive varieties priced in the market?

Super Habanero 5000/kg Mile 12
Piquante red 3000/kg Warri
Piquante Yellow 4000/kg Warri

omoniyisam:
give us update on the 950 cucumber stand... i harvested mine two days ago... got one bag

I will when I receive pictures and data. The farmer in Ogun State is an unfortunate one. He is trying to be funny by hiding the statistics of the farm. I now know why some farmers will never succeed. I am done with that farm and in short small farms currently.

I will update on another two farms, one 2850 population at Ibadan (day 30) and the other 1850 at Awka (day 37)

aliadi2:
Good morning sir can someone plant watermelon separately beside cucumber farm of 500 stand. Can cross pollination affect the cucumber sir

Cross pollination can't happen. But you need to up your spray program because they both belong to same family cucurbits and can share some pests especially aphids between each other.

jidestroud:
That Soko ehn !! all of a sudden, it just keeps becoming more and more difficult for me to nurse on my farm . It dies off just barely a week after sprouting.

Any suggestions? @emmaachile2

Could be fungal or nematode attack. Check the roots first and if it's ball like roots, it could be nematicide related.
Soko is also weak against fungal pathogens also. Feed it well like with an npk 15-15-15 to withstand those pathogens and also look for neem oil to use it on from the nursery.

opes:
Noted sir. And the spacing between the plants should be left at 30cm or increase?

50cm

opes:
Which can we say is better between the double cucumber row per bed or cucumber on single row per bed?

Both are ok but the spacing between the two rolls should be at least 50cm

Darina f1
Day 26 after germination
Plant population: 2850 plants
Location: Ibadan

Good fruiting and one of the few farmers following all our protocol and getting results. The other farm at Awka is doing very well.

jidestroud:
Soko or Tete?

I am yet to understand why the Yorubas prefer the Efo Soko to Efe Tete. For me, vegetable is vegetables. I couldn't even tell the difference of any vegetable eaten , well, except for bitterleaf . For those who intend farming vegetables where the Yorubas are highly populated, abeg do Efo Soko (Lagos Spinach).

Soko is far better in terms of soup thickness and also quality. It doesn't loose volume and resembles more of ugu leaves than Efo tete.
I remove all efo tete from the farm and replace with Efo soko.