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omoniyisam:
Darina too...
About 500 stands

Should be nutrition. Nutrition makes it ready on time.

omoniyisam:
This is like a bag... From 950stands?

Yes, a little above a bag

omoniyisam:
Mine are 35days today but the fruits are not big yet

Which variety?

omoniyisam:
whats the update on this bro...
Has harvest started?

Yes, first harvest on day 35 after germination.

Second harvest should be today or tomorrow. Will update more.

Curved fruits in cucumber is likely a result of low soil moisture. Cucumber need up to 3-4 litre per plant a day for optimum production

ilebaye2017:
Please can I just buy pepper from the open market and plant it's seed?
Thank you

Don't try it. Go for cheap variety instead like the piquante red. It's only 500.seeds for 15,500

Darina f1
Day 25 after germination

betabread:
Outside white flies any other vector..........
Last year, it rained into novemver ending and decembet in some areas in my place, i never noticed them but this year i started noticing qhite flies a early as november 7.

Now they have coloniized all d gutters in my area, there r a lot of weeda and plants not resistant to it

Aphids transmit it too. Weed your farm and use plastic mulch if possible to reduce their population

Yellow leaf curl virus in farmers language is a dangerous disease.

Farmers can find refuge in resistant varieties such as
Tomato
Assila F1, Ansal F1, Kilele F1 , Big rock F1

Pepper
Super Habanero f1 (high tolerance)
Mawenzili (high tolerance)

A lot of resources is used to fight a battle against this virus attack that the farmer always lose.

Darina f1
Day 24 after germination
Fruits: Average 13-16 fruits per plant
Population: 1850

https://streamable.com/rzkr30

aliadi2:
Good evening sir am a new farmer at Ogun state and I would like to know which type of cucumber is these as these is the type sold in my local market when I did market survey or do you advise I plant these darina or any type.
Also I noticed they didn't make ridges in the picture you upload can we plant without making ridges, then what happens when rain comes won't it affect the plant sir.

I have no idea. It's looks like a malnourished cucumber from what I see.
Ogun market accepts Darina, Jorad or Dakar f1

opes:
Fertigation is better than burying the fertilizer and top dressing but the disadvantages is the frequency of its application, maybe weekly unlike direct burying of fertilisers into the soil that the application is fortnightly. How much is Darina sold for 1000 seeds? It is Gynoecious I guess, while mydas is parthenocarpic.

It's parthenocarpic but Darina 10g (300 seeds+) is sold for 7000 naira but currently scarce.

opes:
Is it necessary to remove the first flowers in pepper plants?

I don't do it. Some advise it but we dont

Day 21
Dec 6 germination date
Darina f1 cucumber
Location: Awka, Anambra
2800 plant population

First fruit flowers though total flower buds are around 6. Camera may not be too clear.

opes:
Noted (was just joking). I will get SSP with the previous formulation and save on nitrabor ( since it will only be used once during the production cycle).Till February, the weather not favourable now. Thanks always.

Cucumber can grow anytime. Just water well

opes:
Didn't know you have a thread on cucumber and other vegetables sir. Am cancelling out complete fertilizer, got winner and vita croplift bio to start with, will substitute nitrabor with the last formulation you assisted me with. Now you are getting me confused between Darina and mydas.

Where is the confusion?. They are similar and behave alike in fruiting habit

Redjet Rz f1 (sweet pepper)
Flowering/fruting
18 days after transplant

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betabread:
Have u handled furrow irrigated plantation b4

Furrow irrigation is not different from other irrigation. The idea is to get water to the plants.

Mrdellychy:
Thanks for sharing.
1. How often should the mebo be applied during the plants lifetime to avoid abuse?
2. The use of furadan to control whiteflies is a new revelation to me, I normally use it to treat my soil against nematodes in my raised bed nursery and b4 transplanting. No wonder i didn't hav much issue with whiteflies. How best is it used against whiteflies since it's not soluble in water for spraying?
3. I was expecting imidacloprids among your list but I couldn't find it there. Any reservations?

Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide and is grouped as class 4. They are also effective but whiteflies seem to resist them now.

The best option I have used for farms so far is punch insecticide a group 6 class consisting of abamectin which seem to reduce the whitefly population to the bearest minimum.

kennethfranc:
This seems too complicated for a first time farmer. I guess I'll start with cu999 for now. But I'll really like to experience 25+ fruits per plant

How many fruits per plant in cu999. If it's treated well, I believe all cucumbers do well

Your best option is to get an agronomist or someone into nutrition. With them, you will get the best output.
Most farmers won't even get 10 fruits because they lack the knowledge.
To get an agronomist, your plants must be 1000 at least to make up for the pay from your end.
I prefer to handle farms of over 4,000 plants but anything below 1000 plants is a no-no because they will be struggling to pay consultancy fees. But one thing is sure, results will be way above the average farms and in some cases 5x more!

kennethfranc:
Good evening sir.
Please can you drop the feeding routine for 150-200 plants of the same Darina f1. Please 🙏🙏
Water is not an issue 🙏

We are using six fertilizers for the mixture and it's never fixed for crops like Darina.

The one used by this person are
Npk 20-10-10, 15-15-15, SSP, magnesium sulphate, mop, calcium nitrate in different ratios and the schedule is not fixed because when we observe deficiencies, we resume the nutrition.
Currently he is using a 10 day schedule in place of a 14 day and the mixture he is using is dependent on the growth of the plants.
So far, three schedules but different formulas and with all the magnesium soil application, the plants are begining to show potassium and magnesium deficiency.

Some are currently carrying 16 fruits.

Magnesium is best fertigated but he is using manual watering. Means he has to spray through leaves foliage for quick correction and the potassium has to upped to cover up for the potassium deficiency on the leaves.

Rahsholah:
Please share us the direct telegram link here sir

Send me a message on 08032855102

Day 26
Darina f1 cucumber
Some are carrying more than 12 fruits already


https://streamable.com/byx1xb

Pilopher:
so I have to apply fetelizer

Use a high nitrogen fertilizer

EatforHealth:
Kudos to you.

Kindly share your telegram link or name so we can search and follow

Animal/Crop production

Piquante f1 pepper #east west seed#
As at 3 weeks ago, there were almost lost and dead.

https://streamable.com/n67jwq

Pilopher:
okay.

Mine they are still in the nusery, but they are having yellowish leaves , I have been trying to identify the cause , but still yet the find a solution

Nitrogen deficiency

Pilopher:
why are the leaves turning brown ?

Those are the lower old leaves

Mandem05:
Good morning Boss sorry can you please elaborate on your answer?

I cabstar is about 3 tonnes

DrDoc:
I like to hear why you made this comment


For example,.someone feeds his tomato npk+urea which is 100% wrong at any stage

Fruit Vegetables don't use urea or very little. Imagine someone using urea and 20-10-10. What formation is that? Tomato only use npk ratio 1-1-1 or 1-2-1 or 2-3-1 and then 2-1-3, 2-1-4 later stages.
Urea and 20-10-10 will result to something like a 5:1:1 ratio or even 3:1:1 ratio which may only be appropriate for cereals.

lereinter:
You vouch for the strong reliability against disease and insect pest especially in tomato 🍅

agricare products are high premium

Very premium but I don't normally recommend to our people here except I use it myself or those with better understanding.

Those ones with problems will always ascribe their farm issues to owns recomendation! So one has to be careful. I have raised a the farm without using any conventional fungicide before and the growth was 100%. Infact some of these beneficial microbes convert atmospheric nitrogen to plant available nitrogen in the soil!

For example,.someone feeds his tomato npk+urea which is 100% wrong at any stage and his plants suffer from nutrient deficiency will have issues on the farm. How does this product work for the person with that kind of farm?

Farming is now precision and that's why someone will get 300 bags from 1000 plants and another will be happy with the normal 40 bags from same plants!