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Agriculture › Re: The Hidden Profit In Storage Business by emmaachile2(m): 11:56am On Oct 02, 2021

shariff84:
We are now into millet storage,It current price is 15k per 100kg bag. We never start buying maize yet.

Does weavil worry millet? The ones I keep at home is fairly safe for at least a year or 2 without preservation.

Agriculture › Re: Selective Herbicide For Vegetables by emmaachile2(op): 7:11pm On Sep 29, 2021*

Agriculture › Re: Selective Herbicide For Vegetables by emmaachile2(op): 7:04pm On Sep 29, 2021*

Agriculture › Re: Selective Herbicide For Vegetables by emmaachile2(op): 6:37pm On Sep 29, 2021

Yemighty2:
Can it work for Cucumber and watermelon

Yes of course.

Agriculture › Re: Selective Herbicide For Vegetables by emmaachile2(op): 6:37pm On Sep 29, 2021*

tosyno85:
please where can i get this? i mean the chemical

Check your local agro dealer.

Agriculture › Selective Herbicide For Vegetables by emmaachile2(op): 8:35pm On Sep 28, 2021*

Selective herbicide that works for pepper, tomato, soyabean, watermelon, onion including cucumber. It works as a pre and post emergence weed killer.

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Agriculture › Re: 500,000 Naira From One Plot Of Land In 90 Days. by emmaachile2(m): 11:31pm On Sep 27, 2021*

dmz1:
Please @Mr emmaachile2 break down how you got the fertilizers mixing formula I am getting different ratios entirely from my calculations.

What formula are you trying to get? What crop are you targeting, maybe I will put up mine here.

Remember N P K is different from N P₂O₅ and K₂O

What i expect a farmer to do is to get a crop nutrition program for the particular crops he is farming and the stages of growth.
N P K Ca S Mg Zn are a must for high yield no matter the fruit vegetable you are growing. Without all these knowledge, you are just an advanced local farmer.

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Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 7:33pm On Sep 27, 2021

shariff84:
in 10 days I will start buying 1000 bags of maize for storage. 13k

What's the size? 100kg or 125kg?

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 5:59pm On Sep 27, 2021

samsonegar:
We are only doing storage as government has no storage facility. If you farm and has no storage plan, what happens to the off period?
Storage people are taking the risk to make food available all round.

True

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Agriculture › Re: The Hidden Profit In Storage Business by emmaachile2(m): 5:58pm On Sep 27, 2021

matthew080:
Hello Mr sheriff and friends pls kindly be aware that strict hoarding is prohibited in Islam,.

Pls seek Islamic knowledge regarding this hoarding and it's permisbilities
Thanks

Religion don enter! Africans!

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Agriculture › Re: Original Oloyin, Potasco, & Oloka beans available In Kano State by emmaachile2(m): 11:07am On Sep 25, 2021

Clardo:
Please is mudu the same as longo we use in yorubaland

2.5 mudu is 1 paint bucket

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Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 7:52pm On Sep 23, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
I'll do so.
Won't it be too expensive for a backyard gardener ?

It's around N3000 or so. Gardening isn't cheap at all but the reward is worth it in the long run with knowledge of first hand farming.
I consider it as lesson money.

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 6:12pm On Sep 23, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:

I'll work on this asap

Thanks.

There are traps called feromone traps. See it at work in this video where profitable farming is discussed with right choice of seeds.

https://www.facebook.com/Samsonprolific/videos/601667967873307/

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 3:07pm On Sep 23, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
I'm using DD force.

It won't clear it all.

You need laraforce gold (Lambda cyhalothrin 5% + Imidacloprid 15% SC) or Renova (thiamethoxam 250 wdg) to get rid of aphids.

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 12:48pm On Sep 23, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
The flies wrecked havoc on the cucumbers

I've since doubled the dose of the insecticide used and changes have been obvious

Which chemicals are you using for aphids?

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 5:16am On Sep 23, 2021

shariff84:
Price of brown beans has started reducing today,I bought some bags 70k instead of 77k, while white beans is now 55k

Still high. I learnt new one is out in Kano and at N52,000

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 8:55pm On Sep 22, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
An item sent outside Nigeria was delivered in 8 days.
What do we say about the appalling speed of delivery

Nigerian factor ?

Na them Sabi.

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 8:35pm On Sep 22, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
Dear diary,

We're here with pleasant news!
The onion seeds promised by emmaachile2 and sent via NIPOST has finally been received!
I got a call yesterday but was available for pickup this afternoon!

We'll be planting directly in soil and also for transplant.

The aim is to compare the yield rate between the directly planted ones and the transplanted ones!

Join us on this journey!

Shalom.

Very slow delivery by Nipost especially to the south western states. I sent two items on the 2nd of September 2021 and only yours have delivered by registered post. The other item is not received as at today the 22nd of September 2021 (20 days later) by the receiver in Ogun State.

Agriculture › Re: Rearing All-male Ross 308 From DOC by emmaachile2(m): 12:46pm On Sep 21, 2021

trychris:
So this morning while checking around, I saw an unwanted neighbour who has been responsible for the disappearance of a few chicks in the past. But this time around, he was dead.

He must have eaten the poison I bought for him. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 8:29am On Sep 20, 2021

2ndattempt:
How do u know the difference between peeled Nassarawa and peeled Niger Agusi

I don't really know but the market women knows. If you cook both, one is watery (Niger) while the other is thick and oily (nasarawa).

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 9:44pm On Sep 15, 2021

shariff84:
ooh ogar emma pls I need ur help and I will really be glad if you can connect me with one of the honest seller in lokoja so that I can supply him to sell for me. I now have source to great A Niger Agusi.
pls help

That price was for the Igbo Egusi 100kg.. The Niger egusi was around 23,000.

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 8:10pm On Sep 15, 2021

Ameboperoo:
For the Niger type?
Thanks for the clarification.

100kg Egusi nasarawa type was 42,000

Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 8:02pm On Sep 15, 2021

Ameboperoo:
What is the difference between the two types of egunsi?
I know one has black stripes around the edge and the other is yellow all through.
The one with black edges is the cheaper right?

The black stripe egusi is the cheaper one and has more chaff than the other. It's also has less oil and thus more watery than the nasarawa type.

100kg size today in lokoja was 42,000

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Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 7:59pm On Sep 15, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
They don't have mop o!. I've been using a tablespoon for the insecticide. I guess that's a low dose.
I'll look for an insecticide with the active ingredient you suggested.
The mudu isn't used here and I can't get that fertilizer here.

As for the onion, it's still a 'Not yet'.

We'll talk more on the other side sir.

Tablespoon is more than 5ml. Should be about 15ml.
Look for a teaspoon and use.
If the problem stlll persist, get something like dimeforce (Dimethoate) if you cant get Renova (thiamethoxam). Either is systemic and anything that dares it is sorry!.

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Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 5:35pm On Sep 15, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
Thanks.
I've been applying it since. But maybe I didn't get the dosage right.

What measurement will you recommend for a 2 litre sprayer ?

Dosage is 2ml per litre that's 4ml per 2 litre. Use the one for drugs to measure it. Look for insecticide with thiamethoxam 25 active ingredient if you can get and rotate the spraying.

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
Thanks.

What's a 'mudu' in common parlance?

What we have here is the 20-10-10 that's sold in little quantities. I'll check the limestone from feed mills here though.

You don't need 20 10 10 now. Do they have mop which is unlikely.

A mudu is about 10 small tin milk container and about 2.5 mudu make one paint bucket.

Have you received your onion order from the post office?

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 6:09am On Sep 15, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
The chilli is just a regular one from the market bought pepper we used to cook at home.

I have since changed to Agrovert 6-13-46. Which other potassium based fertilizer woul you recommend that's
1. Not above 5k and
2. Easily obtainable.

I spray insecticides every 14 days. I use DD Force with Caterpillar Force

Just get npk 15 15 15 and combine with your foliar fertilizer. Apply weekly. You can get limestone from a feed mill for N20 per kg and apply 2 spoonful per container every month if you are growing calcium hungry crops like cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes.

Npk 15 15 15 in sold in small quantities like a mudu container. My area here is sold like 500 naira.

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Agriculture › Re: Updated Price Of Grains And Location. by emmaachile2(m): 9:38pm On Sep 14, 2021

Lokoja
100kg Igbo Egusi unpeeled last week was N40,000 + and should be higher this week. Some markets selling at 75,000 for same bag yesterday.
Thank God I have like 31 bags who I bought at 13,000 late last year.

The 105 mudu or 42 paint bucket peeled egusi which was N65,000 last week is now N155,000 today.

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Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 9:28pm On Sep 14, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
Dear diary , here are my cucumbers at 33 days after transplanting

Unfortunately, their growth is not uniform as evident by the size of the first plant and the others. Also, the fruits seem to be suffering from some sort of attack (see pictures 2 and 3). To the masters, Farmerakinloye6 , emmaachile2 , ideepaul , what could be the cause and what is the solution?

Attached also is a pepper fruit growing also!

As usual, stay tuned for more updates.
Shalom!

Which pepper is that? Chilli pepper from east west?
Cucumbers need a lot of nutrients. You need a high potassium nutrient like 12 0 42 or 1 0 3.5 now and if your flowers are low then apply a general fertilizer like 15 15 15 or better a 15 30 30.
My mydaz is still blossoming with more than 20 fruits still on it by using a 2 4 4 fertilizer ratio and a 20 5 70 + 4mg fertilizer ratio. Plant is way more than 4 months now. We call it at home the old warhorse. Might take pixs tomorrow.
Your foliar spray might not be enough. Any insecticide spray of recent? That fruit.sore can be caused by snails too.

Agriculture › Re: Diary Of A Backyard Gardener! by emmaachile2(m): 8:55am On Sep 12, 2021

zxcvbnmlkjhgfds:
Dear diary ,

Here's what I woke up to!
A bountiful harvest of garden eggs that are sumptuous

This harvest was given to neighbors and the whole family are out of it.
It's a great joy eating from your harvest because you're sure of what was used to grow it!

Looking forward to more of this

I thought the Fantastic RZ F1 was purple in color? The long maturity time could be lack of nutrients/unfavourable environment. No way it will take 6 months before maturity.

Agriculture › Re: Step By Step Improve Way Of Cultivating TOMATOES by emmaachile2(m): 6:35pm On Sep 10, 2021

Obatobi1:
Dear farmers, I have some poultry liters somewhere around new garage in Ibadan. Let me know ASAP if you need it.
Im giving it out free

Someone needs upto 6000 bags.

Technology Market › Re: The Xiaomi Thread Store by emmaachile2(m): 6:33pm On Sep 10, 2021*

Agriculture › Re: The Hidden Profit In Storage Business by emmaachile2(m): 8:15am On Sep 06, 2021

shariff84:
We may buy plenty of bags this year because senior nairalanders was involved.

Haha

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