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benuejosh:
Funny enough, this is the most less stressful farming to venture into.

The only issues with sesame farming is that the moment it is time to harvest and you extend the time even if it is by just a week, you're sure of loosing almost half of the farm because it may spill open and then the whole grains will otilo.

that's it... U need to be fast..because of it's shattering ability

Fyzt:
Small time you go say na you get the land

no be everybody be thief o... Land fight for here na death o

jendor123:
These is great. When is the best planting period for this. What is challenges did you encounter? I will try my hand on it next year.

sesame can be planted twice in a year... U can plant the first batch in April, the second batch in July, august and September latest... The major challenge I faced was pest attack... It attack the leaves, but with the help of Cypermetrin, I was able to overcome

mastervick4glo:
how lucrative is sesame farming?

it is the second most exported cash crop after cocoa.... A bag is now #135,000 now... From #150,000

IamAsiri:
How many months does it take sesame to mature?

3 months

Agriculture is hard to start, but if u start in the right way u will become unstoppable... Today's pictures attached

Abandoned land wan give me xmas money now o

Below is the early bloom stage, at this stage 50 Percent starts producing noodles

I sprayed pheromones to attract pollinators... Sesame also can be pollinated by insects... Note: done spray chemicals without wearing ur clothes...this is just pheromone, it smell very nice...

I usually scout the field twice every week for any possible fungi or pest infestation... I discovered pest attack, so I sprayed Cypermetrin

Day 38... Urea effect is now showing...

I applied a nitrogen based fertilizer ( urea)

This picture@ day 25 after planting...I started noticing the nitrogen deficiency

Good day fellas, I want to take u guys on my journey of preaching good Agronomic practices in farming.

On the 14th of August, I took the soil sample of the abandoned field, I did the test myself because I have a soil testing kit, I found out that the soil ia deficient in Nitrogen, so I am set.

On the 15th of August, i started planting. 4 cups of pure sesame seed ( ncriben 04e ) was planted with the help of some young kids in my area.

I used dibbling method because the land was strong. Some boiz done turn am to football field

YoshihideSuga:
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Esude007 and gunners160,

You both live in Northern Nigeria. I'm genuinely curious, how do you people cope with those murderers and scoundrels?

hmmmm... Lemme give u a secret that have been working for me.... Fulani herdsmen don't fear juju or even guns... The only thing that keep them from my cassava and Maize section is my laminated Quran writing.... There no even want make the leaves of my maize touch their skin, because they believe that once they trespass, it is as simple as there are fighting with God directly...try this method and see wonders.

oweniwe:
Haba ... Like how many sachets of Gino Thyme?

And what solvent will one mix it with?

Abi just thyme and water?

Thyme and water.. make u see wonders... Grind it into powder o... Ehen

oweniwe:
Boss kindly help with the Pheromes brand name or photo of the container.. I've asked all these agro chemical sellers for it's they don't seem to know it.

Thanks sir

... Go and get Thyme used as spice... Grind it, and pour inside the tank... Dey fast o... Make bees no go kill u ooo

Pesticide application... Duty calls... Men mount!!!!

Late bloom stage... Soon, all the leaves will fall off...

gunners160:
ok. You will see that the yield is different from others.
When u transplant, the beeniseed has room to breathe and grow very very tall without too much competition.
Thanks for ur advice, i got the chemical

yes boss

gunners160:
they are growing well.However, If u have anoda set of beeniseed that is still growing and yet to produce fruit, reduce the space..... Try transplanting them..... It is a bit choked up and it might affect ur yield..

hmmm... Transplanting... I will try that tomorrow...

This section is 60 days old

rhef:
Pls what's your location? I'm search for farmland ooo

kogi state...

siant:
Back in the year 2015, I used to buy that thing for 1500, from big distributors.
Nigeria don cast patapata

Tor.. Naija

gunners160:
Beautiful. I will start spraying my beans tomorrow. Insect wan kill ham and those people I called to weed them are making me angry

use Cypermetrin na

Watcharena:
This thing fit reach harvest within 3 to 4 weeks Time

4 weeks maximum

siant:
Manual weeding ke? Methinks pre emergent lasts for 3 months after application before weeds can grow.
By the way, why controlling weeds manually rather than using contact herbicide.

cost bro.... Soon dry season will come, we are Weeding manually now because, when the grasses inside dry, herdsmen can just throw fire into it during dry season.... Post emergence herbicide like potassun and gallant supper is now 10k per litre, and we have 20 hectare... 3 litre per hectare...that's expensive o... So manual Weeding is cheaper

More ridges making continued..as we are set to complete ridges making for the season... Weeding also continued in the germinating section as we approach dry season...

Hmmm...next time , plant drought tolerant varieties like seedco sc719... Then also, make sure u run the soil test before investing ur money... Agriculture is very hard to start, but if u start the right way u will become unstoppable.... May God bless our hustles

Jonnic1:
Thank you @ farmboimarkus. Your post is highly inspirational. I feel you because I have been where you are now. I had over 8 hectares of maize farm last year after spending more than N1,500,000 (N1.5M) but due to a number of factors like the fertility of the soil which was not obvious at the onset, the harvest was not what we expected and I lost my investments. I spent money on land preparation, herbicide, manure (N200,000), fertilizers (NPK, UREA) etc, supergro, Biowish, humic and fluvic acid, insecticides/pesticides (Army worm), Seeds, labour, food, etc. it was a traumatic experience for me. But I did not give up. I changed farm land, learnt from my experience and this year the difference is clear. DON'T give up. Fluctuation in rain fall can be very devastating.......................... Am sure I did not make up to N600k.

This is the main farm... Massive yield.... Mid bloom stage.

Gunners160... My garden is 59 days old..stay tuned... Spraying pheromone to attract more polinators...

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