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aquadude15:
I appreciate everyone contribution.
tho I didn't made any profit from my cucumber farm but I had lot of experience.
I am preparing for another planting.
please is furadan as effective as velum prime as the later sees to be abit costly for nematode

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Furadan is OK. But I have not used Velium prime b4. Why didn't u make profit? Did u sell at giveaway price or?

Psalmy2cute:
I've heard from farmers in my area, that south westerners dont patronize big rodo pepper like avenir, etna etc.. they claim chemical applications makes it big in size and they prefer smaller sized pepper which is mainly the local opv pepper, pls farmers in the house, how true this?? what's your experience?? Fmcash, farmtech ogbongonet

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I have no idea on this. Not a problem in SE.

okoroemeka:
well that's a serious blocking of the emitter if the problem is just not much you can cut off the offending emitter and replace it with another emitter and rejoin with joiners.this blocking issue is giving us nightmares on fertigating organic manure ,what if 30-40% of the emitter got blocked,hmm!

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Thanks for the reply. Wrt fertigating with manure, I found this: http://brucezimmerman.com/articles-4/. Maybe, some drips handle manure teas better than others.

Psalmy2cute:
ok, thanks for the advice.. but at the same time.. what is the negative effect of not removing them?? will it stunt the plant growth.. I've also watched a video where I saw farmers removing branches below the y branch.. but the video is not in English and that was done for chilli pepper.. so I though it may be different case for habenaro plant

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If plants that are too young start bearing fruit, they will likely be stunted or yield will be lower. I think this kind of pruning applies to all peppers.

Adamma91:
have you used spray tube before, if you have, how good is it, I have made enquiry on drip the cost is high.

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I've not used it b4 but I've seen a video of it in an ugu farm. Maybe u can manage the hose for now but connect it in such a way as to reduce the number of times u move it about. Do u pump direct from a sumo?

Psalmy2cute:
as much as if like to prune my plants, I'm confused on how to go about it.. do I cut of the tip of every branch on this plant?? it seems like a lot of work

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From my little experience so far, I will prune only plants that start flowering when they are still short. I will just remove all the flowers and young fruits by cutting the tip of the branches. But make sure u don't prune below the y-branch. Excess prunning will lead to gigantic plants that will waste pesticides without any increase in yield.
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U see all those branches below the Y branch? Remove all of them because they easily break off when loaded with fruits or under wind pressure.

okoroemeka:
from several previous posts many analysts and agric pundits don't believe it is possible to break out ₦500,000 from one plot or 100 bags, even us on some days even think if we took it too far, but from previous results we know it is possible,we have harvested a total of 45-50 bags from 800 sacks of 1600 crops and so far that's the highest yield we have ever got from any of our cucumber farms,so we are already planning for a plan c ,if this current farm falls short on production Target then we are shifting to sack farming for the next project.

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U better start staking oo. My love for drip is increasing daily. Pls I want to ask. With this ur setup, can u irrigate the whole farm at once or do u do it section by section.

okoroemeka:
the staking net was supplied to us from solokad ibadan 08033484457,we used binding wire to suspend the nets.

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Thanks a lot. In my next cuke farm I won't worry about using too much bamboo. And for the net, I'll first check if I can get it in Onitsha.

Adamma91:
Our new irrigation system, we have two sprayers now but it time and fuel consuming, any help about faster irrigation that can go with borehole, any suggestion pls.

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What about drip? Or less efficient spray tubes.

okoroemeka:
PROJECT GREEN SEAS phase 1 has started paying off, harvest started at 42 days and it is time to turn our sights to PROJECT RED SEAS 10-14 acres of bell peppers,avenir pepper , tomatoes and Cameroon pepper,it will be an interesting rainy season no doubt about that.

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Keep it up bro. This is quite big! Pls where did u bought the trellis net? Also, were the nets suspended on rope or binding wires? Tnks..

Psalmy2cute:
is paraquat herbicides selective for pepper?.. I have broad leave weeds in my farm

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Paraquat harm every plant. Just spray carefully on weeds alone. It is less risky than glyphosate because if u make mistake, only the leaves it touch will die.

kingxsamz:
Your post proves nothing bro...
There are countless suicide threads on Nairaland, where the posters have claimed to be tired of life.
They've said all manner of things, and guess what, they're still alive.
There's no power in the tongue as you all would assume.
If something happens after it has been said, then it's mere coincidence.
You people like to attribute things like this to being spiritual.
Your best bud might have died due to illness or stress, but you have decided to conclude that it was the thing he said that killed him.

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Go ask ur village people if there is power in the tongue.

better live ur life knowing that one day, u will stand b4 God in judgement. Don't be like the rich fool.

Adamma91:
Sprouting

. How many days from sowing to sprouting?

okoroemeka:
red is the color of the ripe variety,it turns brown when you blanched it in hot boiling water for drying.

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Hello Okoro. When u blanch any pepper in water and dry, it will retain its color. Is this cameroun pepper different?

yYot:
Lies!
What course did you study and where did you graduated from! They keep advising people to abandon their brain and training for agbero, driving kabukabu or uber job! Please leave low skill endavours! How are we going to ever develop for Christ sake if these are the only thing we could come up with!
How about entrepreneurship in STEM! How about solving myriads of problems we have in Nigeria with science and even make science as a community hobbies and recreation!

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But u need money to do that. Or are u waiting for the govt to sponsor u? After God, money follows.

Adamma91:
the way we plant I don't think drip will work for us, though we are working on getting faster irrigation system but definitely not drip.

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Ok. I have not seen where borehole was used for 1 acre. So I don't know much yet. But I supported drip because it will save a lot of water. Which ever one u choose I will be learning. Good luck.

Adamma91:
drip for ugu, who does that

. Educate me pls. Why?

Adamma91:
Watering land for planting today

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Pls op, Don't use that hose to irrigate oo. Better buy drip since u are using borehole. Take the advice pls.

Apitch:
Still waiting for your call

.Sorry bro. I forgot.

Nice job op. I hate dog abusers.

bigiyaro:
I wish you best of the best sir.

. Thanks.

Atlanticfire:
A review of the active ingredients of your herbicide shows that it should be quite effective as a pre-emergent herbicide for corn.

How does it compare cost wise to Atrazine?



You should be able to use fusilade forte as a selective herbicide for pepper. We have used it for tomatoes previously.

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Pls hw much is this fusilade ?

Ivebeenbanned:
Its like most men are actually really stupid. These dresses are supposed to have a certain length. Mini skirts espouses the thighs to a certain level. That's how we want it. But when something pushes up, we drag it down it its original length. You get? Now Bleep off and go lust over the women you're pretending to criticise.

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Are u a Christian? If u are, u shud know that if u cause men to lust, u are guilty of sinning. Prostitutes dress to expose their tighs, cleavages, shape etc for a reason. A christian lady cannot dress like that. But unfortunately, there are many fake Christians. They will even dress immodestly inside churches.

Very nice posts. But men of lust won't agree with this.

OcVoice:
Women are very good at pretending! She could be displaying the character of a virtuous woman while courting. You can't know these things completely. It's only God that gives a good partner.

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If u don't have the habit of lying to yourself, you can see through pretense. By their fruits you shall know them. By the way they dress, talk, behaves etc, you will know them.

okoroemeka:
well the inter row spacing have already been set at 30cm by the drip,so that leaves the between row which can be expanded to 1meter or 1.5 meter's to ensure adequate ventilation and space to be carrying knapsack up and down because of foliar disease problems during rainy season.

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Using 60cm between plants will give better ventilation during rainy days. With 30cm, ventilation will still be bad even if you use 2m between rows.

okoroemeka:
leaf cutting insects could be bettles or caterpillars,any good insecticide will kill them off,it's nothing serious,if you are talking about whitefly,leaf miners or spider mites,now those are really stubborn pests.

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One little idea: If you ever have problem with stubborn pests that don't respond to pesticides (including systemic pesticides), take the pain and spray under the leaves - that is where stubborn pests stay. Do that several times and you'll see the difference. I successfully controlled leafhoppers and thrips that way. I believe this will also work for foliar diseases, even during the rainy season since rain will not wash all the pesticide away.
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If you can cover both top and bottom of leaves, fine. It is called complete coverage. But achieving this with manual sprayers can be tough.

bigiyaro:
hello sir! long time. how's the going sir?

.Quite tough. But by God, I'll make it.

Apitch:
Will give you a call

. Ok. My phone is usually off though. I will call u 2 morrow.

FarmTech:
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Abamectin or emmamectin benzoate. They kill bees but they degrade fast. So spraying in the evening will make them safe BC by morning, they are gone.

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Other reduced risk pesticides include Chlorotraniliprole, pyriproxyfen, pymetrozine, spiromesifen, acequinocyl, flupyradifurone, hexythiazox, buprofezin and etoxazole.

.This thread is now LOCKED. @ Liftiupo, since u have refused to give evidence of ur accusations, I will ban u the next time u accuse anybody without proof.