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The price at which u buy is quite high. Find somewhere else. A cement bag of manure is N100.:
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I raise poultry and I don't bother to dry the manure. I just bag it and store and it will dry there. No big deal.

Pistotita:
What a pity? I have just realized the reason you did not understand most of the answers I gave you in my thread. No wonder. Chai! If I had had someone who directed me to articles and books to read when I was learning, I would have an easy ride. Really did not expect it that what I wrote there will be too hard for anyone who has passed elementary school. And ì.mentioned cultivars there. You are just extremely lazy..


O boy..you will just kill yourself with bitterness oooo. Guy, a no send you. You really dey follow me oooo.

It is time I stopped answering questions and faced my life. The ones i have dashed NL is enough.

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Pls don't mind them. Continue ur epistle. Some people want simple and direct answers, not knowing that without some other info, the answer may not benefit them. E.g. Someone may ask you which seed to plant. They may expect u to tell them some specific seeds without knowing that other info like yield, disease resistance, plant population etc are also important to help them make the right decision. What is good for one farmer may not be good for another.
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Someone took out his own time to dash free info and some people have the guts to critisive him like this. Pls just ignore them.

Pls, who knows where I can get african marigold?

Thanks everyone. I'll give it a try.

Olaleyeabdullah:
in my pepper pilot I planted okro as a companion crop. What I discovered was that immediately the okro started coming out the pest divert from the pepper to the okro. So I think a good way to handle pest in pepper farm is to plant okro as a trap crop

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Planting trap crops around the border work for tomatoes in one research paper i came across. Another possible trap crop is cucumber, they love it more than okra. I will also try this in addition to pesticides.

okoroemeka:
my brother I think whiteflies are the most stubborn insects to eradicate,I have seen a whole farm wiped out by excessive chemicals sprayed for whiteflies,if you have used dimethon I guessed you have used magicforce and action 40 ,if the fly still persists look for an acephate based insecticide like acetaforce and use,but if the flies are not there yet I think a weekly spray of action 40 will be a good preventive measure,some areas are prone to heavy whitefly infestation.

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Thanks. What is the active ingredient of action40?

Jove2012:
please I am still waiting for answers regarding this. thanks in anticipation

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I hav used expired imidacloprid insecticide with no problem. Just test it on few plants and observe for 1wk before going largescale.

excess4luv:
Abeg make una help my ministry, lizards are also attacking my small sack nursery experiment I'm doing at home

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Are u sure it is lizards. The lizards in my pepper farm are not causing any problem. Post pics of the damage lets see.

Hello Okoroemeka, you are doing a great job here. Keep it up.

I will like to know if you have had issues with leafhoppers and whiteflies before. And how did you control them. So far in my pepper farm, I have used imidacloprid, dimetheoat, methomyl to reduce leafhoppers numbers (no whiteflies yet) but i am still worried about the few leafhoppers I see because they can transmit virus to plants. So please recommend better pesticides I can use. Thanks.

Kalusam:
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Thanks a lot.

okoroemeka:
reduce it from the 2 or 3 inch discharge blue flexible hose to a smaller 1 inch or 3/4 white hose and reduce engine speed it will not cause erosion

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ok thanks.

Kalusam:
1 inch double nozzle sprinklers with coverage capacity of 660m2. Cost N10,000 for preorders and N12,500 if in stock!

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Pls can u post a pic of this raingun? Thanks.

okoroemeka:
we used the hole system below on our okra farm it makes application of manure/fertilizer easy, irrigation is also efficient you can use hose and pump and water into individual holes it will retain a good quantities of water and be sipping down into the soil,if you try all these things on a flat ridge without hole you will understand what I mean,but the spacing below is for okra,if for cucumbers use appropriate spacing for cukes

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Thanks. Which type of pump can someone use? The 6.5hp pump i have will devastate them and cause erosion.

okoroemeka:
for questions no1,we don't use furrow irrigation,it's best left for the northern farmers,we have expert workers that use flexible hose and pump during dry season,but we will port over to drip this coming season.no2-we use herbicides 2 weeks or more before planting so the chemical residue can dissipate,in as much glyphosate base herbicides is not soil residual but you can't trust these China products not to misbehave occasionally.no-3 we do nursery to replant dead or weak crops, even during the peak of rainy season or cold harmattan perods we do nursery through out and cover it and transplant in 6 -7 days ,no-4 if you use drip it will enhance efficiency of your farm,but if you are not financial buoyant to afford it you can use hose and pump with the hole system it's tested and trusted but it comes with a price,more labour.during the hottest period of the year jan-march if you are not using drip you really have to think out of the box to aviod producing bitter cukes,and that period is when it's costilest,it has to be for a reason.

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Pls what do u mean by the hole system, is it furrow system?

okoroemeka:
we are using 30cm spacing it gives more crop population and that means more fruits, with good management it has overall better yield, using 60cm is just waste of space,there is a 4 plot farm we are preparing to plant next week Thursday,it will be 30 cm or 1 feet spacing on ridges and 2-3 feet between ridges

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I'm happy to hear this. I will try it small scale and see.

okoroemeka:
to further our knowledge about okra farming we decided to visit the legendary okra producing towns of awgu and odume in enugu state to learn more,but sadly there's nothing to learn at the numerous farms we went to,no good agricultural practice,no application of organic manure,zero crop rotation,poor spacing and the saddest part is that an agricultural town that produces so much okra doesn't have even one agrc extension agent to advice the farmers its a pity to see the depths of degradation at the numerous agric ministries in the state capitals,the staff are there with the wrong mindset, monthly salary.with just a little encouragement and prodding these farms I saw will increase production,from what I saw on the ground they are just producing crops at 20/30% efficiency.

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what makes them legandry then? My okra were far better than that. But whiteflies destroyed them.

moshoodtex:
please nairalander, which nematocide can i use to kill root-knot in my pepper farm?

Use Furadan (contains carbofuran) or Chlorpyrifos granules.

moshoodtex:
Please, I need fungicide with Active Ingredient (CARBENDAZIM) to kill Fusarium fungi in my pepper farm. Please kindly tell me where i can get from Lagos, especially agrochemical market i lagos.

There is one called Saaf. Or go tp agro shops and ask for anyother with carbendazim.

okoroemeka:
one plastic spoonful per crop,yes it was in agriculture I made the first mil,I drove a family friend for an agric expo in ibadan,we went to many farms and we came to Moor plantation research farm,the manager was looking for buyers for their pig weaners,I asked the price,he said #2000k each,hmmmm!after our return to east I asked myself how hard can it be,we have space were I can rear then,so I went back bought 100 weaners,paid #50k for transportation and after 6 months of management,one buyer came and cleared all @15k per one,total #1,5 million,so that's how I became a millionaire in year 2000.

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Super cool experience, thanks. One gud thing about pigs is their resilience against diseases. i just hope you will open a thread on piggery, esp the feeding aspect.

okoroemeka:
just put manure in your planting hole before transplant and put npk 201010 after 2 weeks and continue fertilizing every month, reduce to 2 weeks when fruiting, raingun works for pepper, garden egg,cabbage, okra,etc

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Thanks. Like what quantity of 20 10 10 do you recommend per plant.
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And may i ask, was it in farming that you made your first mil?

raoladngr:
Pls my boss in the house what is happening to my pepper plant,& what can i do. pic follow below

it can be caused by over prunning, waterlogging or virus.

pls, who knows the right spacing for green vegetable?

Functionoftime:
Cukes are normally spaced 60cm apart?

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Yes, from the recommendation i see in Cu 999 pack. Closer spacing is also possible but avoid it during the rainy season because of disease issues. I also think that closer spacing is not good if there is heavy pest infestation, esp pests like whiteflies which are very difficult to control.

okoroemeka:
you need a original copper fungicide to control that,that's also rainy season problems

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Thanks man. I used burgundy's mixture, saaf, mancozeb and hexaconazole and intensive pruning of diseased leaves. It is now minimal. Thanks.

okoroemeka:
no need testing avenir just plant it,less trouble and more resistance to disease than tomato

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Hello Okoroemeka, pls how do you fertilize your peppers and what spacing do you used? Have u ever used rainguns with peppers? Thanks.

Yampotatocarrot:
This was exactly the same method I once used, as advised by @Okoroemeka. I dug a hole and buried the manure there.

However, I have a problem with it. Do u think the nutrient in the manure will be available for the veggies, if planting is done say two weeks after burying the manure?

I'm asking cos I've heard such nutrients are "gradually" released to plants, which takes time.

Lemme also ask this, @Farmtech, @Okoroemeka, @Vosquare and other cuke farmers, how many cukes do u think a land space that is a little below half plot can contain?
This is my current farm size and I want to maximise it fully.

(I already have 100bags there, which I'm expecting to contain 200seeds.)

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whether u bury the manure or not, the nutrient will be available even after 1yr, though rain will leach some nutrients. Burying prevents nitrogen loss in the form of ammonia gas. Also, it is good to combine manure with chemical fertilizers bc chem fertilizers meet plants' needs faster.

Cukes are normally spaced 60cm apart if you stake. I don't know how well closer spacing will be.

Hello Okoroemeka. Pls hav u ever encountered bacteria leaf spots? If yes, what was your experience.

okoroemeka:
we soaked in water by 3pm,but by 7am next morning the roots has all shot out in the water,it was amazing how fast it breaks dormancy,the guys at nihort says the variety matures in 45 days,hmm!,I reserve my comments till then,next site to be planted next week will be hybrid kirikou f1,it's hard to find now but we will get it.pls keep that yellen variety for us I beg,I will pay for waybill to onitsha,I beg.

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Is ur farm located in anambra?

DeLaRue:
Cabbage does well in the rain, but like everything else, it needs attention.

As someone mentioned, successful transplanting is the holy grail of cabbage farming in the South.

Our latest transplant was more than 90% successful. Sometimes, our success rate is less than 50%. Painful

This picture was taken this afternoon.

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Keep it up bro. Very encouraging.

Pls, who have knowledge on pepper bacteria leaf soot disease? It is affecting many of my pepper seedlings. I am spraying saaf and mancozeb plus hexaconazole in rotation.

ideepaul:
their prices are far better than wht u can get in the open market!

Fine. It is worth it.

ideepaul:
there are research papers that debunk this claim! they can be found in plant tissues as shown by research
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110815DeeringPathogens.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC126537/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110416
pls note that those buyers I mentioned earlier will insist on composted manure or u can't have a deal!

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If the price is gud, then no problem. U dont pass thru a lot of pain for customers that want it cheap.