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There re numerous rice mills that can process stone free clean local rice. I went to a mill last week and was shock on how clean the rice was and how they swap bags from local looking to foreign packaged label to ensure they sell their products. Since Nigerians dont want to eat cheap local rice, then they ve to repackage that local rice in foreign looking bags and sell very expensive to the same customers.

Nobody really care any more. If u like plz do not appoint any minister again nonsense.

Nice thread for a newbie maize farmer like myself

Pistotita:
I hope the backyard farming is for practising, and not thst you want to use it as your major start up production. If it is for practising, get different varieties and test the best one for you location if you are not doing soil test.

There are many kinds around. Also you need to check your market (if it is for profit) to know the kind that is acceptable. Light green skin, or dark green skin? Which commands higher price - big size, medium size, or small size? How fast can you sell your harvests? quickly or gradually? Return with answers to these questions and I am sure someone can make a very good recommendation for you. Finally, where is your location?

And if it is for your personal consumption, you should choose very sweet, light skin, seedless, any color cultivars especially the ones grocery stores accept. You will never return to open market to buy cucumber again if you eat these kinds.

Yeah it is for practicing, i want to see if it is viable/simple for me to go into next year.

Pistotita:
Rice farming is tough especially with birds. I guess you did not make much profit.

It is a welcome idea to start at your backyard. Why sack? You must have reasons; and not just because others are doing it, I am doing it too. Pictures on nairaland are not reality and are not 100% truth. But when you read well, you can know who to talk to.

If you need any help, feel free to ask.

This is my first yr into the rice farming (yet to harvest), i wanted to explore additional crops (vegetables). Please what breeds of cucumber ll grow well here in the North and how do i access them.

Pistotita:
Cucumber

My position:
I used to cultivate minimum of 1 acre of vegetable farm. Of course, I invested so much in irrigation and other equipment. Well, it was profitable; however, there was a big limitation. It is extremely hard to train farm helping hands. And gradually, it became unprofitable. Therefore, I changed my style.
1. I can do 1/2 plot conveniently without employing anyone.
2. I can maintain 200 to 1,000 plants without any assistance if (a) I do not use side dressing nutrient application, (b) I do not engage in weeding, (c) Irrigation is automatic.

Target:
Ratio of open field to my new approach is 1 : 4. Meaning, if I used to produce 50 bags of 40kg each (2 tons) on open field; I should make 200 bags (8 tons) on the same size of land. But of course, the system has a potential of ratio 1:10.

Requirements
1. Moisturized roots everytime
2. Nutrients must be available always
3. Get my nutrient precisely to N : P : K 3:1:2 during vegetative, and 2:1:3 during fruiting. Give plants amino acids and micro nutrients.
4. Maintain close to optimum climate condition 30C +/-5C
5. Disease free environment
6. Excellent pruning and staking
7. Scheduled harvesting

8. Sales at premium prices

My Decisions:
1. Pathenocarpy variety. To be sure I can pull off as many fruits as possible on a plant. Of course it depends on the sizes of harvest. Two varieties on my mind - Long Dutch varieties and Beit Alpha. Pickling is not a choice for me since it is fat and most groceries prefer thin and medium sizes fruits. Even, I must be careful with Beit Alpha to not make it fat. For the purpose of this thread, I have chosen Beit Alpha. It has the potential of 120 tons per acre. And from my personal experience, it is possible to pull out an average of 25 cukes as a limited garderner. If under proper management, pulling out 120 fruits of 240grams average fruit is an understatement. Hahahaahah! You are shocked. Yes. Also, this guy is tough that you hardly get bitter taste even if subjected to the worst weather. Unlike CU999 that most people complain of bitter taste. This guy is an innovation of the dons of vegetables - My Jewish friends in the middle east. They made it to produce even under 40C temp. This is the power of Beit Alpha varieties. Unfortunately, the market for it is limited in this part of the world. But we are educating farmers to take the opportunity. Shoprite, Spar, HubMart, etc have no choice. They will start taking in more of this variety.

2. Hydroponic - What is what doing at all is what doing well. It easily meets my requirements. Makes life extremely easy for me.

3. Start with inorganic soluble nutrients. Later, I will digress into organic. I am beginning to shift gradually to organic since I became a mini plot gardener. Let me put it like this: I want to be a rich gardener instead of being a struggling farmer. Lol.

4. I feed nutrients only via root. And I treat plants with organic nutrients, amino acids, and enzymes via leaves. All those fertilizers Haifa bonus, potassium nitrate, npk 20-20-20 powder and liquid, maxiforce, etc are all potential cancer givers. It took me years to accept this fact. Well, it is possible to use them well, but from my experience farmers do not use them well. So, let me just come up with my system which is almost chemical free. Very soon, it will be 100% chemical free.

5. Try as much as possible to not use chemicals in the leaves and fruits. No pesticides like action 40, no dimeforce, no imiforce, No cabriduo, no wormforce, no mancozeb, no Ridomil Gold, no crazyforce, no badhealthforce, no cancerforce, no no No!

For now, it is just synthetic nutrients I will use, and it is via root. All other things sprayed are organic via leaves. Gradually, I will shift to 100% inorganic.

I just got into farming this year (Rice) and wanted to try Cucumber in my back yard using sac. Dont know how to go about it. This thread might help my hustle

eazisky:
If HELL-rufai finished delaying result in the name of rigging, INEC should later and shamefully come,out to announce that APC won

Guy El Rufai cannot lose in Kaduna. Christians in Kaduna are not up to 35%

From the results so far Mallam has already won. Only Zangon Kataf, Chikun and Jemaa PDP fit get landslides victory while Mallam has Igabi, Kaduna North, South, Lere and Birnin Gwari

mayklef:
I ws born n raised in kaduna.....Zaria 2 b precised, tbh no govt has succeded in dividing d gud pipol of kaduna state lyk diz Hell rufai.....of a truth, ntin wil gladen d hrt of al lyk d defeat of dat midget

K

This is Kaduna for you, What do u expect El Rufai to do when Christians were told not to vote for anything APC and Mallam in the State.

I was indifferent about who becomes Kaduna state Governor but with d sermons and preaching (boths Religions) that were flying upandan i had to go out and vote for MURUS

NDA Road, Polling Unit 35, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna South

Governorship
PDP 74
APC 180

House of Reps
PDP 73
APC 174

Federer any day over Nadal

Iyajison:
Who voted the most....... North

Who won.......... ...............Buhari

Who hunger go kill?........ North

Who Boko Haram go kill?..... North

Who herdsmen go kill?......... North

Who has the highest rate of poverty...... North

Who go shine my shoes?........ North

Who guide my gate?.............. North


Keep celebrating.... Ndi ara

Yet dey still rule ur sorry Educated ar**

"If masses prayer dey catch me i for no dey where i dey today" - Atiku

Me: "Plz God make u make dis man power hungry but make sure he always lose"

PDP supporter

So naso this CUPP take swalow Atiku dollars

webbro007:
Who voted the most.... North
Who win.....Buhari
Who celebrate.... North
Who suffer the most .... North
Who hunger go kill... North
Who Boko Haram go kill... North
Who herdsmen go kill.. North
Who has the highest rate of poverty... North
Who shine my shoe..North
Who guard my gate..North
Who are the highest number Barrow pushers...North...
Who are the highest beggars North...
North means Nothing...

Lol i had to dash u more likes, we go rule una tire

Haba na, see there wont any jubilation here in most part of the North if Buhari is declare d winner. Make una no kill una kinsmen over any politician oh

Kai shehu, u need to see the way my polling unit applaud Shehu Sani 24 votes, the highest in my area

NgeneUkwenu:
The guy is an idiot! Does he even realized, if all APC votes in South West went to Atiku, Buhari would have lost.

There s no need for name calling here, the bitter truth here is 45% of people in the SW feels Buhari doesn't deserve 2nd term base on the poll results.

rusher14:
Shut up.

Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti delivered for Buhari.


Stop trying to spread disharmony.

Plz add all those states to Buhari wooping 450k in Yobe, u ll understand how people over here passive SW now. Anyways we re waiting for Osinbanjo/Tinubu or Anyone else from any region

SW shot themselves on the foot. People over here are angry cos Buhari did more projects in SW than he did in the North.

SW re the spoilers, u beneifted morethan d north yet No 60% for Buhari. The North doesnt forget easily

Apc is shattering PDP strong hold and hopes in NC, SS and SE. INEC should just declare Buhari d winner already

APC really try here for scoring 39,000 votes in the 2nd largest LGA in southern Kaduna. Compare this result with that of Igabi LGA where it ll be an landslides victory for APC

Atiku cant win in Kaduna, here is the likely outcome from the remaining local govt in Kaduna

Atiku: Jemaa 65%, Sanga 75%, Kachia 55%, Zangon Kataf 80% and Chikun 80%, the highest poplulated LG here re Chikun and Jemaa.

Buhari: Igabi: 85% (most populated LG in Kaduna metropolis), Zaria, 85%, Birnin Gwari 87%, Lere 90%,

Except for Jemaa, Chikun, Kachia and sanga dat atiku ll win, Buhari ll win Zaria, Igabi, Kaduna North & South, Lere with wide margin

I heard same result from Arise TV

K

Omo see as PMB dey give these guys nightmares with severe painment. Kudos to the Lifeless one

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