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Please, I want to learn Irish potatoes farming.

Pls who can teach me how to plant sweet potato?

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I love farming though am still a student of O. A. U studying Education and Economic, there is opportunities for us a student to farm in the school through an association. I have a plot of land already, I planted one plot of Cucumber and I failed, I want to plant half plot this time around, we are now in holiday period, I will be happy if you can give me an opportunity to learn from you during this holiday period sir.

Pistotita:
I am not saying anyone should not do what they want to do. I cannot bite more than I can chew, my brother. I have done so in the past and the results were disastrous. If they feel they can do it cheaper, there are threads where people don't use irrigation that they can learn the tricks there. As a matter of fact, this is the last time I am going to pilot or chat with people about vegetables. I have projects and life ahead of me too, and its why I took only 15 people this year. I did not want to do it before, but I changed my mind.

There is time for everything. When I volunteer my time, I do it wholeheartedly like I am paid. And I always give deadlines. As soon as it's over, I move on. I have renewed contracts (non paid jobs) many times too. A time to born, and a time to die. A time to give, and a time to take. I have given so much to the following regions: SW, SS, and SE in regards to veggie farming, but I know I have reaped zero. It is time to give to the North, and myself (That's is the region I started from, and found many opened people there. It is time to repay the region for who I am today. SW, SE, and SS will be very alright by God's grace. I gat my partners in the North already). And the time I should reap. In addition, I am convinced that what I have given in this thread is more than enough for anyone who is serious.

It is unfortunate majority cannot afford much, but what can I do? That will not make me lower my standard. Anyone who can use granules fertilizer on 1 ha should do so. I have done it too in the past. Anyone who wants to use manual knapsacks should do so too. Anyone who wants to draw water from 60ft deep well to irrigate 12,000 cucumber plants is free to do so. And anyone would is comfortable with carrying watering can should do so.

Like I said, I always volunteer my time no matter how busy I am. I started when I was a teenager. But people misuse FREE things. And some employers don't take people who volunteer their time serious many times. Such is life. I met the mayor of a powerful city during one of my exercises. I was shocked that the number 1 citizen of the popular city was in my team. I did not go in there for money, but I came out with something "much more better" than money. My point is that people only go where they will benefit, and not where they can contribute to. So, when they don't get, they leave unannouced and destroy everything there.


It is a choice to make. To build a vegetable business which gives weekly income, or to have one with inconsistent flow of cash and unreliable income. To have one that allows the owner to do some other activities, or warrants staying glued on the farm policing workers here and there. To have one that gives rest of mind even with auto powering systems, or to be a prayer warrior challenging God for rain intervention everytime. To create retailing opportunities for oneself, or to move from many miles away to sell in open markets. To work on less than a plot and recover N5 - 15 million used to set up in a year easily and have the business running consistent flow of cash, or to set up in a way one needs to hustle for new capital at the end of each farming cycle.

When there is will, there will always be a way. I cannot bring people together, but if I see people who are already united, I can consider working with them.

Pistotita:
Why is everyone doing mainly cucumber?
Cucumber is very tough. I believe advance farmers should handle it. And the cost of producing it is high. Staking is tough, prunning is not easy. Trust your workers with prunning, and you may cry. Downey mildew is crazy. Yet, many people are doing It? And only less than 5% are successful. If you have never tried cucumber, and you jump into it, you'll land in hospital.

The pace is like Nicholas Anelka when he was fit, or let me say its pace is like Mbappe. Even tomato is like a child's play in comparison with cucumber. Tomato is tough, do not get me wrong, but cucumber is crazier, requires more water, more nutrients, more expensive to manage, and faster.

And most people always cultivate above what they can handle.

Why can't people think of mini farms? 1/4 to 1/2 plot for each crop, And cultivate 4 crops with progressive and continuous plan? Why do people just launch into cucumber without knowing what it takes? What stops farmers from having weekly supply of mini cucumber cultivars like 100kg to premium market @ N400 to N600 per kg? This is very ok to me. And then the same farmer can supply 200kg of sweet pepper @ N400 to N950 per kg weekly; 500 Cauliflower heads at N400 to N1,200 each every fortnight, can even be weekly; and weekly supply of 200kg eggplant at N150 to N400 per kg?

The above paragraph is how a smart farmer should think. And this is exactly what I developed recently after I resigned from 1 acre cucumber. Very relieving and easier to do.

Start up cost might be high as shading is necessarily to keep temperature low for some plants, staking are necessary for some, drip irrigation is a must for some, and I used hydroponics for some areas just to make life easier for me.

I still wonder why people always want to cultivate 2 ha of watermelon with rain. 10 ha of tomatoes with rain. It is just crazy. Managing 1 acre of Cucumber is crazy work if staking and prunning are adopted.

I mean, why are you all runing into cucumber only?

Good morning sir, thanks for sharing this kind of information to us sir,God will bless you. I did one plot of Cucumber at the end I failed, � I just went to farm this morning to clear some part and try 1/2 plot for now, I will be happy if you can put me through sir.

Good afternoon to you all on this trend, I want to ask can I plant cucumber in August 15th. If yes what varieties should I plant and what types of fungicide, insecticides and fertilizer should I buy.

Wizs2019:
So quick update on the progress of my current season, after 4 harvests we have got just over 400 bags. Breakdown is; 139 bags from Jorad (it should have been more but plants got infected with downy mildew after the first harvest) and 262 bags from Cu999. We are still expecting another 100bags by God's grace. God has been good. �

I need your number sir.

FMCASH:
kudos sir. You did a great job sir, not easy to get 5.5 fruit averagely per plant. We can still do better.
Did you prune sir?
I am thinking of pumping more nutrient at WK 5 to wk7 to see if it will reduce fruit abortion.

Let work hard till we can get average of 10 fruits per stand.

May God bless our hustle.

I need your whatsap number sir.

Hello House, am a student of O.A.U am into farming business cucumber for now but small scale and am planing to increase my cucumber farmer to big one, but my concern is market, I don't know maybe anybody can help about the market.

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