₦airaland Forum

aquadude15:
it takes 40 days before harvest, I had 8bags on the 45th day

Stellberry33:
Is this the seed u re talking about

aquadude15:
shaolin.
490 stands

gabolak:
The drip tap that I bought is 30cm( 1ft) spacing, how do I then plant 50cm space? or should I continue planting with the 30cm as provided by the drip tape?
thanks

Jub101:
Thanks for always enlightening us sir . Please what quantity( per ml )of z-force do you use in a 16L spraying machine.

GenBuhari:
Well done. You couldnt answer any of my questions so why bother asking me what I am planning? Well I am considering groundnuts, herbs onions and peppers. currently doing small scale (many different crops) on approx 2 plots for personal consumption ; but looking to go large scale soon as an almost complete novice.

numen:
Bro...How much did you buy the 10g of Platinum? Do you know a reliable seller on NL?

Thanks.

Farmerakinloye6:
I planted 10g, but will not be enough to plant 2plot. Remember I said "almost" the way am seeing it exactly 2plot will be 3900 or 4k stand. Don't worry I will quote you with accurate figure when I plant cocumba by November.

aquadude15:
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thank you sir.
I used two of its cover

aquadude15:
thank you boss.
pls I notice my cucumber leaves curl upward tgr next day after spraying pesticide (predator).
is their any cause for alarm

HornyTave:
that reminds me ideepaul, I'm still waiting for the quotation on cost of rabbit cages that could accommodate 20 rabbits

ideepaul:
U
You will need
22-27 pieces of 2*2 polines
4 pieces of 2*3 for the main support
30 hinges for the doors
60 pieces of capper nails for the hinge
1 roll of wire-nesh with large openings(buying full roll is economical)
7-9metre long aluminium pan or any suitable material for urine collector( don't use Nigerian zinc material because the urine will destroy it quickly)
½",1", 1½", 2", 3" nails ( I don't buy nails, so I can't help with how many pounds you will need)
Search Google for favourable designs as it is dependent on space, available materials, and management practices

HornyTave:
I did with chicken manure, left outside for more than 2 months and the few that grew had stunted growth

willybaby:
what's brushing

okoroemeka:
that's why systemic fungicides is a must during rainy season it does not wash away easily like contact fungicides

Hasib04:
What is the effect of cutting those leaves infected by DM hope, it wouldn't affect the young fruits?

willybaby:
wow huge mistake bro thanks for pointing it out we planted 1stem per heap

okoroemeka:
for cucumbers use a combo of zforcce (100 gram/knapsack) and redforce (50 gram/knapsack) another good effective combo is zforce and saaf(50 gram/knapsack).apply weekly and remove and dispose diseased leafs.

Yampotatocarrot:
Please, for greenhouse cucumber farming, what variety will you recommend which doesn't require insects for pollination?

I watched a YouTube video on hydroponics where the farmer mentioned he was using Diva variety cos it doesn't require insects for pollination, but I haven't heard of such variety in Nigeria.

funsoul:
If u Google imidacloprid use against spider mites, you will see different reasons why it is not recommended in treating it
1)it is not a miticide/acaricide (which is what you need against spider mites. Not all insecticides can be used)
2) there is a research that says it acts as a "fertility drug" when used for a particular type of spider mites i.e it increases d population
3) it is also said that d use of these insecticides (including imidacloprid) is what causes outbreak of spider mites on farms

Hasib04:
Good evening, last year I went to a poultry to get chicken manure, I want to use it to plant cucumber, when I got there, I was told to go and pack inside the poultry, to me it's already dry, but someone told me to mix it with sand, I add maybe one bowl of sand to like one bag and I planted my seed direct to it.

I was expecting it to germinate after five days but unfortunately none of them germinated, I now read on this thread that it's risky to use chicken manure to plant except it has been decomposed.

I planted another cucumber last month without using manure to plant, everything germinated but on the long run, like 50 didn't grow well like Others, I think due to the soil.


Someone now told me, I should have used manure to plant it, but I was afraid of what to not repeat what happened to me last year.

Now, I want to plant another one, I have the option to use chicken or pig manure.

I will love to go for pig manure due what I have read from Mr Okoroemeka about the issues of the manure.

I now want to ask how can use it that, it wouldn't affect the seed to not be able to germinated?

funsoul:
Be very sure it is actually nutrient deficiency. I had something similar during last rainy season (around week 4). I had already applied mgso4 around week 3 and decided 2 apply it again thinking it wasn't enough.Used mgso4 with d other fertilizers. Rather than improving it kept on spreading to d points where d leaves were browning n drying off
On making further research I found out that insects attack (spider mites in particular r responsible). It was rainy season so felt I shouldn't b having any insect attack but alas when I checked d undersides I saw something that looked like black dots n even tiny black looking insects.
I also got to know that imidacloprid makes it worse(I had already applied it by then)
They r very difficult to eradicate.U can make further research on it

hargbolahan01:
I'm in Oyo state.... I'm trying to do it that August cuz of the rain because I depend on rain for irrigation