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Let's have a one on one discuss at the yabdi agribusiness training @ Abeokuta. Let's talk on how to move your business to the next level this year. just like i did in ogbomosho, I'll make out time, to discuss with as many as possible on a personal basis. I'll be expecting....

Tommorrow, I head ti cotonou for a 3-day meeting. to re-juvenate anf prepare for the training at Abeokuta on Saturday the 31st. I hope to meet you guys there o. If you are around Lagos-Abeokuta axis, please don't miss the training. I'll be there live and direct. Let's meet in person.

work has been great, in the past 3days. we have had a fire outbrreak, a brown snake almost attacking me (according to kalusam side of the story). we've had our guys getting lost in the village, we have done gulder ultimate search for water source. but above all, we've bonded as a team. getting results! I love my team... they are the greatest. my second family is here in saki .

akinjis:
These Bus was used in bringing in some goods from uk too Nigeria last year december,and ever since then its has just been packed insyd the compound.itss works perfectly fine and the inside and interiors are very neat.contact me for more details and too get a bargain.you can call me on 08141144869[color=#000000][/color]

how much are you selling the bus? post the price here, let me see if it's worth the call.

I share in your joy sir. it's not easy for a country that has seen so much violence rise again. but somalia is doing it... Northern Nigeria should watch this space

excess4luv:
Plz gurus in d house, am pondering on running a test with either water melon or cucumber, plz can i get a better suggestion considering that am a newbie in crops sector

they are both viable crops. with good professional support here on nairaland. your decision should be guided by how much capital is available to you and land

our experiences in the past 3 days has been very comic. expect africa magic update very soon.

okay... I took a sabbatical from posting, hope you guys didn't miss me at all. cos kalusam was doing a great job. Well, am back. I hope to post up every necessary picture on or before Thursday. Network here can be a bit frustrating. please do post comments to encourage the team. it's not easy for nairalanders to gather up and work together. I can see alot of ghost mode followers. COMMENT OOOO.

chukyjones:
Hello Jasper, where is the location, still owerri? Would love to have a look..

no ooo. not in owerri, it's at my project site in oyo state, I am trying out an experiment with it, and I want to see how successful it can be

Soloxam:
Hahahaha, just joking, how the work, Am sure you and kalusam will miss your favourite dish How are you coping?

I chop for one place for ibadan. iya skye or something like that. those people's semo and egusi soup is the bomb! shet mehn....

Pavore9:
Looking forward to see the pictures of your greenhouse. ls it for cucumber?

The pictures is of a kenyan guy who is also a cucumber farmer like you. His greenhouse is 24ft by 45ft. He said he started early last year with
N350k which covered the greenhouse construction, seeds and other inputs.

He harvests 240kg (on the low side is between 160kg-180kg) of cucumber weekly and sells a kilo for N100.

This should motivate you.

that's quite motivating... mine is a bit bigger. I will do cucumber there, watermelon, tomato and sweet pepper.

Soloxam:
Ogas u people dey Ibadan u can't just flash, ok oooo there is God ooooooo, see u soon..

oga no be like that. I thought they said you are at a project in the north.

please forgive the lack of pics. the pics are well documented but our local location is affecting network badly.

My Local greenhouse currently under construction. will give update as soon as possible.

Topbrooks:
Good Questions. Most of these things I've discussed with Soloxam. You Know then I didn't know there was a platform like this. Straight to your questions
1. Disease Infection. That was the major cause. They started growing well and I was rejoicing thinking my 1 acre Cucumber Farm will make me thousands but suddenly the leaves started turning brownish yellow and to make matter worse, my supposed ' Guru' from NIHORT wrongly 'diagnosed' it. Though one of them promised to come around and physically check things in the farm but never did. I battled with it and managed to harvest a very small quantity. Soloxam later said I tried to have had little harvest. It was Downy Mildew caused by Fungi
I should also have started small and not that big anyway. I also had a little issue with those guys who worked for me, they also played their part in destroying some of my plants

2. So much Ideas. * Professional and competent advise from practicing farmers
* I didn't mulch in the first attempt. Now I know about mulching. You know I also had to battle weed after they began to die
* I didn't Stalk in the first attempt thinking it will cost me more(capital intensive) but I Know now that its worth it, of cause for several obvious reasons
3. I cant really remember any. I never came across this thread until after the all thing

4. As a matter of fact, am trying again, have bounced back but will be using just a plot on another piece of land( Trying to minimize risk-you know now). I will not use Ashley seed variety again. I'll be getting seeds from Soloxam. I'll also be going fully organic no more NPK
Hope this helps

interesting one sir. mr soloxam has been a God-sent to many people. highly commendable and reliable guy. Am I allowed to make some fee suggestions to you sir, regarding all these?

jeffmyson:
This thread is a perfect brainstorming session! Every critic and contribution have enriched this discuss!

The relevance of the thread is when it makes sense and someone actually get valuable informations that will lead to their breakthrough!

am glad that people are benefiting from the thread. it's great. but, I see alot of theoretical farmers here now, unlike at the initial stage when people were making practical and achievable comments. but it's okay. so far as people are benefiting. I just pray that mis-information is not passed here. just like the guy who said you can hardly make 200k from a hectare of tomatoes. come on! that comment was ridiculous. and very mis-informing

This thread has been corrupted by some silly comments. I hope this thread doesn't lose it's substance.

ireke:
Hello Topbrooks. I believe in "failure analysis" and I wonder if you can oblige me with the answers to the following questions. others may even benefit from your answers.

1. in your opinion, what is/are the causes of the failure of your previous attempt? for example someone mentioned staffing earlier
2. Mention some ideas that you have seen here that you definitely missed out in your previous attempt.
3. What are the things the OP mentioned here that you did but did not work well for you?
4. Mention one thing that you definitely will not repeat if you try again.

Thanks.


Farmer Jasper (You deserve a title to your name o. Afterall, other professions dey add title and we love titles in Nigeria).
Words will fail me to express my opinion about you. let me just say that you are one of the reasons that make me believe that there is hope for Nigeria.

I am flattered. your questions are precise and solution-based. Thanks for this... as much as I believe in being good at production, I believe making informed decisions is the key to making wealth in agriculture.

Kalusam:
My cucumbers at week 3.

oga this thing too small for 3weeks. that your soil no get nutrients. or less water

PapaBrowne:
That cheap?? And you guys were going to pay manual labour 2k per day when they can't even work an Acre in a day!!

Mechanization will solve majority of our agriculture problems.

I attended and Agro Machinery event in Italy last November and to my amazement these machinery are not too expensive.

I wish a group of people can just pull funds together to fix this machinery draught!!

absolutely, I agree with you sir. God will help us

securi:
Well done our Teacher and Mentor. Pls how much is the tractor owner charging per hectare or what is the agreed term?.
Thanks.

3,000 per acre

it has been a great day earlier. we secured the tractor guys to work tomorrow at least for ploughing.. also currently in ibadan. trying to buy the necessary implements.

charly657:
Jasper can you share more light on what is coco peat please.

coco peat is a soil substitute. made out of coconut husks. very high in nutrients. but also expensive, so we use majorly for nursery preparation. not compulsory tho

potiglo:
Jaspar...weldone.. The Lord will Bless you beyond what any man can bless you with finacially, I have been follwing your trend from the first one...

please i have been considering starting cucumber farming, somehere in lagos area on an hectare of land...I realy need to talk to you one on one potiglo@gmail.com is my mail can i have your phone numbers

little questions.. to do such farm....land aside the land and the plouring is settled, is settled... like how much can it cost me if i want to do it on a low scale.. cos it is a rented land and beside i am just trying to empower my self by my self ( hope u understand).. but the least land i can rent is 1hectre.. it could be higher... my desire is to get u to monitor the planting and maybe treatment......pls i need

sir if you read earlier part of the post, you'll see where we made our budget. you can use that to estimate. Thanks

Soloxam:
BEST OF LUCK BOSS...........thumb up.

Thanks my brother, hope we are still meeting on 31st?

meeting set tomorrow with the director of pacesetter farm, we want to see if we can hire their tractor for work because this manual labour thing is not looking good at the moment. please, remember us in your prayers

okych16:
following... and please can cucumber grow anywhere in Nigeria

yes sir, it can.

Kalusam:
The guy did what he had in mind, not what we asked him to do...he didn't follow the specified guidelines!

as in eee. their whole incompetence was frustrating qnd very exhausting. I have to draw strength from other sources at the moment.

please bear with me guys, this thread will pick up momentum Once I get back to my farm. as I am currently proving a point in oyo state.

full house in saki. our coordinator just came in with another member of the group. The final member of the production team. we are now 5 in number.

Just went to check on the job being done by my Labour hands a few minutes ago. it is a disaster!! the beds look like snake tracks, thin, narrow and far for being straight. what happened to following the pegging and model that was given to them

I have no option than to relieve them of their duties, because they are grossly incompetent.

the problem with thin, narrow and curved beds is staking. if the beds are not straight or slightly bent, staking will be a problem. if the the beds are too thin and narrow, I can't plant at both ends, because I have to give a 50cm spacing between each seed.

Now we are back to square one, I have to start searching for new labour.

I am almost completely an organic farmer. I preach and teach organic farming. to be honest, it's more profitable especially in small scale farming like what we practice in Nigeria. but in Nigeria organic farming is not that profitable, because people don't know the difference and they don't care either (except ajebutters).