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PLS SOMEONE IS IMPERSONATING ME BEWARE MY NUMBER IS 07069620768

2 bags of fertilizer urea and npk @15000 seeds 500 grams @15000 2bottles of insecticides at 4500 each@9000 2 bottles of herbicide at 1300 each @2600 1liter of supergro at 5000 one sachet of humus Plus @3500 a sprayer @7500 2bottles of imi force at 400 each=800 total 1 bottle of pendilin at 4500 totaling 62900

land source of labor varies and depends on ones location so in my cost analysis I'll be exempting land and source of labor and transportation I'll list the inputs needed

Timmylehyn:
I thought as much. How about the leaves getting dried?

the leaves getting dried is normal especially the first ones but in a situation where all leaves are drying is always either the plants lacks water or some nutrients or there's too much sunlight on them this can corrected by mulching or constructing ridges

Timmylehyn:
Can these herbicides also work with Melon (egusi) since they're of the same family?

sure

Timmylehyn:
This is very good analysis. Waiting for the cost analysis. In my experience tho, watermelon can be very profitable. One acre of watermelon can give you better gross income than one acre of Cassava, and the cost of growing the melon is lesser than the cost of growing Cassava. Plus, you sell in 10 weeks unlike a year for Cassava. But, it's very risky. I hope to plant it again sometime in the year. Is your farm located in the southwest? Mine is. What period of the year do you think is best for watermelon (for farmers who don't have drip irrigation)?

like I stated earlier early planting start by March to may 10th while late planting start by mid August to 10th September

me my wife and our son

BabaOwen:
I'm so sorry about this terrible ordeal of yours. Is the money you invested in it a loan or your savings? How's your wife doing now?

The Mods might not push it to the from page without pic. And it won't get enough attention it needs.

the money was from my savings it happened the first time in may so I relocated to another nearby village not knowing that they were monitoring my movements I took a loan of 200k from my friends this was around July I invested in soyabean ground nut maize and cassava when they noticed my presence in that village they came and destroyed all the farms in that village including my own as of my wife she later gave birth to a boy

BabaOwen:
I won't lie I feel bad for you. You have been let down by the Nigerian state.

What a pity.

Don't you have picture evidence, maybe it will help this your post to get to the front page.

I was having the pictures on my phone I even sent them to PPRO of kogi when he requested but as it was getting tougher I have to sell my phone at a time in order to survive with my wife imagine all your sources of income destroyed in a week it wasn't easy at all

As you all know we are in the season of palm oil it's very cheap now you can get 6 liters at the rate of 2800 naira in many places if you are an investor that's interested in buying now and selling later I can put you through my wife is into palm oil production clean one not the one that is done anyhow or if you know a place where the price is higher than the one I mentioned above you can be buying from my wife and selling there .

in developed countries where government aids farmers watermelon yields as high as 10 thousand to 12 thousand balls per acre cause farmers are always provided with all it takes to grow watermelon successfully but in nigeria where every man is for himself/herself don't expect this yield as a practical farmer I always plant 3500 to 4500 seeds per acre and I always harvest not less than 2000 to 2500 balls per acre at times it's more than that figure but let's keep it at 2500 balls we all know the prices of watermelon in the market it ranges from 500naira downward depending on the size and season but let's keep it at 150naira for each ball now if you multiply 2500*150=375000 within 65 to 75 days in my next update I will be listing and analyzing the costs of planting watermelon on an acre of land

watermelon is highly profitable when done the right way but mind y'all when you don't treat it the way it likes you will fail woefully and blame it on village people

when you feed your watermelon with the right fertilizers at the right time it will produce bigger balls than smaller balls and this will maximize your profits cause the bigger the ball the higher the price with pruning bigger balls can be achieved though it's painful and back breaking pruning simply means the cutting away of smaller balls and leaving the bigger balls

weeding in watermelon is done 2 weeks after planting and four weeks after planting respectively if you are not using pre-emergence herbicide make sure you weed at the appropriate time cause failure to do so will lead to competition for nutrients and photosynthesis between the weeds and your melon and resulting in poor yields

another achievement for this regime

watermelon is planted ten feet apart from each other it requires a lot of space this is because planting too close discourages bigger balls and encourages Downy mildew always put 3 seeds per hole so that even if insects or wild animals destroy some of the seeds some will remain

another thing commonly found in watermelon farms is yellow leaves in this case I normally apply humus plus and if you're depending on rain and there's drought the best way to reduce damage is by applying super gro at least after every four days during the drought period to keep the plants moisture and retain water failure to do so will lead to poor harvest and if the drought occurs during the fruiting stage it can make the fruits to crack when rain resumes

Timmylehyn:
Absolutely! Please continue your lecture. It will be beneficial not just to those of us here right now, but also prospective growers in years.

I lost 6,000 sq m of watermelon last year. They started bursting and the leaves withered and died. This happened just a week or two to harvest.

ehyaa the bursting was because the plants suffered water deficiency for long periods of time and then there was availability of water again what I mean is that they suffered as a result of drought

it happened last year on two different occasions the shock I received from the incident made me think of committing suicide I invested as much as 600k in ground nut, watermelon, maize, and cassava on 8 hectares of land the Fulani herdsmen were coming in the night to destroy farms they had no wives so they lived ruthlessly during the day time when ever we met they'll ask me if there's anything for them to eat at times I will give them some roasted yams after all we understand the same language,hausa one day on Sunday I went to the farm only to see that all my ground nut and maize was eaten up by cattle I was surprised cause I use to work from 6 am to 6pm sometimes I will go for break for 2-3 hours and it was always during my break period that cattle will come and eat up some parts of the farm so I decided to hide with my pregnant wife and see who was controlling the cattle to my greatest surprise it was the same guy that I usually give roasted yams and water that was behind this damage so I and my wife came out of our hiding place and approached him I asked him why he was paying me evil for good his response was that "I should ask my father and mother" I said ok since my father is dead and my mom was not around were going to ask each other upon hearing this he brought out his sharp matchet from it's sheath and was coming towards me I felt like running but I knew that if I just turned my back on him he will cut my arm very easy so I made up my mind to fight him we engaged in a serious fight that lasted for over 3hours and his matchet fell from his grip my wife came to hold me cause I threw him to the ground and I was sitting on him upon seeing my wife i don't know how this guy managed to kick my pregnant wife on the stomach when I I saw his determination to harm me by all means I told my wife to get me a rope but she was rolling and crying in pains so I removed my shirt and tie him up by then it was dark so I handed him to the local vigilante I told them to hand him to the police the next day before I could get to the vigilante office they have already collected 5k from the boy and freed him without compensating me I reported the issue to the police they demanded 10k from me that they were going to make sure I got justice but nothing was done all these happened in yagba east local government in kogi state the police station is located in ifelukotun in yagba east local government in kogi the name of the dpo in the station is Dsp mariam allero when I saw that nothing was done I reported the issue to the police public relations officer of the whole kogi state mr A.y.a but nothing was done I was not compensated and the fulani guy upon his release he organized his colleagues they came back and finished the remaining crops on my farm and as if that wasn't enough they were looking for me to kill me they set my house on fire and I was not left with any choice than to abandon my farm and run for my life right now as I'm typing this there's no single farmer in the rural areas in yagba east local government in kogi state they've been chased by fulani herdsmen and all there crops have been destroyed I pray the governor of kogi state do something about this cause people are starving in that area from kponyan to isanlu

the most common disease of watermelon is downy mildew it's caused by excessive water on the leaves of the plant or too much cold this always results in the leaves squeezing and turning yellow and less growth the solution to this is application of imi force mixed up with best insecticide or any other insecticide measurement should not exceed 30 ml per knapsack sprayer

kkins25:
Most crops can be planted anywhere, but I'm aware from my little knowledge of science that the lands in the middle belt/to northern part are more favourable to some crops.

I dont know of the specific crops though excuse my ignorance. So I want to ask was the yield the same as that of the northern lands.
Did the water melon taste the same, the size, the number per area,etc?

Ghanians plant groundnut too but compared to what I've eaten in the north. The Ghanaian groundnut no get that groundnut taste at all. It is very similar to the one I ate when I was in oyo many years ago.. it is not delicious ra ra ra!..

yes the yield was far more better than that of the north both in size and number but it was not as sweet as the one I do grow in the north as of ground nut I've never seen a place where twenty five bags of ground nut was harvested from just an acre of land apart from ekiti I was shocked and one funny thing was that the farmers that grow these groundnut were so primitive that they don't believe in fertilizer application and other GAP methods

is anyone following

there's also need for fertilizer application 2weeks after planting during this period Is either one uses poultry dung or npk 20-10+10 apply 15cm away from the base of the plant applying too close to the plant can harm the plant and burn it down at 4 we

one thing that most people don't know about watermelon is that once it germinates after 6 days of planting there's need for protection against insects and fungi so you're to apply pesticides every week and fungicides when you notice fungi attack else you won't harvest even one ball

the best time to plant watermelon in nigeria using rain is early March to early may depending on your region while late planting using rain is mid August to early September depending on your region planting watermelon by june july and early August is not advisable as too much water will kill it

there are hundreds of varieties of watermelon seeds but the common one that is planted in nigeria is kaolack from tecnism company this variety takes about 65 to 75 days from planting to harvest

Manq:
Still team work Bro!

yeah

the best time to plant watermelon and achieve a bumper harvest with less stress is dry seasons using drip irrigation although timely planting can give one good yield using rain but it is not the best way cause it is either it gets less water or too much water at the wrong times as rain doesn't fall at the times we want there are times that watermelon needs less water which is during the early stages but it requires much water during the flowering and fruiting stages

sorry for the late update I went to the farm

Sterlingsolutns:
@JeAgro477

Aside from fusilade and gallant super, which other post emergence herbicide are you using

Thanks

I use pendilin as pre-emergence