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The tomato e book N3,000

Want to know what it cost in Naira to cultivate an acre of tomatoes, you have your answer here.

It's only in soft copy
N3,000

My books on tomatoes
There is soft copy and hard copy
It's N4,000

The herbicide will kill the crop. the herbicide is poisonous to you too

Olives2020:
Please what is the reason for the avoidance of herbicides around cucumber farm?

Cost of construction differs from place to place.

IamAsiri:
Please how much is now the construction of green/net house using imported nets with bamboo?

Good Agricultural Management will make you have great harvest of tomatoes

icure:
Good day house, please which is best of Rijk Zwaan Gamhar and eastwestseed padma

Our next class resume October 12th
to be followed by January

oneroflo57:
Phew
Finally done with this thread
I wish i came across this years back
Jethro2 please i would like to know when the next training will be i.e if you still into that
Thank you

Yes.
I still organise trainings. Next class resumes next Monday October 12th

oneroflo57:
Do you still organize training?

oneroflo57:
Hello jethro 2
I am really interested in all you do
Don't know if you still come to nairaland
I have commented on several of your threads and sent you a message but no response so far

You can check or reach me onn Facebook @ Yinka Adesola.

Farouq94:
I fixed up my locally made semi-automatic incubator yesterday with some eggs from the farm. I will be accumulating the eggs weekly and then be doing staggered hatching in the incubator.

The first batch of eggs are in, I’m excited for the process.

With what do you powered your semi automatic incubator?

You should learn some manners of approach.
It's ethical

And by the way you sound like a frustrated farmer

obstead200:
who will be the fool that will now suffer to farm the ones u are to buy?

Great experiments

I will suggest you use Garlic, Chilli pepper blended and soaked in any vegetable oil for 24hrs or overnight

It works perfectly

Battery water is poisonous and not advisable to use in any food related business

The after effects of the battery water stay long on the cucumber fruits to build up in the body system of those that eat such over time

okoroemeka:
very correct,we did trials and error on ways to check mate rats eating planted cucumber seed,this peculiar problem has caused heartbreak to many farmers,I even got a call yesterday about a farm that lost close to 6000 seeds to rats in a single night and I think it's time to share some of our experiments and results for other Farrmers to use and see if it will work as it did in our site, we got ₦100 garlic,crushed it and poured it into a bucket with cover,we got the black stuff from. dry cell battery and mixed it with the whole seed to be planted,then mix with the garlic and cover it,to be planted the next day,we used this method and planted 10,000 seeds and didn't lose even one.

nxtEinsten:
Please can someone help with answers to the above questions. These are chilli peppers. You can also provide yield answer for local chilli pepper. Thank you.
@okoroemeka, @ogbongenet

1. Sunny F1 is a good breed.
A 50g tin will give you about 10 feedbag harvest twice a week when harvested green under good agricultural practises of manure, water etc


Yet to try the calculation of harvest with red harvest

2. Forever f1 fruits very well.
However it get rotten with increased rainfall.
It start to drop off from the plant and it starts decaying immediately

3. Plant population determines what quantity of harvest you can get per acre or hectare

I hope this helps

Please don't give up till you get the right link
And then you can access them directly yourself with less stress

GreenFarmsNG:
That's not the issue. I've had many brokers promising heaven and earth. When i get them the transportation cost, they start telling stories

Someone that know you we'll need to referred you before you will get the foreigners.

People are scared of referring people cause some have end up defaulting with their fee

Only farmers that trust you not to default will stand in for you

GreenFarmsNG:
Understandable however Foreigners from Benin Republic are also not on the forum. Even with my money to pay for their tfare to get them here it has led to one story to the next from the agents

I think you need farm labourer with the salary you offered here.

No experience farm supervisor would apply for this.
Please remove the CV request and you might get Foreigners from neighbouring African country or the Benue people that do labour work

And by the way, those kind of people can not be found on Nairaland. You will have to enter the villages if you mean business

Yes. I currently have 2 farmworkers on the farm and still looking for more

Best of luck

GreenFarmsNG:
Two Farm Workers that can drive Motorcycle/Tricycle/Car Needed in Ogun State on Contract basis.


We will be engaging in the cultivation of about 25,000 Fruit trees, 30 acres of Maize

Your work responsibilities includes:

* Weeding grasses

* Engaging in off farm activities that is designed to facilitate the establishment of the farm

* Running Farm errands

* Digging holes for propagating the trees

* Harvest Activities

* Manure Application

* All Kind of Farm Errands



Accommodation will be provided.

Two times feeding daily will be provided.

Renumeration: 300,000 Per Annum ( This is not a monthly payment opportunity) After the first year, workers with exceptional performance will be staffed on 50-75k monthly salary payment


To apply, send your CV by email to:

GreenFarmsNG@Yandex.com



If you're asthmatic or have any kind of respiratory medical conditions, please do not apply.


Do not post your application interest on this thread as it will not be attended to.



GreenFarmsNG

I will suggest you contact mile 12 mobile market so they can help you sell

Dun24:
Hello,

We have cucumbers (pictures attached in comments) ready for supply/purchase from our farm in Epe.

Please help us circulate the information! With this lockdown, even though mile 12 may be open, people may not be willing to go to the market...

Buyers can come and pick up straight from the farm, or call, so we can arrange.

We can be reached on 0 8 0 3 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 (serious buyers only please)

We also have sweet corn that will be ready on or before April 13th...

We should learn to ask question and not ask people not to say what they feel.

Speaking out will be saving a lot of people from getting into the same situation without knowing what's ahead

Not all that glitters is good

It's good to listen

EverythinDeals:
Oga Saliu please stop it abeg. Just stop it. I'm not finding it funny.


If not that you're one strong person I respect here I would have looked your face.


Haba. I've known you for years and have followed your development.


And I can beat my cheat to say anyone that wants to learn should follow you. And you're a real practitioner.


But stop trying to paint it like agriculture is negative or big bucks can not be made from it and people with expectations will be dissapointed.


People can make millions from Africa and can make it big, but while looking at figures they need to follow through with action plan. Simple

Thank you for saying it as it is
Agriculture is not a fanfare as they tried to preach
Most say the opposite to entice others

God bless you for coming out with this

saliubello:
[size=16pt]What is/are the reasons for you to choose to start an agric related business?? Alot of reasons are usually put into considerations. However, each to his own. Your reasons might be quite different from mine. However, if you are here/in it for the money.. the 6 digits figures.. the whole numbers that the "experts" have reeled out. Im very Sorry to disappoint you, you will loose your invested sum and some sleeps.

There has been a wide scale of misconceptions about agriculture being the niche where the money is! Hitting the millions with ease etc. Making money from this culture is actually relative. What this implies is that the person who has made money after growing tomatoes and buying a second used car might actually have just recouped a fractions of his invested sums in the last 4 years that he has started.

If you are here for the money..you are a loser from the start..I am of this opinion considering the fact there had been several millions more persons and peasant farmers who had be farming or growing the same crops and animals you intend to start. Does that mean that you are better of.

However, If you are choosing to join the agric - culture and business for the purpose of value addition, employment generation, wealth preservation or giving back to the land. Congratulations.. You have chosen right. [/size]



WELCOME ON BOARD..

It's 30cm spacing on the row
35cm between row

AshinzeNonso:
So what spacing did u use?

Good day sir
Yes. I come in once in a while to read on agriculture section. I restrict my agricultural writtings and farm pictures to my Facebook timeline

The 30cm spacing work excellently for cucumber provided you are staking them

I could send you some pictures of the cucumbers we did and the current one on the farm using the same spacing through WhatsApp or other means.

The yield automatically increase because there is more plant giving you fruits

The main point is to make sure your soil is rich in nutrients through poultry waste and cow dung so the plants will not compete

At one point of harvest, we harvested 35 bags of cucumbers from 5 raised bed of 2m *25m lenght

80 of such raised beds can be mapped out from an acre

I tried attaching it here but it's not responding.
I would have love to attach here

You can also Google cucumber raised bed farming with my name Yinka Adesola, I believe several of the pictures, past and current will spring up

The system was first introduced to my team by IFDC as back as 2014

It's a highly productive system for cucumber

Yampotatocarrot:
Good day, never knew u still visit Nairaland. You and Jasper were one of those that brought me to the agricultural section.

I think there is a mix-up in the argument. The spacing you are using is for pepper, but those that replied are most probably replying as regards to cucumber.

Do u think such is advisable for cucumber?

I practise
I did the practical
I am still using the system
I don't just say

If you can, check for Yinka Adesola on Facebook
I just posted some of the pictures of closely planted peppers that is fruiting on my timeline

AshinzeNonso:
What we are saying is that when the pepper mature there won't be space for each other because pepper are bushy plants especially when you prune them

How much are you willing to bet?
I am game

We can experiments with the system
Glad you know the picture originates from my farm

Psalmy2cute:
do this kind of spacing.. and you'll have yourself to blame at the end of the day.... I can bet my money on it.. even someone who did just 500 stands on 1 plot of land will get more harvest compared to someone who used this kind of spacing on 1 plot of land..

@Yungbryn

Yes. An acre of farm with such arrangement have over 24,000 plant of pepper which gives you more yield than an average pepper farm that has between 5,000 - 7,000 plants per acre

How?

The plant need to be well fed with manure, proper weed control, proper irrigation and every good management system put in place and you are assured of better yield and harvesting for 6 - 12 months before the yield start reducing

To be double sure and if you have the chance, you can get in touch with me to arrange a visit to my farm so you can see peppers at various stages of harvest which follow the same system.

You will meet some other people on the farm too working on their own personal space who will gladly provide you answers

@okoroemeka and @psalmy2cute
Knowledge does not stop at one man's foot.
Please seek more knowledge before condemning other people's work

@okoroemeka
I actually check this space once in a while cause i am hoping one day you will put down the expenses and returns calculation of how one can actually make the N500,000 from a plot in 90days

Remember that's the thread heading and what got everyone interested in the first place

@psalmy2cute
Glad you recognise I am not an internet farmer unlike okoroemeka that believes anything that deviates from his crude method of farming automatically originates from an internet farmer

Actually I stopped posting much on nairaland since I realise most of you guys are here to prove that you are boss

The boss are the people silently making the cool dough in the farm

To get more insight into what is called the raised bed system, the most profitable way of growing vegetables, please get a copy of market Gardner written by Jean Martin Fortier

You wont ever have to do gambling farming again.
Today cucumber
Tomorrow pepper
Next tomorrow okra

Do have a wonderful farming experiences

Yungbrym:
What about this spacing,a plot will take about 3000 stands of chilli if I'm not mistaken

And you hope to farm from the information collated from the internet?

Phoenix20:
Please, who can share with me a detailed cost analysis on planting and cultivating rice on a hectare of land. I plan to venture into rice farming on May/June with just 1hectare to gain experience first. I also have some questions.
1.What are the steps involved. I've already cleared and stumped the land.
2.What is the average price of paddy per 100kg bag
3.Is there high demand
4.Can I realize 350k profit assuming 5 ton yield per hectare (5 tons x 120k per ton minus estimated 250k budget).
5.How long does it take to raise the seeds in the nursery before transplanting to the main field.
6. What is upland and lowland and which states are classified under upland and lowland. Which one is also better for rice farming.
7.Is irrigation necessary and how is it done?
8. Can I plant the seedling without constructing hills or bunds.
This are the questions for now. As you can see from the questions, I'm a newbie in rice farming, experienced rice farmers, please come to my aid. Answers are needed urgently. Thanks in advance
Please mods, kindly move my topic to the front page
Cc: FarmTech, Pavore9, Lalatiscala.

Buying and selling of agricultural produce is quite profitable than farming.

Writing as a practising farmer with some years of experience

emmaodet:
Hello nairalanders,

The new planting season is here and am about trying my hands on 2 acre of groundnuts.
Fingers crossed. I'll be uploading the progress regularly to teach and be taught so lets be positive on this thread.

I am into groundnut oil production and my major challenge has been the high cost of raw materials (groundnut) which has rendered the business handicapped.
I do buy groundnuts from bida, mokwa, kano, gombe and adamawa but the cost and logistics has made me to think inward and homeward.
Cost of leasing 1 acre is #6,000
Tractor for ploughing 1 acre is #5,000 excluding fueling.
Seed - i bought improvised seed, samnut 21 and 22 (12 kg per acre each) = #9,600 for all
Other things to do -
Tractor ridging - #5,000 per acre minus fueling.
Herbicides
Planting cost
Insecticide to be sprayed immediately after flowering.
Cost of spraying insecticide.
Cost of harvesting.
Thanks and will keep you updated

apakoso2020:
six(6) workers are urgently needed to wet/ transplant dry season chilli pepper, salary is N16,500/month, accommodation and adequate feeding is available, location is benin,Edo state,call 09037815836 if interested.

Is N16,500 not low for farm workers salary?

numen:
Good evening @jethro2,

I am in Enugu and will like to get your book on tomato. How do i go about it?

Thanks.

Good evening sir
It can be send to you through commercial transport.
Delivery fee will be on you sir

hargbolahan01:
hi madam Jethro.... please can I get your number because I want to do some agric biz and I would like to know you advise and how you can help

Zero eight zero six four six eight eight five zero one

*Due to further expansion on our farm, we require another farm manager to start ASAP*

*Must have experience cultivating vegetables and managing a poultry farm (not essential)*

*Must be a hands-on farmer, dedicated, and able to delegate duties.*

*Should be able to stay 5days on the farm( monday - friday).*
*Location: Oke Odan just after Owode idi iroko, Ogun State*

*Salary: 50k per month*


*Pls call: 0814 425 1146 for more info*
*ONLY EXPERIENCED FARMERS NEED APPLY!!*

Jasson:
hhhm.. payment is bfore or after just drop your number lets talk

Payment is before
Can be reached at adesola_yinka@yahoo.com or checked Yinka Adesola on Facebook to send your message

Consultation fee is N100,000.00

You will get all you asked for plus picture on the farm
You can also visit the farm to have practical experience of the seed nursing, management and maintenance

Jasson:
:
‘Growing Igbo vegetables (utazi,nchanwu-scent leaf, ugu-spinach, bitterleaf, waterleaf and Oha) in a Greenhouse and Polytunnel in Colder Climates.’

A. Sowing
1. How can utazi, nchanwu (scent leaf) be sown?
2. How do you get the seeds?

Plant Care
1. How do you grow the vegetables in greenhouse soil and large pots?
*Soil and Site
*Timing
*Spacing
*Harvesting and Storing
*How much to grow?

B. CHOOSING A SITE
Shelter
Good light-aspect
Access
Frost pockets
Access to water
Electricity

C. CHOOSING A GREENHOUSE OR POLYTUNNEL

D. USING A GREENHOUSE OR POLYTUNNEL
Growing methods
Propagation Space

E. MANAGING A GREENHOUSE OR POLYTUNNEL
Watering
Hand Watering
Drip and trickle Irrigation
Overhead Sprinkler system
When and how often should I water Ventilation (Greenhouse and Polytunnel)
-Shading
-Heating
-Hygiene

F. PROPAGATION
*Seed sowing
*Successful Germination
*Correct temperature for Germination
*Moisture and air
*Light
*Storing seeds
*Sowing methods
-Direct sowing
-Transplanting
-Modular or cell trays
-Sowing Depth
-Successful Transplanting
-Hardening off
-Transplant when plants are ready
-Transplant in dull weather and in the evening
-Seed Composts-sources of organic compost

G. SOIL FERTILITY
Improving your soul
-Sources of organic matter ;for feeding and for soil improvement)
-Well rotted straws manure
-Well decomposed garden compost
-Well decomposed leaf mound compost
-Work cast compost
-Garden centre products
-Municipal or green waste compost
-Feeding established plants
-Liquid feeds

H. ROTATION

I. Month by Month Guide (January 2020-Dec2020)
*Direct Sowing into beds
*Planting into beds
*Sowing into modules/pots (18-20C)
*Harvesting
*General Greenhouse/Polytunnel *Maintenance

J. Pests and Disease control


And am willing to increase the money if necessary if interested drop your line i will contact you