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Mariangeles:
Money does not always equate hardworking .

Some men with that mindset easily offend women.
It is okay for a woman to just admire a hardworking man.

I bad. Point taken.

I have been actively involved in plantain replanting since March this year. I just dey remove suckers dey replant.

The goal is to repopulate the land back, both with vegetables & plantains. . I no see small space like this, I go run am with plantain sharp sharp. No time biko.

Attached are pictures of the ones I planted March this year. They are already grown, so proud to see them do so well despite the drought currently been experienced.

Also attached are suckers looking for accommodation.

MaziObinnaokija:
God bless the work of your hands. Plantain is now GOLD..

Amen!!!🙏🙏

And yours too.

... Continuation of Monetization

Oga, hope you saw the 50k, hope you saw the 20k. I sold another 80k. Etc ... And it went on and on like that. Omo, na from plantain I dey see money soooo oooo!!! I no even take care of them oooo. What if I now took care of them like my vegetables? Na so my Igbo blood activate once more oooo!!! Thank God for that hereditary blood in me o .

I did some clearing, cutting down, trimming, reducing to 3 per clusters.

I was getting better and bigger plantains. And selling a bunch for 4k to 6k direct sales. Na market women I hate pass. Those ones go just dey use the more you look, the less you see for me . I Sabi Dem well well

Monetization of the plantains

Up until some years back, I never really gave a care about the plantains. I just allowed it grow wild with careless abandon. I wasn't pruning, i will sometimes visit and see birds eating out the ripe Plantains on the bunches. I cared less jare. Some people do come around once they see me visiting and ask to buy plantains. I go just hand them over to my neighbor to help out. Zooooom, I don Waka.

Moreover, I was still very very emotionally unbalanced after the series of events that happened to me on the farm. (Which I also documented in that particular thread). Nevertheless, everything changed when my neighbor started sending money to me ooooo

Over 30 bunches to be cut in a weeks or so time.

The irony of it all is, I don't like plantain. I no dey chop am at all. Well except I am extremely broke, and all those around me are also broke that I can't borrow money from them to chop Only then do I swallow my pride and eat plantain

A quick glance at the plant farm as of today after it suffered the planetery destruction twice; once from the goats, secondly, from the Storm earlier this year that caused massive destructions to plantain farms in the South West earlier this year around May/June if my memory hasn't failed me.

By the way, Here's my beloved Crocs. I feel we bond well together when I put it on. 45k Crocs my go through and thin with me I swear...!!!lol

The planting was carried out around March of that year . The rain blessed my plantains and procreation started. Lol...

I was also given a worker from Songhai who visited my farm and helped in the planting.

The recommended spacing for plantain was 3m between the plantain rows and 2m within the row (in other words. 3 m x 2 m). Na so we take run am. I was able to plant 700 plants using that spacing on an Acre. Na so I carry the rest dash person ooo!!!lol

Note: I was also made to know the Specie of plantain I got from them, which was the False Horn Plantain. Which I was advised was good for commercial plantain farming. Lol (me wey dey think how my goats go take chop craze comot the plantains)

How I started.

I needed the best of plantain species or type as I was told. The only having place close to me then was Songhai Farms at Avia in Badagry. I was able to purchase 900 plantain seedlings at the rate of 200 per 1. I felt cheated back then oooo I no go lie. Because I could see everywhere on the internet where plantain was being sold for 70 naira, 80naira even 50 naira. Nevertheless, I was glad after some years when I started seeing results.

The goat era

Yes the goats came and devoured the plantation. You will be amazed what just 3 goats would do to an acre of plantain in 2 years. I did document those periods in my goat dairy.lol

In the Beginning ...Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made...

Here we go again.
I want to believe plantain has a special place in God's beautiful masterpiece of creation. Plantain & procreation fits God's divine mandate of go and replenish the earth . I remember my early days on nairaland and I stumbled upon a post on plantain. I read & digested it thoroughly. And it fitted into my Agenda of plantain something on my farmland which could be beneficial to my GOATS . Yes, you heard me right!!! My initial plan was to grow plantain on my farm and feed my goats with it.

Mariangeles:
😀
Women dey sabi like hardworking money men, na why.

And me no get money biko .

Just like every aspect of the farming business, raising pigs now is not for the weak ooo!!! Your capital base must be robus. Nevertheless, there is much gain in it. Moreover, over here, pork meat sells like craze. Egun people over here no dey use eye see am. If you never kill pig for your party, you never do am.

More...

What if I told you, I did name all my pigs from day 1 till I ...

My apologies, Back to the pigs

Let's take a walk through my pig pen. Questions are allowed.

Trying to mate the love birds.

Meet the Pigs

21 years of pig farming isn't moi-moi. Only the very few people who have visited my farm in ogun state have seen this lovely aspect of mine. I call them my family (The pigs) .

Wait, let me start by Showing my my Crocs. Walahi, this Crocs has been with me through thick and thin... You can never imagine where we have been together. I love you dieeeee. When I tell people I bought this Crocs for N45k, people just look at me and say, hope say u normal? Why you go carry 45k go buy Crocs? ....

Over the years, I have had to keep running the pig business, even through the ups and downs. I just love those creatures I swear. All the times I had goats, they were there. Through my Ugu experiments, they were there. Lol... My Noilers, Foreign Turkeys, Etc... The pigs were always there.

If only they could revolt why I never talked about them. Not even once have I made mention of them except when I talk of manures ...

Hmmm... Okay, what if I said I had been into pigs since the year 2002. You heard that right... Since 2002 (Exactly the year I finished my ND in Yabatech). Well,I rarely talk about it because it's a sensitive topic for me. .

I remember my first 3 pigs, Browny, Hercules and Sandra. They were my most priced possession. God bless my Sister who always helped out in feeding and bathing them whenever I was away to further my education. I could remember a certain time I came back from school and was so scared of going into their pens. They were so big and scary that I could not even go near the closed pens. My kid sister had a good laugh ehn... . She just jumped into the pen, pulled Hercules by the ear (He was the biggest), and shoved it to the corner, and started cleaning the pens. Omo, that was when I knew my kid sister had superpowers...

Attention Please

Silly of me not to have mentioned this earlier, I always advice anyone going into crop farming to always make sure they take their Anti Tetanus injections... Very Essential!!!

The rate at which I put my hands into the soils filled with decomposing manure ehn, me sef dey fear fear. , with all the pathogens chai!!! One of the reason while, I love cured manure. You never can tell if you have cuts on your hands. Oyinbo people dey use gloves ooo!!!

Why vegetables sells faster?

Just this morning, I was curious enough to ask a lady who came for just N500 vegetables.

Lady: Oga, this your vegetables fresh ooo and e cheap well well. I no know say u dey sell vegetables for here o. Na one lady I see wey carry am pass direct me.

Me: abi na? Wetin man go do as work no dey, and Tinubu don pursue all of us go farm back. . Anyways, now you know ooo! As you can see, vegetables dey brekete...

Lady: Na here I go dey buy from today. I see say you don plant Ugu. Oga, u mean business o! And if person see u for outside, Dem go think say u be alapa ike.

Me: Laughs... (Dis woman don dey use style insult me biko). Yes ooo... Ugu, Ewedu and Pepper go dey soonest. But e con be like say una too like vegetables for this area ooo?

Lady: laughs... oga, u no know say na vegetables soup quick prepare cheap pass. Just buy dis kind N500 Soko wey I buy now, mix am with Panla fish or even crayfish, add Iru (locust beans), even use Ata gungun (grounded pepper), Soup don set... But the other, u go spend well o. With just 1k, vegetables soup don set.

Me: haaaaaaa...(laughing stupidly). Chai...Tinubu, e fit better for u so? ...

Lady: Oga u try ooo, only you dey stay dis big compound? U never marry?

Me: (wetin? Dis woman don dey pass her boundaries ooo. Hmmm... I Sabi dis kind well well ooo... Before u know it, Dem go ask, wetin u con dey chop? Se make we dey bring food come for you? Etc...) No ooooo.... I even get two wives sef... ( Sebi na wetin she wan hear b that).....

.... Tori don end biko

IamAsiri:
You can look for another set of traders to sell the waterleaves to.

Lol . How I wan take sell dat one bayi? Do I sell per bags or what? ABEG... freely was it given, freely make Dem pluck am comot jare. Too much on my hands right now to want to add waterleaves plucking to it.

IamAsiri:
They are going to sell it... and not cheaply I can assure you.

Obviously. But the problem for me is, how do I ask them for money for the waterleaves? When most times they see me weeding it off all the time .
I just allow them weed it out for me. most times I see them going with as much as 2 to 3 filled sacks.

Mariangeles:
Some of us that were raised in the city don't know much about farming.

How did you learn?

I'll start by saying this favorite quote of mine; It is God's blessings deposited in man and discovered, and not just discovered but put to action that makes such a man successful in life.

Grew up in the heart of Lagos, Maryland & Festac to be precised. Nevertheless, we've always produced our own garri & fufu . Na so my papa go put me for his most priced car then, a Volkswagen aka Bettle aka Ijapa car, then drive all the way to ogun state villages bordering Lagos to go arrange cassavas to be processed. All those years, no farm lands we no dey enter . I would want to believe those are the years farming activities imprinted on my destiny .
Moreso, we've always kept dogs, cats, rabbits and doves as pets growing up. So all these contributed to my passion for growing both livestock & loving how mother Earth gives life to plants, so fascinating.

But, the main confirmation as to me going to become a farmer, came in S.S.3 (in Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos State), when God personally told me, You shall be a FARMER . Heard Him loud & clearly.

Mariangeles:
You be like one of my brothers.
The guy hate okro dye!

You go plant waterleaves too? I learn say e dey grow fast well-well.

For waterleaves? Plant them? Kind of sound strange to me hearing that. Although, I think I have seen where it's been grown at people's backyard. For me, waterleaves na confirm weeds on my farmlands. A few of my vegetables buyers come with sacks to help me weed them out.

Dey don beg me taya make I no spray Dem and kill Dem off...once once sef, me sef dey use am freestyle Edikaikong soup.

Lol... I no chop am Oooo. But the temptation was real.

RainMoreDFARMS:
Make I sit-down here.
.
I love the Tori wet dey happen here

Lol... ABEG come collect hoe arrange 5 beds as your contribute biko.

Mariangeles:
Why?
Una dey forbid am for una culture?

You're doing well, by the way. 👍🏼

Dem dey forbid food for this present economy?

Walahi, I no just gbadun that Okro for anything and can't say why. . The last time I ate Okro soup should be back in the 90's if my memory isn't failing me.

Ewedu I know, Ogbono I know, Plsssss Okro who art thou!!!

Updates on the gifted Ugu pod

Hahahahahahaha... I have been laughing all day whenever I go back to the TG chat of someone claiming I must eaten the Ugu seeds. . Walahi, I thought of boiling them to eat initially . . Well, I never did. I did plant them with love from my ❤️.

Below are pictures to prove I did plant them. Just kind off tired of giving updates on Fluted pumpkins biko. I feel that field has been over flogged and little or nothing more to discuss on it.

Updates on the gifted Ugu pod

Hahahahahahaha... I have laughing all day whenever I go back the TG chat of someone claiming I must eaten the Ugu seeds. . Walahi, I thought of boiling them to eat initially . . Well, I never did.

Below are pictures to prove I did plant them. Just kind off tired of giving updates on Fluted pumpkins biko. I feel that field has been over flogged and little or nothing more to discuss on it.

The Ewedu(s) ain't doing bad either. Almost done with picking the bed. A few other beds have been planted too when I saw the demand for it. Left to me, I no kuku dey chop am like that .

Someone even suggested I planted Okro. The bad eye I take look the woman ehn, she sef fear say wetin she talk wey I give am that wicked look. I just simply told her, OKRO IS FORBIDDEN IN MY LIFE'S AFFAIRS. Shikena!!!

Sunday's Update

Sorry for the few persons who tried reaching out to me through mails & my telegram. I do get pretty occupied sometimes. .

Now back to the updates...
Like I said earlier and would want to reiterate again, vegetables is just 1month pere!!! No long story. All you have to do is get it enoooooooough water I swear, you go just dey wonder how the thing dey grow over night. . Having met all conditions, from good well drained soils, good quality manure (poultry manure preferable), all you need do is keep watering it morning, afternoon and night, Yes!!! MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS... and you will be sure to get the best cuttings from your Veges.

Below are pictures of my Lagos spinach ready for second cutting just barely 2 weeks after first cutting.