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You're an inspiration sir.

Farmerakinloye6:
for me personally it doesn't Worth it, yield and price will be low and expensive high!

Boss, what then is the best time to start nursery (having in mind that the target is high yield and high price)

mencer:
It's Platinum

I can see late blight, but you will still smile to the market

Farmerakinloye6:
truthfully! Have never seeing where well is use as source of water to irrigate farm but have heard many saying they use it. Some even say "they use normal 3hp" I will appreciate contribution of our people here!

I'd really love peoples comments on this

Farmerakinloye6:
I think normal 3hp should be okay.

Thanks

Farmerakinloye6:
I notice my new system drip isn't full when I start water pump, so I modify the system by dividing it, then close Both end with end cap.

what pumping machine is best for drawing water from a well

Farmerakinloye6:
yes because it is bigger. However, plantinum has more demand in market than diva because not all can afford it.if you are planting like 10000 stand, I will advise you plant 4000 diva and 6000 plantinum.

boss, what pumping machine size would I be needing for effective irrigation on a 1-4 plots of land?
water source is a 16ft deep well or a stream downhill with a 400ft distance to farm

mencer:
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what variety is this? diva? platinum or deira?

modestypii:
Cobra 34 f1 is just an upgrade on cobra 26 F1. They have same features, just a slight difference in yield.

For those that need drip tape, I still have drip tape available for sale and other irrigation accessories.

Thanks , so am guessing the cobra 34 f1 yields better

Pls what's the difference between cobra 26 f1 and cobra 34 f1. Any major difference?

Farmerakinloye6:
Land soak today my brothers and sisters! It will require some level of skills to sell grade 3-4 ASAP today, mine fall into category 3, and I managed to sell 8k and 7.5k. I pity a friend today he brought like 60 crate five days ago, like 12 crate was sold 2.5-3k yesterday, and he brought 50 crate (grade 3) today. If am to grow and produce massively at once (50-400 crate) my target place will be Lagos, Benin, Onitsha and port Harcourt. If am growing to sell in Akure market then I'll focus on how I can be bringing tomato to market every two days or everyday.

Boss a quick one...... I have access to just a plot (100x50) of land. Would it make sense economically speaking if I do just a plot? It will be rain fed though

what is to be done about the issue of not getting a verification email
been driving me gaga for couple of days now.

Lotuswhite:
Thank you so much! It worked. Please how can I get my LG certificate

trying to reset password even though I didn't get a confirmation link. but it keeps telling me "this user has not been verified"

Pls do add me to the whatsapp group. 07062321575

okoroemeka:
a good farmer monitors the weather closely,we now have good weather apps that helps in doing that now,don't plant cucumbers if a brief break in heavy rainfall will not appear for 3 days,heavy rainfall will cover the seeds with more soil,the seeds will go down more into the soil and the temperature will be too cold for germination,doing the middle of serious rainy season we just do nursery and cover with tarpulin after germination we transplant.

thanks boss, we'll try again using your recommendations

I planted cukes and it rained for five days straight....... all the seeds got rotten!!!
this raining season is something else

Psalmy2cute:
1000m dripline Is more than enough

thanks

Psalmy2cute:
Yes, you can connect the drip mainline to the water pump

thanks man.
one last question pls...... any idea the length of driptape that will cover a plot?
thanks for your time

can drip work without connecting it to a tank?

so what method would you suggest I use to irrigate cucumber?
I have access to a 5.5hp petrol powered water pump and an artificial pond.
thanks

okoroemeka:
I think a careful examination of your market will provide a more accurate insight into your question,cu 999 is what usually goes in the south east.

oga okoroemeka pls what's your take on using spraytube to irrigate cucumber?

am in osogbo.....ile ogbo seems a bit far for the quantity I would've love to order.

where's your location?
what's your price?

[quote author=okoroemeka post=79279935]u have to watch weather when u want to spray anything,it has to stay at Least 4-6 hrs to dry properly,u have to respray[/quote/]

oga okoroemeka......pls what foilar fertilizer can i use for a optimal yeild in cucumber

okoroemeka:
from my own test and experience,if you prune cucumbers u will get 30% less yield but the fruits will be of international quality and standard, because all the lateral shots that will produce substandard fruits has been removed and fruits will only form on the main stem,but if you don't prune cukes you will get a higher yield of assorted mumble and jumble fruits,we have tried it and decided to go with higher yield and mumble/jumble fruits,the customers are not complaining,and lastly try to prune 2000 cucumbers after 4-5 days you will run away,or less you will have one staff just for pruning .

pls what's to be done when the cucumber plants have outgrown the stake/trellises.

N.B...the trellis are about 6ft tall

Olaleyeabdullah:
can one plant pepper in zai pits

yes

okoroemeka:
hmm, pruning?no my brother we have tried that before and it spread disease around the farm like wildfire,or less u will be sterilizing after cutting one plant and also the crop will try all ways possible to defeat you, because it's programmed to produce lateral shots,I can't forget the first time we pruned cucumbers,the more you prune,the more lateral shots are coming out daily,it's a case of Medusa's head,lf you cut off one two will come,or less you will have workers that will be going around cutting off side shots like in green house.

thank you for this eye opener

okoroemeka:
The effect of the 1 kg per hole pig manure is showing in incredible growth,I really think manure must first be used as basal application before planting veggies especially curcubits,the benefits are much,even if it's just that once,npk can take over later,I can no longer bet anything on the outcome of this test, it will be very close,cu 999 won on germination rate, monalisa won on early fruiting,now cu 999 has more vigourous growth,more lateral shots and incredible vine length,but no fruits yet,I am definitely not betting my fresh pot of egusi soup on the outcome of this crazy match.

will you be pruning?

okoroemeka:
Necessity is the mother of inventions,the quest for high yield and productivity in cucumber farming is driving us to uncharted territory,we noticed an interesting development in our test farm,the monalisa had poor germination, but it later started coming up to 50-60% germination and surprisingly we went to the farm this morning and all the monalisa has small female modes coming up from the branches of the first true leaf,this is a gynoecious behavior,but we noticed unlike a true gynoecious, it didn't set a female flower at every leaf branch,from what we are seeing it tend to jump one or two leafs then set female flower on the next, which is a good thing because some true gynos set so much fruits that the plant simply crash under the strain,we can even spot two small fruits already in some monalisa crops already,the next stage results I am predicting is at 27-28 days the monalisa will come out with female flowers ready for pollination, while the 999 will still be coming out with only male flowers and its interesting to note that 999 don't come out immediately with female flowers,it will push the males first like a true mono and after 5-10 days female flowers will start opening,I am betting my pot of soup that monalisa will mature first.

I noticed similar trait in my greengo pilot, on getting to the farm this morning....I noticed male flowers developing (even though its been churning out loads of female flowers earlier)
kinda surprised female flowers are developing before male flowers

what was the duration from planting to first harvest

[quote author=staysure post=66915222][/quote]Do I need to plant a monoecious variety (as a polinizer) along with green go

gabbyfarms:
After third weeding of the watermelon � farm #watermelonfarm #kaoloackvariety

pls what causes watermelon plant to wilt and die during fruiting stage