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safarifarms:
Obatobi1 can tomato do well beside a palm plantation where the area gradually begins to be shaded from past 12pm and fully shaded by 5pm. I'd used it for pumpkin this year and wondering if I can switch to tomato next year. By the way the pumpkin didn't seem to be affected. Though I don't know if it would have performed better elsewhere.

Of course you can!! It us very suitable. You may just have to trim the palm fronds before you start a planting cycle.

safarifarms:
From my little experience on a very small scale backyard garden, tomato fruit cracking is caused by irregular watering. If the plant has been starved of water for a while and then water become available later it will suck up excess water to the fruits. The sudden surge of water to the fruits causes the cracking.

Exactly, you have said just right. That is at least 80% of the cause.
Thank you

waxingmoon:
Thanks for the reply.
I planted Demon f1 this year and I am willing to plant Habanero but don't know if Piquante Red can average demon f1 in terms of yield.

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In this part, I would say Piquante has slightly better market value than demon. So you may want to look at that instead of just yield in volume.

waxingmoon:
Pls how fruity is your Piquante Red compare to Demon f1?

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To start with, Piquante red is hot pepper (ata rodo) while Demon F1 is chilli pepper (finger pepper, usually used to make powdered pepper).

Piquante has larger fruits and fills up a bag/sac/basket more quickly than demon, while the fruits on demon plants are usually more though smaller (finger shape).

After harvesting, demon produces fruits much quicker than piquante.

See the difference in the picture attached

IamAsiri:
Your nursery plants are so fine!

Thank you

At two weeks, yet to receive any chemical or inputs.

At one week

Here's another piece of land we opened

Been a while here, a lot has happened since I posted here last.
Let me drop one or two pictures

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Cedagrochemical:
I'm so sorry for the inconvenience

Thanks for understanding too.
We gather dey

mindpresh:
pls what is the ratio?

2:1

Munzy14:
Very impressive! kudos!

This ur nursery house, you covered the top with mosquito net as well?

Yes, then the roof was made with UV sheet

ideepaul:
The financial implications held me down, pls if I am not asking too much , could you share the cost of your current mulch sir

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ideepaul:
yes I didn't mulch, but irregular irrigation? No, we had excessively high rainfall between mid-April to June, if not for the high ridges we did and maybe liming, it would have been disastrous.
How much is the 1.2m mulch? And was yours the 300m length? I haven't used it before, so how long could it last if managed properly, and used continuously

If you had mulched, you might no have had that much challenges.
Yes, I have used the 300m length before and its quite good.
If well managed, you could use it up to 5 or 6 seasons

brtrip:
What type of fertiliser do you use and how do u apply it ?
Is it monthly or weekly ?

I use NPK, calmag, DAP.

Some by fertigation and others by side placement/dressing.

Some fortnightly and others monthly

ideepaul:
@oga obatobi1, I did Padma early this year, and faced issues of fruit cracking, how have you surmounted this challenge, and would you use the 30cm spacing without mulching film...nice work you are doing sir, I am also learning greatly from you!

If fruit cracking is the major problem you faced, then I can categorically tell that you did not mulch your field and probably did not irrigate the field. Irregular or unstable moisture level is one of the major causes of fruit cracking.
You need to wet your field atleast every morning (and probably morning and evening at the peak of dry season), this way you can be sure your plants are getting stable and required volume of water. And when you apply mulch, you can be sure of having a stable soil moisture and control UV radiation on the soil.

And to your second question. With the explanations above, you can guess my answer is NO

Thank you

brtrip:
Have you heard of anna f1?
Do u know if it can be grown in Nigeria
And if there is market for it.
The variety you planted what is the target kg of tomatoes to be expected per plant.
And is there any variety in Nigeria that can yield up to 10kg or more per plant ?
Sorry if i asked too much questions.

Yes, I have heard of Anna F1, a very good variety with resistance to a couple of disease including root knot (to a reasonable extent)

I believe it can be grown in Nigeria, though it performs best in greenhouse and is mainly cultivated by Kenyans.

The tomato variety I planted, if well managed should give you at least 2kg per plant.

I doubt if there's any variety that an give you that amount in open field. That target can only be achieved in a well set up greenhouse (I stand to be corrected)

[quote author=Seun post=62543893]I love your trellis system. It took me a while to realize that it’s the best.

I agree with you.
Weldone op

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descarado:
More harvests for you
See better tomatoes.

Na so o, thank you

stfadaanthony:
I must commend the op for his effort at teaching everyone that shows interest. I got to no op has his farm in Idanre, just few minutes from Akure. I decided to visit him and we fixed a time for yesterday been Sunday 18th October, 2020,after we have been talking on phone. thank you at op.

Thank you very much, its always a pleasure

dmz1:
please sir how do you carry out your soil treatment?

For nursery, I use thermal sterilization, mixture with media and adding of compost manure (if need be) before filling in the trays.

For the field, it depends on the condition of the soil. Such treatment may include enriching the soil (with organic/compost manure), treatment with nematicide, amongst a few other processes.

Yemighty2:
How many times would you use the mulching film?
How many meters(wide)is this mulching film

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The much film could be used as much as 6 times if well managed.
Then, it is about 1.5 meters wide, although it could vary by a few inches depending on the company that produces it.

chirality:
Wow I really love this tomato and pepper farming. I have tried it before but it failed . I now understand why it failed. I wil like to hit you up brbro

I sympathise with you my brother. Tomato production is a really cool thing if you know your way around it.

Educhopper:
So impressed with your job and efforts to educate newbies and interested farmers to be like me sir. Can one start this on half plot or a plot of land to learn about tomato farming and increase with time? Thanks.
Agriculture is the future!

Sure you can start small.
If you follow the process religiously and have a good production...and profit, I can bet nobody will tell you to expand before you do.

Agriculture is future indeed!!

okoroemeka:
how many days interval,4,5,6 days before another harvest

3 days interval on average

okoroemeka:
ok, xx but Padma been a determinate type tomatoes does it affect the harvest period or how many times have you harvested that variety before it dies off

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The current ones I have, we've been harvesting them for about six weeks

okoroemeka:
I am targeting to transplant by January,that will be the height of the dry season,which variety do you advice?for that hot period

You can go for platinum F1 or Padma F1 of east west seeds

Obatobi1:
Well, except its a green house, I don't see reason for such aggressive pruning. The work of the leaves cannot be undermined, cos the health of the plant can largely be determined by how the leaves look. Although excessive leaves may be said to compete with the fruits and other parts for nutrients but it should be done with caution.
The scars from the prunnings could be a potential inlet for diseases.

And when the plant starts fruiting/ripening, the plant naturally starts reducing leaves while concentrating its strength on fruiting/ripening

okoroemeka:
Another thing I noticed from that farm is their no nonsense aggressive pruning of leafs and branches,,my brother each crop is just left with 20-30% of the leafs remaining , everything else is stripped bare, unlike your farm that has all the original leafs left on it.

Well, except its a green house, I don't see reason for such aggressive pruning. The work of the leaves cannot be undermined, cos the health of the plant can largely be determined by how the leaves look. Although excessive leaves may be said to compete with the fruits and other parts for nutrients but it should be done with caution.
The scars from the prunnings could be a potential inlet for diseases.