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let us ask ourselves this question,is it possible to be a senator in Nigeria at 33 years?I am from imo state and Godwin ararume has contested every Senate race since this new democratic setup, giving the young bloods no chance to sniff the position, political office in Nigeria is a first class ticket to looting government Treasury that it attracts all types of vultures,hyenas and jackals, people that are diabolical and ready to kill,main and cause wanton destruction just to win,you just got to have nerves of steel to be a politician in Nigeria.

watching and waiting for our tomato farm to turn red,the journey has been smooth so far with some real eye opening experiences,I will list the areas we made mistakes and learnt from them so other growers that will follow will try to avoid the quicksand's and landmines.(1)nursery management,we transplanted into nursery bags in 2 weeks and thought we will have another 2-3 weeks breather,how we were wrong,the crops outgrew the nylon bags in 1 week and by 4 weeks they are root bound and we are scrambling.(2)be very careful when applying NPK fertilizer and urea,it can backfire seriously,(3)avoid spraying anything in the morning,it will just take 2-3 hrs for the sun to come and cause havoc ,spray only evening,(4)under no circumstances allow your crop to lie on the ground,any fruit that touches the ground is gone to insects,rodents,etc(5) whiteflies,mites and thrips should be controlled by any means necessary to avoid spreading of viral disease.we lost close to 300-400 crops to the above mentioned.

staga:
The blessing the man placed on him before handing him the cheque is the main thing. Ask any Igbo trader. If the oga does not bless an apprentice before handing him any money, that money will disappear.

very true,my cousin took off with his ogas money after 5 years apprenticeship and opened his own shop in nnewi,and his oga been an nnewi indigene did not disturb the guy,after 2 years the looted millions went down the drain and my cousin was begging for money,our family has to beg the oga for 1 year before he accepted to pray and forgive the guy,which he later did when my cousin knelt down and begged for forgiveness,he prayed for him and surprisly settled the guy with #300k,that was year 2003.

CalliDora1:
He had better invested it wisely.

Kudos to the boss.

don't worry how he will invest the money because he is the investment platform already,that small boy has been taught the secrets of money management that sadly most mature people don't yet understand.

MYGRATEskillz:
1m After serving for how many years plz? This practice is the most fraudulent yet.

you are looking at the time he served with a shallow mind,do you know the practical lessons that boy passed in economics and wealth management that many professors of economics and business management will struggle to manage a small medium Enterprise,that boy has been baptized in the fires of wealth creation due to the fact that he generated that money that was used to settle him,one year before you are settled you will be given a shop to manage and profits from there will be used to settle you and the shop left for you,if the boy is smart and industrious he might have already made so much extra from the shop before he is even settled,so the type of knowledge the boy got from 7 years of apprenticeship cannot be compared to monetary value.

cococandy:
He didn’t do the boy a favor. The young man earned it. Ask him how many years he “served”.

That said, some ogas are terrible and won’t do as much

he has planted the boy like an iroko tree in his community by teaching him the laws of money management for 7 years or more,the oga been obviously gone through the apprenticeship system himself knows quite well that the boy will have another backup #2 million stashed somewhere for contingency,in case his oga decided he is fvcking his daughter and will not settle him,but truth be told the Igbo apprenticeship system works so well that in 5 years time that boy will have a house and a Lexus SUV to back it up.

go to Venn road,onitsha,you will see assorted engines

Farmerakinloye6:
I noticed flowering yesterday on five stand.at the moment A bag is 6500 naira in akure. A friend saw my farm, and he mentioned ridiculous figure I will realise. Smile... He even said "he can bet his 2 ball"

I will bet not just my two balls but also my pot of Christmas chicken stew that you will see ridiculous figures from that farm,it is farms like this that is an answer to anyone that still doubts if money can be made through vegetables farming,I will not be surprised if the OP clears 500% ROI from that farm.

chelsea04:
How can you differentiate between a banana and plantain tree on germination,when it has no fruit on it yet.

bananas has blackish colour on the stems ,while plantains has normal greenish/yellow colouration.

Zhitsu:
Good afternoon boss, please what quantity of punch should l use per knapsack for my cucumber farm??

one of the plastic measuring cup,40 ml I think per knapsack

by 12 midnight in June 2013,I received the first debit alert of #98,000 naira for an online purchase,as I was pondering the alarming message I got yet another debit alert of #100,000 naira,I was shocked,very early next day I went to access bank regional office in enugu and lo and behold almost #200k was wiped off from my account,I tried every means possible to recover the money but nothing worked,I finally closed my account and moved on

ojbig1:
Thank you for your response. Much appreciated.
I planted my tomato nursery yesterday. When will I start application of fungicide and pesticides. The variety I planted are jaraah rz and uc26

nursery application of fungicide is necessary to prevent damping off, maybe from 2 weeks or less

ojbig1:
Please how do you use the two insecticide do you combine or use separately

we combine not just the two but also Haifa,technkel calcium,ridomil gold,punch and DD force,but make sure to spray late evening,don't spray in the morning.

Farmerakinloye6:
you will need to spray caterpillar force, to avoid fruit hole cause by caterpillar.

we are using a combination of punch(abamectin) and DD force(dichlorovous),I don't think any caterpillar variety will survive such bombardment,but we are still watching,but a mixture that crushed whiteflies will swat aside caterpillars with ease.

the major pitfall we discovered in a tomato farm project is insects,they are the main transmitters of tomato viral diseases,we followed a weekly insecticides application with lackadaisical approach thinking it is cucumbers that can live happily with whitefly,,not until we lost a few crops to tomato leaf curl virus that made us sit up and buckle hard to climb out of the pit, luckily we are able to crush the whitefly infestation while discarding 10-15 infected crops, the Battle of a tomato farm is won or lost at the Frontlines with insects,they are the enemy,from whiteflies,thrips,mites,hopper, caterpillars,etc

50% fruiting at the tomato farm,I read somewhere that Padma tomatoes produce 20-25 fruits as total yield before it dies,,,I don't think that figure is correct, because we are seeing up to 10 developing fruits on plants that still have a very long way to go,from what I am seeing if this crop turns out to be what I am strongly suspecting then it will be seriously interesting.

ideepaul:
I don't know if it's from the image, but your trellis rope looks too saggy!

I think it has not been pinned down to the ground,very impressive farm,this is the definition of a cucumber farm,neat,well staked and organized,you will smile to the bank from that farm,well done OP

LifeSolutionsTV:
How many cassava stems make a bundle, King?

50

Jovar:
Smiles.
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aquadude15:
thank you for your response Sir.
I mixed sand and dried manure at a ratio of 2:1 then I poured it into those sachet.
I watered them then I planted the seed.
I only planted the seed on the soil then I covered it with a little soil.
hope I am still on track

it is doubtful you are still on track,you been derailed along the line,we planted Padma and had 60% germination in 4 days,the more they stay in the soil without germination it gets rotten,from what I am seeing it's better to do nursery on bed and retransplant into the nylon in 10-12 days.

Farmerakinloye6:
manure with seed and 2:1 like seriously it is risky. Well! we all learner.

many things are still missing from the narrative,what type of tomato seed and manure

Jovar:
Cassava stems looking fresh


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70-80% flowering on the Padma tomato farm,staking has started cause some crops are already bending,we are taking the lazy man short cut and using bamboo and nylon ropes used previously for cucumbers

aquadude15:
good afternoon Sir.
i planted my tomato seed on the 7th of this month and today makes it 7days but u can only see barely 1O% germination.
hope I am still on course sir

you did not state the variety,but several things can cause poor germination,(1)if you put too much soil on top of the seeds it may have a hard time coming out,(2)too little or too much watering,(3)not covered with palm fronds and exposed to direct sunlight (4)use of fresh manure on the nursery, there's an art to doing nursery on raised beds,after doing the bed apply manure and use rake to level it and break up clogs of manure,water thourghly, broadcast your seeds,use soil mixed with manure and sprinkle on top lightly,then cover with palm fronds,water next morning and your tomato seeds will germinate in 4 days,we even use tarpaulin to cover for the first 2 day to heat up the bed and stimulate germination,tomato is easy compared to hot peppers.

spot on,this is how cucumbers are planted,in shallow depressions that will contain 2-3 handful of manure,well done OP

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why did you do a detailed analysis of pounded yam and forgot it's twin,nsala white soup with wild river caught catfish,and options of cow tozo,old layer or goat meat,you can never go wrong especially with the cow tozo collabo.

LifeSolutionsTV:
What is the price of TME 419 ?? How do you sell ?

#500 naira per bundle

aquadude15:
is greengo not good for dry season

it is good but the variety is always scarce in the market,it is not something that is always available,you must plan ahead if using greengo

Padma f1 tomatoes flowering,the flowering pattern is a clutch of 4-5 flower buds and immediately above will be another clutch,it continues like that while growing,I am baffled if this is how it will fruit,and if what am suspecting is true then it will be an interesting adventure.

Olaleyeabdullah:
I also intend planting nandini by east west hope I am safe sha

if you have not planted that variety before or seen the production during dry season before ,you have to be wary,some varieties perform better during rainy and some prefer dry season, whatever the variety be sure it will survive 36c temperature and yield,the cost of irrigation and increased manpower needed to farm cucumbers during dry season makes it all too sensible to use well proven varieties like Murano,cu 999,darina,etc,instead for me to plant anyhow variety because of scarcity of preferred seeds,I will process and plant the f2 second generation it is better.

on a serious note not every cucumber variety is meant for commercial farm production,some varieties are meant for garden,ornamentals, hobbyists,etc,if you look closely at the oliveria variety farm you will see more reasons the farm was abandoned,it is diseased by DM and others,farmers should not just plant any variety because it is easily available,any seed to be planted must have been proven in rainy,dry, harmattan seasons,I cannot help but remember when we planted pointsett cucumbers ,it was a very very hilarious experience.

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