₦airaland Forum

Alfather:
What if i make use of the right chemicals to control pest and diseases. I realy need your advice on this one.

I have seen big melon farms in the south but the trick is getting the planting date right to aviod to much rain and water on the leafs,if you target to plant and start harvest by may-june it will be ok,but seriously why playing betnaja with your hard earned money on ogbanje crop,why not cucumbers and save yourself from had I know.

sulaimon22:
You can try that too + good fertilizer I will recommend super gro. That's what I'm using in my farm. But I'm not telling u not to grow d crop in d South at all I just don't want u to use a trial and error method with ur 100k capital

don't recommend super gro to any farmer that is not using drip for irrigation,super gro is not a fertilizer but a soil conditioner that makes soil wetter and absorb more moisture,it's made to be used in semi arid climate for water conservation management

in igboland it is common to see wealthy individuals in a community to sponsor the security setup in it,in my village in imo state one wealthy man bought 20 automatic shot guns,30 walkie talkies,2 pickup trucks and uniforms for the community vigilante and also pays them monthly,so that guy carrying a shotgun is part of community policing and a common sight in igboland,I bet they will be up to 10 or more such guys around the field to protect match officials and the wealthy big boys that will come to watch the match,and if you see those vigilante boys around u behaves yourselves those boys no send anyone

majilore:
Let us discuss investment in poultry farming:
talking of egg production by rearing layers.

SUMMARY
#1800 needed to rear 1 day old pullet from day old till it can feed itself( not till point of lay but till when it can lay eggs enough to buy feed it eats): this means from day old to 24 weeks (6 month)
business duration: 2 years or 24 months
first 6 months is the waiting period while
profit sharing should be from 7th month till 24th month.
so a farmer or investor that need to rear 1000 birds should have up to #1.8 million
definitely a farmer should be able to get 100% profit in the 2 years
if investor is not farming but invest in another farmer's farm,then the 100% profit is to be shared between the investor and the farmer based on agreed percentage.

I am a farmer and I did egg production farming from 2002 to 2010,but farming does not always work according to plan,there are many factors you forgot to mention the weather,feed quality,bad vaccines,poor quality drugs,workers theft/pilferage,etc

KristaPretty:
There's no joy in Masturbation. If e too hungry you, get a partner!

most of the time the drama, intrigue, disappointments and heartbreaks in a relationship is simply not worth it, masturbation is definitely not a bad idea,it keeps your senses off your dick and in your head

Dpharisee:
Abeg make una no vex for digressing, I traveled to the South East and the kind of sophisticated new buildings I saw there even in very interior villages seems as if they are not living under Buhari regime

there's an Igbo saying, AKU RUO UNO,it roughly means wealth that has not reached the village is nothing,if you are wealthy and don't have a house in your village you are nothing,

StoneColdBiceps:
Sorry about your predicament Bro. But let me give you some tips on how to face your current status.

1. Kill expectations in its entirety! Never expect good in return as far as she's concerned.
2. Expect to eat from giant bowl not fancy broken plates any more.
3. Don't expect her to serve you food on the table or brought to you. You're are expected to go to the kitchen and get your food if any.
4. Don't expect her to wash your clothes even your boxer.
5. Don't expect Sex from her. If she open for you, you screw if she no open you sleep.
6. Have a hair clipper and Learn how to barb your hair skin so you don't have to look for salon money to get a hair cut.
7. Don't expect her to call your family.
8. Don't expect her to call you. Keep calling her.
9. Don't be surprised when she comes home late.
10. Don't expect her to be clean with her phone chats and calls. Never be suspicious even when you are.
11. Never loose your head. Still be the man you are but with no money.
12. Still give your wife advice but don't expect her to take it.
13. don't stop buying her stuffs and your kids as well when little money comes from your hustle.
14. Don't be surprised when she password her phone or change her phone password.
10. She'll put everything including your children against you. Worst case scenario.
15. When you bounce back to your feet, don't pay her back in her own coin, just be money smarter. You can never win in your family because family is not a competition ground. When money starts coming in, your wife will readjust and enjoy with you like nothing happened. That's how they're wired.
16. All the above is my advice and you may choose not to take it. God may have a better plan for you and your family. Seek God till the end.

Just keep your head up and hustle to bring something into the house until grace find you again.

The thing about marriage is that it's close to the same thing as normal relationship but bonded.

Every marriage have their peculiar problems. Yours is money right now.

Marriage is sweeter if money follow.

I seriously doubt your statement that marriage is sweeter with money,my friend and his wife had the biggest fight in their marriage the day he bought car for her and a sound proof generator for their home,if a hubby can procure this things shouldn't that day be a happy day,NO,but if we were not around it could have ended with manslaughter, having money is not a guarantee that you will have a happy home, always win the mind games first.

Orestino:
I know the man that was involved in the accident personally. it's a painful exit. big time hustler and he hustled till the last call. few minutes before this fatal accident, he was still at imowo eleran(an axis in ijebu ode) to sell some goats because that's his side job aside teaching. just for him to leave to confirm a transaction at the bank and boom! this unfortunate accident

he's survived by two small kids, a wife and a mother.

may God grant 'em the fortitude to bear the loss and may heaven be the resting place of the deceased!

RIP to the hustler,but we will brace ourselves when that lbeju refinery will start work and thousands of truck will be carrying flammable materials and running around like headless chicken all over Nigeria,only God will save us.

simonlee:
simple trick....

use a strange number to forward a text to your phone that reads "i will give you N20million and an oil company job if you divorce your wife and marry me"...
then see if she wouldn't go back to factory settings!

I don't think that is a smart idea,some women will simply snap and use kitchen pestel to kill you in your sleep and will be the first to cry in the morning,my friend spaco was killed in similar circumstances and the evil woman is walking around Scot free, don't underestimate the power of a scorned woman or what she can do the list is endless,instead of been confrontational it's best to do what she will least expect,turn up the love appeal,do things u know she likes,spiece up your love life, she's your wife and u know what she likes,this sort of battle is not a physical fight but an emotional war and love will be your killing edge,worm yourself into her heart again and you will be surprised the things she will tell you,reevaluate your lifestyle,dressing,speech and manner of approch,women are easy prey to emotional assualt and that will be your weapon.

AfonjaBoston:
How do you guys enjoy driving these old high mileage salvaged vehicles?

in Africa,all fingers are not equal,some people will drive newer cars,some older ones,some will pray to God for a motorbike,while some will never price car ,bike or bicycle in their entire life

codemaster2much:
Please can I buy one of them from thee

my brother I was offered #14,000k for the 4 pumps by a parts dealer nearbyi have to collect the money,almost 2-3 year now no more pump wahalla

I have had similar problems and ended up changing 5 fuel pump,in desperation I have to change rewire and the new one just laughed and said oga all that fuel pump you changed are good including the failed one in the car,the cause,the filter had a small tear that allows small sand particles in to seize the pump, solution,wash fuel tank,change fuel filter and wash condemned fuel pump in diesel and it started working again.all 4 of them.

I have noticed something peculiar on the farm that we are using drip irrigation vs other farms nearby that uses high pressure water to irrigate,due to the fact that drip irrigate by the slow application of water drop by drop the nutrients in the soill are not immediately leached away, fertilizer is gradually dissolved and the crops are fertilized anything you irrigate,but using high water pressure hose on the other hand will dissolve and move nutrients down pass the root zone,faster,disturb the root system and effectively starve the crop, we conducted an experiment on effect of water pressure on basal applied NPK fertilizer and found out that by the 3rd day of watering all the nutrients in the fertilizer has leached 1 feet down and by the fourth day of watering the roots cannot get the nutrients again,the farm we are using drip now and others that are using water hose are light years apart,despite the fact that we applied manure once before planting and npk only twice,but at the water hose irrigated farm they applied manure before planting and again at 28 days and 4 npk application but after 4 harvest the cucumber leafs has turned to yellow due to nutrients deficiency.

did you notice how tried and frail the guy looks, Even the spark is gone from his eyes,that girl is a fvcking machine and she is on a mission to completely destroy that poor guy, even that pics must have been taken after a hot round,by their looks you shall know them,that girl is a nympho and she will use,abuse and suck every juice from that poor guy body before discarding him and jumping to the next unsuspecting victim,I have been in similar situations and it is not love, the guy is been used to quench an unquenchable volcano between the girls legs.

Ernerstdavid55:
chisos candle,my God is shoking

using candle is been civil,what about the ones that chuk themselves with cucumbers,carved cassava, old fanta bottle,etc

shariff84:
yes ooo, 5 people spend whole one week in my farm from 8am to 6pm weeding!

in my area a woman laborer daypay is #1500 while men are #2000,so if 5 women will do the job that is #7500 +#400 feeding per person and #1000 transport,so you will be looking at spending at least #10,000 per day for 7 days and you will weed twice that will be roughly #140,000k just weeding,let us leave the insecticide and others that will be applied,sprayed,etc for another day.

noeloge82:
@okoroemeka pls how have ur harvest been ,is it up to target expectation
Thank u

we are slowly and surely moving on and the target must be reached,let leave the final analysis to the last day,pics of several harvests

Daniel058:
I have been thinking about cabbage farming but fear low patronage since it's perishable. So please is there any cabbage farmer in the house??

you are yet to plant the crop and follow the long tedious 70-90 days of management and what you can think about is low patronage, cabbage is a tricky crop to grow or less you are staying in cooler parts of the country growing cabbage will always pose a challenge.

shariff84:
pls note that beans will never do well if you don't take good care of it.I have did two manual weeding for my own and spray it with insecticide weekly.

my brother doing manual weeding on 2-3 hectares is not a joke,

Degis:
I am also a Beans farmer and I planted 2 hectare and got 3 bags of 1000kg bags after spending about 160K. If you can get a variety with less shaft, mechanized planting, weeding, boom sprayer, threshing machine, sifter and large tracts of land, you may turn a profit.

As of now, I don’t think I am doing Beans without any of the aforementioned

is it 1000kg or 100kg,if it's 100kg then it's a big loss,why can't you do pepper on 1 hectare,blanch and dry it for grinding ,the drying will help you store the peppers because the quantities of peppers that will come from 1 hectare maybe too much to sell off immediately without spoiling,so the drying will help to check excess and process even damaged ones and sell when the price is very high, pepper is one veggie that can be dried, processed and stored and the value will still increase,if in doubt go to the nearest market and check how much they are selling one painter of dried ground Cameron pepper you will be surprised.

BeautifulMind2:
Crocodile in Agulu Lake

this is the main tourist attraction

xxxtedyxxx:
bare lies.


belief this at your own peril.

all the above is possible with veggies farming

freshrose:
Good day honourable members. Please, what is the full meaning of OPV mentioned above
Thanks

open pollinated varieties are seeds from crops that can be saved and replanted from generation to generation and will still retain it's characteristics,unlike seeds from hybrid plant that may not be exact like their parents if their seeds are saved and replanted,we have once saved a yellow hybrid maize and planted next year it turned to white local maize,so essentially opv and heirlooms may mean the same thing,seeds that are non hybrid.

shaggy007:
Do people eat beans?

Yes

Then it's profitable

not true,if you clear 45 plots and prepare it and plant it with beans in the south and after 3 months you get 22 bags and sellll double ₦26k,and get roughly ₦500k,you will still lose money on top of your suffering.if you like try.you can't even get up to 15 bags in the south.

shariff84:
Beans is not profitable nowadays,iam a beans farmer in Niger state but I will not farm it next year because of two reasons 1- low selling price,currently the price of 100kg bag in Niger state is less than 13k while before is 20k upward.2-the yield per hectare is very low,I planted three hectare this year but I only got 22 bags.

this is an interesting input from a beans farmer,so 1plot of beans will only yield half bag of beans worth roughly ₦6-7k in 3 months,beans is not a high value crop and it's meant for farmers with access to huge tracts of land and cheap labour.

my2chains:
I keep on wondering why people hardly discuss planting beans here in this forum
please is it really profitable because i will like to try my hands on it?
the little i have researched showed me that beans dont need too much water and it can grow well even when not taken good care of,
but i keep on wondering why people hardly plant beans for a living
they say only the norths plant beans but am wondering how come,
beans take little space to be planted onlike other plants but it tends to feel like no one cares about it
is it that beans is not profitable after harvesting it or is it that there is no available market to go and sell them?
or maybe the harvesting and peeling and shiftering process is too hard,
i just keep wondering and poundering on my mind why people dont go into beans farming
is the growing proccess too long and tiring?
i dont know if someone here can enlighten me on this so i can think otherwise
thanks

pilot programs or test farms are there for a reason,you don't have to wonder why farmers in the south don't plant beans,get one plot and plant beans and check the outcome if it is profitable or not,but I doubt if you can get up to half bag of beans from one plot,if it's not high value crops ,I am not interested,even planting Cavendish bananas on one plot will give you far more value than beans

Psalmy2cute:
What distance would you recommend for the plant and urea + npk fertiliser??.,.. distance in cm I mean

a 70% npk and 30% urea mix will not affect a pepper plant even if you pour it on the stem,but it's best to give at least 2-4 inches gap from stem.

I seriously think a billion naira hydroponics farm merits a thread on itself for farmers to watch and learn,many will like to start small but will lack the technical know how,it will be refreshing for farmers to follow the beginning of a multi billion naira farm

Pes13:
Thank you. Although I have started working on how to have a good management system and fertilizer program after reviewing the causes of the failure..

However, do you have any suggestions on the hybrid variety to plant, with intending target market being South West markets.

its wise in any agric venture your still new in to start small so if you fail the fall will not rattle the ritcher scale,my advice is to scale down from 1 acre to half,use hybrid or proven opv varieties and do the nursery yourself,use organic manure 50/50 with soil in nursery,after transplant apply organic manure in each planting hole and start applying npk 201010+urea fertilizer one plastic spoon each crop every 15 days,any good RED colour habanero or scotch bonnet variety will move market,I can't recommend any variety now the germination issues are playing open monkey with farmers.

AreaFada2:
Simple food.

My God!!,if this combination of different food colours and garnish is simple ,I wonder how an exotic dish will look like by your standards.

Pes13:
Good morning.

I have read through this thread, thanks to you all for the enlightenment.

I planted an acre of pepper this year, but it ended in collosal lose due to the following
1. Goat invasion (They always eat up my pepper)
2. Poor seed breed (planted a local open market breed, it appeared the same way for 2 months )
3. Nutrition deficiency(I was deceived by villagers that I was planting on a virgin land, used just once 3 years ago) .

I have familiarize myself with pepper farming in the past.

My question is has follows.

Which variety of habenero and bawa is advisable to plant.

Following this thread, I could see avenir f1 is a big mess.

I am considering demon f1 for Bawa. Please who has a testimony of how this variety farewell in South West.

Thanks.

your major problems are goats and poor soil or poor management,even if you plant avenir or any exotic hybrid varieties it will end up the same,your crops are lacking nutrients and that is the main cause of your failures,I have seen instances were seeds are source from ripe matured pods in the open market and processed and it still gave a good account,with proper fertilization program.

peteruuu:
"...but a REAL fruit..."
Sir, could you pls tell me the 'name' of the said 'real fruit'?.
In all honesty...

pvssy fruit