Farmerakinloye6:
best way to keep weed off is weeding manually like 2-4 times in Cucumber and tomato farm, but if it is cassava or maize you will be using something like guard force,2-4d and StarForce.

boss how do you dispose off remains from previous cucumber plants

Please how much does it cost to get free tv recently lunched by the FG

Attit:

How is 30cm the standard for cucumber? I am confused here. And how is 40cm automatically the standard for tomatoes when most farmers have realised 50cm and above is the game after heavy awareness that overpopulation is what is killing naive farmers. I see East West promoting 50cm heavily these days and one single row instead of 30cm and double rows for their determinate varieties. And people are getting it right. What if the varieties are the more robust than the ones East West has presently? That was my sermon many years back when the ex champs here used to put three or four rows on a bed because they were new into the mulching game, and they were managing cash. Lol.

I'm not saying 30cm cannot be used for cukes, but you can never see me use 30cm on my personal farm. Never and Never. I promote 50cm+ for tomatoes cos of the variety I use.

I think importers' default is 30cm, and thank God I was able to break the ritual of that 0.2mm very thin drip. Even, I know many are recycled materials and they dont even make it up to 0.2mm. Many are 0.1mm or 0.15mm, but trust chinese manufacturers and their Nigerian partners in crime who put 0.2mm on them.

Anyway, if it works for you, nice. But maybe you try 40cm or 50cm with cucumber, take your time and prune very well, fertigate properly and perhaps you will testify to higher yield than 30cm. You may give it a trial.

hmm...I will have to try this 40 or 50cm too for my cukes

klbakare:
Hello Mr. okoroemeka, it's been an interesting time on this thread and farming cucumber too. My first trial was quite interesting, and I think I presently have a new job now. I decided to seek more training in addition to the info that you have piled up here and that led me to attend Kuch99 trainings on cucumber and tomatoes. I am armed with more information and I want to do another trial which I strongly believe will be better than the first one. so I will be doing almost 200 sacks planted with 2 seeds each.

The only challenge I have right now is that I want to add drip irrigation to my setup seeing that watering with hand for the 50 bags I did last is not a small task. I'm presently looking for where to buy small quantity of drip tapes like 100m. all those I have asked do not sell such small quantities. The least I have seeing is 500m and the emitter spacing is 0.3m when I need 0.5m. I don't know if you have any lead to buy such small quantity. Otherwise, I'm presently on the verge of ordering from china. I have seeing suppliers who will sell small quantities even as small as 100metres. I will update you as I progress because I want to achieve at least 10fruits per plant, I will be needing all the mentorship I can get.

On behalf of myself and everybody that has benefitted from all the stuffs you put up here, I'm saying THANK YOU!

The 50cm spacing gives much better yield or what is ur reason for wanting to get a drip of 50cm

Farmerakinloye6:
This is the status of my cucumber farm after two heavy rain. Two more harvest to go....the last time I went to market it was 6000 (Monday) I harvest 8 bags yesterday evening which I will be taking to market this morning.

really looking forward to your review of this cultivar

komoland:
Kindly update us current cucumber price at your side. Thanks

but those mallams are beginning to complain of no market tor

komoland:
Pls which area 6k?

kwara

Farmerakinloye6:
my Head dey swell like seriously... thanks man. I will start posting on cucumber marketing soon trust me you will find it informative. I appreciate man!

boss what is the update on the price of cucumber in your side? Mine is 6000

Farmerakinloye6:
nah tigmax I dey use. I have two, if one has issue I will use the second till I repair it (6hp 3inch outlet)

that means it not so safe to have just one should in case one becomes faulty

ideepaul:

Ok, but you said spray! Btw, are you fertigating with Haifa bonus? if yes, what's the NPK ratio?

no I spray d Haifa bonus...20-20-20

ideepaul:

Fertilizer application for cucumber is done btw every 10-14 days and applied to the soil...foliar ko forest ni

I applied the cow dung to the soil while Haifa bonus is to d soil

Nezzjnr:

How's your fertilization schedule

I used cow dung supported by weekly spray of Haifa bonus

Nezzjnr:

The average per plant is always 5...some get 8

How many filled a Bag

is it the total production from each plant

Nezzjnr:

22-25cm

experiencing lots of fruit abortion now with my jorad. Guess I did not get d fertilization right

Farmerakinloye6:
let farm has it in akure.

boss please which brand of mud pump will u recommend. The water source is a stream

Nezzjnr:

22-25cm

hmmm...will try if I can get that with mine

Nezzjnr:

Bigger than OP's Own.... Left it to increase because it's germination rate is fast

Some Expert Farmers harvest Jorad from day 25-27 sef

like to what length 20-22cm?

Nezzjnr:

Bigger than OP's Own.... Left it to increase because it's germination rate is fast

Some Expert Farmers harvest Jorad from day 25-27 sef

hmm...that means lots of nutrient is available to the plant. From what have seen too, getting d fertilization right is highly important to maximize it's multiple fruiting tendency

Nezzjnr:

65 filled my bag though

can it get bigger than what d op hv up there?

Nezzjnr:

65 filled my bag though

whao...with the cap?

Nezzjnr:

Please how many was in a bag

jorad is medium sized...so it should be like 120 or 150 in a bag

Nezzjnr:

You mean 13 per plant

Is it jorad?

yeah...jorad. it is even yet to start giving all this side shoots sef. My prayer is for me not to experience fruit abortion

Nezzjnr:

The average per plant is always 5...some get 8

How many filled a Bag

counted up to 13 in one of mine today, though still small tor

Lots of female flowers on my jorad. No sign of male yet. Anyone has experience planting jorad cucumber here?

Farmerakinloye6:
Baba I be learner ooo, fifteen minutes in the morning and evening. How is your farm?

baba it's doing well o. But the heat no be here at all. Losing some stand to damping off

Farmerakinloye6:
27 old today, I will introduce Cabrio duo in my next spraying. Also, I will prune and apply second fertilizer by weekend.

boss what is your irrigation schedule like this hot period

Farmerakinloye6:
if you can get your hand on 15:15:15 it is okay.

how often do u use npk for ur cukes

Nezzjnr:

Jorad is actually Midway seed


The seed OP is using is actually Market more

yeah...it was a mix up

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Farmerakinloye6:
am not a fan of foiler fertilizer. Have a applied NPk once.

k tnx...using foliar for mine. Following closely. Mine are 8 days today, jorad

Farmerakinloye6:
The video on how I apply fertilizer and stake is now available. Price of cucumber here is 5500-6500 at the moment. I mistakenly bought 20:10:10 thinking I bought 15:15:15 because
15:15:15 was written on The bag. I had to apply common sense to apply it if not , Las Las I still loose few stand.

will u be using Haifa bonus or u have used npk to replace it

A trusted brand...nice doing business with you. Got some agro input from her and it was delivered without issue, even when I had to send the payment in part. Thanks so much