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| Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 1:31pm On Jul 19, 2021 |
I am about to select corn to plant this august break in a swampy location and would love to hear from experienced farmers on the hybrids they have planted and the location. I am targeting fresh market and would like to know how many bags(GADO size) they have gotten from an acre with planting practices they followed to achieve their result................... lets rub minds |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 1:33pm On Jul 19, 2021 |
So many Hybrids available but many are plagued by un-even emergence.................... A very scary scenerio a week or two after planting |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Abdullahi4u7(m): 9:41pm On Feb 14, 2023 |
betabread:Which variety did you plant in the end and how was the yield? |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 11:20pm On Feb 14, 2023 |
O Abdullahi4u7:Suwan, my highest yield right now is 2.5 bags per alakpin (1/2 plot)....... Standard in the corn belt is 7-8 bags, but im not ready to pay for the input interms of fertilizer and original hybrid, maintenance of planter...... I hope to push the 4-5bags mark with my current inputs unchanged...... Be that as it may difference in output interms of cob volume is similar I wont advise u to plant this for grain output as its grain to cob volume is small plus it doesn’t fill its cobs well when population is very high 1 Like |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Abdullahi4u7(m): 8:17am On Feb 15, 2023 |
betabread:So the 2.5 bags you mentioned is when it's harvested fresh? |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 10:19am On Feb 16, 2023 |
Abdullahi4u7:Fresh not dried, I never sell dry corn cos of thieves and pest in my locality |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Zwooks: 8:17pm On Aug 01, 2024 |
betabread:I like to ask you. From your personal experiences so far... 1. How many acres of SeedCo 510 does one need to cultivate to fill up a ponpon ? 2. How many acres of regular native maize seeds does one need to cultivate to fill up a ponpon ? |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Redman44(m): 9:41pm On Aug 01, 2024 |
Zwooks:Some regular native corn actually do better than all these hybrid Maize seeds. I have purchased corn seeds in the open market at Sabo in Ikorodu and my harvest was good. Both white and yellow maize seeds were purchased in derica measurements from an Igbo foodstuff seller. My harvest was okay. So, what are we saying? |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Zwooks: 2:34am On Aug 02, 2024 |
Redman44:Yes I agree. I witnessed this first hand myself. I am just trying to know the qty of maize harvested from a farm that can fill up a ponpon |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 1:02pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Zwooks:Pon pon(is it cabster) Women that buy 4rm me use mazda626 to transport theirs and it takes a skillful tying for it to carry 7bags |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 1:13pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Your question also bothers on yield Averagely a bag measurement here swallows 350 cobs, but on rare occasions if cob are very big 280-300 D guys that do the tying say that if u really get giant cobs 200 sef and its filled up One thing is that if you get giant cobs, the guys tying are motivated as it means more money 4 them cos no matter how the buyer wants to stuff more corn inside the bag, it will just be giving way Once you get bumper harvest with big cobs, the practices of the buyers will favor you, if the bag is too heavy, it can even divide b4 getting to destination |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 1:18pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Finally maize cultivated with irrigation will yield way way better than rainfed maize..... If u start with the question of how many acres will fill a truck load, u hace started opening urself 2 errors |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Kehfie(f): 4:00pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
betabread:  |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Kehfie(f): 4:00pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
betabread:Can it still be profitably grown with irrigation |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by Zwooks: 4:04pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
betabread:You assume you know everything. Unlike you, not everyone works blindly |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 5:56pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Zwooks:A thread i opened years ago looking 4 answers.......Let me tell u the truth, there is no answer on nairaland Just learn from ur mistakes, those that have something to share are bashed away from the platform #I have no intentions to sell anything or coqch anyone, i just need people to genuinely point out my errors Help me do that |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by betabread(op): 6:00pm On Aug 02, 2024 |
Kehfie:It can only be answered, when u hear mallams that cant speak english have cleared all seeco 719 seeds from the market by November...... Im still a learner in this game |
| Re: Maize Hybrid Selection (share Your Experiences) by safarifarms(m): 5:01pm On May 16, 2025 |
betabread:Thanks for your civilized response to the guy. I don't know why so many Nigerians are always in competition about knowledge. Always viewing any sharing of knowledge as show off and get worked up that the person appears to know better than them. I didn't see you act as though you know more than others but the guy is already worked up. That's how they drive away people who can share knowledge on the platform. In the end there's nothing they know from which they are trying to compete. I've learned from the little you've shared. Thanks for sharing. |
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