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Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 6:28pm On May 01, 2022
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Planting of maize stared yesterday. (30/4/22)

The seed we are planting is called SEEDCO (Hybrid seed)
The price is N1700 per KG and we are using 200k for the 10 Hecters, that will give us 1700 x 200 = N340k

Labourer that is doing the planting charged N10,000 per Hecter which gives us N100k for the 10 Hecters

Next update will be spraying of chemicals which will be coming soon.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 1:03am On May 02, 2022
northbird:
@ kedoty. Good job boss. On the update, I was expecting Pioneer for the seeds, have you used this seedco before? , which particular seedco number? I have heard of it too.

As regards the planting, why opting for manual labour as against the planter machine? Any reasons.

SEEDCO PICTURE

Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by northbird: 5:58am On May 02, 2022
@ kedoty. Keep up the good work. Thought as much it was 719. Is it yellow or white? Late maturity? How many days to harvest? 70,80,..
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by mfm04622: 7:30am On May 02, 2022
Why opt for the late maturity hybrid? Any advantage?
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 8:41pm On May 02, 2022
northbird:
@ kedoty. Keep up the good work. Thought as much it was 719. Is it yellow or white? Late maturity? How many days to harvest? 70,80,..

75 DAYS
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by staga: 9:05pm On May 02, 2022
My experience with SeedCo was disastrous. I do not want to go into it here because I filed a report with one of the senior guys in that company and heads rolled. Let's hope it is better with you.

I have found Premier Seeds' OBA-98 and other OPV seeds of theirs to be worth the money. All those other exotic seeds from Pioneer, Mosanto and the rest are all junk. Even the cheap foundation seeds I got from a nairalander proved to be a stunning success when I planted them.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 9:36pm On May 02, 2022
northbird:
@ kedoty. Keep up the good work. Thought as much it was 719. Is it yellow or white? Late maturity? How many days to harvest? 70,80,..

It's White, Late maturity and 75 Days maturity

I chose late maturity because, the yield is higher than the early maturity.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Jamestown123: 10:09pm On May 02, 2022
Kedoty:


It's White, Late maturity and 75 Days maturity

I chose late maturity because, the yield is higher than the early maturity.
What's the projected yield per hectare?
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 6:18pm On May 03, 2022
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.

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Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by shariff84: 8:12pm On May 03, 2022
staga:
My experience with SeedCo was disastrous. I do not want to go into it here because I filed a report with one of the senior guys in that company and heads rolled. Let's hope it is better with you.

I have found Premier Seeds' OBA-98 and other OPV seeds of theirs to be worth the money. All those other exotic seeds from Pioneer, Mosanto and the rest are all junk. Even the cheap foundation seeds I got from a nairalander proved to be a stunning success when I planted them.
thank you for this contribution,I also planted pioneer seed before and I also planted oba98.i adviced someone to plant oba98 with good fertilizer application the result will be great.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by betabread: 8:38pm On May 03, 2022
shariff84:
thank you for this contribution,I also planted pioneer seed before and I also planted oba98.i adviced someone to plant oba98 with good fertilizer application the result will be great.

Sir , pls tell me the weight ranges of a bag of dry maize packed in those northern 100kg bags.......

I want to believe it is variable based on the seed weight, a friend of mine had planted pioneer before and the ogi yield from the corn is about 2.5 times that of normal varieties around but seeds look same size

I really want to understand the origin of seed yield data as advertised by sellers
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by staga: 9:35am On May 04, 2022
betabread:


Sir , pls tell me the weight ranges of a bag of dry maize packed in those northern 100kg bags.......

I want to believe it is variable based on the seed weight, a friend of mine had planted pioneer before and the ogi yield from the corn is about 2.5 times that of normal varieties around but seeds look same size

I really want to understand the origin of seed yield data as advertised by sellers

Seed yield as stated by sellers are as obtained under laboratory controlled conditions. They do not reflect what you find in the field where soil quality, pests and crop maintenance practices vary.

Last year, I modified my seed planter to deliver urea, which I applied only once when the plants were 4 weeks old. The results I got from this singular change of methodology in fertilizer application was stunning.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 11:52pm On May 18, 2022
Lol, annual festival! Kpele!

Bodex2000:
Following. Please I want to rent land and farm since ASUU are still celebrating their annual festival.

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Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Olasultan(m): 6:54pm On May 19, 2022
Please how much is the labour and the equipment you used in sparaying the farm?
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Mzee44: 7:17pm On May 19, 2022
Sir, how do you plan to irrigate?
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by northbird: 8:39am On May 28, 2022
@ kedoty.
Any updates on the project.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by waka2: 6:13am On May 29, 2022
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Pls how much did you
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
spends on the sprayin
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
g of the chemicals?
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of chemicals started today.

The chemical we are using is LAGON & ROUND UP

LAGON is to seal the land from further growing of weeds for like 2 months.

With application of LAGON weeding is not necessary.

ROUND UP is to killed the remaining grasses that didn't die during ploughing and harrowing time or some weeds that have grown up during the time of planting

I'm using 30 bottles of 250ml LAGON and 30 bottles of 1 litres of ROUND UP

3 Bottles of LAGON Per Hecter
3 Bottles of ROUND UP Per Hecter

LAGON is 3k per 250ml bottle x 30 bottles = N90k

While ROUND UP is 4k per bottle x 30 = 120k

Next update will be on fertilizer application, may God keep us till then.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by bizzibodi(m): 1:22pm On May 31, 2022
PLS dnt fail to tell us how much profit you made at the end ,it is important.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Taigaban: 4:21pm On May 31, 2022
Kedoty:
Tractor has started the first ploughing

N250,000 for the 10 Hecters (N25,000 per Hecter)
Is it not too expensive. 25,000 per hecter to me is high.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by officialfestus(m): 4:57pm On May 31, 2022
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by bluke(m): 4:47pm On Jun 01, 2022
Kedoty:
On the 4th of April, 2022 N250,000 was paid to Baale and Omo onile (land owners) as one year rent for the 10 Hecters of land I e N25,000 per Hecter.



Can I get 5h in the same axis
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 10:47pm On Jun 02, 2022
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Fertilizer application ended this week, the fertilizer I used was NPK 20 : 10 :10

The maize picture as at 28th days old

Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by northbird: 2:00am On Jun 03, 2022
@ kedoty. Welcome back. How did you apply the Npk. Did you bury it or side placement?

What quantity per plant? What did they use as measure e.g cap of coke.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by bluke(m): 1:50pm On Jun 03, 2022
Taigaban:
Is it not too expensive. 25,000 per hecter to me is high.

How can I get 5hectars in that e
Environment. Assist pl.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 8:57pm On Jun 03, 2022
northbird:
@ kedoty. Welcome back. How did you apply the Npk. Did you bury it or side placement?

What quantity per plant? What did they use as measure e.g cap of coke.

1. Side placement
2. Hand full of fertilizer to 2 to 3 different stand of maize
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by northbird: 5:36am On Jun 04, 2022
Kedoty:


1. Side placement
2. Hand full of fertilizer to 2 to 3 different stand of maize

Good job boss. Keep it up.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Born2conquer: 6:48am On Jun 04, 2022
Hello, how can we work together?
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 11:01am On Jun 05, 2022
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Spraying of BELT EXPERT i.e chemical to control and stop attack of INSECTS on the maize.

I noticed some attack of these insects and quickly applied the chemical to stop them.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Nobody: 9:07pm On Jun 07, 2022
Born2conquer:
Hello, how can we work together?

You can chart me up on WhatsApp
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by betabread: 12:23am On Jun 08, 2022
Your corn is nearing 2 months now and y are preparing for harvest......

At this stage i ask, are u selling fresh or dry, If u are selling fresh the price of fresh corn has dropped, there is glut in the fresh corn market currently, but if are going to dry your corn please state the strategy you would use to dry ur corn, i want to believe the coming august break is too short a time to dry out ur corn as any little moisture in d nteak will lead to either fungus over growth or seeds germinating on cobs
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by Taigaban: 5:55am On Jun 08, 2022
Kedoty:
Today's update on 10 Hecters of maize cultivation

Fertilizer application ended this week, the fertilizer I used was NPK 20 : 10 :10

The maize picture as at 28th days old
Sorry please You didn't tell us how many seeds per stand and the spacing. For me I planted five seeds per stand, but ended up having four and three surviving. Strong wind brought down some. I just harvested mine yesterday, but noticed some stands has flowers but never bear seeds.
Re: My Experience Cultivating 10 Hecters (25 Acres) Of Maize Farm Land by mastervick4glo: 6:04am On Jun 08, 2022
betabread:
Your corn is nearing 2 months now and y are preparing for harvest......

At this stage i ask, are u selling fresh or dry, If u are selling fresh the price of fresh corn has dropped, there is glut in the fresh corn market currently, but if are going to dry your corn please state the strategy you would use to dry ur corn, i want to believe the coming august break is too short a time to dry out ur corn as any little moisture in d nteak will lead to either fungus over growth or seeds germinating on cobs

please I have a question for every maize expert. selling fresh versus selling dry which one is more profitable.?

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