Jub101:
As the popular saying goes “ for you to receive you have to give” I have been on the receiving end for quite sometime now and I feel obligated to give back my token as a sign of appreciation for a successful farming year. Follow me as I break down in details what it entails to be successful in Okro production all year round

Thank you for sharing your experience. What did it cost you to cultivate an hectare?

justlovesfarmin:


After the 2.5 months, do you clear the farm and replant?

No you should practice crop rotation so as to reduce disease and insect infestation. We divide the farm land into portions and do rotation. Maize after Okro and vice versa

justlovesfarmin:


Thank you for sharing your experience. What did it cost you to cultivate an hectare?

Honestly I don’t calculate that much because it’s always profitable. I can tell you that it is always profitable .

The reason is that if you properly maintain and apply everything necessary at the right time you are sure of a good return. Even if you encounter glut let say 3 or 4 markets max and you’re going to be harvesting like 20 times. Hope you get my point

Lady finger Okro seeds will be available by next week, so those who are asking for it on my WhatsApp pls notify me as I have limited quantity to sell out.

Jub101:

No you should practice crop rotation so as to reduce disease and insect infestation. We divide the farm land into portions and do rotation. Maize after Okro and vice versa

All right. Thanks

Jub101:
Lady finger Okro seeds will be available by next week, so those who are asking for it on my WhatsApp pls notify me as I have limited quantity to sell out.

Pls is the lady finger seed hybrid seeds?

Jub101:
After the germination of the seed the first insecticide spraying should occur not more than 5days. This boost the seedling growth and deter early insect attack which hinder adequate growth of the plant. I use vanguish insecticide which contains acetamiprid and cypermethrin and is very effective.

Pls sir, throw more light on vanguish application around the 5th day. How do u measure and apple vanguish at that age.
I am using it for the first time. I wouldn't want to kill them.
Thanks

ashpanez:


Pls is the lady finger seed hybrid seeds?

No it’s an opv that is superior to others of its kind and also they seed can be kept for other planting season.

ashpanez:


Pls sir, throw more light on vanguish application around the 5th day. How do u measure and apple vanguish at that age.
I am using it for the first time. I wouldn't want to kill them.
Thanks

pls go through the thread first page it is already mentioned there

Sorry I thought I already mentioned it. Thanks for noticing. The quantity of vanguish

ashpanez:


Pls sir, throw more light on vanguish application around the 5th day. How do u measure and apple vanguish at that age.
I am using it for the first time. I wouldn't want to kill them.
Thanks

in 20L knapsack sprayer should be 30ml

Harvesting of Okro will commence tomorrow. New year more money

Check my IG page (jot.farms ) for more insight into harvesting

I sprinkle some a little pinch of Rambo insects powder on my vegetable last week, and it's not affecting my efo tete yet, but my question is that I hope it doesn't think affect the soil fertility?.
It has not affected any of my vegetables yet both efo and okro, though I make sure I wet with water the next morning after using it the previous evening

Redomi:
I sprinkle some a little pinch of Rambo insects powder on my vegetable last week, and it's not affecting my efo tete yet, but my question is that I hope it doesn't think affect the soil fertility?.
It has not affected any of my vegetables yet both efo and okro, though I make sure I wet with water the next morning after using it the previous evening

please always use the designated insecticide on your farm. You shouldn’t gamble bro

Notice the height of the Okro. I will talk more on my experience with this 2022 dry season project. We are on our third harvest now

Jub101:
Notice the height of the Okro. I will talk more on my experience with this 2022 dry season project. We are on our third harvest now

Why is it so short?

Jub101:
Notice the height of the Okro. I will talk more on my experience with this 2022 dry season project. We are on our third harvest now

Pls when will the seeds be available for purchase...need a good quantity from you.

[b][/b]My experience with dry season Okro
The first thing I have noticed is the high level of whiteflies infestation caused by the absence of other host for the flies.(2) The growth of the plant is highly retarded because of the inability to take nutrients up from the soil due to lack of water, this can be solved by using irrigation.(3) Okro is very easy to manage as it requires very little attention and very hardy crop I did not have the time and only irrigated thrice before harvesting commenced. (4)The price of a basket is at the highest ever since I started farming .If you have drip irrigation or any way to irrigate regularly your investment return can be up to 500% under proper management

Been a while here because network is bad on the farm don’t know what came over MTN. Collection of Okro pod and clearing of land for our proposed February Okro project is on going. Will keep you updated as time goes on and not to forget we are still harvesting the dry season Okro. On 5th harvest now ,another coming up tomorrow.

The first pic is where I use to cultivate rice during raining season August precisely and I use it for Okro in February because it is water logged.

Spraying of the seed with insecticide before packing into store for thrashing is what we were doing on the second pic

Jub101:
After the land has been ploughed or if ridges were made, it should be left still emergence of weed (approx a week after rain fall )before planting of Okro seed so as to make herbicide spraying effective.

This statement cannot be understood. I bet u are d only 1 that understands the statement.

Please say something we can all understand

ublight:


This statement cannot be understood. I bet u are d only 1 that understands the statement.

Please say something we can all understand

What I mean is that you should wait till weed germinate before you spray herbicide otherwise the application of herbicide is useless since the herbicides are post emergence

Made my first sales last week Saturday, I was not happy with the sales. Took one of the women selling efo tete in the street to my farm, she harvest all the grown efo tete and she told me my money is N700. I was not happy at all cos I know she will sell all those efo for nothing less than N6000 when she get to town. I collected the N700 and made up my mind never to sell for anyone of those women again.
So today I just went to pluck few, use a small rope to bind them into 5 places, before I could get home from the farm, I sold everything. I have to go back to farm to pluck more and I placed it in front of my wife's shop, she sold everything and more people are still coming to ask for more saying it looks very fresh and bigger than what they used to buy before.
I'm happy I made N3700 sales today, I'm going to pluck more tomorrow

ublight:


This statement cannot be understood. I bet u are d only 1 that understands the statement.

Please say something we can all understand

Lol, the still in his post should be a typo, change it to till and u will understand it better.

Jub101:

What I mean is that you should wait till weed germinate before you spray herbicide otherwise the application of herbicide is useless since the herbicides are post emergence

They said you should speak the language we can all understand, you are still speaking agric vocabulary .

Redomi:
Made my first sales last week Saturday, I was not happy with the sales. Took one of the women selling efo tete in the street to my farm, she harvest all the grown efo tete and she told me my money is N700. I was not happy at all cos I know she will sell all those efo for nothing less than N6000 when she get to town. I collected the N700 and made up my mind never to sell for anyone of those women again.
So today I just went to pluck few, use a small rope to bind them into 5 places, before I could get home from the farm, I sold everything. I have to go back to farm to pluck more and I placed it in front of my wife's shop, she sold everything and more people are still coming to ask for more saying it looks very fresh and bigger than what they used to buy before.
I'm happy I made N3700 sales today, I'm going to pluck more tomorrow

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Those women can be very heartless. Beware of them. They don't care at all about your welfare, though they may pretend to. Dont fall for any sweet-talking.

FarmTech:

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Those women can be very heartless. Beware of them. They don't care at all about your welfare, though they may pretend to. Dont fall for any sweet-talking.

Thank you sir, the wiamn keep coming to beg me to sell for her, but I have made up my mind

Try to find market for your products when they are not yet due for harvesting. Those market women are heartless when they know you’re a newbie. Another way is to associate with fellow farmers who have been planting that crop they will have had already established buyers.

Also consistently planting the same crop for a number of years makes you filter through the bad eggs out of the buyers and middlemen. So my little advice is be in the game for a long time that is when you will actually make good profit and also more knowledge below your belt.

I have been working on my next project to be started on the 10th of this month. This naira change is something else even a basket of Okro price has been slashed to 2500. But we move since we don’t harvest once like maize farmers. Hope you’re all getting set? The rain is fast approaching