REUBEN010:
Cobra 26F1 35 days after transplanting. Flowers blooming and developing fruits.
Please I need your suggestions and criticisms for improvement.

Farmerakinloye6:
Exactly 72 old days today.. this back to back sun suffer my tomato no be small ! It up to a month now we see heavy rain fall here, and for the for first time am using at least 3lit to irrigate every day. I don't prune at all except when we removed the down branch at early stage.

Alsenora:
They look good sir. Not quite clear but it appears you planted on double rows. If so it's not the best for proper management: spraying, weeding, staking, picking, disease check, etc. Single row is just ok.

REUBEN010:


Your transplanting may not be rightly done or the seedlings were immature for transplant. I had rains while transplanting and this aided in overcoming transplant shock.

Cizarr:
You maybe right about that, I used seedlings trays..that tray is not so good..it stops growing up. Pls do you know much about pepper and Tomatoes planting??...can I contact you??

REUBEN010:


I cultivate pepper and tomatoes. You're free to contact me but posting your concerns here give you a wider range of opinions.

mcyemite:
Hello farmers,I have bacterial spot and speck on my fruits,has anyone here experienced it before...what's the best prevention method and treatment
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REUBEN010:


Please is the 72 days after sprouting or transplant?

REUBEN010:


In my opinion, drenching the plants and fruits with a fungicide combination of copper + mancozeb will contain it. You can alternate with bluesnow or five star fungicides. Remember to spray regularly.

For prevention, avoid handling your crops during the cooler part of the day (morning and late evening). You can transmit the disease rapidly when you handle the wet leaves.

Farmerakinloye6:
from the day I did nursery.

Olajobi4real:
Good evening my fellow farmers my plants are in their 7th week are they smaller when compared with their age, if they are smaller what can I do to increase their sizes, meanwhile I use 2kg of potassium for 3000ltrs of water twice a week

johnnyblaze424:
great farmers in the house, has anyone ever experimented with using NPK 15:15:15 as a foliar fertilizer?
I mean dissolving the usual NPK 15:15:15 granular fertilizer in water, then use the solvent as foliar

REUBEN010:


Not all components of NPK 15:15:15 will be absorbed through the leaves. You end up wasting the fertilizer while exposing your crops to leaf burn and disease attack. The remnants on the leaves will serve as breeding ground (infection court) for proliferation of fungal and bacterial diseases.

REUBEN010:


In my opinion, drenching the plants and fruits with a fungicide combination of copper + mancozeb will contain it. You can alternate with bluesnow or five star fungicides. Remember to spray regularly.

For prevention, avoid handling your crops during the cooler part of the day (morning and late evening). You can transmit the disease rapidly when you handle the wet leaves.

wiseworld:
Pls my Oga in the house how many tomatoes crate are in Hausa tomato basket

johnnyblaze424:



I think I'll experiment this on a few stand in my garden (not the main farm).


just curious

mcyemite:


Everything you said was actually observed ,copper and mancozeb (Coco force and saaf) were part of routine fungicides that we spray alternatively every 5 days and after heavy rainfalls other fungicides we spray are fungi care (Azoxystrobin 200G/L + Difenoconazole) and cabri duo.

Thanks for your contribution...

OluchiDelly:
sold 17k per crate today @farmgate. if you have started hitting market, state the price in your hood and lets see if we r making progress.

REUBEN010:


Cool cashout. I hope to sell at premium price when mine is ready. Please how old are your tomatoes currently?

OluchiDelly:


you can say that again , this time last year we sold @ around half of this curent price and we were still happy then.
70days, scanty pickings began @ 65days after sowing.

REUBEN010:


70days after nursing or transplant?

OluchiDelly:


I mentioned "Sowing". sow=seeds. Transplant=seedlings

REUBEN010:


I very well understand the terminologies. My confusion is that your crops matured way earlier than the regular 90 - 120days after sowing. Please can you share information about how you achieved this and what variety was cultuvated?

REUBEN010:


Hello bro.
Any improvement in containment of the bacteria spot?

OluchiDelly:


when you have decided to choose the wrong path, why then are you asking for direction?

OluchiDelly:



I am very sorry ...a mix up from my end here, my brain probably picked up the date of sowing my maize instead of my Tom. I just checked my farm record now, check it out and pls do the maths yourself for both nursery and transplanting, the transpl date will be more appropriate cos the nursery overstayed due to some issues beyond my control. Few pickings commenced on 15th, while Mayor harvesting on 20th May.
My apology once again. Thank you, love your sense of paying attention to details.