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Pls house I planted my egusi in may. It was doing perfectly well till I weeded it last three weeks and everything died off. Pls what could be the cause and can I replant again this July?

chiommy123:
Pls house I planted my egusi in may. It was doing perfectly well till I weeded it last three weeks and everything died off. Pls what could be the cause and can I replant again this July?

You probably accidentally uprooted them while weeding. I think Egusi is a climber, have you considered raising it above the ground? 🤔

So sorry

Everything die as how

Na chemical weeding you use?

FreeStuffsNG:
You probably accidentally uprooted them while weeding. I think Egusi is a climber, have you considered raising it above the ground? 🤔

Egusi doest climb, it crawls .
I'm am very sure

The rain is much now to plant egusi, this might not do well

FreeStuffsNG:
You probably accidentally uprooted them while weeding. I think Egusi is a climber, have you considered raising it above the ground? 🤔

Iam very sure I did not uproot them while weeding. Maybe I wasn't supposed to weed the place at all until after harvesting them

lereinter:
Everything die as how

Na chemical weeding you use?

not chemical. I used hand weeding

Nigerfine3:
The rain is much now to plant egusi, this might not do well

when will be the right time again cos this is so painful

Nigerfine3:
Egusi doest climb, it crawls .
I'm am very sure

yes it crawls but what could be the problem with mine cause I didn't see this coming at all. I was gladly telling everyone that it was fruiting already

olatwo:
So sorry

thanks but this is so very painful

chiommy123:
Pls house I planted my egusi in may. It was doing perfectly well till I weeded it last three weeks and everything died off. Pls what could be the cause and can I replant again this July?

Melon family can't cope with excess water. If the soil doesn't soak up the rains before the next falls, the root of the crops becomes asphyxiated lacking the air support the roots needs to stay alive. If you must plant the next one, do it on heaps so that excess water can drain off. Then the rains is too much this period for those kind of crops

Zwooks:
Melon family can't cope with excess water. If the soil doesn't soak up the rains before the next falls, the root of the crops becomes asphyxiated lacking the air support the roots needs to stay alive. If you must plant the next one, do it on heaps so that excess water can drain off. Then the rains is too much this period for those kind of crops

i planted it on heaps. I need to know why this happened to prevent it from happening again and pls when is the best time to plant another one?

chiommy123:
i planted it on heaps. I need to know why this happened to prevent it from happening again and pls when is the best time to plant another one?

Wow. Anyways I noticed the melons next to my farm.also.turning pale. I will speak with the guys who planted it and get information from them and get back to you

chiommy123:
not chemical. I used hand weeding

Maybe they don mature

Post the picture

Apart that, you don’t plant melon during rainy season, unless you want to use green house. It will rot. Either the leaf or fruit rot, it’s not necessary you use heap once you make sure you have well drained soil and you don’t plant them during time that rain falls almost everyday. This rain falls that happens almost everyday does happen around September every year but this year seems like changes, so that might be due to a bad weather forecast.
Melon does well if planted at very first rain in every region in Nigeria or at late rain in all region and not at peak rain. Southwest here, March to April and October to November is the best time to do it.

Zwooks:
Wow. Anyways I noticed the melons next to my farm.also.turning pale. I will speak with the guys who planted it and get information from them and get back to you

thanks. Pls remember to ask the next time to plant another one

chiommy123:
thanks. Pls remember to ask the next time to plant another one

All melon species is best planted from October

chiommy123:
i planted it on heaps. I need to know why this happened to prevent it from happening again and pls when is the best time to plant another one?

The next planting season is march to may,we did egusi in a large scale ones in oyo state. The following year( this year), we didn't want to plant it again. We were successful but the labour for harvesting and processing was a bit much since they don't know much about it. It was so time consuming.

Zwooks:
All melon species is best planted from October

What?
In the East is early in the year while harvesting is done from july,we planted last year march with great success in oyo state

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Nigerfine3:
The next planting season is march to may,we did egusi in a large scale ones in oyo state. The following year( this year), we didn't want to plant it again. We were successful but the labour for harvesting and processing was a bit much since they don't know much about it. It was so time consuming.

thanks. I wanted to know if I can still plant it again this year but did you weed your farm last year you planted it cos that's what I suspected that killed the first one

chiommy123:
thanks. I wanted to know if I can still plant it again this year but did you weed your farm last year you planted it cos that's what I suspected that killed the first one

We did not weed. Some planted without ridges while in other farm we made rigdes

Nigerfine3:
We did not weed. Some planted without ridges while in other farm we made rigdes

thanks. So I may be right about what killed the last one was the weeding

chiommy123:
thanks. So I may be right about what killed the last one was the weeding

Definitely right. Weeding kills crawling plants, especially during frequent rains. This applies to melons, water yams, cucumbers, etc. Once they start crawling, just leave them alone.

Best to plant in the beginning of the year, weeks before planting maize, because falling maize tassels also affect them.

JuanDeDios:
Definitely right. Weeding kills crawling plants, especially during frequent rains. This applies to melons, water yams, cucumbers, etc. Once they start crawling, just leave them alone.

Best to plant in the beginning of the year, weeks before planting maize, because falling maize tassels also affect them.

thanks.