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Cool.

You are allowing the terrorists to win
You supposed to be doing this on a farmland

Only in Nigeria that ruthless terrorists and kidnappers are pampered

Getting the right soil makes the difference, especially for city dwellers like those in Lagos.

Gbadugbakun:
Sack has become very expensive. How person Wan take see am buy use do farm work?

Chief complainer, AKA rooster

Samajogs:
I tried this sack farming last year in my compound and I regretted all my hardwork and money.

what crop did you plant inside the sack.

Sacks are best for planting Vegetables

southsouthking:
Currently farming yam at the extra land behind my house, i can say i love what I'm seeing.
It's going to be a bountiful harvest.

I want to try same. Involve me. Teach me

Lazy youths be like: "herdsmen won't allow us do sack farming in our compound"

eyenogoquiet:
Oya throw more light. What could this person or the next do better??

Check the kind of vegies you intend to plant.
Get the requires sand type.
Add compost for more nutrients.
Check the sun requirement.
Place the bags where the plants will receive enough sunshine as required.
Mulch the bags to prevent leaching and excessive evaporation.
Follow other good practices to get well developed crops.

I no longer buy vegies from market.
I have enough at the back of my house.

Guyman02:
I have so much vegetables in my backyard from my sack and buckets that women in the compound are now enjoying it more than me, but I am happy seeing them harvesting from my Ugu and spinach leaves and making soups for their families.
I mixed my soil with animal dung compost I bought from people growing flowers before planting and it produces lush green vegetables.

I bought one bunch of Ugu seed in Kogi state pictured below as I was passing through the state for N1,500 and it contained 98 seedlings, something they sell N200 per seedling in my area.

My wife used to complain that vegetables has become too costly in the market, so I decided to try this sack and buckets farming, now we have plenty of it and she complains that she no longer like the smell of Ugu and I have to beg her to put some vegetables in our food, its hard to please that gender

Married men dey try abeg.

Gbadugbakun:
Sack has become very expensive. How person Wan take see am buy use do farm work?

You guys must find a way to complain.
Jump out of this laziness and save your future else, you will regret.

Babalegba:
I also tried it and planted yams and beetroot. The yams came out really well, quite big but the beetroot was a total waste of time and effort.
Looks like success is determined by the choice of crops.

Did you use yam setts or whole yams?

I want to try yam sett in sacks.

Kingpele:
I don't know how this could be better than conventional farming....and how it could be considered when u want to farm really big...but is ok,

Its quite convenient.

You can comfortably cultivate vegetables in your storey building balcony.
Even yams and maize.

You have instant access whenever you need them, are assured of freshness and hygienic best practices.

Benefits choke.

Kingpele:
I don't know how this could be better than conventional farming....and how it could be considered when u want to farm really big...but is ok,

I don't think I read anywhere it was said that sack farming is better than the normal conventional method.

It is called urban farming which can be practiced where you don't have land for farming, especially in the urban areas.
You can use the space at the back or side of your apartment to grow crops in bags.
We should not allow laziness deter us from embracing what is meant to better our lives.
Stop looking for cheap money (which is not even available) from Bet9ja and use that time to get urself bags and plant crops in your compound.

Samajogs:
I tried this sack farming last year in my compound and I regretted all my hardwork and money.

plant yam instead of vegetables

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Did you use yam setts or whole yams?

I want to try yam sett in sacks.

The yams I bought to eat were already growing,I simply cooked the yam a and planted the bits that were growing. I used Dangote cement bags and some larger sacks. The ones in the larger sacks grew much bigger but the Dangote ones also did well.

eyenogoquiet:
I want to try same. Involve me. Teach me

You won't believe i didn't do anything special, i just shoved some sand from the land into a rice bag numbering 50, got some head of yam, chipped them a little bit to reveal some peeled freshness, robbed them with cement and planted it into the sack of rice bag filled with sand.
Torn some side of the bags and wanted on the first day.
It sprouted up within 2 weeks and i can boldly tell you that they are growing so fast to my delight.
Didn't spray or added any sort of manure or fertilizer to it.

What type of sack is preferable for dis?
And, where did you get soil?

Guyman02:
I have so much vegetables in my backyard from my sack and buckets that women in the compound are now enjoying it more than me, but I am happy seeing them harvesting from my Ugu and spinach leaves and making soups for their families.
I mixed my soil with animal dung compost I bought from people growing flowers before planting and it produces lush green vegetables.

I bought one bunch of Ugu seed in Kogi state pictured below as I was passing through the state for N1,500 and it contained 98 seedlings, something they sell N200 per seedling in my area.

My wife used to complain that vegetables has become too costly in the market, so I decided to try this sack and buckets farming, now we have plenty of it and she complains that she no longer like the smell of Ugu and I have to beg her to put some vegetables in our food, its hard to please that gender

Sack farming is very good.
I will post pictures of my vegetable garden later.

Yams can be terrible sometimes. Some can't even grow more the size of a corn after harvesting!

southsouthking:
Currently farming yam at the extra land behind my house, i can say i love what I'm seeing.
It's going to be a bountiful harvest.

Love800:
What type of sack is preferable for dis?
And, where did you get soil?

Cement bags is much cheaper, go to building sites and buy them very cheap or go to market and buy bags like Bagco from market women.
The soil is within the backyard then mixed with organic compost and dried leaves I gathered with rake

What is beetroot?

Babalegba:
I also tried it and planted yams and beetroot. The yams came out really well, quite big but the beetroot was a total waste of time and effort.
Looks like success is determined by the choice of crops.

I think this is for household consumption. Just for managing your expenses.

Kingpele:
I don't know how this could be better than conventional farming....and how it could be considered when u want to farm really big...but is ok,

I have never seen a strawberry physically. I wonder how it looks like!
What is it use for sef?

Mindlog:
Someone used it to grow strawberries in his backyard.

Guyman02:
I have so much vegetables in my backyard from my sack and buckets that women in the compound are now enjoying it more than me, but I am happy seeing them harvesting from my Ugu and spinach leaves and making soups for their families.
I mixed my soil with animal dung compost I bought from people growing flowers before planting and it produces lush green vegetables.

I bought one bunch of Ugu seed in Kogi state pictured below as I was passing through the state for N1,500 and it contained 98 seedlings, something they sell N200 per seedling in my area.

My wife used to complain that vegetables has become too costly in the market, so I decided to try this sack and buckets farming, now we have plenty of it and she complains that she no longer like the smell of Ugu and I have to beg her to put some vegetables in our food, its hard to please that gender

Are we still talking about sack farming or your wife? By the way, how long does it take ugu to reach maturity?

Love800:
Yams can be terrible sometimes. Some can't even grow more the size of a corn after harvesting!

The soil sometimes determine.

Love800:
I have never seen a strawberry physically. I wonder how it looks like!
What is it use for sef?

It is a fruit.

We4all:
Are we still talking about sack farming or your wife? By the way, how long does it take ugu to reach maturity?

Takes 7-14 days to sprout.
Within 3 weeks you are harvesting your first batch

I started sack farming with pepper 2020 is a very good type of farming

Samajogs:
I tried this sack farming last year in my compound and I regretted all my hardwork and money.

Why? What did you plant

Quelme:
It has a Major disadvantage in the sense that not all crop can grow in a sack...

Its a NO-NO for me and every sensible farmers out there.

A man stuck in old ways

Gbadugbakun:
Sack has become very expensive. How person Wan take see am buy use do farm work?

Just say you no wan do...

You can use cement bags as those are readily available anywhere...

My mum has her own small sack farm. She even planted yam... Lazy me was jhus hailing her..

Babalegba:
The yams I bought to eat were already growing,I simply cooked the yam a and planted the bits that were growing. I used Dangote cement bags and some larger sacks. The ones in the larger sacks grew much bigger but the Dangote ones also did well.

Let me get you clearly please, because I'm trying to form a hypothesis.

The ones you planted because they started growing out, where they big in size and you planted them whole?

Where they small in size and you planted them whole?

Where they big in size and you cut off some for consumption and planted the shooting size?

Thanks.

Also from your reply, one can assume that the bigger the container, the larger the harvested yam.

Thanks again.