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yemmit90:
Maize plantation is very risky without irrigation, even during the rain season.

A 10 days without rain can have negative effects on yielding results. I will rather do an acre with irrigation than 6 acres withiout it.

The whole village is heaping praises to God on my behalf. Every day, i setup my farms, hours after planting, rain falls. I have faith in God. I trust in your counsel as a wise elder agriculturist, but I am still growing Sir. I will get to the place of irrigation one day, but I am.not there yet.

Sp33i:
The whole village is heaping praises to God on my behalf. Every day, i setup my farms, hours after planting, rain falls. I have faith in God. I trust in your counsel as a wise elder agriculturist, but I am still growing Sir. I will get to the place of irrigation one day, but I am.not there yet.

God in his infinite mercy will see you through this project. Remember to give back to the village when the coast is clear.

yemmit90:
God in his infinite mercy will see you through this project. Remember to give back to the village when the coast is clear.

Thanks for the words of encouragement

Cultivating Farm Number Three. I decided to add a third farm to the project. For this farm, I am making use of Gobara and Lagon mixture instead of Forceup and Lagon i made use of for my first two farms

Sp33i:
Cultivating Farm Number Three. I decided to add a third farm to the project. For this farm, I am making use of Gobara and Lagon mixture instead of Forceup and Lagon i made use of for my first two farms

Its late to farm maize now, ur crop will meet August break

Pls interplant with cassava to ensure u don't loose too much

betabread:
Its late to farm maize now, ur crop will meet August break

Pls interplant with cassava to ensure u don't loose too much

I am using a sred variety that will yield before the break

great work, please what is your spacing like

Sp33i:
*improving productivity is a major driver as far as attaining food securty in Nigeria is concerned. To achieve improvement in maize productivity two tenets are important.


(1) Always make use of the right seed variety. The right seed variety because of climate change is drought resistance seeds.


(2) Always adhere to good Agronomic practices.


** The purpose of this research is to check the yield potential of Seedco SC649

15K is cheap o o! I paid 50k for an acre

ezekieloe:
15K is cheap o o! I paid 50k for an acre

State ?

Images from third farm setup

Meanwhile, the first farm is taking shape at 12 days old

Do not keep your dreams boxed-up. Take actions on your dreams.

Op. You doing a great work. Please I want to ask question. I have 2 plots I planted cassava since last year and I want to harvest this month June or next monthly July.

Can I plant corn after I harvest. Or it is late to plan corn cos I can I see in the comment when some said it is late to plant corn now.

betabread:
Its late to farm maize now, ur crop will meet August break

Pls interplant with cassava to ensure u don't loose too much

Good evening, you mean it’s not advisable to plant corn this period. I’m in Ogun state we are just having steady rain toward ending of May till now.

glorious10:
Op. You doing a great work. Please I want to ask question. I have 2 plots I planted cassava since last year and I want to harvest this month June or next monthly July.

Can I plant corn after I harvest. Or it is late to plan corn cos I can I see in the comment when some said it is late to plant corn now.

Do bot plant corn until September. Unless you intend to complete the production by wetting the corn because the rains may seize by august when the plant gets to fruit development stage

Agriculture is good o.
I really love it.
Plan is to buy big land, buy house and use a side for planting some things. I just love it. But on the big scale, there are security issues to consider

Congrats but beware of fulani make dem no kidnap you for ransom!

Sp33i:
Always supervise farmers when planting if you want to achieve your targeted crop population. For my case, I stood with the farmers supervising. We began planting around 08.15 am. Rain interrupted our planting as it rained heavily over an hour period. We continued with the planting till 7.10pm. Took us ten hours to plant three acres ( I chose to split the farm into two and cultivated half on each day of work )

u didn't tell us how much u paid this ones sir

Protect it from fulanis

You're too much joor.

Sp33i:
Weed control is everything in Maize cultivation. Weeds can eat up to 40% pf crop yield if they are not well managed in the first 8 weeks of crop growth. To ensure a weed-free farm, i utilized a combination of Lagon and Glyphosate. Lagon to seal weeds seed and inhibit weed seeds growth for weeks while Glyphosate in the herbicides mixture kills weeds that escaped tractorization.




***I personally supervised my labourers herbicides application to avoid application mistakes that may lead to weed emergence along the way. In my style of herbicides application, i always mix a fixed ratio of liquid and inform them they must continue to spray until the liquid is finished. This way there is no excuse of them just walking across the farms and not doing the actual work.



Think smart farmers !

This was what killed my plantation due to lack of supervision... And weeding... Investment went down the drain...

Sp33i:
Weed control is everything in Maize cultivation. Weeds can eat up to 40% pf crop yield if they are not well managed in the first 8 weeks of crop growth. To ensure a weed-free farm, i utilized a combination of Lagon and Glyphosate. Lagon to seal weeds seed and inhibit weed seeds growth for weeks while Glyphosate in the herbicides mixture kills weeds that escaped tractorization.




***I personally supervised my labourers herbicides application to avoid application mistakes that may lead to weed emergence along the way. In my style of herbicides application, i always mix a fixed ratio of liquid and inform them they must continue to spray until the liquid is finished. This way there is no excuse of them just walking across the farms and not doing the actual work.



Think smart farmers !

Did you spray before you planted

No add location oooo because Fulani herdmen will be watching closely 😆

gbens2000:
Did you spray before you planted

I sprayed after I planted. Operation no weed onsite for 5-6 weeks

Sp33i:
I sprayed after I planted. Operation no weed onsite for 5-6 weeks

You how many days or weeks after planting

Words on marble

Sp33i:
Do not keep your dreams boxed-up. Take actions on your dreams.

gbens2000:
You how many days or weeks after planting

24 hours after planting

Sp33i:
I sprayed after I planted. Operation no weed onsite for 5-6 weeks

You applied 2 bags of urea per acre? And how many days or weeks after planting.
I am doing about 3acres of maize and I intend to interplant with beans

Sp33i:
24 hours after planting

Thank you,I have learnt from your post God bless you

betabread:
Its late to farm maize now, ur crop will meet August break

Pls interplant with cassava to ensure u don't loose too much

You made a good suggestions.
Maize gestation is 3- Months,so the OP should add Cassava on the Farm,so that as the maize season is over,the Cassava Products will be sustaining the land, because that takes another 9 months or more.
Failure,means the weeds will be occupying the farmlands continusly but if cassava is planted,the Cassava grows above the weeds will not allow the weeds to grow and in facts,kills the weeds on gradual basis!
Over to OP on this suggestions.

Sp33i:
Thanks. Abuja is cool
I love the spirit and energy in Utako, Kuje. If you like me to setup a farm for you and supervise it, I am open to considerations

Please check your DM or can I reach you on Whatsapp ?