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NetbizBoss:
Is maize crop seasonal, or can I plant it all season?

any season but during dry season u need steady water for it. Meaning you must be watering the ground before eventually planting

all the maize you will accumulate at the end will not be morethan 1 mudu.
this is nothing, but a grand exercise of futility. all the maize that u can get from this piece of land wont cost morethan 2k

At least that land is being used for something, and he will learn from the experience. He will also eat a lot from the harvest. and he can give some as gifts, if everyone does that, wont the society be better. And that small land is not small, its depends on how you see it.

heracles1:
all the maize you will accumulate at the end will not be morethan 1 mudu.
this is nothing, but a grand exercise of futility. all the maize that u can get from this piece of land wont cost morethan 2k

RKTexpert:
Day 14

garlic / chilli pepper paste mixed with water n filtered thru a sieve to create a spray mix to start out my weekly pest regimen..hand-plucked some weeds out today

bro it’s crowded it will affect their growth reduce it to at least 50% of what you have maize needs space..

Is maize crop seasonal, or can I plant it all season?

It seems you were always absent in your agricultural science lessons if not you wouldn't have asked this question ❓

RKTexpert:
Day 14

garlic / chilli pepper paste mixed with water n filtered thru a sieve to create a spray mix to start out my weekly pest regimen..hand-plucked some weeds out today

u didn't space it properly, next time plant vegetables instead....

NetbizBoss:
Is maize crop seasonal, or can I plant it all season?

I believe it's an all season crop. There is a maize sell I know that sell all seasons. She plant her maize in swampy area where there is always water in the soil.

RKTexpert:
Day 14

garlic / chilli pepper paste mixed with water n filtered thru a sieve to create a spray mix to start out my weekly pest regimen..hand-plucked some weeds out today

This is overcrowding in planting...harvest will reduce by 50%

Competition will be massive as they grow up

Wonderful how maize plants behave in nature . Sighs

papyjaypaul:
OP has not told us if he's doing this for leisure or for commerce. I don't think it's for sales.


Something sweet about farming is that you also learn from experience. You have bad seasons and good seasons and even when you do the right thing, God will use nature to talk to you. He will learn on his journey.

At OP, impressive effort to not use any chemical. I think this generation is starting to see the evil of *modernity* on our health and food. 40 years ago, cancer was foreign to us. Now, so much cancer out there, even from those who have a healthy lifestyle. Our food, our natural food is under attack. Farmers/herders clash is no coincidence. It is now so difficult to get original pure God-given food today. Our food has been compromised. The odo eshi our parents and grandparents used to have is no longer there because our food is no longer medicine. We are eating biochemicals. I never used to be interested in agriculture until I saw that oyinbo people are suffering because they don't have good natural food. They even planned to attack black people in US through their water and district planning, so why do you think they can't attack us? If you think I am lying, the internet is free, ask your GpT to tell you. The US government separated water for the blacks and the whites, blacks were given industrial water... The internet is your friend. Protect your food folks.

Hi how do you separate water for the black and white it's practically not possible now cos people live together sometimes inside same flat you see both black and white share apartments

The maize is nice . I can see it's greenish bloom with all its glory

Day 20: thank God I was quick to notice and haven't gone out early today, two of my goats got creative this morning, stepped all four legs on a slanted tire and jumped over the wire mesh fencing to feast like mad - they both destroyed 25% of my cultivation...so I re-blocked that entrance well and gave the maize plants some compost tea...tomorr I will do side-dressing lightly round base with dried poultry manure, then spray with the usual gar-chilli mix afterwards.

updated from day 28 to Day 31.

Lost about 19 maize stands last week after heavy rain—they weren’t well rooted as no ridges were made to prevent them from getting waterlogged thus damping off.
Yesterday, I sprayed a fermented homemade mix diluted with water to wade off fall armyworms and to prevent early shoot borer and aphids incidence - just finished applying homemade liquid fertilizer.

For home gardeners, this mix might seem weird, but it works well to get rid of pests. You might want to add cinnamon into the mix to tackle a wide range of pests.

However, once I start farming commercially which I will soon by God's willing - I’ll definitely be using chemical pesticides instead.

Day 39

Had goat trouble again today. One broke through the wire mesh and destroyed 7 tall maize plants. I quickly fixed it by tying everything up with copper wire for now.

Just so you know – my backyard soil is heavy clay, yet I planted maize there. Around late July to early August, there was too much rain that nearly wiped out the plants because no ridges or raised beds were made to prevent waterlogging. On top of that, I’ve been dealing with animal issues too. Still, I’m pushing through because I’m testing how well my homemade liquid fertilizer works on clay soil.

Truth is, anyone can throw a few seeds in the ground and they might grow. But if you want real results, proper farming practices should always be your priority

day 42

pheeew! (still having goats trouble) I'm at the stage where tassels and silk development could begin to form in less than two weeks from now, I now organic-fertilize twice a week...

I'm thinking of farming bell pepper or watermelon in 60 grower bags after this, perhaps by Sept.
and I will be using chemical fertilizers & some branded foliar sprays👌
and I may need shade net too

Day 48
just finished spraying fish emulsion compost to boost flowering and pollination. This maize farm is thriving on 100% heavy clay soil, which was the main motivation for starting this thread

day 54

I’m getting to the stage where I need to shift focus towards more organic potassium-based inputs, such as wood ash slurry and banana peel compost tea, in the next 2-3 days

day 56
going the organic route has its own advantages: it encourages the emerging of natural predators as their presence is a sign of a healthy and balanced farm ecosystem with natural pest control allies at work.

this orb-weaver spider helps reduce pest pressure by catching moths, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, aphids and other insects that could otherwise harm my maize

If I had used chemicals as in commercial pesticides on my plants, these orb-weaver $piders would have been wiped out, thus making my IPM program less effective.

day 63
they said I was on a fruitless adventure, another person said earlier on that all am doing was just a grand exercise of futility but here I am - thanking God🙏 alive and kicking
Plot twist: I’ve actually run out of my 7-day fermented banana peels tea 🤦‍♂️… brb, off to buy some real bananas 👀😂

Day 67

I can't count all the developing corn kernels I' m seeing right now and I have four stands with double kernels forming on each..I will be applying some banana peels compost tea to further boost kernels development tomorr and will also defoliate all bottom dry leaves and some disease ones too..

my backyard neighbor who happens to be a tenant don dey joke about me giving her a taste of my maize garden, something wey never mature well or dey ready for harvesting.

Which part of the country are you, seems youre enjoying steady rainfall in your area.

The months of July and August, it rained just twice (slight showering) here in Ogun State

RKTexpert:
Day 67

I can't count all the developing corn kernels I' m seeing right now and I have four stands with double kernels forming on each..I will be applying some banana peels compost tea to further boost kernels development tomorr and will also defoliate all bottom dry leaves and some disease ones too..

my backyard neighbor who happens to be a tenant don dey joke about me giving her a taste of my maize garden, something wey never mature well or dey ready for harvesting.

RainMoreDFARMS:
Which part of the country are you, seems youre enjoying steady rainfall in your area.

The months of July and August, it rained just twice (slight showering) here in Ogun State

Abuja NG. day 68 pic attached

I planted maize 2 weeks ago, hoping there would be rain before August ending, it germinateed and eventually, everything dried up.
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May God see us through in this region

RainMoreDFARMS:
I planted maize 2 weeks ago, hoping there would be rain before August ending, it germinateed and eventually, everything dried up.
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May God see us through in this region

Amen ooh 🙏 my broda. I started this so-called ‘fruitless’ adventure on June 28, and it has been full of challenges. The animals kept disturbing, trying to ruin everything and eat up the plants. On top of that, I was gardening on heavy clay soil and during the peak of the rains, I could only pray that my work wouldn’t be washed away by the waterlogged mud. Some maize even had to be straightened up and anchored to some few others for support afterwards. What some folks on NL thought was a hopeless effort is finally beginning to show promise, today marks day 69. At least I now know what to do and expect on one full plot of fertile land next time lol

RKTexpert:
Amen ooh 🙏 my broda. I started this so-called ‘fruitless’ adventure on June 28, and it has been full of challenges. The animals kept disturbing, trying to ruin everything and eat up the plants. On top of that, I was gardening on heavy clay soil and during the peak of the rains, I could only pray that my work wouldn’t be washed away by the waterlogged mud. Some maize even had to be straightened up and anchored to some few others for support afterwards. What some folks on NL thought was a hopeless effort is finally beginning to show promise, today marks day 69. At least I now know what to do and expect on one full plot of fertile land next time lol

May God give you the strength to expand

RainMoreDFARMS:
May God give you the strength to expand

Amen broda🙏

day 73

It rained heavily last night after almost 2 weeks of drought, I applied banana peels tea this morning and according to my organic compost/fertilization chart for maize, I was to spray a sieved wood ash liquid mix with Neem/ dogoyaro leave compost to control fungal incidence but I just left out that part since everything looks health so far