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Aquadude16:
Good morning
You can go for any of the two as they are both profitable but your choice between both depends on your location and schedule.
I started of on just a quarter of a plot and I am currently using over 6 acres so nothing is too small to start with.
I will only advise you not to tow the part I took by figuring it out myself as I burnt my hand alot. Learn from a practising farmer first before commencing

Good morning to you too.

In my area, I have a lot of cucumber and tomato farmers. But in your own opinion, which one is better for a newbie in terms of management, pest control, and loss control?

Prophit:
Good morning to you too.

In my area, I have a lot of cucumber and tomato farmers. But in your own opinion, which one is better for a newbie in terms of management, pest control, and loss control?

Tomato is less stressful and less technical.
You can go for tomato

Aquadude16:
Tomato is less stressful and less technical.
You can go for tomato

Thank you so much.

We have commenced transplanting of over 12000 seedlings of tomato

Transplanting of about 12000 stands of tomato concluded
We would be transplanting over 5000 stands of cucumber today.
Our next cucumber harvest would start next two weeks

Aquadude16:
Transplanting of about 12000 stands of tomato concluded
We would be transplanting over 5000 stands of cucumber today.
Our next cucumber harvest would start next two weeks

We would be commencing harvest tomorrow from this big boys.
Stay tuned

My tomato has started ripening, harvesting will commence in few days.

God bless your efforts, I hope the current wave of herdsmen attack does not affect you, that was what made me stopped farming in nasarawa

Ibadanfarmroad:
God bless your efforts, I hope the current wave of herdsmen attack does not affect you, that was what made me stopped farming in nasarawa

My farm is at ondo state, ondo town to be precise. We haven't experienced such here and I pray we won't

We have being having a crazy harvest of recent.
This was our last week harvest after transfering 20crates to the market
Heaps of cuxumber

We harvested again yesterday but we couldn't move all out at once. We hauled the rest today

We would commence harvest of our tomato tomorrow.
Let's see how it goes

We did minor picking of only ripe tomato.
We got a little above 3 crate. I sent the 3 crate to market then I shared and ate the rest

Something peculiar about cucumber is how fast the fruit grows which makes it very crucial that you harvest consistently to have a healthy crop
This was our harvest last Saturday

Even with the heavy downpour we are experiencing, The plant leaves are still green and lots of flowers are popping up.

This is the second batch of my tomato.
We have done the second staking on the tomato

Look at our up and coming cucumber which would be set for harvest before the one we are harvesting dies. Staking has been 60 percent completed and we have over 6k stand here

Our third batch of tomato.
We are just commencing staking and you can see one of my worker is hitting the bamboo into the soil while the other is raising the tomato up with rope

We have started clearing the next batch that we intend planting about 15k stand of tomato. This portion would be fully irrigated as I don't depend on rain

Farming can be really strenuous attimes depending on the size and season while farming. Whenever we harvest and I want to transport it to the market, I have a dedicated driver that handles the logistics for me as this gives me time to rest or face other activities

We have being harvesting back to back but I don't take my phone to the farm unlike before due to the constant rain

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Aquadude16:
Something peculiar about cucumber is how fast the fruit grows which makes it very crucial that you harvest consistently to have a healthy crop
This was our harvest last Saturday

Very impressive. Cucumbers are one of the major ingredients in smoothies, fruit salads and vegetable salads which I love to take for the health benefits.

Nice thread.

This is one of our harvest from our tomato portion

I spotted a praying mantis devouring a small snake after I rounded up my work last week

We are rounding up harvest of cucumber on the present portion we are harvesting while we will resume harvest this week on the upcoming portion.
That is the importance of continuous planting as you have a steady supply of cucumber