Dear all,
I am intrested in strawberry farming. The market is too much here and the fruit is also expensive.
On further enquiry, i was told they souce the fruit from south africa.
Has anyone successfully grown strawberry in Nigeria?

mercylicious:
Dear all,
I am intrested in strawberry farming. The market is too much here and the fruit is also expensive.
On further enquiry, i was told they souce the fruit from south africa.
Has anyone successfully grown strawberry in Nigeria?

lf you can sacrifice some data bundle and download these two videos, watch them repeatedly you will wonder why we import strawberry!

Growing strawberries in bags


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIXeqr-cR0

Possible that strawberries can grow in a dry area such as the blazing hot, dry area like Sokoto, Kano etc not to talk of the south the weather is cooler.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ooEqxvqEo

mercylicious:
Dear all,
I am intrested in strawberry farming. The market is too much here and the fruit is also expensive.
On further enquiry, i was told they souce the fruit from south africa.
Has anyone successfully grown strawberry in Nigeria?

Strawberry is cultivated in and around Jos Plateau. Am still researching on it. But if you have the market, I can purchase and send to you in bags.

9free:


Strawberry is cultivated in and around Jos Plateau. Am still researching on it. But if you have the market, I can purchase and send to you in bags.

1. Which variety is available?

2. How is it packaged?

3. What is your price per kilo?

I am excited at this topic the same way i am about the many possibilities in Nigeria. This same question came to mind last week and my curiosity led me to this website: http://m.allafrica.com/stories/201502230070.html/. I was so amazed to find out that strawberry is cultivated in commercial quantity in a village called Chaha, near VOM, jos, plateau , Nigeria. A kilogramme is sold for less than 1000 naira most of the year but can get up to 1000 during period of scarcity. This last december, i also met a farmer who has successfully cultivated the purple color grape largelly imported by Nigeria in his farm at Offa, Kwara State. He is currently looking for people to partner with. I have also tried to convince him to let me put his experience in public domain like NL but yet to secure his conviction. Bet you, there are many great news coming out of Africa but yet undocumented. If anyone is interested at seeing the picture of the grapes cultivated in Nigeria, kindly drop your mail address here and i will send you the pictures. Let Africa be great again.

@manitoba, Nigerians keep limiting themselves with the feeling that certain crops like strawberry, apple, plum, grape, butternut squash, broccoli, cauliflower etc can not be achieved in Nigeria but it certainly can!

Am interested in d pictures. queendoone@yahoo.com Am surprised. Ppl hav been farming strawberries in Nigeria for years without enought buyers, yet we keep importing all manners of. Fruits into nigeria. May God hav mercies on us.

manitoba:
I am excited at this topic the same way i am about the many possibilities in Nigeria. This same question came to mind last week and my curiosity led me to this website: http://m.allafrica.com/stories/201502230070.html/. I was so amazed to find out that strawberry is cultivated in commercial quantity in a village called Chaha, near VOM, jos, plateau , Nigeria. A kilogramme is sold for less than 1000 naira most of the year but can get up to 1000 during period of scarcity. This last december, i also met a farmer who has successfully cultivated the purple color grape largelly imported by Nigeria in his farm at Offa, Kwara State. He is currently looking for people to partner with. I have also tried to convince him to let me put his experience in public domain like NL but yet to secure his conviction. Bet you, there are many great news coming out of Africa but yet undocumented. If anyone is interested at seeing the picture of the grapes cultivated in Nigeria, kindly drop your mail address here and i will send you the pictures. Let Africa be great again.

@manitoba, why not post the picture(s) here as we do not want this thread to derail with people dropping only their email addresses, we want a conversation going.

Hmmmm, finally, something am very passionate about. just yesterday, I told my team that very soon, they won't be seeing much of me in cucumber farms. That I want to open an exotic farm. For exotic birds, strawberry, grape, bitter gourd, butter squash, shrimp e.t.c and to see this thread now? it's a big confirmation. . Pavore9 knows na. my mind is already set on strawberry since time immemorial . Mercylicious, great job once again.

Oga jasper7 wan enter exotic farm levels...your dreams are valid! All the crops u mentioned can survive in nigeria, forget the belief that it can only come from South Africa! We only need to take out time to acquire expertise in them, na fire dey go!

pavore9. That's the reality. am glad to have met like minds. my time is coming . stawberries are currently being hawked on the streets of jos for 1,000 per kg. this is the info that got to me from a good friend who knows about my passion. and if you see the sickly, low quality strawberry they are selling at that price.it seems to me, they selected the quality ones for export and they are selling the damaged ones for Nigerians.

pictures of made in jos strawberry . And I was like Damn! I can do better.

jasper7:
pictures of made in jos strawberry . And I was like Damn! I can do better.

Which variety is this?

Just spoke with the guy in the first video (growing strawberries in bags) and he explained to me that once it is grown, it is replaced after 3 years but the plants must be well maintained and the soil well treated.

He harvests twice a week from each of the bags, there are months when they would be not fruiting because the plants are 'resting'.

He happily invited me to come visit his strawberry farm, which is about a N100 bus fare and 20minutes ride from Central Nairobi.

Looking forward to eating FREE fresh strawberries . Though as person whey im parents raised well, l will buy at least a kilo from him at least for N500, to support his ministry though the guy is now a 'big boy' at least for the free tutorials l will be getting. So expect updates when l finally go there.

Hello everyone,

I'm a silent reader with growing interest in agriculture.

@pavore9

I would be looking forward to your updates, especially how to get those sacks
I'd like to try this out on a small scale at home before venturing out in to commercial production.

Thanks and great thread mercylicious

salsera:
Hello everyone,

I'm a silent reader with growing interest in agriculture.

@pavore9

I would be looking forward to your updates, especially how to get those sacks
I'd like to try this out on a small scale at home before venturing out in to commercial production.

Thanks and great thread mercylicious

There is nothing special about the sacks, with what l have seen so far l think used rice bags would serve. Yes, it is what you can start with 10 sacks and if all goes well you will start harvesting after 3 months then you can expand.

Pavore9:
Just spoke with the guy in the first video (growing strawberries in bags) and he explained to me that once it is grown, it is replaced after 3 years but the plants must be well maintained and the soil well treated.
He harvests twice a week from each of the bags, there are months when they would be not fruiting because the plants are 'resting'.
He happily invited me to come visit his strawberry farm, which is about a N100 bus fare and 20minutes ride from Central Nairobi.
Looking forward to eating FREE fresh strawberries . Though as person whey im parents raised well, l will buy at least a kilo from him at least for N500, to support his ministry though the guy is now a 'big boy' at least for the free tutorials l will be getting. So expect updates when l finally go there.

Anxiously expecting feedback. Thanks for this

jethro2:

Anxiously expecting feedback. Thanks for this

Will surely keep everyone posted.

Pavore9:
Which variety is this?

It's the Jos variety . haven't been able to examine them closely and physically, so I can't really say. Looking forward to the outcome of your visit. Please tell the guy that some peeps from Nigeria wanna visit his farm in march. Pavore, am serious o. it's amazing what the guy is doing.

so.sorry my ppl. itsnt straw berry i saw d mkt for bt a kind of berry. some are red and others black.
It is likely called redberry, nt sure of d name sha. I discovered dt wasnt d name after watching d video.
But lets continue wit strawberry and berries discusion. Any fruit dt is nt readily available will be a hit once farmed locally.

@jasper7, l will try and get a congolese friend of mine who is a very good with cameraworks to go with me so we can do a short clean video of the visit, highlight everything from soil preparation, to bagging, planting, manuring, packaging etc.

Pavore9:
@jasper7, l will try and get a congolese friend of mine who is a very good with cameraworks to go with me so we can do a short clean video of the visit, highlight everything from soil preparation, to bagging, planting, manuring, packaging etc.

correct! just keep me posted shaa. more grease to your elbow.

jasper7:

correct! just keep me posted shaa. more grease to your elbow.

let's plan the visit as a team. Don't bother wit camera cos I hav 1.

Following closely

I'm very interested in strawberries. Its interesting how young people are breaking conventional wisdom and boldly trying out new things!

Pavore9:
Just spoke with the guy in the first video (growing strawberries in bags) and he explained to me that once it is grown, it is replaced after 3 years but the plants must be well maintained and the soil well treated.

He harvests twice a week from each of the bags, there are months when they would be not fruiting because the plants are 'resting'.

He happily invited me to come visit his strawberry farm, which is about a N100 bus fare and 20minutes ride from Central Nairobi.

Looking forward to eating FREE fresh strawberries . Though as person whey im parents raised well, l will buy at least a kilo from him at least for N500, to support his ministry though the guy is now a 'big boy' at least for the free tutorials l will be getting. So expect updates when l finally go there.

I contacted you about this strawberry sometime ago. I sent the suppliers on olx.co.ke messages if they can send to Nigeria, but no response. I have ordered some seeds, they are yet to arrive, I just pray they do well.

Jesusbaby6:



I contacted you about this strawberry sometime ago. I sent the suppliers on olx.co.ke messages if they can send to Nigeria, but no response. I have ordered some seeds, they are yet to arrive, I just pray they do well.

l can recollect. Who did you order it from and through which means is it being sent to you?

Pavore9:



l can recollect. Who did you order it from and through which means is it being sent to you?

i did not order from olx. ke, i ordered only seeds so i can propagate them myself. But please if there is still a way to get the ones from your end sent down here, i will appreciate.

mercylicious:
so.sorry my ppl. itsnt straw berry i saw d mkt for bt a kind of berry. some are red and others black.
It is likely called redberry, nt sure of d name sha. I discovered dt wasnt d name after watching d video.
But lets continue wit strawberry and berries discusion. Any fruit dt is nt readily available will be a hit once farmed locally.

I believe what you saw is raspberry and blackberry. Raspberry looks like strawberry.

Jesusbaby6:


i did not order from olx. ke, i ordered only seeds so i can propagate them myself. But please if there is still a way to get the ones from your end sent down here, i will appreciate.

l have asked Nigerian businessmen around and l still get the reply there is no means of sending things down from Kenya but from Lagos to Nairobi is N750/kg. I called cargo office of Rwanda Air and Kenya Airways and l am told l have to get documents from Ministry of Agriculture etc, So the best bet is still when you have someone visiting Kenya.

Pavore9:


l have asked Nigerian businessmen around and l still get the reply there is no means of sending things down from Kenya but from Lagos to Nairobi is N750/kg. I called cargo office of Rwanda Air and Kenya Airways and l am told l have to get documents from Ministry of Agriculture etc, So the best bet is still when you have someone visiting Kenya.

Ok sir. I will start them from seeds then. Already researched how to do it, just waiting for my seeds to arrive. Will keep you posted.

God bless