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How I Start Farming Watermelon And Yam by Naijaepic: 6:11pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
Having read and benefited from many free articles on and off Nairaland on both crops and animals production in Agriculture. I decided to give it a trial sometimes back in August 2017. However, I make sure I bought a manual on watermelon (I had never farm it before, so my experience with it is zero. Also, I left farming many many years ago after secondary school.) that I had been religiously following. In July, I got 1/8 of Hectare of land allocated to me by College of Agriculture in my university, I applied and paid sum of #5000 for one year period. My intention was to use the experience to re-familiarise myself with farming procedure. The full diary about that experience is available here https://www.nairaland.com/1880533/thread-growing-watermelon-backyard-photos/23 So, on this thread, I will be detailing all my experience on two acres of land I just acquired. The two acres will be split into two, one for intensive watermelon farming and the other for yam production. Below is the land before clearing. 1 Like
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Re: How I Start Farming Watermelon And Yam by feran15(m): 6:14pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
following. |
Re: How I Start Farming Watermelon And Yam by SuperSuave(m): 6:18pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
isn't watermelon the best fruit to grow? You get to see the reward of your labour in less than 100days |
Re: How I Start Farming Watermelon And Yam by Naijaepic: 6:39pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
You are correct, when I saw small ball of watermelon on that pilot farm at about 34days old after planting. I was elated. The feelings is just like childbirth. SuperSuave: |
Re: How I Start Farming Watermelon And Yam by SuperSuave(m): 7:07pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
Naijaepic:hahahaaha ![]() I had a small watermelon farm last year too, I made a photo thread of it. https://www.nairaland.com/3154203/photos-small-watermelon-farm 1 Like |
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