maiunguwar:
I suspect Okoroemeka is the defunct Jasper monicker who was also into cuke farming and was also based in IMO before he moved west at some point.There writing styles are also similar.

haaaaaahaaa!new year joke,jasper 7 or jasper ezirim is the Godfather of vegetable farmers in the southeast,his parents are the owners of Thai Agro industries dealers on cu999 and all vegetables seeds and allied equipment they also partner with the state government on vast agro allied projects, so as you can see my friend I am not jasper 7 but I started with his mentorship

Yampotatocarrot:


Ontop just 30k investment. I'm waohed. What if more money is added

you will know that a venture that can produce such ROI will be swimming in a pool of risks many things can go wrong, its best to invest in a farm size you can easily manage,

okoroemeka:
you will know that a venture that can produce such ROI will be swimming in a pool of risks many things can go wrong, its best to invest in a farm size you can easily manage,

Sir, what are the possible risks and how can they be tackle?

Idemujoseph:
Sir, what are the possible risks and how can they be tackle?

agriculture is one of the riskiest venture, you are fighting a battle on multiple fronts and most of the times its issues you cannot control like weather and others like disease,pests,soil type,variety,human error,even most insects are bioengineered to destroy farmland not grasses and weeds,with a venture that can produce such ROi you have to expect the unknown.

okoroemeka:
agriculture is one of the riskiest venture, you are fighting a battle on multiple fronts and most of the times its issues you cannot control like weather and others like disease,pests,soil type,variety,human error,even most insects are bioengineered to destroy farmland not grasses and weeds,with a venture that can produce such ROi you have to expect the unknown.

Really interesting! Thanks!

maiunguwar:
I suspect Okoroemeka is the defunct Jasper monicker who was also into cuke farming and was also based in IMO before he moved west at some point.There writing styles are also similar.

Waoh, u remember Jasper. He was the brain behind my first investment in cucumber.

Remember an advice he gave me then, when I went to Owerri for a bank job, told me to free the bank job and go fully into agriculture.

He is a mentor, but I don't think Okoroemeka is Jasper though. Loooooooooooooooool

our main mega project this year will be 1 acre of green garden egg,we did a test run last year with 700 stands on 1 and half plots the yield was good and the production ran from June to October total 4-5 months,we have transplanted into single grow bags and managing it carefully ,the target is to start harvesting during Easter peak period,a BUA sugar bag of garden egg is selling for #14,000k now,by Easter it will be hovering at #12,000k,it will be interesting if we can replicate the results from the test run then we will see yields of 15-20 bags every 4 days.

Mr Emeka, thanks for all the insights availed on this platform, may the Good Lord enrich you with so much more. I have a farm land to the tune of an acre and half and it's very close to the river in ogun-state . We planted plantain (in July) and added chilli pepper (mid -October ), but flood came toward mid-November and swept away some of the pepper, but for the Lord's mercy we were able to retain 3 plots of the chilli pepper with no plan of replanting due to the harsh weather condition (the land is very dry but water from the river would suffice till February when it rain) . Please I'd like to have a private conversation with you concerning the pepper (some of them are flowering already).

muyiwaadekunle1:
Mr Emeka, thanks for all the insights availed on this platform, may the Good Lord enrich you with so much more. I have a farm land to the tune of an acre and half and it's very close to the river in ogun-state . We planted plantain (in July) and added chilli pepper (mid -October ), but flood came toward mid-November and swept away some of the pepper, but for the Lord's mercy we were able to retain 3 plots of the chilli pepper with no plan of replanting due to the harsh weather condition (the land is very dry but water from the river would suffice till February when it rain) . Please I'd like to have a private conversation with you concerning the pepper (some of them are flowering already).

okay,check thread for my what's app no

okoroemeka:
okay,check thread for my what's app no

I was going through nairaland agric section when I saw your question to the guy that claimed to be able to produce 1000cucumbers from a 12ft by 6 space.

Really funny, if you ask me. From my little experience, I wonder how he is gonna achieve it, or how he even brought up the idea in the first place. Lol

Yampotatocarrot:


I was going through nairaland agric section when I saw your question to the guy that claimed to be able to produce 1000cucumbers from a 12ft by 6 space.

Really funny, if you ask me. From my little experience, I wonder how he is gonna achieve it, or how he even brought up the idea in the first place. Lol

oh boy,don't mind the e farmer, he wants people to pay for seminar,when he does not have farm

Update on our new 2500 do or die cucumber season 2 project,we are forced to do nursery on Saturday because the land is not ready yet and we must plant on Saturday,so the drama continues,the nursery is 4 days old today and tomorrow we will transplant to field,it is a race between us and 2500 cucumbers on one plot of land,who will win, can we get 100 bags,hmmm!this time its no retreat, no surrender!

okoroemeka:
Update on our new 2500 do or die cucumber season 2 project,we are forced to do nursery on Saturday because the land is not ready yet and we must plant on Saturday,so the drama continues,the nursery is 4 days old today and tomorrow we will transplant to field,it is a race between us and 2500 cucumbers on one plot of land,who will win, can we get 100 bags,hmmm!this time its no retreat, no surrender!

Any reason for the rush? N when u say 2,500 cucumbers, do u mean number of seeds planted?

Yampotatocarrot:


Any reason for the rush? N when u say 2,500 cucumbers, do u mean number of seeds planted?

one bag sold for #6,600 at Onitsha yesterday,we want to hit the bonanza before rain will spoil show,we planted 100 grams approx 3,600 seeds,we will select the best 2,500 to plant in the one plot,the remaining will be planted somewhere else.

okoroemeka:
Update on our new 2500 do or die cucumber season 2 project,we are forced to do nursery on Saturday because the land is not ready yet and we must plant on Saturday,so the drama continues,the nursery is 4 days old today and tomorrow we will transplant to field,it is a race between us and 2500 cucumbers on one plot of land,who will win, can we get 100 bags,hmmm!this time its no retreat, no surrender!

Wait a minute!
Do you transplant CUCUMBERS?
Is it a normal practice?

bimbax:


Wait a minute!
Do you transplant CUCUMBERS?
Is it a normal practice?

my brother it is not normal,but the land we want to use has abnormal rats with sensors to detect freshly sown seed,if u don't do a nursery that u can cover in the night the rats will come and eat the whole seed at night,you will end up irrigating and waiting for the seed to germinate,and the rats will be somewhere picking their teeth and laughing at u.

How do you transplant without disturbing the root?

okoroemeka:
Update on our new 2500 do or die cucumber season 2 project,we are forced to do nursery on Saturday because the land is not ready yet and we must plant on Saturday,so the drama continues,the nursery is 4 days old today and tomorrow we will transplant to field,it is a race between us and 2500 cucumbers on one plot of land,who will win, can we get 100 bags,hmmm!this time its no retreat, no surrender!

okoroemeka:
my brother it is not normal,but the land we want to use has abnormal rats with sensors to detect freshly sown seed,if u don't do a nursery that u can cover in the night the rats will come and eat the whole seed at night,you will end up irrigating and waiting for the seed to germinate,and the rats will be somewhere picking their teeth and laughing at u.

Thanks OP for your time and kind heart to share this info, pls can you help us with videos of some major operations like transplanting, stalking and chemicals measurements thanks.

okoroemeka:
Update on our new 2500 do or die cucumber season 2 project,we are forced to do nursery on Saturday because the land is not ready yet and we must plant on Saturday,so the drama continues,the nursery is 4 days old today and tomorrow we will transplant to field,it is a race between us and 2500 cucumbers on one plot of land,who will win, can we get 100 bags,hmmm!this time its no retreat, no surrender!

Oga okoroemeka, wehdone sir.would like to know the maximum fruit load of a cucumber plant i.e how many can a plant carry at a time without aborting pollinated fruit. Thank u

bimbohush:
How do you transplant without disturbing the root?

we water the nursery well before lifting in the evening and water again early morning and again at high noon,and pray the sun may be merciful, anyone That survives the next day is okay,its not the best way of planting cucumbers but what can we do,we have tried every means to chase rats out of the vicinity from rodenticide, covering planted area with paper/nylon,traps,wiring light bulbs,bringing generator play loud music,lighting bonfires,cats didn't work rats comes at night,my staff even brought camping bed to sleep in the bush and chase rats,nothing worked.it's dry season they are everywhere, small tiny rats.transplanting for now is the only solution.God I hate rats.

funsoul:

Oga okoroemeka, wehdone sir.would like to know the maximum fruit load of a cucumber plant i.e how many can a plant carry at a time without aborting pollinated fruit. Thank u

if its cu999 due to its big size,maximum 2 fruits will be getting big and bigger,while another medium fruit will be growing slowly,then a further 2 -3 small ones will pause waiting for u to harvest the big ones

okoroemeka:
total number of sacks is 506 bags,the spacing is not much considering that we are using phostrogen fertilizer on it so we are expecting an explosion of foliage and lateral shoots.

pls Sir who is "phostrogen fertilizer". thanks

Juliana7:
pls Sir who is "phostrogen fertilizer". thanks

phostrogen is a liquid fertilizer or plant food made by Bayer,it has NPK(14-10-27)we discovered that using Haifa bonus NPK(20-20-20) from 28 days up causes excessive foliage instead of flowers and fruit because of its high N content,so we switch over to phostrogen with lower N and higher K for more fruits from 28 days.

okoroemeka:
phostrogen is a liquid fertilizer or plant food made by Bayer,it has NPK(14-10-27)we discovered that using Haifa bonus NPK(20-20-20) from 28 days up causes excessive foliage instead of flowers and fruit because of its high N content,so we switch over to phostrogen with lower N and higher K for more fruits from 28 days.

thank u sir for this insight. Pls Sir. 1. Phostrogen is that d name at d market if one wants to buy. 2. Which measurement do we use per knapsack that will not make d leaves scorch. 3. Do u apply it after each harvest?. Thanks

Juliana7:
thank u sir for this insight. Pls Sir. 1. Phostrogen is that d name at d market if one wants to buy. 2. Which measurement do we use per knapsack that will not make d leaves scorch. 3. Do u apply it after each harvest?. Thanks

phostrogen is the name on the 4 ltr container,2 peak milk tin per knapsack,yes,can apply after every harvest

okoroemeka:
phostrogen is the name on the 4 ltr container,2 peak milk tin per knapsack,yes,can apply after every harvest

thank u Sir. I'm very grateful for d info. Thanks

okoroemeka:
our main mega project this year will be 1 acre of green garden egg,we did a test run last year with 700 stands on 1 and half plots the yield was good and the production ran from June to October total 4-5 months,we have transplanted into single grow bags and managing it carefully ,the target is to start harvesting during Easter peak period,a BUA sugar bag of garden egg is selling for #14,000k now,by Easter it will be hovering at #12,000k,it will be interesting if we can replicate the results from the test run then we will see yields of 15-20 bags every 4 days.

Sir, I live in Aba. I an intersted in vegetable farming, especially cucumber. But I don't want to reinvent the wheel while farming. I want to know the possibility of having a paid field training on cucumber farming?

SLOVFO:


Sir, I live in Aba. I an intersted in vegetable farming, especially cucumber. But I don't want to reinvent the wheel while farming. I want to know the possibility of having a paid field training on cucumber farming?

the ngwa people are famous farmers with super fertile land,I will be surprised if there is no cucumber farmer in ngwaland,they even have a variety of local cucumber named after then NGWALARGE.so look closely around you u will find a cucumber farm.

okoroemeka:
the ngwa people are famous farmers with super fertile land,I will be surprised if there is no cucumber farmer in ngwaland,they even have a variety of local cucumber named after then NGWALARGE.so look closely around you u will find a cucumber farm.

Invariably there should be cucumber farms in and around Aba. But most cucumber farms I have come across are not something I would like to emulate. Other farmers may be in the hinterlands of Ngwa land. I don't have access to those areas. Moreover, nothing like learning from an upto date farmer who is constantly improving.
I also believe that you have an outfit that sells hybrid seeds?

SLOVFO:


Invariably there should be cucumber farms in and around Aba. But most cucumber farms I have come across are not something I would like to emulate. Other farmers may be in the hinterlands of Ngwa land. I don't have access to those areas. Moreover, nothing like learning from an upto date farmer who is constantly improving.we
I also believe that you have an outfit that sells hybrid seeds?

yes, we supplied seeds to rivers and osun States last week,anytime u are ready to learn I will get u attached to eagle foods ltd,if u stay 1 week with them u will know everything, they operate the biggest cucumber farms in the east with production of 100-150 bags every 4 days,real farmers don't have time for seminars its only e-farmers that collect money from people to teach them what supposed to be free,there's one that is telling people to pay to teach them how to harvest 1000 fruits on 12feet by 6 feet land,HAAAAAAAHAaaaa,oh my GOD,if he can get 12,bags(75,000k now)from that small piece of land he will not have time to beg folks to pay 3,000k for training.

okoroemeka:
yes, we supplied seeds to rivers and osun States last week,anytime u are ready to learn I will get u attached to eagle foods ltd,if u stay 1 week with them u will know everything, they operate the biggest cucumber farms in the east with production of 100-150 bags every 4 days,real farmers don't have time for seminars its only e-farmers that collect money from people to teach them what supposed to be free,there's one that is telling people to pay to teach them how to harvest 1000 fruits on 12feet by 6 feet land,HAAAAAAAHAaaaa,oh my GOD,if he can get 12,bags(75,000k now)from that small piece of land he will not have time to beg folks to pay 3,000k for training.

Wow! A bag of cucumber goes for about 6500 in your area. That's amazing!

Harvested cucumbers at eagle foods our partners in strategic farm alliance,men are not smiling this days buhari or no bihari levels must be maintained.