Anyway planting for the new season has commenced. You will agree the rain caught everyone by surprise in January, so if you don't have water for irrigation, don't plant yet.
I have one acre, about 1-1/2 of it was forest before it was cleared. I will not be needing any fertilizer or watering for this part because it's very close to water, and it's the first area I planted on the 4th of February. The rest I started planting yesterday 7th as my helper commenced making ridges. I plant and water immediately, for this part, I plan to apply urea at 4-5 weeks, no NPK. Will upload pics soon.

good day sir. I intend starting my maize farm soon. I like to no if it's necessary to make ridges for maize planting

NextDayPP:
I'm sure there's enough space for everyone to start their own thread.
We're sharing practical ideas here, and not sure if anyone needs your videos.

no need to get angry , no man is an island of knowledge , many top nairaland farmers have visited the blog and commended it , its an interactive blog where u read about different crops, animal husbandry , aquaculture ,see pics , videos from the farm how its done ask questions and get answers .
sorry this is on your thread but its just about knowledge everything on the blog is free

Not quite sir, I actually improvised by making those ridges. My initial plan was to start planting without ridges, but like I mentioned earlier, the rain came down just 2 days after clearing, (January) and by the time I got to the farm a week later I could see new weeds already growing everywhere. If I had planted in that condition, the weeds would have taken over. So I decided to make ridges to free the plants of weeds. Anyway I had previously been warned that the area grow weeds quickly, but maize also do well there. Please note that, had I been able to plant without making ridges, I would have started with NPK application, but since the soil has been turned over, I can do without it until after 4 weeks when I would apply urea.

Amb25:
good day sir. I intend starting my maize farm soon. I like to no if it's necessary to make ridges for maize planting

Been trying to upload these pics for over a week, the plants are definitely taller now. The second pic is the well I dug to have access to water. I use a small DC pump that is powered by solar panels.

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I will like to learn from you, can I have your wassap. mine is zero seven zero 84 nine seven 83 one eight. thanks for your cooperation.

NextDayPP:
Harvest loading.,........ glory be to God

Congrats.
Can maize still be planted in may/June?

NextDayPP:
Harvest loading.,........ glory be to God

was it the same plant u cultivated by February?

[quote author=NextDayPP post=71607072] I used a 5 litter paint bucket per plot. I applied urea after 4-5 weeks. My method of application is by mixing with water, urea desolves quickly in water. For this method you must know how many stands you have, that should not be too hard with uniform rolls. Get a plastic cup of about half a liter. If you have a thousand stands for example, you will need to mix a paint bucket of urea with 500 liters. You don't have to look for a large 500 liters container, get a 50 or 25 litters keg, if it's 50 liters it means you have to divide your urea into 10 equal parts, adding one or two liters to cater for spillage should be considered.. Remember to stir very well. Pour directly to the base of the plants, it will not harm them when mixed with water.

Remember that I had chicken waste in the soil before I planted. Assuming I didn't have that at the beginning, this is how my fertilizer application should have been, taking into consideration the land minerals had been exhausted before maize planting.

3-4 buckets of NPK buried in ground the way you bury your maize. ( Don't put NPK and maize in the same hole, about 2 inches apart) plus the soil most be moist to help the NPK desolves quickly. This is done at planting or after 2 weeks, but I prefer planting day. Then apply urea at 4-5 weeks as stated above.

Now if you clear a bush that you feel is rich in nutrients, but not sure if it can be enough for close to 3 months that the maize needs it for, you can just bypass the application of NPK and only put urea at 4-5 weeks and you will be good, but you might want to increase urea to 1-1/2 per plot. Any other person can put in their contribution



Thanks op for sharing your valuable experience. I will like you to clear things for me in this your write up

* Are you saying that no matter the plant population on the field you use one paint of fertilizer and the only varying quantity is the water for one plot

* I saw that on you farm you planted 4 stand of maize on a spot, if am to apply 1/2 a liter of the fertilizer mixture on a spot; will I apply 4 cups to go with your calculation of 1/2 liter per stand of maize or I will just apply only once. Thanks

As I harvest this, I will be planting another set which will run till first week of may. If you plant late may/June, when rainfall becomes frequent, growth will be affected.

sconp:

Congrats.
Can maize still be planted in may/June?

Yes sir, fresh maize is just 11 weeks, will take longer if you plan to harvest dry.

Cation25:

was it the same plant u cultivated by February?

No, you might need to add a little bit more if your population is higher, this is just a guide. In fact there's a place I said , 'if you must crowd your plants, feed them'

If you see 4 plants in a hole, I must have missed that, I did cut down to 3 per hole. In fact, right now I do 2 per hole at 20 inches apart. Even the 2 seeds are not exactly in the same hole, just close. See the picture. This how my stands look like now. From the center of this to the center of the next is 20 inches

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NextDayPP:
As I harvest this, I will be planting another set which will run till first week of may. If you plant late may/June, when rainfall becomes frequent, growth will be affected.

Thank you.

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Hello there, thanks for coming on. I have not tried my hands on cucumber, but will like to cultivate if you can put me through. Where is your farm.

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Some are already harvesting, meanwhile no rain for Abuja here since. Na wa o!

NextDayPP:
Hello there, thanks for coming on. I have not tried my hands on cucumber, but will like to cultivate if you can put me through. Where is your farm.

I am inspired by your maize farm. I have a two plot of maize farm. it's just two weeks old. I will be weeding it tomorrow after which I will apply npk fertilizer. Also I noticed some pest eating up the leaves so i bought DD force to spray on it.

I will really like to learn from you.

This is the picture of the farm @3weeks After planting. I applied 5 paints of NPK a day after this picture. I intend to apply urea at 8th week.

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This part is two weeks 2 days after planting

NextDayPP:
No, you might need to add a little bit more if your population is higher, this is just a guide. In fact there's a place I said , 'if you must crowd your plants, feed them'

If you see 4 plants in a hole, I must have missed that, I did cut down to 3 per hole. In fact, right now I do 2 per hole at 20 inches apart. Even the 2 seeds are not exactly in the same hole, just close. See the picture. This how my stands look like now. From the center of this to the center of the next is 20 inches

Am very much inspire by your hand work. I really want to get started. Please can you help me source for rented land in your that village, kindly let me know how much it cost to rent the land

Any fertilizer after tasseling will not be effectively used, you will start seeing tasseling in 7 weeks, pls apply your urea before the 6th week. You should have done your NPK at 2 weeks. Thumb up for that weeding. I have come to notice that, even if one doesn't have money to buy fertilizer and you can keep the weeds away by weeding twice, with regular rainfall, one can still smile.

FreshMekanik:
This is the picture of the farm @3weeks After planting. I applied 5 paints of NPK a day after this picture. I intend to apply urea at 8th week.

Sorry bro, I heard at the beginning of the year that rainfall will be low this year and that seem to be true now. May God have mercy on us. Meanwhile, I'm going to be opening a thread for people who would like alternative ways of pumping water for plants and livestock.

stagger:
Some are already harvesting, meanwhile no rain for Abuja here since. Na wa o!

NextDayPP:
Sorry bro, I heard at the beginning of the year that rainfall will be low this year and that seem to be true now. May God have mercy on us. Meanwhile, I'm going to be opening a thread for people who would like alternative ways of pumping water for plants and livestock.

pls what is the source of this information. I like to read about rainfall this year

NextDayPP:
Any fertilizer after tasseling will not be effectively used, you will start seeing tasseling in 7 weeks, pls apply your urea before the 6th week. You should have done your NPK at 2 weeks. Thumb up for that weeding. I have come to notice that, even if one doesn't have money to buy fertilizer and you can keep the weeds away by weeding twice, with regular rainfall, one can still smile.

Thanks a lot. I stay in port Harcourt while the farm is in my village in imo. So I wasn't able to travel at 2 weeks. You mean I should apply urea at 5th week or exactly 6th week?

How do you see the spacing is it ok or should i trim it down to one per hole? Its currently two per hole at 30cm by 80cm. Although some are higher while some are lower.

Between 5 and 6 weeks, not later than the 6th week.
80cm apart is good, but should have been 40cm within. I would leave it as it is, apply urea and make sure no weeds hinder their development. Good luck.

FreshMekanik:



Thanks a lot. I stay in port Harcourt while the farm is in my village in imo. So I wasn't able to travel at 2 weeks. You mean I should apply urea at 5th week or exactly 6th week?

How do you see the spacing is it ok or should i trim it down to one per hole? Its currently two per hole at 30cm by 80cm. Although some are higher while some are lower.