okoroemeka:
I cannot say about other hot pepper varieties,but what we noticed with the avenir f1 is if u don't prune it will naturally form a Y branch and will form other Y branches from the first one,but if u prune it off you will see not less than 5-6 individual branches that will further form Y branches translating to higher yields,we have done the experiment between pruned and unpruned peppers the results is no contest,at any given time the pruned crops have 150-200+ fruits on it,I will not even think about hot pepper farming without pruning.and pls nothing is difficult in using your fingers and pinching off growth nodes while they are still in nursery,the manure we bagged today that one na real back breaking work.

pruning should be done after how many weeks in nursery and did you have any pictures for explanatory, thanks.

Pruning doesn't have a particular date or time once your Pepper has like 7 leaves you can do the pruning. A lot of videos on YouTube, even millions of it.

FMCASH:
pruning should be done after how many weeks in nursery and did you have any pictures for explanatory, thanks.

I don't know that big men do visit nairaland agriculture section or follow topics on it until this Monday morning when I received a call from a senior military man that he was in my area for a election and before going back to his base he would like to visit my farm. I was shocked when I saw two hilux van on my farm with military boys. The boss was very friendly and passionate about farming, I showed him my pepper nursery and he was impressed... But after a lot of discussion he insisted that he wanted to buy 2000 stands Of my pepper, I tried to persuade him but as you know khaki men no go gree. We counted it we got 1022 stands unpruned. So I only have 430 prune pepper in my farm now. So I have to visit Agrotropic to get a new 50gram seed again. I just did the nursery this morning.

Making money before selling pepper fruits

ogbongenet:
I don't know that big men do visit nairaland agriculture section or follow topics on it until this Monday morning when I received a call from a senior military man that he was in my area for a election and before going back to his base he would like to visit my farm. I was shocked when I saw two hilux van on my farm with military boys. The boss was very friendly and passionate about farming, I showed him my pepper nursery and he was impressed... But after a lot of discussion he insisted that he wanted to buy 2000 stands Of my pepper, I tried to persuade him but as you know khaki men no go gree. We counted it we got 1022 stands unpruned. So I only have 430 prune pepper in my farm now. So I have to visit Agrotropic to get a new 50gram seed again. I just did the nursery this morning.

What is the price of a 50g seed

ogbongenet:
I don't know that big men do visit nairaland agriculture section or follow topics on it until this Monday morning when I received a call from a senior military man that he was in my area for a election and before going back to his base he would like to visit my farm. I was shocked when I saw two hilux van on my farm with military boys. The boss was very friendly and passionate about farming, I showed him my pepper nursery and he was impressed... But after a lot of discussion he insisted that he wanted to buy 2000 stands Of my pepper, I tried to persuade him but as you know khaki men no go gree. We counted it we got 1022 stands unpruned. So I only have 430 prune pepper in my farm now. So I have to visit Agrotropic to get a new 50gram seed again. I just did the nursery this morning.

how much its 50grams bro

After how many weeks did you put your seedling into a single growing bag and at what week did you transplant to the field, thanks.

I got it 32k

FMCASH:
how much its 50grams bro

I did mine after 25 days and I'm going to plant on the farm when rain is stable

FMCASH:
After how many weeks did you put your seedling into a single growing bag and at what week did you transplant to the field, thanks.

The same thing happened to our garden egg we were forced by a Catholic priest to sell the nursery to him, what can we do we can't argue with God's ambassador,so we agreed and sold 2000 stands to the church,even oyibo people read nairaland we currently on a joint venture farming partnership with pathmaker farms LLC, England on cucumbers, pepper and piggery production..they read our write up on NL and was impressed,and everything else happened like in a dream,we are also currently working on a 30 plot fresh pepper site,it will be planted with avenir f1 and when it will be harvested it will be dried,grind up and package adding more value.and least I forgot that avenir variety is what is called Cameron pepper when dried,I know we have agents in Cameron.

So must of the thing we do online that we think we are helping others ,we don't know that we are helping ourself most. Now I have got a link to a general, a whole general of Nigeria Army, if anybody do nonsense for my side na to call general make him send him boys sharp sharp Lol. Nairaland na our own google for naija

okoroemeka:
The same thing happened to our garden egg we were forced by a Catholic priest to sell the nursery to him, what can we do we can't argue with God's ambassador,so we agreed and sold 2000 stands to the church,even oyibo people read nairaland we currently on a joint venture farming partnership with pathmaker farms LLC, England on cucumbers, pepper and piggery production..they read our write up on NL and was impressed,and everything else happened like in a dream,we are also currently working on a 30 plot fresh pepper site,it will be planted with avenir f1 and when it will be harvested it will be dried,grind up and package adding more value.and least I forgot that avenir variety is what is called Cameron pepper when dried,I know we have agents in Cameron.

ogbongenet:
So must of the thing we do online that we think we are helping others ,we don't know that we are helping ourself most. Now I have got a link to a general, a whole general of Nigeria Army, if anybody do nonsense for my side na to call general make him send him boys sharp sharp Lol. Nairaland na our own google for naija

haaaaahaaa!na so my brother,hard work and honesty matters most,never in my dreams will I believe that I will be in a joint venture farming business with foreign partners and we will work extra hard to preserve our company good name, Nigerians have been tainted by evil works of scammers and other illegal ventures abroad that our partners are jittery and nervous waiting for the obivious to happen but we will prove them wrong.

Good evening Brothers, please what is the average Return of Investment of 200k state up capital in pepper farming Ogbongenet or Okroemaka? Please ur advice

Assuming you buy 50gram of avenir seed 32k,minus or plus you will get minimum of 8000 seedlings stand which can cover more than an acre of land. To clear and heap an acre of land is not more 50k.chemicals and other miscellaneous 50k. From an acre of land you won't get less than 12-15 basket every 4days.

TheBillionTeam:
Good evening Brothers, please what is the average Return of Investment of 200k state up capital in pepper farming Ogbongenet or Okroemaka? Please ur advice

okoroemeka:
I don't agree with this goggle farmers how can they plant 2.500 pepper on one plot,12.000 stands on 1 acre(6 plots),it will be a struggle to fit 2500 stands in 4 plots,and the 60-45 cm spacing just made me laugh,the recommended spacing for hot pepper on FAO site is 5feet×4feet,we did 4×4 feet square but before we start harvesting the whole place was covered,if land is small the closest spacing is one elephant shovel length from one plant to another square,60cm/50cm is for cucumbers, pepper/garden eggs are measured in feets.

Constructive critique expend learning.....thanks for the experience update.....but I want to ask if I use 5ft by 4ft spacing for Avenir pepper, how many stand will be planted on one plot?

ogbongenet:
Assuming you buy 50gram of avenir seed 32k,minus or plus you will get minimum of 8000 seedlings stand which can cover more than an acre of land. To clear and heap an acre of land is not more 50k.chemicals and other miscellaneous 50k. From an acre of land you won't get less than 12-15 basket every 4days.

Thanks Brother.
So after all expenses can u gain 50% of the initial capital during harvest?

ogbongenet:
Assuming you buy 50gram of avenir seed 32k,minus or plus you will get minimum of 8000 seedlings stand which can cover more than an acre of land. To clear and heap an acre of land is not more 50k.chemicals and other miscellaneous 50k. From an acre of land you won't get less than 12-15 basket every 4days.

I don't know about basket measurements but we have harvested 5 bags(vital feed bag) every 4 days from 1000 stands of avenir for 2-3 months,the maximun peak yield was 7 bags,so it's safe to say that 1200 stands give or take will give a total average of 5 bags every 4 days for 4-5 months,an acre is a very big project even to harvest it will require not less than 8-10 workers to fully harvest 1 acre in one day.

Ken4agent:


Constructive critique expend learning.....thanks for the experience update.....but I want to ask if I use 5ft by 4ft spacing for Avenir pepper, how many stand will be planted on one plot?

you can't use 5ft× 4 feet unless u have access to very large land mass,what we use is the length of an elephant shovel from plant to plant,that will give you 550-600 crop for one plot

Just to show the progress of the pruned pepper plant. They are really doing good,it will b a success.

ogbongenet:
Making money before selling pepper fruits

Bro, i heard #7000 is the current price of a bag of Rodo because of the influx of the Hausa's pepper, though most buyers in my area said between mid next month and early April the price would pick up.
But i was shocked when a buyer priced this for #600 last Friday .My question is : is it possible to reap back an investment of #96,000 from this farm, going by the rate of the current price?
Note :this is the third time of harvest.

muyiwaadekunle1:



Bro, i heard #7000 is the current price of a bag of Rodo because of the influx of the Hausa's pepper, though most buyers in my area said between mid next month and early April the price would pick up.
But i was shocked when a buyer priced this for #600 last Friday .My question is : is it possible to reap back an investment of #96,000 from this farm, going by the rate of the current price?
Note :this is the third time of harvest.

LOL.

Is the person trying to proved that a bag will conveniently contain 11 of this bucket filled..

I think you should find a better market.

If, I may ask, this quantity of pepper is harvested from how many stand of pepper?

Let me start by asking,the pepper in that bucket is from how many stands of pepper.how many plot(s)do you with 96k

muyiwaadekunle1:



Bro, i heard #7000 is the current price of a bag of Rodo because of the influx of the Hausa's pepper, though most buyers in my area said between mid next month and early April the price would pick up.
But i was shocked when a buyer priced this for #600 last Friday .My question is : is it possible to reap back an investment of #96,000 from this farm, going by the rate of the current price?
Note :this is the third time of harvest.

ogbongenet:
Let me start by asking,the pepper in that bucket is from how many stands of pepper.how many plot(s)do you with 96k

It was planted on 5 plots initially but the flood that swept away most of the crops in November affected like a plot, currently we have about 500 stands.

ogbongenet:
Let me start by asking,the pepper in that bucket is from how many stands of pepper.how many plot(s)do you with 96k

My Dad did all the dirty works while i was in Lagos hustling, so when i came home for New year's holiday, he told me he's done his bit, that i could take it from there. I have come to realise that one does not farm by proxy according to what my oga okoroemeka said, in the sense that : during the blasting sun of December up until last week ,i had to pump water from a nearby river twice a week to salvage what was left of the flood disaster, and the seedlings he got were from open market (New market at ijebu -ode) even though the harvest looks good ( sprayed Zforce and glue fertilizer twice in January as well).
Oga okoroemeka said i should try and read more on pepper farming and that's exactly what I'm doing till i return to Lagos in April.

[b][/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.

You don't need to post and repost, your message was understood. I have heard similar story from 3 different people,that's why i don't advice people to buy the 5g sathcet of avenir, I think it's having problem though the 50gram is expensive but if you have someone to share with it's better.the germination is up to 80percent. Thanks

ChristbusyDivine:
[b][/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.

ChristbusyDivine:
[b][/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.[/b]Avenir is too costly for farmer. Well last year i bought 10g of Avenir seed for N7000. I made six nursery beds; Then i planted the avenir seeds in one bed and the common open variety seeds( about 500g) On the other 5 nursery beds. My ppl i waited for 2week; the avenir seeds no gree sprout. Well i thank God for the open seed variety i bought for N5000; N1000 per milk cup. I watered the nursery bed were i planted the Avenir for a month; to no avail. My advice to yu guys is simple; If yu want to buy hybrid seed go ahead; bu let my story guide u. There is no insurance that covers ur purchase of such input.

you forgot one cardinal rule in planting hot peppers,let me tell u a secret don't tell anyone,if you want to do hot pepper norsery soak the seed for 24 hrs in slightly lukewarm water,then drain off water and soak for another 24 hrs in fresh normal water then you can plant,some seeds will have tiny white roots coming out,hot peppers are different from other pepper varieties in germination,it's a very very stubborn crop to germinate.

muyiwaadekunle1:


It was planted on 5 plots initially but the flood that swept away most of the crops in November affected like a plot, currently we have about 500 stands.

if u planted 500 hybrids you will be getting 2 bags /1 and half average every 4 days,that seed you bought in the open market are different hybrids planted by hausa guys and the waste/damaged pepper was processed and the seed removed by southern market women saying all seed is the same,that is a big,fat shining, white lie !!!!

okoroemeka:
if u planted 500 hybrids you will be getting 2 bags /1 and half average every 4 days,that seed you bought in the open market are hybrids planted by hausa guys and the waste/damaged pepper was processed and the seed removed by southern market women saying all seed is the same,that is a big,fat shining, white lie !!!!

True say brother, that's why i said I've learnt my lesson and hopefully, the price would pick up in no time . People that invest in Agriculture are very patient people. Body don dey do me like make the money start to dey pour in

Last time I said, I have sold my nursed pepper to a general that insisted buying it. Immediately after the sales I bought another 50gram avenir f1 pepper and I did another nursery, thought I encountered a little problem with the nursery because after 4days when the seeds supposed to be sprouting out I discovered that it has been attacked.i don't know maybe it's lizard or rat, that night I placed a rodenticide inside the nursery bed ,you can't believe it the following morning I met a big male lizard inside the nursery (dead) .since then no more intruder. Picture below was taken today... I have a very good result...

ogbongenet:
Last time I said, I have sold my nursed pepper to a general that insisted buying it. Immediately after the sales I bought another 50gram avenir f1 pepper and I did another nursery, thought I encountered a little problem with the nursery because after 4days when the seeds supposed to be sprouting out I discovered that it has been attacked.i don't know maybe it's lizard or rat, that night I placed a rodenticide inside the nursery bed ,you can't believe it the following morning I met a big male lizard inside the nursery (dead) .since then no more intruder. Picture below was taken today... I have a very good result...

that's why it Should be netted and covered well

Am very much interested in this topic. How many days or months does it take for pepper seedlings to sprout and grow to fruiting state.