Functionoftime:

Is it the foreign nematicide you told us about?

we used wormforce this time 2 gram per hole and it will blaster anything that comes near the crop,I think that product has to be very toxic to pull off that kind of stunt,so has to be handled with care.

okoroemeka:
we used wormforce this time 2 gram per hole and it will blaster anything that comes near the crop,I think that product has to be very toxic to pull off that kind of stunt,so has to be handled with care.

Have you ever used Furadan before in the course of planting veggies?.

If yes, how effective is it when compared to wormforce

Great job! matured responses, honest dispositions With the benefit of an hindsight do you think that 500k could have happened if all had went well? 32 bags at 4k would fetch about 128k Assuming straight line extrapolation you harvested 10 times which is most unlikely that would be 256k With all the stress and high labour requirements is this line truly profitable? Already you have expended about 60k add labour cost for example 20k for 3 months is 60k Miscellaneous say 30k Factor these out of the 256k You are looking at the net of 106k or 35k per month with all the risks For me I think most farmers are working for the seeds and fertilizer companies Are there ways to make the business more profitable?

okoroemeka:
we harvested it 5 times and got 32 bags then my workers used urea fertilizer on it ,because I traveled to Enugu and the crops died I was hoping we will get 50+bags,but we have replanted it 7 days ago..

Degis:


Have you ever used Furadan before in the course of planting veggies?.

If yes, how effective is it when compared to wormforce

if you can find the original furadan by fmc,which I doubt ,what u will see in the market is the furadan diluted with sharp sand,wormforce is good, original furadan is good also.

olugbengaomotay:
Great job! matured responses, honest dispositions With the benefit of an hindsight do you think that 500k could have happened if all had went well? 32 bags at 4k would fetch about 128k Assuming straight line extrapolation you harvested 10 times which is most unlikely that would be 256k With all the stress and high labour requirements is this line truly profitable? Already you have expended about 60k add labour cost for example 20k for 3 months is 60k Miscellaneous say 30k Factor these out of the 256k You are looking at the net of 106k or 35k per month with all the risks For me I think most farmers are working for the seeds and fertilizer companies Are there ways to make the business more profitable?

sometimes you will not even see the seed money and everything will go,that's why bankers don't like giving loans to farmers many things can go wrong,EG for 2 weeks now we have not seen rain and temperature soars up to 35-38+c and it's affecting our crops,we didn't factor in such crazy weather,but as a farmer we know anything can happen,it can come together and work for you with good planning,good soil and weather cooperates that when u can even see 1000% ROI.

we are still planning how to stake watermelon while some are already preparing to harvest their staked WM,and to some that thought it's meant for only small size WM let them see oo,the balls are not even supported , which is not a good idea,we have shelved the plan for staking 2-3 to see how it goes,we are going full scale on WM staking.

@okoroemeka,won't all these chemical application have health implications?

maiunguwar:
@okoroemeka,won't all these chemical application have health implications?

if it will have any effect the manufacturer will know, moreover good agricultural practice also means maintaining strict post harvest interval.

What can possibly be the cause of this?

Functionoftime:
What can possibly be the cause of this?

no 1 possible culprit is excessive heat and nitrogen deficiency

Please, are the watermelon grown in grow bags?

okoroemeka:
we are still planning how to stake watermelon while some are already preparing to harvest their staked WM,and to some that thought it's meant for only small size WM let them see oo,the balls are not even supported , which is not a good idea,we have shelved the plan for staking 2-3 to see how it goes,we are going full scale on WM staking.

okoroemeka:
no 1 possible culprit is excessive heat and nitrogen deficiency

The heat is truly excessive but I don't know about the nitrogen. Thank you sir

First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

this is the best answer for people that are still asking is there are way to make agriculture profitable,my friend harvested and sold in owerri today ₦5k a bag and oga ogbongenet got 48 bags more than ₦200,000k and the harvest is not over yet,it's good to see people like this that are ready to take the bull by the horns,agric is not for the lazy folks,if u are not ready to work hard forget it and go and play betnaija,

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

a farm that got 48 bags in first harvest will definitely get easily 55 in second harvest,a very very good and fertile soil,I will not be surprised if he gets 200 bags total from that farm.

olugbengaomotay:
Please, are the watermelon grown in grow bags?

hmm,I can't even believe what I saw with my two korokoro eyes,the melons are sack farmed with flimsy bamboo for staking and it is working ,that is the incredible part and the farmer had not applied any fertilizer except the manure he put first in bag before planting,it's crazy ,some soils fertility is just insane.

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

Whaat?
This is indeed the CRAZIEST.

your soil must be extra-fertile.

okoroemeka:
a farm that got 48 bags in first harvest will definitely get easily 55 in second harvest,a very very good and fertile soil,I will not be surprised if he gets 200 bags total from that farm.

Absolutely

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

Wow, this is massive.
Congratulations sir.
How many seeds did you plant?

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

u just made my day seeing those cukes lined up like artillery shells,hats off,u deserve 3 big bottles of chilled big Stout and one big steaming bowl of goat head pepper soup.

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

48 bags from just 2 plots....wow ...that insane ....pls whats the secret. Its almost unbelievable'.

Lol betnaija is not for the believers

I think ogbongenet has partly answered the question Its more of working smart than working hard Superior seeds is part of the answer

I hope there will be further quality inputs

okoroemeka:
this is the best answer for people that are still asking is there are way to make agriculture profitable,my friend harvested and sold in owerri today ₦5k a bag and oga ogbongenet got 48 bags more than ₦200,000k and the harvest is not over yet,it's good to see people like this that are ready to take the bull by the horns,agric is not for the lazy folks,if u are not ready to work hard forget it and go and play betnaija,

Nice one you are providing more insights to demystify low profitability -

1.can use grow bags and pack it with fertile soil
2. grow vertical, crops that are conventionally grown horizontally

thanks

okoroemeka:
hmm,I can't even believe what I saw with my two korokoro eyes,the melons are sack farmed with flimsy bamboo for staking and it is working ,that is the incredible part and the farmer had not applied any fertilizer except the manure he put first in bag before planting,it's crazy ,some soils fertility is just insane.

[quote author=olugbengaomotay post=77339828]Nice one you are providing more insights to demystify low profitability -

1.can use grow bags and pack it with fertile soil
2. grow vertical crops that are conventionally grown horizontally

thanks

[/quote

About using grow bags, I believe although it might not b so possible on a large scale, but on a small scale n same piece of land, bags will accommodate more crops than planting on ground.

ogbongenet:
First Harvest from my cucumber farm.
48bags from 2plots of land.

Wao!! Great one boss,well done. Pls do you mean sharing some tips

okoroemeka:
u just made my day seeing those cukes lined up like artillery shells,hats off,u deserve 3 big bottles of chilled big Stout and one big steaming bowl of goat head pepper soup.

Good morning Mr okoro, great wok you are doing i must commend your work.
I would love us to cucumber farmers to create a group
Where we would be discussing majoy issues facing farmers in the north, south and east and west
Challenges being faced and solutions
Research and development
Wafer management and irrigation system
Marketing system: how to sell, where to sell, when to sell etc
If you are in just let me know, this goes out to other farmers like ogbonent, pamdaniel et al

Harvested over 24bags in first harvest.

Armi:
Harvested over 24bags in first harvest.

hmm this seems like murano f1

You get the drill

okoroemeka has unknowingly provides a great lead Distance between rows is 75cm and with vertical planting you can maintain 50cm within rows So in an hectare you will have about 26k vines Just make sure that the height of the stake is not less than about 2.5 meters I was told at a time by a consultant at Nihort that to have big balls you require a minimum of 2.5meters between plants because it's a vine

Assuming each vine gives two balls and selling price of N300 That will give a gross revenue of about 15.6m on an hectare assuming there are markets

Now juxtapose that one with a hard working farmer He goes inside the forest to plant one hectare of maize With good practices you will get like 4 tons Farm gate price of maize is about 70k so he earns a revenue of about 280k for his hard work

I have seen a lot of this in my career life especially from the operations people Their own is work very hard and produce the deliverables But at what cost?

I was an economist before I become a chartered accountant and had functioned as the finance director of a large oil palm plantation in cross river state and am now into accounting software implementation and solutions and hope to retire into agriculture much later and that explains my interest in agriculture By my calling my concerns is always on efficiency, optimization, cost containment, productivity etc etc

Agriculture can only be sustainable if the bottom line is interesting


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Idemujoseph:
hmm this seems like murano f1

Darina

[quote author=Yampotatocarrot post=77351705][/quote]I saw this system of growing cucumbers in small grow bags used for palm nursery with drip irrigation,the setup to me will work very well only with drip irrigation,it will reduce space,soil ,time and increase production in a way that the farmer will have a new set growing in another grow bags immediately the old ones die off they will be replaced by 2-3 weeks old cukes,I think this is the new breakthrough in dry season cucumber and melon production.

okoroemeka:
I saw this system of growing cucumbers in small grow bags used for palm nursery with drip irrigation,the setup to me will work very well only with drip irrigation,it will reduce space,soil ,time and increase production in a way that the farmer will have a new set growing in another grow bags immediately the old ones die off they will be replaced by 2-3 weeks old cukes,I think this is the new breakthrough in dry season cucumber and melon production.

Exactly... Ain't those bags too small, will d roots not extend?

I noticed few of my plants dried up, what might b d cause?