pheonixdld2:
Good evening Sir....How many weeks is the seedling now sir?

ogbongenet:
Good evening my good people, Greetings to all Christians all over the world. I WISH YOU HAPPY EASTER AND I PRAY THAT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS WILL NOT BE IN VAIN OVER OUR LIFE.
I have been so busy nowadays, the cucumber project really took much of our time that we nearly forget we still have some other project neglected, in short this cucumber of a plant require too much time and care. For the past two weeks we are so busy staking our yam (just 6plots).
And mind you we still have the seed yam project,pepper and Golden Mellon. The major problem is that we don't have enough hands,to get farm worker this days is not easy,most of our youth are not ready to get their hands dirty but dey won ride vensa. By God grace later today or tomorrow I will create another trend for seed yam production (stay tune).
I GREET THOSE THAT KEEP CALLING AND SENDING SMS..MISS YOU ALL.

Jove2012:
good evening sirs and ma's, please I will like to know if there is any adverse effect of using expired fertilizers (both the foliar and normal ones).

Thanks

Jove2012:


please I am still waiting for answers regarding this. thanks in anticipation

ogbongenet:
just a week old now.

okoroemeka:
you could have saved yourself unnecessary stress by putting organic manure first before sowing, spraying chemicals on young plants is not always a good idea,you can still amend the nursery by using pig manure dissolved in water for at least 3 days and poured on the nursery,after that use knapsack filled with water to wash the seedlings leafs.i said pig manure for a reason,if you use chicken manure it may not end well.

Psalmy2cute:

I just read this thread from page 1 to the end...
And I must say I've learnt alot from everyone especially you op

I'm not sure theres any other thread on this forum as educative as this thread on pepper farming

I recently bought one acre of land in ogun state.... I bought this land for the purpose of pepper farming.. I've done alot of research on pepper farming.. but sadly I have no experience.. I'd love to visit your farm just to learn a thing or two from you.. I currently live in abeokuta okelantoro area...

tpben:



An acre for a start?

Why not try small and scale up.

Don't be deceived nor carried away by paper projections on profitability of pepper littered here and there.

Try it first. Know your market and other unforseen circumstances like disease outbreak.

Make you no go lose your capital.

My candid advice

Psalmy2cute:

Well I did put that into consideration... but I had to make a different choice.. since I'll also be employing a farm manager.. who lives at the community where the farm will be established .....

Besides that what I want right now is experience

tpben:
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Gather the experience doing it yourself, that's the best. Read stuffs online.

Add cucumber too

Better returns and short maturity period.

tpben:
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Gather the experience doing it yourself, that's the best. Read stuffs online.

Add cucumber too

Better returns and short maturity period.

Psalmy2cute:
I've never really thought of adding cucumber to my farm....
How long does it take for cucumber to mature for harvest

OPTIMUSPRIME08:
Please do rats eat pepper?

Psalmy2cute:

I think there are some rodents that eats pepper ... but pesticides should do the work

ogbongenet:
My initial capital is 100k but you know there are some other expenses i can't account for eg transportation,fuel and feeding cost.

ogbongenet:
Today another nairalander visited my farm today again and bought 500stands of my pepper seedling..

freshrose:

I am a new member in this forum. I have been enjoying the conversation here for some days now. I will soon be a retiree. What about security of the pepper. Because it will be very expensive to fence one or two acres of land

Psalmy2cute:

Well I did put that into consideration... but I had to make a different choice.. since I'll also be employing a farm manager.. who lives at the community where the farm will be established .....

Besides that what I want right now is experience

I dobt want to feel like I have to rely on the farm manager for everything... infact... I dont want him to know I have no experience in farming.. hes from kotonu border area.. and he have decided to relocate to ogun state just for this project

Jove2012:


I like you mindset Sir, I had the same earlier this year. Had an acea of land proposed for Pepper, but I have less than half a plot that survived. My discovery and recommendations are:

1) Think and plan big

2) Read and learn wide

3) Be ready to experiment

4) Never be far from your pepper farm ( if you really want to learn)

5) The Farm manager should do maintenance work majorly while you spear head the project.

6) Pepper farming requires real patience and a never give up spirit

7) Learn how to Nurse your pepper yourself and do so ( only buy seedlings from reliable and trustworthy farmers, as it's different for a novice farmer to differentiate the specie of young pepper plants)

OPTIMUSPRIME08:
Please do rats eat pepper?

GemAgro45:


I know birds eat pepper, a lot.

REUBEN010:

Good day to all in the house.
I have been a silent mentee of this thread and do appreciate the contributions of all in increasing our knowledge base.
@Okoroemeka, please what variety of pepper is most favoured in the eastern market - avenir, efia or Cameroonian yellow pepper for commercial production and marketing?

Cocoboms:
@okoroemeka, have you ever grown Etna f1 hot pepper from technisem?

okoroemeka:
not from technisem but we have grown nihort shombo variety,Etna is shombo with fingerlike pods,it's very resistant to diseases

okoroemeka:
not from technisem but we have grown nihort shombo variety,Etna is shombo with fingerlike pods,it's very resistant to diseases

Olaleyeabdullah:
what is your assessment of nihort seeds compared to technisem in terms of yield

ogbongenet:
You can get it from Ibadan office. Where's your location

olaide68:
You can call for your Fermented Rabbit Urine (FRU)and rabbit poo.
Both are organic fertilizers that the intelligent farmers are using this days to cut their expenses and experience bountiful yield.
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