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Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 5:55pm On Jan 01, 2020 |
I reside in benin city. Am planning to invest a hundred thousand naira on water melon farm during the month of march this year, but I dont want to be move by mouth watering post i see on the net by nigeria bloggers. So water melon farmers share your experience. Is it as lucreative as it is claim, would it be a breaking point for any one who endures in it this year out of the reccession? and what are yur takes on the plans. What do you have to say on the crop in particular. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Idemujoseph: 9:34pm On Jan 01, 2020 |
Happy new year |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by shariff84: 9:41pm On Jan 01, 2020 |
Alfather:pls don't try it,watermelon farming its just like a gambling, you may win and you loss. But the chance of losing is higher! |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 7:17am On Jan 02, 2020 |
shariff84:thanks for your comment, but i keep wondering why northerners keep planting this crop when the risk is high. It seems they are trick involve in planting this watermelon |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 7:19am On Jan 02, 2020 |
Idemujoseph:I which you a successful new year |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by sulaimon22: 7:24am On Jan 02, 2020 |
Alfather: Watermelon thrives in arid climate that's why it's easy to plant and have good yield in the north. if you are in the north u can try it and send ur produce to d South for good profit. if that 100k is ur last hope dnt put it on watermelon if u are in d South. my advice |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 7:36am On Jan 02, 2020 |
sulaimon22:thanks, am greateful. Am trying to hook up with some one who cultivate it in the south, so i can also hear from him as well, but Have you plant this crop before? |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by shariff84: 8:57am On Jan 02, 2020 |
Alfather:let me tell you one secret,even in the north watermelon farmers don't have money now like before. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 12:59pm On Jan 02, 2020 |
shariff84:Whats the reason for that |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 1:06pm On Jan 02, 2020 |
sulaimon22:What if i make use of the right chemicals to control pest and diseases. I realy need your advice on this one. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by sulaimon22: 1:47pm On Jan 02, 2020 |
Alfather: You can try that too + good fertilizer I will recommend super gro. That's what I'm using in my farm. But I'm not telling u not to grow d crop in d South at all I just don't want u to use a trial and error method with ur 100k capital |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Pauladex(m): 2:54am On Jan 03, 2020 |
My neighbour in farm tried planting it on six acres of land twice last year but the results was fatal, in fact he never harvest one single Mellon. Up till now his life never remains the same. Though am not against you trying it, 100k is not much for a research and development. Universities use billions. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by okoroemeka(m): 4:53am On Jan 03, 2020 |
sulaimon22:don't recommend super gro to any farmer that is not using drip for irrigation,super gro is not a fertilizer but a soil conditioner that makes soil wetter and absorb more moisture,it's made to be used in semi arid climate for water conservation management 4 Likes |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by okoroemeka(m): 4:59am On Jan 03, 2020 |
Alfather:I have seen big melon farms in the south but the trick is getting the planting date right to aviod to much rain and water on the leafs,if you target to plant and start harvest by may-june it will be ok,but seriously why playing betnaja with your hard earned money on ogbanje crop,why not cucumbers and save yourself from had I know. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by sulaimon22: 7:39am On Jan 03, 2020 |
okoroemeka: So if I dnt use drip irrigation super gro won't work abi? maybe dats ur own method. have been using super gro on my plantain without drip irrigation and d result is encouraging. and moreover super gro is not only used for crops, fish farmers and poultry farmers also use super gro so ur claim that super gro is only a soil conditioner is wrong. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 12:27pm On Jan 03, 2020 |
okoroemeka:am thinking of cultivating mix croping. Both the water melon and the cocumber. I have high risk apetite. Either investment of not the hundred would be spent |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by shariff84: 6:47pm On Jan 03, 2020 |
Pauladex:hhhhhh |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by okoroemeka(m): 9:17pm On Jan 03, 2020 |
sulaimon22:my dear farmer friend pls don't try that thing on your fish or poultry farm,a farmer friend lost hundreds of matured fish to super gro application in fish pond,I have severally told the dealers to properly educate farmers on it's uses but they will choose to ignore the facts and tell farmers what they want to hear that it will make everything big overnite even pigs,very funny,super gro is a surfactant and soil adjuvcant that allows the soil to absorb more moisture and help plants to absorb more nutrients , whatever nutrients it contains is so small to be neglige able. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 8:27am On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pauladex:This one fear me. What actually happen to the farm, was it disease or pest |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Pauladex(m): 10:50am On Jan 04, 2020 |
I can't really say because he brought an 'Expert' from ADP, he bought everything he was to buy but the internet calculation don't just work. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by shariff84: 11:17am On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pauladex:I know more than 10 farmers that suffer the same fate,I swear I will never dream planting watermelon gain.I lost 70k in my 1st attempt. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 11:55am On Jan 04, 2020 |
shariff84:i still want to try |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 12:19pm On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pauladex:i planted this water melon mid october last year, it now fruiting. Here is the pix
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Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Pauladex(m): 1:59pm On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pls do and documents the processes and improve on it. Send me email am in Benin City too. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 2:44pm On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pauladex:ok. i have so many stricks on water melon cultivation on my head that forms my boldness. Am not a newbee in farming. Even if it did not work, there is no harm in trying, but if i succeed a door victory has being open to me. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Pauladex(m): 2:54pm On Jan 04, 2020 |
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Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 3:02pm On Jan 04, 2020 |
Pauladex:alright. Later, am quiet busy now |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Nobody: 11:26am On Jan 05, 2020 |
I don't like it when someone tries to convince someone not to try something, especially in agriculture. He said he has a big appetite for risks, why the caution then? My brother, abeg give it a try, we are here waiting to learn from your experience. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Alfather: 1:44pm On Jan 05, 2020 |
ifedola28:Thank you sir. Starting from march, i will post on every propagating step on the farm. Either i post it here or open a new trend topic on agric section. If my little text runing could work, i have the same faith on a 1 acre cultivation on watermelon starting from the month of march. |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by ThegreatLion: 9:34pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Alfather: I Dm you. please check |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by Moneyfirst: 6:55am On Feb 17, 2020 |
Super gro is uselesssssssssssssss. Never buy that shit. Every dealer is a chronic liar. They never said the truth about the product and still don't. Currently, no liquid fertiliser is good. Don't waste your money. I miss Plantzyme. It was a beast fertiliser. Super gro is never a fertiliser. Every dealer is like Nigerian police. Liars |
Re: Share Your Experience On Water Melon Farm by faetth: 9:57am On Feb 17, 2020 |
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