₦airaland Forum

At last, what were they waiting for

Can I have your contact I want to ask you some personal question pls

cranky:
@PapaBrowne,


150,000 to 250,000 matured and sizeable ears per hectare? You'll be very lucky if you get 50,000 good enough ears. The rest will be something you'll probably discard or what birds would have eaten.

Pls don't use that to make financial projections, I beg you.

Like I said before, everything looks easy and rosy on paper/internet. It is only when one starts practicing that he'll know for sure.

I am not against having 250,000 ears per hectare, but I surely do not subscribe to people sharing just a part of the story. Why would someone tell me I can get 160,000 ears per hectare when he can't go further (or does not even know) to tell me what percentage of that will actually have economic value at harvest? You want to run your economics with that value? You'll be disappointed at the end o! That is how some innocent guy will just run his economics based on these values and then cry "witch" later when he doesn't get the predicted outcome.

There is more to this farming thing.

Just my 2 cents.

@Megainvest, please continue sharing your practical experiences....many people will be inspired by it.

Me? I'm not arguing anymore. A word, they say, is enough for the wise.

[b][/b]Pls do i get your number

Chrisiyked:
Truth be told for anyone to be successful in maize farming you need the following.
1.high yield seeds. Preferablely one that gives yields above 3tonnes per hectare.
2. Know the appropriate seed quantity per space. I, e for open pollinated seeds 20kg per hectare and for hybrids 15kg per hectare.
3.spacing. your loss will be compounded if you dont space properly. I. e 25 cm in between stands and 75 cm between rows. For efficiency avoid manual planting. Hire a planter.
4. Fertilizer. Fertilizer can be applied in 3 split applications as follows at planting, four weeks after planting and a third at six weeks to eight weeks. Use Npk and and urea. For efficiency budget a minimum of 4 bags per hectare. 3npk 1 urea.
5.ensure your farm is free of weeds from the 3-10 leaves stage. Generally make sure ur farm is free of weeds.
6 avoid land prep manually. Use a tractor as follows. Ploughing and harrowing if youre using a planter.
7. Use a powerful pre and post emergence herbicide two days after planting then follow up with weeding as necessary.
8. Harvest only when maize has dried fully, for better accuracy shell at 150days. This is to avoid losses due to Mycotoxin growth during storage.
9. Selling dried shelled maize is by far more profitable than selling fresh. In Niger state where I farm by November a bag was sold for 11,000. I will be happy to entertain more questions and look forward to your success this farming season.

No waoh! What a life, what is this life if full of care .