₦airaland Forum

VladimirPutiin:


What’s happening with Kaduna state lately ??

You took the exact word out of my mouth, I wouldn't understand why Kaduna is fast becoming centre of ugly news these days, may God save us.

kenny714433:
You are planting yam in sack.. A whole yam that likes stretching itself.


And people are actually commenting 'nice one'.
Nawa o, no wonder I am seeing stunted growth.
Yam doesn't leaves with such short tendrils, it will shoot its stem to the highest height of the stake before it even consider leaves.

You may end up harvesting potato sized yam. You can still transplant them now before you end up wasting your time.
Like others have said, keep us updated whrn you harvest.

Bro let me ask you a question, have you harvested a yam before? how does it grow? vertically or sideways?

Ehinjuola:
Vertical yam planting in a cement bag?

Kindly remind me what type of farming system is that?

So that I will make a research on it and how yielding its.

I will like to teach my students one day.

It's not vertical farming, there's difference between vertical farming and sac farming. We learn everyday, and no knowledge is a waste.

eshie:
Very nice.
Considering this option too. Do you think the bags may limit size or number of tubers? How many tubers are you expecting per bag?

To a large extent, it won't limit the size of the tuber, this has been experimented many times, and results have confirmed that. Though other factors may determine what the size of the tuber will be at harvest, such as;
- The size and quality of the planting seed
- The type of soil loaded into the sac bag (yam has it's preferable soil to thrive well, sandy-loam/ loamy soil is the best). The soil must be loose enough to give room for the tuber to enlarge and grow.
- Right nutrient needed for growth by the plant.

southernbelle:
Hello you and Raph82, I support PStacks’s point and it’s not about negativity.

@OP, while we are being innovative, let us try as much as possible to do what is safe (healthwise, etc.) and ethical. Cement is hazardous and the bags are plastic bags; growing yams in those bag means the crop will be exposed to various toxins, and by extension, the people who consume them (even you, the farmer, you are exposing yourself as you handle those bags). Cancers, lungs and kidney diseases and others are prevalent nowadays because of harmful practices that we indulge in, sometimes unintentionally. If we had a functioning standards and control agency, they should study methods like this and put out advisories so that people like you will be more informed. Kindly ask questions from scientific and medical experts and study research - I know there are people who are already engaged in methods like this and even others, but let us begin to educate ourselves please and do the right thing for our sake and for posterity as we do not have a functioning government.

My brother, thank you for your concern and contribution, that bag does not look like it's not washed, we know how a bag of cement that's not washed will look like. Talking about planting in sack bags, I don't think it's having the kind of dangerous picture you painted when it comes to using it to plant. I understand we don't have quality control measures here, but they do in America, and they permit the use of sack bags for planting. All the vertical farming and soilless farming being practised in advanced countries, they use plastics in planting, plant roots extract the needed nutrients from the nutrient solution contained in a plastic, this one appears to be more dangerous to me than sack farming, yet it is certified safe. In sack farming, there is soil medium around the plant, the sack is not even touching the plant. At times when you are tilling the soil, you'll come across many buried nylons, polythene bags, plastics and so on, yet we plant in the ground and eat the crops that come out of it, Sack farming was approved by FAO itself, you can check it out.

How I wish Lagos could invest heavily in its electricity generation, transmission and distribution, you will be amazed how its economy will skyrocket and soar high, the state has the potential to be among the top leading economies in Africa.

Sir, those idiots are inconsequential in this matter, you've directed your speech to the man concerned, you have no business with those ones, Nigerians don't know if those ones exist in reality or on paper.

jeff1607:
Nigerians !

You just had to bring negativity

That's how unreasonable Nigerians can be sometimes. while others see a half-filled cup of water as half full (positive mindset), we see it as half empty (negative mindset), the more reason we are where we are.

lwisee:
Hmm

Why not did the ground and plant the yam since you are placing the bags on the ground.

Overall, nice idea.

If he plants on the ground, the land will be tilled, and the number of stands that little space will contain will not be worth the energy and time put into this. Sack farming has its advantages.
- No competition among plants for soil nutrients, water, light etc. Each plant has its own space to thrive.
- It is easier to control weed and carry out other management practices such as mulching, manure or fertilizer application and so on in sack farming than planting on bare ground
- There's no limitation to farming with this method, as it is possible to farm even in urban centers, on concrete floor space and so on. You can't till the concrete floor of your compound to plant yam, but with sack farming, you are good to go.
- With sack farming within your neighbourhood, there's no fear of attack either by herdsmen or bandits, at this time that everyone is scared to go out into the bush to farm, this is your best bet.

Ashirioluwa:
Ok naira billionaire. No dispute.I have small money too but I never consider myself a naira millionaire because if I remove 5 million nairas from my money it will affect me to the borne

But you are still a millionaire, no matter what.

Ashirioluwa:
Nigerians and exaggerations are like husband and wife. Billionaire E-Money……..every rich man is a billionaire in Nigeria

With less than 3 million dollars, you are a naira billionaire, so what's special about being a billionaire?

Stating the obvious every time. We all know this government has failed the nation, how do we get out of the mess permanently is what we should all be discussing on the round table.

Benediction777:
SHATTAAAPPP!!!GO AND READ HIS BIOGRAPHY BEFORE YOU COME AND TALK!

Whose biography? Kola or his father? You should be the one to do that, because it shows you know nothing about the people you are defending, Mr defender of the universe.

TOMMYS:
Buhari no even get secondary school leaving certificate
Buhari never went to London business school

What has the average northerner done with all the oil monies they have stolen over the years.

Does he need to show his business name certificate to run for president?.

Buhari's cow rearing idea has brought us this far

So abeg make the guy do anything wey he wan do

The more reason we need to use our head this time.

toloohthegreat:
Our younger generation are pathetically stupid and habitually rude. Imaging one raph82 lowlife can't express his view without referring to another kola abiola (who is a father and big brother somewhere) as 'crazy or something'. SMH... just for opting for the presidency... spits. If not faceless internet, even your father can not face him to ask such questions.

Now I see where you're coming from. I don't have any issue to drag with you, you speak at your level of intelligence. How can you be fronting for a man living on free money his father stole from our commonwealth? I don't abuse or rain insults on people for their opinion, but I correct people with facts, that's maturity. Did your own father train you on stolen money? He's pushing presidential ambition to do what? rescue us from our economic woes or continue looting us from where his father stopped.

Lionnation:
he is not crazy just that buhari have made presidency look so cheap, if buhari with low IQ no academic intelligence, no past good record can be voted president then anyone can be president

I think you are not far from the truth

That will amount to stupidity on his path. He had rather enjoyed the fortunes his father left for them than blow it to the wind in a rat race. Come to think of it, this guy has not been a good money manager, neither has he got any business brain or enterprise management skill, what has he been able to do with the fortune his father left behind, nothing, now he wants to manage the resources of a whole nation, is he crazy or something?

Let me add to the curse, for this you have done, may your prick seize to function from now till you leave the earth. What a rural idiot!

U for put the advertiser's number there now, make I call am and ask am question. Shey na dat kind job he do gather money to set up a bar?

I begin to wonder if truly he called pastors goat, I wouldn't know what came over him to outburst in that manner. Members will now begin to see a goat whenever their pastor mounts the pulpit.

I don't expect less from a bambiallah who believes that begging around for money in the name of loans is a way of life. I. pity the next generation shaa.

Everyone was busy hating on Jonathan that time, that we were all blindfolded from the reality of who the real devil was. I pray we all get back our sanity at the end of this bad administration.

When did an individual's achievement become what a government indirectly boasts of? This man shaaaa! One of the sick guys that this government has given a say in the public.

You fine onto say you get money, if not, guy you ugly o, with this your coconut head. All thanks to money.

These guys are extremely childish. even if things go sour between both of you, must you come to the public to wash your dirty linens?

I am seeing the whole scenario from a different angle, what if the bombing came up in a bid to justify the presented contract that was turned down or as a means to backlash against those who supported the rejection of the contract? How can Amaechi expect such shady contracts to be approved without due process and proper scrutiny? We are talking about a prof that understands the way things should be done, not just some dick heads, who don't know their right from their left. They even asked him to represent the contract, and he could not.

Many things are still shady about these hydropower projects. How many hydro-power projects fall to the north, how many do we have in the south? How much does it cost to produce a megawatt of hydro-power plant? Can't each state manage it's electricity generation, transmission and distribution? All these set of dumb ass we have at the helm of affairs, can't they think outside the box? Why do we keep getting everything wrong every time?

Burgerlomo:
I am glad that they didn't beat us because that could have make things worse

Wetin you go come call dis 1? Dem qualify for world cup, displacing Nigeria from going to world cup, and you say dem no beat una. Sorry fah.

God just dey disgrace Nigeria right, left and centre. Chaii! those Ghanians are right then, we have no choice than to accept whatever thrash they throw at us and take heart. Any name they call us is acceptable, for God himself has ridiculed and humbled us in their presence.

The way people present news here, na hell. No reasons for the light off, no further information as to have a clue on what really transpired that led to the light off. The black stars exceeded the stipulated 1 hour of training by CAF/FIFA on the pitch hosting the game. They were given 45 more minutes, yet they didn't stop training on the pitch, CAF representative was right there now, so the management team of the stadium were left with no choice than to put off the light. They (the Black Stars) were the ones who violated the rules, and not a pay back stuff. If it were to be pay back, they would be denied from training on the pitch, we are more matured, we can't play dirty with them.

alphabbey1:
Whether the Joke comes good on you or bad, you have to know that Jokes have no limit.... Comedians live on preying on others... if you don't want to be made a joke topic, don't attend any fun center. Stay in your house.....

How many times have comedians insulted Buhari, how many times have Americans insulted Donald trump.... those were even direct insults.... someone is now making a joke about being bald, when there are millions of bald people in the world, you turn to Jetli on National TV.... Damm disgraceful this is coming from a black man......

The people you made reference to, can comedians say those things while they are seated in the event? If Buhari can withstand insults, he won't be making moves on regulating what people say on social media. A president can't be seated and a comedian will dare blow out jokes on his personality recklessly.

We are where we are because we prefer it, we will soon have sense, but before then, let's keep enjoying the moment while it lasts.