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JayB007:
Good morning house, majority of my tomato plants are like this. What could be the cause and what are the solutions? @farmerakinloye6 and others pls

My oga, let me be sincere with you sir. This tomato is gone. This is TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS. Most of the tomatoes will not grow again once affected, and the ones that struggle to grow will struggle to produce any meaningful fruits.

Remove the affected ones and spray against white fly.

If most of the tomatoes are affected, just prepare to do another nursery.

Bobbyjay001:
please, will you givn update and lessons on nursery to transplanting?

Go to previous pages of the thread, from page one. All your questions are answered there

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nwarosa:
Ask

I'm planning on moving to benin to work.

Like how much should I have for house rent, paying bills, that will sustain me for a year.

pipi84:
Please is it feasible to plant these expensive tomato seeds like Seminis, segenta, jara, killele, cos i have seen reviews about there yield per plant and with my experience in planting the normal padma and cobra can one upgrade to these seeds next year. I need honest answers make I no go waste my money oooo.

I've seen many reviews from Marketers about kilele and other seeds but I'm yet to plant them personally.

I will advise you get the lowest denomination of the seed pack and do a trial. That will give you the best answer

Please anyone on this thread!!

I need info about benin

Na so we see am ooo.

Same basket sells for like 4k in shasha Ibadan.

DeejaywonDJ1:
Only Farmerakinloye6 dey update price and situation from his end others don't care. The price is ₦1500 per small basket at Omi Adio market.

Yes you care right, tomato is 1000 per basket here too in Ibarapa area too. The size of the basket is 20L size

betabread:
Still exercise cautious optimism, Yoruba tomato is already out and supply continues to mid September when second half of the rain starts, yoruba tomato glut is definitely coming this August break, the signs are already there

Another good observation!

We will try and balance our cultivation

mcyemite:
this year is actually going to be different kinda off ...the tomatoe calendar for this year is already ruined ,although it's not advisable to borrow money to fund tomato cultivation I however still believe tomato will still sell for very good price till end of the year...because the main supply line has be critically hit this year,before thing goes back to normality will be next year...

I saw a programme on nta 100s of tomato farmers are vowing to never cultivate Tomato again in the north until the government find a way to help them with tuta absoluta ,more than 5000000 hectares was lost to tuta absoluta this year...

So I will implore western farmer to keep cultivating

Well said

alexanderrguian:
Honest Review of the services of providing farm workers by kpas4kpas2

After seeing a feedback from @farmerakinloye6 our reputable farmer here, that @ kpas4kpas2 was able to supply him 2 workers so I decided to try him
I paid advanced payment for two workers , the agreement was that I ll pay 15k for each worker and upon delivery I pay the balance of 15k on each worker.
The experience was not a palatable one at all after giving him a long rope to redeem himself, I just have to come to a conclusion that he is a scammer.

I sent him 30k on the first of june 2023 and he was supposed to send the workers a day or two after receiving the payment. I told him if he delivers I will still need 3-5 workers more.
Then the story started. He wanted to start working on the extra workers but I told him to send the 2 available first.
He even told me he was likely going to send 3 workers so that when they get to the park i ll send another 15k to cover for the 3rd person. But I insisted not to send 3 people , he should just deliver the 2 I paid for first cos I got workers elsewhere when he was delaying
After his phone was not reachable , he eventually called me with his wife's number and gave a story before noon that finally He sent me 1 worker and I took delivery of the guy on the 5thof June 2023.He as supposed to send one more person so I can pay him the balance of 30k but that was not forth coming
By the time it was next morning ,the so called worker came with a story that he is a student and his result just came out ,the the brother called him that he need to come and rectify something on his result as the name on the result is different from his name, so I should give him money to go back and rectify his result and then come back. It was so funny to me and I knew he is a scammer, so I ignored him. Before I knew what was happening he left the farm, so I called him and asked him where he got money as he claimed he doesnt have transport back, he started asking me to send him money that at least he worked for one day . (HE DON SEE MUMU)
Eventually the kpas4kpas2 guy (moniker on naira land, his real name is ALAKU ALFRED AKPAS LUKA) apologized and said he send another worker. So I started waiting for him and made alternative arrangement for another 4 workers elsewhere which came within 3 days.
The last time I called him , he told me the guy has finished what he went to do and looking for money to come back, I didnt buy the story , in order words I shd send money for transport . Till today 7th July 2023 (more than one month and one week) I haven't heard from him on supply of any worker . neither did he return my 30k fee. So please be careful to deal with him

I have same experience like twice too, though with different person. No worker to farm as planned this year. Just doing the best I can do on my own.

Please how can I contact you?

It's been a while my people.

I will be sharing my experience so far and upload a lot of pictures.

There is a massive difference between opv and hybrid.

It's going to be loaded

REUBEN010:
RISK MANAGEMENT.
A lot of us have other enterprises. Aside tomatoes, some of us here cultivate pepper, watermelon, yam, cucumber etc. I have 1 acre of pepper in addition to my 2 acres of tomatoes of different ages but we don't need to start showing off all our enterprises. Besides, do you think the local seed farmers expend all the resources (staking, time and agro chemicals) we expend on our hybrid tomatoes?
Imagine what is currently happening to the sole cropping tomato farmers up North that are currently ravaged by Tuta absoluta (tomato Ebola). This is the reason many diversify into other enterprises to spread our risks and we don't jump out to declare all our enterprises. A 2plots tomatoes farmer may have 10 acres of cassava elsewhere.

You are on point my brother

OluchiDelly:
Ile ife
Pls reach me on 09156. 230.760 to avoid derailing the thread .

Okay

OluchiDelly:
Can u help get 50g cobra f1 from your source? I got some cultivars, remaining cobra on the list.

Yes. Where is your location sir.

I bought 50g of cobra 26 F1 at 29,500 last month.
Let me confirm the latest price

Farmerakinloye6:
Did another nursery yesterday... first time I will be planting Cobra...let see if it Worth it .

My oga, it worth it o... especially when heavy rainfall start pouring, then you will know the real worth. It doesn't succumb to heavy rainfall.

Alsenora:
Adverse relative humidity induced by the recent heat wave is beyond what irrigation alone can combat...is it the fruit abortion it caused or insect invasion with disease in their wake,etc....

It's the fruit abortion for me...it is well

OluchiDelly:
local in what context? as in those watery small non-hybrid variety or grown in naija? if you refer to those watery breed, then 12k is pretty good for a crate.

@reuben010, the purported import from neighbouring countries that hit the FP few days ago coupled with the little availability of local breed in the markets, this is gradually crashing the price. i sold 14.5k on sat.

Yes, the watery small non-hynrid

Well

REUBEN010:
@OluchiDelly
@Mcyemite
@Farmerakimloye6
@Simfglobal
and Others currently selling.

Please what's the current situation as regards the following:

*Current price.
*Total yield currently.
*Total number of stands.

Please help us with information oo.

1. Price is fluctuating here, a crate of local tomato is 12000 as at Friday last week, I'm yet to ask for today's market price.

2. As per yield, my tomatoes are just ripening now, and fruiting well.

3. 1500 stand currently, though planting like 1k stands every week

REUBEN010:
In my opinion, drenching the plants and fruits with a fungicide combination of copper + mancozeb will contain it. You can alternate with bluesnow or five star fungicides. Remember to spray regularly.

For prevention, avoid handling your crops during the cooler part of the day (morning and late evening). You can transmit the disease rapidly when you handle the wet leaves.

Exactly what I will recommend, but in addition, be careful if the dosage of the fungicides being applied. It's better to apply in small doses regularly

adioolayi:
Na wa o...


Na to convert all cookings to concoctions...laced with red oil..



On a serious note, it's time we embrace the local tomatoes, especially in the southwest...go for the southwest grown tomatoes and not the ones from the North..yes, the northern ones are better , fleshy and less watery..but then, situations like this...no kill yourself...Yoruba tomatoes is equally good.

It's well

So where is the yoruba tomatoes?

Southwest plant rain fed tomatoes, so no one can plant until rain is fully established by June or so.

All farmers in south west trying to transplant tomato lost everything because the weather is too harsh...sun is like times ten. Only those planting with irrigation have hope

God have mercy....I forsee even higher prices later

You are right o....the drought plus sun intensity is super. We hope the price of tomatoes will compensate farmers for their wahala.

It rain once here this month so far, the once can not even be used for transplanting. Almost two weeks now, no rain.

A local farmer here prepared nursery of tomatoes if about 15,000 seedlings, as I'm typing now, he can't boast of 500 tomatoes well established.

What can we do to maintain our tomatoes in times like this to have maximum yield

A big hausa tomato basket in shasha Ibadan is now 50,000. Fellow farmers, what's the price update from your local market?


It seems tomato will be gold this year....I smell money for smart farmers

mcyemite:
I would like to ask ,what would undecomposed weed or leaves do to a tomato plants...

Decomposition process evolves heat which can kill the plant as the heat will affect the root. Maize or some other crops may not be affected but vegetables are very susceptible

Olajobi4real:
7thweek small or big

What variety please

Olajobi4real:
Good evening my fellow farmers my plants are in their 7th week are they smaller when compared with their age, if they are smaller what can I do to increase their sizes, meanwhile I use 2kg of potassium for 3000ltrs of water twice a week

They are doing fine.
7 weeks after transplanting or 7th week from planting

tessy990:
I did the transplanting march 31st, and I started noticing this on Tuesday.

I will ask the following questions based on experience:
1. Did you spray herbicide during your land preparation? That's my prime suspect.

2. Is your water clean, hope it's not treated with any chemical. Did you irrigate well?

3. Are there any undecomposed weed or leaves under your bed?

4. Lastly, but not likely...it could be nematodes, remove the dying ones immediately and check their Roots.

My humble submission sir

Thanks for the update boss. Wish you bountiful harvest

Cizarr:
(1). Please my question is that, can I spray the land because of weeds before transplanting the tomatoes. (2). Can I plant the tomatoes naw at this period without irrigation system, will the rain be enough for it at this particular time.

@Farmerakinloye6
@Simfglobal

You can't plant tomato now without irrigation. Tomato does not like too much water like that but need enough water for at least two weeks to become fully established after transplanting, and rain is not falling now.

Secondly, I will advice you don't use herbicide to prepare your soil, herbicide used to prepare land for transplanting have residual effects on tomatoe. I lost more than 200 seedling to this.

DeejaywonDJ1:
What are the best pre-emergence and post emergence herbicides for tomato and pepper farm.

Herbicide for tomato farm?? Be careful poo.
Use manual weeding. Only experts can use contact herbicide to kill the weeds within the row while you use hand to weed the beds

You can spray contact herbicide on pepper but you must be very careful too

Zerofarm:
Good morning Nairalander’s

I’m in a confused state as I have like 4m I wanted to use for agriculture this year I wanted to plant the raining season maize but people are saying that raining maize is unprofitable and marketers don’t buy raining season maize unlike dry season maize that I wont make profit.
Please have anyone planted raining season maize here and sell it as fresh maize before and was able to sell everything and make profit ? I wanted to do the farm in Ibadan fully mechanized but I’m worried I might not be able to sell when it’s ready by June/July or so

If you truly have 4m to invest in agriculture, then you have good capital to start Farming maize, but I will give my candid advice in the following points based on my experience.

I will tell you how profitable maize is and how you can do it but hear the following first.

1. Do you have any experience in agriculture,? Have you farmed before? If the answers are NO, then you need to have good knowledge about maize farming and the best way is never by investing all your 4m at once, but rather Start small and learn the ropes yourself, don't be like me when I just entered the farming business. I wish you can see my heart ❤️

2. If you don't want to start small, get a practical farmer who is farming profitably with proofs and let him guide you while you carry out his instructions and learn at same time and don't forget to appreciate such person.
I'm available if you don't mind.

3. Don't be a proxy farmer, hmmm, again never think of being a proxy farmer. By proxy farmer I mean a farmer that only send money for labourers to work and visit once in a while. If you do that, you will surely learn the hard way. Ensure you are available to manage your farm Every day as farming is like every other business.

4. if you want to cultivate fresh maize and make profit:
a) avoid getting land in far areas. Get land in a place that is easily accessible to buyers. If you want to sell fresh, dont farm in a far place. Ensure it near to market or access to buyers easily.

b) you must be ready to spend heavily on maize to sell fresh and make profit because buyers will not buy maize that are not big, and if they buy, you will be offered ridiculous prices.
Most time I sell my maize on the farm. Buyers come to farm to buy.
c) you can plant maize twice depending how technical you are and mixed with cassava at the second planting.

5. If you want to sell dry maize, plant by June/July and ensure you mix crop with cassava.

Farming this days is not about how many acres oo. It's now about how much you can get from one acre of land. Why plant 10 acres and find it difficult to manage when you can do less and get very great result.

Remember again, location is important, if you don't want to be begging buyers to buy from you, let your farmland be where buyers love to go.

I have a number of fresh maize sellers now, they buy from me and many other farmers, one farmer cannot satisfy them because they buy daily.


Finally, If you want to plant maize to sell it fresh, hi can't just plant a large acres of land at once, else you will be on your own at the end.

There are other things you can do sir but this is my candid advice as an experienced farmer of maize, cassava and vegetables.

I hate people losing their investment in farming because of nativity, therefore I give free consultation to any new farmer.

If this is helpful, chat/call on 0 9 0 7 1 4 1 9 2 2 5

God bless you

I can see you all, please we are expecting more people.
For now, I will release my land for those who are ready. I've started working already because Land is ready now.

Let's start work!!!