₦airaland Forum

mrph:
Are fertilizers allowed to be shipped by air into Nigeria ?

sorry...don't know

vickychuk:
Nice one @Ishaqteejay. I'm following you and vanpeele bumper to bumper.

No wahala....when you've graduated (harvested), make it a duty to teach others. You can start with teachers in your community or state..they're very positive(most of them). You maybe shocked at the curiosity that follows.

Your phone fit no rest...

mrph:
Where can I buy WATER SOLUBLE FERTILIZER ? I need one with an NPK ratio of around 20-18-38. I need to use in my new setup Hydroponics

hydro-gardens.com

organicfoods:
Yes ooo. Enough harvest. Been a bit busy lately, will upload some pics and videos soon.

Please do. We may learn one or two things from your experience.

organicfoods:
Murano 2 F1 is not in stock as of now, I Got 50grams for 6,500 the last time I bought...08034342637.

I'm thinking by now you must've been harvesting the sackers...

vickychuk:
Actually I'm farming for the first time so haven't really had any experience with forliar fertilizer. I just got info on forliar feeding of cucumber plants while doing more research and decided to try it out. According to the research plants tend to absorb nutrients readily from their leave more than from roots. However forliar feeding can not substitute root fertilizer application totally. As for the picture will do that tomorrow.

Ok....Foliar spray in the morning or evening. Afternoon is a no no

bigcil2:
Amen.... Which one do you mean by I don finish work

What you said was the truth. Nigerians like complaining but make no effort to help themselves....only a few

bigcil2:
If you have soil at your back yard , if you have animal dung , and if you're patient enough for like 90days

Then do the following:::

Plant tomatoe in your Backyard and stop complaining.

Be innovative for chikes sake.

In the meantime buy Tomatoe paste, cook less of stew (My Yoruba Bros and sis this might be complicated but not impossible)
Learn how to cook soups that goes with rice , and you won't feel the scarcity at all.

P.S
It's not a law that most things you cook must have tomatoes.

Remain blessed

May the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all) continue to bless you.

You don finish work.

texybaby:
Oga vanpele pls can I pay ur farm a visit am in kad here plus I sent u a BBM invite...tnxxx

Ok...I've accepted already.

vickychuk:
Liquid fertilizer to be sprayed on the plants when they have more foliage.
Hand sprayer to substitute for knapsack sprayer till I save up to buy one.
Attacke pesticide to fight off the insects and NPK fertilizer to be fed to the plants on biweekly bases.

Your liquid fertilizer, how effective is it...that's if you've used it before.

Can you please take a closer picture of it? Thanks

Pavore9:
True. It is just that Nigerians refuse to latch on opportunities even when it is staring at them!

A word is enough for the wise. Moving forward, food won't get better or cheaper if we don't make it better or cheaper ourselves.

We've to start growing what we eat. #urbanfarming #sustainability

At least me and you don dey that club Tai Tai.

Pavore9:
It is a matter of personal interest as this can be replicated in any part of Nigeria and it is not only limited to cucumbers as one can grow Capiscum, Tomatoes, Ugu, Butternut Squash, Strawberries, Okro and so many other crops using these same bags........interest is the keyword!

Even yam sef.

Pamelayoung:
But I prefer a practical class, being on ground and getting it straight to avoid mistakes.

Mistakes are inevitable....we learn from them. Haven't started my new project yet (almost though). Will invite you then.....that's if you live in KD

Pamelayoung:
Please I'm interested in this cucumber farming. Can I have a practical class with you?

There's no need. Everything you need to know is on the thread. A sort of long distance learning.

lagbaja:
You have to leave the poultry waste wet for 6 month to compost before you can use it. To make the process faster, mix with wood shavings or saw dust. Mix them every week to fasten the process. To test the readiness, it should not generate heat anymore and should not be smelly. Drying it will not allow it to compost.

ok thanks....Will try it out

https://www.nairaland.com/2898544/successful-cucumber-sack-farm-kaduna
https://www.nairaland.com/3062248/low-cost-sack-drip-irrigation

vickychuk:
I was able to fill the remaining 70 bags yesterday so I have 170 bags for starts. Will add more if I can get the murano seeds. So for now the farm has 680 plants excluding the ones I planted on the ground.Luckily for me it rained yesterday after planting though I watered lightly after sowing. I'll go check on them by Saturday and replant were necessary .Lots of pictures coming up if network allows.

Kudos to your efforts. From my experience with super marketer, it doesn't like morning dew or water on its leaves. It dries them out.

vickychuk:
Was thinking of creating a thread for my cucumber sack farming experience but after much thought I decided to share it on here on the motivator's thread. Hope I'm welcome Oga vanpeele ?

Most of the requirements for the farm are in place but due to the murano scarcity I've decided to go for a heirloom cucumber variety... Though I know the murano may catch up to the super marketer variety I'm planting when they arrive.

Going to finish the bagging tomorrow and sow the seeds. Then cutting bamboo for the trellis on Tuesday.

I love the concept of sack farming because of its numerous benefits as listed by the OP but I think the greatest of all the benefits is growing so much on so little space. I'll ake a rough measurement of the area I'm planting 1000 crops so as to let you guys understand this more.

It'll be an honour and my pleasure if you place your progress here.

FarmTech:
.. That poultry and fish aren't profitable? I don't' agree oo.

After the word profitable, there's an except.
And it's an opinion...which can be disproved...

sheyi86:
Gud evni sir, pls how many stands of cucumber can i have in one sack bag.thanks.

I planted 4 per sack. It shouldn't be more than that.

Silvereze:
I like what you're doing, kudos. Meanwhile I am an agric student, studying crop science in UNIBEN. my blog is www.naijafarmer..com please check out my blog. I LOVE AGRIC

Nice blog. Seems you focus mainly on livestock. In my opinion, poultry and fish aren't profitable except if the people buying after you've laboured buy it at a good price. Managing crops is easier. Regarding life, goats, sheep and cows are better. They're easier to manage (IMO) than fish and chicken.

More grease to you blog elbows.

New project preview....Applying greenhouse techniques to open field

knostbrown01:
Pls, when exactly after planting do you start applying the fertilizer and is it continous or just once till harvest time

@vanpeele, u can be of help too bro

Sorry...haven't started mine yet...preparing to (large scale). ishaqteejay is your man on this one.

Yescogreen:
This is an innovative one, well done!

Thanks

knostbrown01:
for vegetables bro

From Ishaqteejay
Maxi force

Yescogreen:
When I become President, I will prioritize giving people like you big loans to invest in Agriculture.

Thanks but we don't need loan but grants. Don't fancy paying anyone interest....even 1%

tabontabon:
Ok, Guess You Are Not Lucky With It.
Please Does Cucumber And Water Melon Need Staking?What Precautions Are Necessary When Harvesting?What Type Of Sack Do You Use For Selling And What Is The Average Size/number Of Cucumber Per Sack?

1. Not really but Google will answer better.
2. from my experience not really
3. chicken feed sack
4. Depends on size 150-250

tabontabon:
I Guess You Applied The Chicken Manure In Its Wet Form,it Generates A Lot Of Heat While Decomposing .Its Better To Spread & Let It Dry In The Sun So It Releases Its Heat Before Mixing It With The Soil.

It was very dry....for 8 months

tabontabon:
Why Is Chicken Manure Not Good/usable?Pls Give Reasons.

Because it didn't work for me but mimmmms says it worked for her....so contact her

knostbrown01:
what type of water fertilizer can be apply to cucumber @vanpeele

The one's made for all crops or vegetables

freshpzy1:
Nice idea bro.......pls wat is d amount dat I will need to start mine

Please watch and listen to the video again. It was mentioned. Besides depends on the amount of sacks you wanna do.

Amount of sacks is directly proportional to price.

This is ishaqteejay's farm. If a picture is with a thousand words...then a video is worth a billion... lalasticlala can you do it again?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C1yhGfdnAU&feature=youtube_gdata_player