okoroemeka:
80-90% of every local farmer puts okra in his farm as part of the 5 sisters planting and when the okra will be harvested around may ending or middle june the price will crash,so wait when they are harvesting plant your own to come out july,August/September.

Thanks sir, I really appreciate.

Good morning, can someone plant okra at the end of May or when is the best month to plant okra?

Pls, I also need help on groundnut farming.


I will be glad if you can put me through.

Nursery are now 4 days and few hours old.. and they're doing far better than expected.. so far I can say I have over 80% germination

Good morning, sorry did you use only cocopeat or you mixed it with sand?

[quote author=Midas01 post=86496512]The same Mohammed who along with his cousins slaughtered over 700+ Jews just for being Jews?

The same Muhammad that killed a woman's family and husband and still raped the woman on that same day?
What was defensive about that?

See, some of us know Islam so when you're talking, talk with facts and I'll bring

Do you have prove?

Psalmy2cute:

1500 naira per sachet

Thanks sir.

Psalmy2cute:
I think using raised bed is better compared to nursery tray.. if you'll be willing to go through the stress of transplanting to single grow bags

Both plants from below picture are efia habenaro pepper

How much is efia habenaro seed sir?

Pistotita:

I want to save a soul, but you have asked too many people for help. I prefer to stay out of it. Even you will see that all the comments of people and those he is abusing are helping him. As for the curved fruits you have been told the truth. If downy can affect your plants like that, put the whole beehives in this world in your farm, you will see what will happen. But when a farmer experiences curved fruits for his first harvest hahahahhahhhaha! My brother, if that farmer gives you nutritional advice, take off. There is no way you will get first fruits even in murano if your fruits are well fed. I repeat, no way. I hope you read where he said he has quickly fertilized his also. Whatever you do, just use your head on the farm. There are many things the man needs to learn, but he is not going to. Of course, he will harvest cukes if truly he has done the activities people pointed to him. I pointed those to him, or maybe someone else. And I am happy he did them fast. And if he didnt and he is just trying to synchronize everything, lol....that is his cup of tea. But if you as a newbie farmer open your 2 eyes, and your 2 ears are wide, you can smell with your two nostrils, and a farmer says his first cucumber murano harvest is curved to the extent of removing 2 bags . Ha! That is like 15 to 25 bags lost. When first harvest is when farmers truly say they harvest. His savior is that he is on a virgin land according to him. He will never harvest again if disease is there. But as long as disease is under control, he will just manage to survive. And if he scale thrpugh to like 50 to 300 bags, he will be boasting. Not knowing the kind of beast murano is which is a double edged sword. People failed with murano cos they do not know the trick. How dear you compare cu999 and murano? Let cu999 lacks water, you are in debt without knowing until your second sales. Buyers will just avoid you like a leper.You should start checking.

Fellow nairalanders, just ask him to tell you the truth. He should tell you to take note of just 30 plants and tell you 1. How often he harvests on each plant (how many days interval?)
2. How many female flowers on only murano now?
3. How many males flowers on only murano now?
4. How many females start drying up? Let him tell you after every harvest. You will see.
5. How many female flowers after 6th, 7th and again 8th week?
6. How many male flowers after 6th, 7th and 8th week.
7. Estimated female flowers per plant that got burnt.

You will see clearly why murano is a beast and why even he may make some small change which may be success to him, he is like 10 - 15% efficient. Tell him to be truthful to you. These questions are from long acquired experience. If he contradicts what I preached, go on trial and report here. Ha! I pity people who cannot interprete information on the internet. I pity people who cannot think deep. They will continue to be slaves of smart guys. Guys, ask him.

I know his answers, beès are not enough since he has mixed cultivars. Let us leave it at that. Do the right thing and put murano at your backyard in the city, you will see enough butterflies. Na only bees dey pollinate where nature dey in the bush? My people perish cos of lack of knowledge. "I Too Know" (as dem dey call am now) perish cos of over sabi. Mark my words, if he survives this, just ask him after 6 months how far with his farm, he will give you a very good excuse. Na him be the first? And he will not be the last.

Guys, do not correct him on his thread again. Let him carry his cross. You have assisted him enough. He is using all you are saying to his advantage and abusing you. It was why I stopped answering him cos I noticed he is a "use and dump" person. And that was why he ran mad. Lol. Guys just leave him alone. He may survive it. Na virgin land according to him na. We will see the future.


Goodluck!


Tonight, I will make my annoucement here. This will put a stop to the issue of scams, and my future with you will be revealed.

I am waiting for the announcement sir.

Psalmy2cute:
I think using raised bed is better compared to nursery tray.. if you'll be willing to go through the stress of transplanting to single grow bags

Both plants from below picture are efia habenaro pepper

Good evening sir /ma, I want to plant pepper this coming raining season just 2000 stands, which varieties should I buy, Pls I need your help about this.

Pistotita:


Leave the man alone. It is obvious he knows mods who are covering for him. They are all in the game together. Trust no one. Ignore him. The mod who said I should contact him is also silent on the issue. They are all covering up.

Get in touch and I will forward you 20 tomato seeds and 20 cucumber seeds. I will send you general care (not optimum), and I expect you to get 15 cucumber fruits minimum....you may even shoot to 50 fruits if you can stake and protect it well. And for tomato, you will get 8kg minimum per plant. The fruits may be small to average cos you are not using optimum protocol, but I assure you that you will get minimum of 8kg fruits per plant. But on one condition: open a new thread and post pictures for them all to see.

If you are ready, get in touch with me. I have nothing to prove to anyone, but you can prove me right or wrong.

I also need it sir.

I stay in Ile-ife sir, but I have farm land in school and Ikire not too far to Ile-Ife sir.

I will message you through your email.

Dear Pistotita, it wouldn't be nice, if you leave NL for now, student of knowledge like me are really following you sir.

I am student of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, tho not from the faculty of agriculture but I love Agriculture.

And I am ready to learn from your teaching sir, I have sent message via your email before, and I love the way you put me through then, you went straight to the points, I am really glads on that day.

Pls don't leave, because some like me is ready to learn for you and the others, like Mr Okoro as well, I love your teaching as well.

I want to focus on two crops this coming raining season which are: cucumber, and I am thinking either I plant tommotes or pepper, I will love to hear from you and put me through sir.

I will be glads to hear from you again sir.

I have sent you message sir.

Go and read threand on 30k twice a week on pepper.

Is it compulsory to to mix chicken manure with sands before planting?

Good evening, I want to ask how many days, will it take cucumber seed to germinate?.

08125447918

I planted cucumber nine days ago, the leave is getting yellow what can use sir?

Pistotita:


Cucumber can definitely be planted during raining season, and when I was still into slicing cucumber production, my target was rainy season. It is the best time since one leverages on rain to keep cost of production lower, but you don't depend on it. As for disease management, there is a method for it. Cu999, Murano, Darina, Greengo, etc are very easy to maintain since they can tackle Downey Mildew to some reasonable extent. Mildew had shown me "pepper" too before I sat down and developed an excellent program for it. Infact, there are guys whose cucumbers' leaves are without yellow spot presently. I even commissioned an ex worker to manage Akito variety for me presently. Akito has no resistance at all to any mildew. In fact, Monalisa is tougher than it, yet less than 5% mildew infection is in the farm. I have shown some nairalanders the secret behind it, but I am sorry, I can never release it until I am very sure of the person I am dealing with. It is intensive spraying formula with special method. And any unguarded tongue, indisciplined person isn't welcome into my fold. That's the truth. I treat chemicals and infectious materials with extreme carefulness. In fact, I am a winter lover because of my sensitive skin, therefore, I hate "too much chemical".

Having said the above, I don't want you to misquote me. My concept is that every farmer must provide underground irrigation (only experienced farmers might want to use overhead). If you can irrigate okra, you should be able to irrigate cucumber too. The only challenge in cucumber is tackling fungi. Okra on the other hand is notoriously known for pests issues. Anyway, I don't notice it again because I have my way around it. Yet, people spray terrible pesticides. I have stopped eating okra, cabbage, cauliflower, and brocolli because of heavy chemical spray. Cucumber, tomato, watermelon are also heavily sprayed with chemicals too, but that of cabbage, cauliflower, brocolli, and okra is craz.ily too much. If you see how farmers just keep spraying chemicals on these plants like water, you will be alarmed too. Even like a day to harvest, they are still spraying. I always pass by them in market no matter how fresh they are. Consumers are trying sir. As soon as I see cabbage farms these days, I just raise my hands in the air praising the owner of such farms for well done activities in killing consumers.

If you learn the secret of sensible Integrated Pest Management, you will be a good farmer. It is not bombarding the plants with chemicals everytime. Though, there are periods I bombard too, especially when harvest is very far away, there is a serious infection, and I am sure the chemicals are going to get washed away before picking. Then, I always consider pests ability to develop resistant to what I use.

I keep saying it, anyone who wants to have rest of mind should just get into covered production. If it's bamboo you can use to build yours, do it, but make sure wind will not pull it down during rainy season.

You may consider using PET bottles as improvised drip irrigation. Google it. I have seen a determined individual who used it in 3 plots of land. And it was so successful. After making his cash, the guy bought himself a good drip. He also said, he was torn apart with the venture, but he made it.

I want you to learn concepts, and not jump about from one plant to the other like many people on nairaland. When one person is doing cucumber, they do it. He jumps to okra, they follow. Life is not like that. Have your own mind. Oh! I am not saying okra is a bad option. Go to market and check prices to know what to grow. After, get started with pilots to learn.

Best of luck sir!

Oh my God, I don't really knows how to express how happy I am, you are just a blessing sir, but I love to learn how to apply those chemical without having efects to human health sir.

I have been thinking about that PET Irrigation sir, thanks for your replied sir.

Pls, can I plant potato now?

God will continue to bless you sir, I would have to come and learn practical from you sir, but I am still a student. But, I am still learning everyday from you sir, what I have learnt so far, I don't think I can plant Cucumber during raining season. But, if I get some cash I will do it during the dry season with Irrigation.


But, I have a question sir? I want to do sack farming at the back of our house, my siblings will be able to help wet it in the morning and my parents. But, I am thinking to plant okra sir, what is your view about this sir?

Pistotita:

July 11. Good. You have N200k. Lovely. You need another N200k from people..



July 16 - The zeal was made known on nairaland. With no assets. Buy you have N200k. Have you forgotten? Or are you trying to combine Agriculture with the idea you have? Or was Agric the idea that you collected money from people? Scary!



July 24, This looks scaty. No capital again? No more capital 13 days after you declared you have N200k and you ask ppl to invest in your idea. You opted to work on farms. Very interesting.



August 3, you tried business thread to ask more opinions on different businesses. But N700k landed again 10 days after you declared you don't have start up capital. Ok. Looks like the money you collected from people who you told to invest in your ideas. Lol. Chai!



August 4: 7 days after you raise N700k, you don chop N100k from the money. "Chineke!"

You want to guard the money you collected from people to partner with another person who calls himself a consultant here, and you want it fast because Roi payment date has been set.

My brother or sister, try to walk carefully as the land you are on is slippery.

God bless you!

Lolzz, he didn't knew we get Boss here...

Hope he is not trying to scam someone sha?

Pistotita:
Kudos to Seun, Dominique, Pavore9, and FarmTech who closed the thread of that boy who was about putting Agricultural section in trouble. I am sure he was high on the weed he is trying to grow and sell, and unaware of his actions. lol! Thanks, and God bless you all sirs/ma.




Hmmm! You did not use the right cultivar, and you did not prepare your soil excellently.



You gat a lovely course bro/sis. Education is a wonderful course and it's combination with Economics will take you far. What a lovely combo in a great university.

Good decision to downsize to half a plot if you are the one managing it without any worker. I guess you have realised that you alone cannot handle 1 plot. lol. Most people learn the hard way.

My concern is that you have used the plot for cucumber, and cucurbits pathogens are in the soil already. Anyway, it is still doable, but if I were you, I would go for another crop. I'm a strict crop rotation gardener. I bend this rules only if I am not using soil. But it's ok.

You will surely make some money for yourself this holiday if you do it right. I prefer you use drip irrigation, but if you don't have, as long as you have water pump and hose, you are good to go if you can endure standing in the sun morning and evening irrigating whenever the soil is dry. I think you will irrigate less cos of rain. You just need to prepare to get some powerful fingicides. But you must follow the protocol strictly.

I have received your mail, and I have replied you. Bless you.

I really appreciate you sir, God will bless you sir.

We keep following sir

We didn't see the pictures of potatoes OP...
I dey E-Farmer.

Pls can you teach me okra farming

Please, I want to learn Irish potatoes farming.