essay007:

You ever visited the ministry at Uyo before? Do they have quality stuff there?

Yes they do! But it's always not what I need at that particular point in time.

FarmTech:

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N13k? Min of agric Anambra sells for N7k. What makes that one more special?

7k? That's a govt subsidized price!

pipi84:


In portharcourt, cu999 can only be profitable during the dry season and bad market for raining season.... Every state has a specific variety of cucumber that is marketable there and so I always recommend to farmers to do a market research of which type of variety is preferable.

Almost the same thing here, but Nandini is preferred to cu99, just my personal observation

ANOCETS:
@okoroemaka @4words @ideepaul and co

What is the fertigation regime for Cucumber using venturi?
How often and a d how long do i irrigate using 3liters per hour drip tape?

Boss I am a novice when it comes to drip and all it entails

I like your zeal man! The urine collector/wire mesh you used are not durable, so I would advise you start making plans to work on something stronger within the next one year as the current one won't last long.
Secondly your feed/water containers will encourage wastage as it's too light and rabbit are wasters by nature...I am keenly following your progress boss

You guys are worried about which dark green cucumber cultivar to plant, if you were in my place, then you'd commit suicide seriously we do light green cucumbers around here, and these cultivars are mainly monoecious (strong male flowering) and we have little to choose from, it's really sad and annoying over here o

Hasib04:
Good evening to you all, which one is the best between rabbit and chicken manure?

And can someone plant directly to rabbit manure?

Rabbit manure is the Best by a long margin...but it's not available in large quantities, and it's really expensive!
I would only advice you use it's manure if;
You are planning to cultivate that land for the long-term
You have a rabbit farm and it's available to you cheaply
The farm is in a densely populated area

4words:


Hi ideepaul, would be glad if you can help with the number of the seed seller

For AKEES 500 oron road, call 08108013872.
Sorry I could not get Ekponwa's no as I went for a burial.... btw, I hope you are not calling them for greengo seeds? I am certain you won't get it from them as that cultivar doesn't sell around here

nams77:

Ideepaul and okoroemeka. Una don get new student o. Reporting for lectures sir.
Permission to take seat
Kudos bros. It gives me immense pleasure when I see good men dishing out infos that other greedy folks will want to monetize.
This is the real poverty alleviation.
God bless you guys

Boss I still be oga Okoroemeka student o...he and a lot of the veterans who are not quite active again have shared loads of information for free here, it would be a disservice to hoard the little I have gained under their tutorship from this forum

okoroemeka:
my former farm manager has used just bucket and cup to irrigate 2000 cucumber crops from a nearby stream during the peak harmattan period,it is those who have not experienced it can tell the limit of human endurance,that Sandy soil by the river are hundreds of years of accumulated silt,it may look Sandy to you but it is fertile, during rainy season every trash, rubbish and shit will be carried by water down to the lowest point in the valley,just add chicken manure and you will be surprised,even in some places that Sandy top soil will only be a few inches deep,if you till it black heavy soil will pop up.

Bucket and cup? , I don die for laugh o...why is honda water pump double the price of these Chinese pumps? Am I missing something here

essay007:

Thanks brother! I'd appreciate the number. I know Ukana Offot. Do they sell East-West or Technisem or other varieties of seeds? What of foliar fertilizer or pesticide?

500 oron sell seeds from many companies unlike Ekponwa who sells more of agrochemicals

okoroemeka:
correct,sack is best watered twice daily during dry season, morning and evening,seems your sacks are too close together,it tends to cause problems with ventilation vand DM,even our own sack we spaced 1 feet apart is giving us headache, spacing is a critical factor in sack farming because the crops will come up too healthy and sound that you will be the victim of your own success.

watering once a day is quite challenging not to talk of twice I pity those planning one acre with sacks o....btw, has anyone cultivated cucumber/any other vegetable close to a river that has a sandy soil? What were the challenges you faced, and did manure help improve the soil quality? I am asking cos I have access to land there but the entire terrain leading to the river looks sandy, the swamp nearby is a total no-go area

In as much as there are loads of advantages of using sack, You are more likely to get bitter cucumbers from the sack method than ground if you can't water properly and daily

essay007:

Eket, I want somewhere closer within South-South where it can be easily waybilled or I could visit the store if within AKS.

Ekponwa @ ukana offot str. Uyo
AKEES @ 500 oron road( there is another one @ oron road, but I don't remember the address)
The shop off atiku abubakar has relocated to ibesikpo, but I don't usually buy from them...
I am getting to know some new shops I have not done business with, so I can't recommend them! I will get Ekponwa and AKEES phone no(s) for you by weekend

essay007:

Paul, the fact that they don't like the darker green cucumber here is a big problem for farmers. More yield would have bn gotten with those varieties.
BTW, where do u buy ur hybrid seeds from around AKS? I need good cukes, herbanero/capsicum and tomato seeds.

That's the challenge we are all facing here o, the market in AKS is too selective! Even Nandini that's not that dark is still not totally accepted, they don't want the big sized kayin too ! The thing tire me o...as for where I get seeds, do you stay in Uyo?

okoroemeka:
I have heard so much about tomatoes and I think it's time to give it a trial,a friend planted the Thai agro uc3034 variety and smiled happily to the bank,we are gearing up for tomatoes next year rainy season that when tomatoes are very costly.

I have not laid my hands on that cultivar, how red/big is it? and what was the yield like sir?
Just study the growth pattern of this cultivar before you try it so you don't use the wrong staking methods o, Padma staking pattern won't work well with platinum o

aquadude15:

good morning boss.
thanks for your timely response.
I harvested the last bag today making it 18 bags from 490 stand.
that is my total harvest and today makes it 2months sine planting.
the plant has withered already

I can't say it's good or bad! It's relative to your expenses...I believe you have a farm record, calculate how much you have spent on all farm related activities and commodities, the profit you made(if any) determines the profitability of such a venture. Even if you don't make profit, don't be discouraged, just reanalyze all your expenses and be creative in cost management, e.g
it doesn't make sense for you to spray a full knapsack of insecticides and fungicides on such quantity as half is more than enough(a full knapsack should cover between 600-750m² if done effectively)
Don't buy multiple chemicals/fertilizer for the same function as you are just wasting money ( a neighbor farm uses Di-grow red and agrovert 12-**46 for fruiting) that's just money wasted as he also uses npk-mg 12-12-17-2 granular fertilizer.
If your beds are done well, you may not need to pay for weeding in a cuke farm, since your farm is small. Just uproot every weed you see while walking/working in the farm, and once the cukes grow they will frustrate all weed inside the bed leaving only the paths
There are many other instances of people overspending/overbudgeting on simple things. Just spend smartly.

okoroemeka:
I think it is physically impossible to harvest 17 bags from 490 crops at one harvest or do you mean the total cumulative harvest then it is fairly a good harvest,if 500 stands will give you 17 bags then a plot of 1500 crops will produce 51 bags which is not bad at all @ current price of #4k that will be #200k from one plot in roughly 3 months time,I am yet to see a practical crop that can pull such money from one plot in 3 months

Tomatoes will shock you , not in 3months o, but you will give testimony here...knowing how the market works is key here though

okoroemeka:
it is always refreshing to read such an inspiring post,but harvesting 12 bags from 50 grams of seed from a rookie farmer is quite astonishing,take the fact that max crop that can be gotten from 50 grams is roughly 1500 crops,at 100 fruits per bag,we are looking at 1200 fruits which is almost 80% yield,i will not be surprised if the production clocks 50 bags before die off ,well done OP,pls apply npk 151515 to each crop,it's well.

Surely going to beat the 50bags mark... trying cu99 in my state during the rainy season is suicide mission, I would have loved to try it, but the market women generally prefer Saira over here and it's way too expensive as we speak now

Stellberry33:
Hello everyone,

I Did my first trial on cucumber farming and I Did my first harvest today glory be to God Almighty it was beyond my expectations.
When I wanted to start farming I googled about Cucumber farming and found this thread then I join nairaland, I read this thread from page 1 to page 92. I was eager to succeed against all odds and today it has started paying.
I planted 50g cu999 even though am in Lagos and people kept saying I won't sell n it's 2.5k or 3k for a bag. But from all I read here cu999 is much easier to cultivate, so I went on against all odds.
I did my first harvest today and got 12 bags and sold all today at 4k per bag. Glory be to Jesus.
I sincerely appreciate all the support I got from everyone one especially Mr Okoro Emeka and ideepaul, I always call Mr Okoro Emeka for assistance and he always came through. Thank u sir for what u do, may God reward u both with Long life in Jesus name Amen.

Wow! I am so happy for you...4k , the price is marginally better there, and btw did you let the fruits get big or you harvested them when they were like the other market sized fruits

Yemighty2:
Good evening farmers in the house I am planning on planting cucumber on a plot of land.
Can I plant only cu99 (50g ).

Does your market accept cu99? It can be planted alone as it has both male and female flowers in abundance

olaitandavid:
Which of the seed do you want.
quote author=ideepaul post=92536852]I can't do WhatsApp now. if you now have it in stock, Inform me and I will order for it

Saira f1

olaitandavid:
Can you chat me up on WhatsApp

I can't do WhatsApp now. if you now have it in stock, Inform me and I will order for it

Stellberry33:

Am in Lagos and it hasn't rained in over 3weeks, am thinking of trying it in small quantity though. I did some research on it and it seems to be a high yielding cultivar.
Can u pls contribute if u know more about it. I also saw Kareem f1 do u know it

I really don't know a lot about the south west weather, but for the first time in months, we have had almost 3 days without rain(guess it's the August break). it rains constantly over here. seeds from companies apart from east west are hard to find here, even though they are a bit pricy. I don't know a bit about Kareem honestly

aquadude15:

it takes 40 days before harvest, I had 8bags on the 45th day

How was the taste and market appeal?

Stellberry33:

Is this the seed u re talking about

This cucumber is not for the heavy rainy seasons of the south-south

aquadude15:

shaolin.
490 stands

Shalini or shaolin?
Is this 8bags total harvest or @ once

Do you have Saira F1 and can you waybill to Akwa Ibom?

gabolak:



The drip tap that I bought is 30cm( 1ft) spacing, how do I then plant 50cm space? or should I continue planting with the 30cm as provided by the drip tape?
thanks

Boss I have not used drip so I may be of little assistance pls

Jub101:
Thanks for always enlightening us sir . Please what quantity( per ml )of z-force do you use in a 16L spraying machine.

60-80grams per knapsack for vegetables like cukes, tomato and pepper, etc. if you have constant heavy downpours, then Zforce alone is not advisable

GenBuhari:
Well done. You couldnt answer any of my questions so why bother asking me what I am planning? Well I am considering groundnuts, herbs onions and peppers. currently doing small scale (many different crops) on approx 2 plots for personal consumption ; but looking to go large scale soon as an almost complete novice.

Please don't pick offense with the response, he is actually helping you! There is no fixed market for farm managers, different people meet potential managers through varying methods. You may see a hardworking labourer who is experienced and trustworthy, you may employ someone through the recommendation of a seasoned farmer, you may also opt to go for a consultant, and spend your time in the farm. It's all about what you want to achieve, and the time available to you.
But since you have done groundnut, onions, herbs, and pepper in small scale settings, why don't you use such experience to expand, do you think it is economical to pay a farm manager based on the ROI? I don't do that farm manager sh#t btw! I meet with locals, relate with a lot of them, find the influential people within the area, make friends with them and get a farm spy/village girlfriend who will look after my investment ( things we do for love/opportunities to leave the village ). Make them happy and they will protect your investment when you are not around. Sweetmouth people, but don't promise what can't offer o, and be a man of your word before you loose trust

Wow such a massive piece of land! I trust you will update us on the daily activities? Btw, are you cultivating the whole acre? And if so, what crop(s) are you cultivating?