OfficialSam:


It depends. But most times, i water once.

Can I see a video of how you do that please

Nezzjnr:

Can I see a video of how you do that please

That will be when it isn't raining. For now, I'm enjoying the rainfall

OfficialSam:


That will be when it isn't raining. For now, I'm enjoying the rainfall

Yeeeaahh it rained today...

But won't the pressure from the Knapsack sprayer displace the seeds or bend the tender plants?

Nezzjnr:

Contains paraquat ooo... I even waited for a week

paraquat, I don't know about it effect, I know atrazine is soil based but glyphosate works on direct contact with plant because glyphosate is strongly binded by soil particles and don't work directly on the soil.

fiddzy:
paraquat, I don't know about it effect, I know atrazine is soil based but glyphosate works on direct contact with plant because glyphosate is strongly binded by soil particles and don't work directly on the soil.

The name of the product is Weedstorm.

I would have just sticked to my Paraforce instead of trying new products.

Nezzjnr:

Yeeeaahh it rained today...

But won't the pressure from the Knapsack sprayer displace the seeds or bend the tender plants?

The plants are 4 weeks old already. So they are all strong

OfficialSam:


The plants are 4 weeks old already. So they are all strong

How about when they were tender

How were you able to water it

Nezzjnr:

How about when they were tender

How were you able to water it

Knapsack; but you have to stand a bit far from each plant so the pressure doesn't kill it.

OfficialSam:



Knapsack; but you have to stand a bit far from each plant so the pressure doesn't kill it.

The water gets to enter the Soil ryt

Nezzjnr:

The water gets to enter the Soil ryt

Yeah

OfficialSam:


Yeah

I'll try it out

Nezzjnr:

Contains paraquat ooo... I even waited for a week

Something should be wrong somewhere...paraquat/glyphosate doesn't stay active in the soil for that long. Maybe u applied excess or animal/bird pick up your seed.

OluchiDelly:


Something should be wrong somewhere...paraquat/glyphosate doesn't stay active in the soil for that long. Maybe u applied excess or animal/bird pick up your seed.

I'm suspecting Bush Rat or so... Because i get to see something that looks like the waste of one of the classes of a Bush Rat every morning when I get there and on most occasions... The Manure was even dugged out.

OfficialSam:


I will start the pruning by tomorrow. I did double planting; side by side.

next time plant in Solo... double don't make sense at anytime... your plant need some level of airflow to do well! Hope you start your pruning now?

Farmerakinloye6:
next time plant in Solo... double don't make sense at anytime... your plant need some level of airflow to do well! Hope you start your pruning now?

I know about that. But the land is just a plot and i need massive yields.

I sold 13 bags today at 7.5k, some of my colleague sold 8k. My next harvest will be Thursday.

I will keep saying it both online and offline, know your strength (monitoring, logistics and financial aspect) and cultivate what you know you will be able to handle! One of my colleague plant twenty thousand stand, now he can't handle the harvest, bagging plus transportation to Lagos, Look at his cucumber below, out of 31 bags He brought to market on Saturday, remain 18 bags which is now ripe. He is planning to bring another 50-70 bags again . His target is 500k every five days In akure. Bottom line! know your personal and market strength before you plant

The smallest one is the normal size here... anything above that is too big for my market, they will be complaining it too big, it will not be many inside bag, and so on... The biggest one was a mistake from my last harvest (omitted).

OfficialSam:



I know about that. But the land is just a plot and i need massive yields.

You would have gotten much more yield if you plant single.

Farmerakinloye6:
I will keep saying it both online and offline, know your strength (monitoring, logistics and financial aspect) and cultivate what you know you will be able to handle! One of my colleague plant twenty thousand stand, now he can't handle the harvest, bagging plus transportation to Lagos, Look at his cucumber below, out of 31 bags He brought to market on Saturday, remain 18 bags which is now ripe. He is planning to bring another 50-70 bags again . His target is 500k every five days In akure. Bottom line! know your personal and market strength before you plant

The guy 1 blow by all means bfre 2021 finish o

OfficialSam:


SAIRA F1

Saira f1 ? Are you in akwa ibom state or cross River... Cus that's where they plant saira the most.

OfficialSam:


That will be when it isn't raining. For now, I'm enjoying the rainfall

Bros, good day o, do you mind explaining how you water with knapsack? It might be my only means of trying out a test plot, how large is your garden and how long does it take you to water it.

... I vex myself today no be small! Here is the gist, my prayer before I got to market this morning was to see my Cucumber (9 bags) sell at 7.5k. on getting there, buyers were rushing and begging me to sell for 8k, a colleague I met in market called me to Corner and said "he has been selling 9k, so I should not spoil market" I nodded in agreement. So I put my price at 8.5k, 15 minutes later another 20 bags enter market, and the owner put 7k tag on it own. The buyers were like I should collect 7.5k because my own is the darkest green. To cut the story short, I sold 3 bags 8k, 2bags 7.5k, 2bags 7k and 2bags 6k.

Farmerakinloye6:
... I vex myself today no be small! Here is the gist, my prayer before I got to market this morning was to see my Cucumber (9 bags) sell at 7.5k. on getting there, buyers were rushing and begging me to sell for 8k, a colleague I met in market called me to Corner and said "he has been selling 9k, so I should not spoil market" I nodded in agreement. So I put my price at 8.5k, 15 minutes later another 20 bags enter market, and the owner put 7k tag on it own. The buyers were like I should collect 7.5k because my own is the darkest green. To cut the story short, I sold 3 bags 8k, 2bags 7.5k, 2bags 7k and 2bags 6k.

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U were lucky oo. The market is highly dynamic.

FarmTech:

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U were lucky oo. The market is highly dynamic.

What do you think about this idea of irrigating cucumber using a knapsack?

abouzaid:
What do you think about this idea of irrigating cucumber using a knapsack?

Knapsack for commercial purposes? Nah nah! If I don't have access to water, I rather save my money at home. It's one of these three for me or I give up as far as cucumbers are concerned;
Furrow irrigation
Hose on the spot watering
Drip irrigation
How will you be feeding a matured plant with at least 2litre/day during the dry hot season with knapsack sprayers?
Even watering can better pass this thing

ideepaul:

Knapsack for commercial purposes? Nah nah! If I don't have access to water, I rather save my money at home. It's one of these three for me or I give up as far as cucumbers are concerned;
Furrow irrigation
Hose on the spot watering
Drip irrigation
How will you be feeding a matured plant with at least 2litre/day during the dry hot season with knapsack sprayers?
Even watering can better pass this thing

Furrow is very bad for Cucumbers in my own opinion.

I have seen a lot of people that used Knapsack and they got their desired result.

What works for people might not work for you

Nezzjnr:

Furrow is very bad for Cucumbers in my own opinion.

I have seen a lot of people that used Knapsack and they got their desired result.

What works for people might not work for you

would you advise me to try this on a plot of land using a cheap seed like marketmore? Just 1500 stands.

abouzaid:
would you advise me to try this on a plot of land using a cheap seed like marketmore? Just 1500 stands.

marketmore ke, oga abeg no try am, disease resistance low slow maturity, I plant 1200 stand on a plot with 100 marketmore to 1100 murano 2f1 just to help with more female flower, about knapsack on 1500 plant abeg use hose o if source of water no dey nearby , no do m, don't b doing economics to use 1 naira to get 1 thousand naira o, start small master it even if na half plot. Pple think say 1500 stand na beans o.

abouzaid:
would you advise me to try this on a plot of land using a cheap seed like marketmore? Just 1500 stands.

Hmmmmmmm.... Market more.... I don't know much about that variety

fiddzy:
marketmore ke, oga abeg no try am, disease resistance low slow maturity, I plant 1200 stand on a plot with 100 marketmore to 1100 murano 2f1 just to help with more female flower, about knapsack on 1500 plant abeg use hose o if source of water no dey nearby , no do m, don't b doing economics to use 1 naira to get 1 thousand naira o, start small master it even if na half plot. Pple think say 1500 stand na beans o.

Bros if he can be able to use knapsack... He should go ahead