Pictures 5,6,7 Cocoyam (Taro)

Picture 8: Cocoa we met on the land.

Dwarf Bananas & harvested plantain.

I went in a little expedition while at the farm and see what I got! As a Niger Delta boy, you know how it will end. Food is ready guys, please come and eat

umuna:
Towards the end of 2021, I took the decision to go into farming and to farm coconut partly to it's free maintenance while growing and the opportunities in coconut trade in Nigeria. Honestly, it has not been easy, but it has been fun with a lot of experience. Please share your thoughts and experience if you are into coconut farming too.

What's your target market?

Always honoured to visit this thread
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Picture of some of my coconuts

DawsonCole:


What's your target market?

Small time retailers in Ogun state, Lagos and Ibadan in Oyo state. We are also looking at having a small mill to produce coconut oil. We have an off taker close to our farm warming up to take delivery!

rainmoredays:
Always honoured to visit this thread
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Picture of some of my coconuts

Wow nice one man!

When the harvest starts coming in gradually, you will forget about all your challenges.

Harvested some coconut from my practice tree. Do you know that there are rules in keeping dwarf coconut? Please watch out for our next video.

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Good Evening Sir,
Please I am in need of coconut fruit to plant in my compound. I see that you stay at Iyana era, I also live at iyanaera. Please kindly be of help to me. Thank you Sir.

Op, u are God sent. Please tell us how to deal with coconut thefts from the farm by hoodlums. Thanks

DXXMI:
Op, u are God sent. Please tell us how to deal with coconut thefts from the farm by hoodlums. Thanks

Dear friend,
You can not totally eliminate crop(coconut ) stealing by hoodlums in the farm, but there are some measures to be taken to minimize it and which all depends on your geopolitical zone/state your farm is located.

For example, my farm is located in south west and precisely Ogun state. Here they fear charms and juju. We have been using false Charms placed strategically where it can be seen with a false narrative to a close villager on what the charm is meant to do and it's efficacy and it has been working. Also we make friends with other farmers bordering our farm and have chats occasionally.

Sorry guys for my absence lately. You know it is a farming season and we needed to prepare the land for planting.

While we were preparing for another season, we harvested some of crops.

It is the first harvest on this land and it is encouraging.

Salutations Sir.
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Being a while.
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Did you plant the plantains or the ones you met on the land.

RainMoreDFARMS:
Salutations Sir.
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Being a while.
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Did you plant the plantains or the ones you met on the land.

Quite some time brother! Sorry for not chatting you up and you know how the country is going.

I met some on the land and we planted many. We sold over 10 dozens now.

umuna:


Quite some time brother! Sorry for not chatting you up and you know how the country is going.

I met some on the land and we planted many. We sold over 10 dozens now.

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10 dozens, thats money.
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Sorry to ask, where did you get your suckers from and how were you able to manage them during dry season.
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My plantains were really dyherated during the dry period, some that were supposed to start fruiting broke into 2. It's so saddened

RainMoreDFARMS:
Wow, that's good to hear.
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10 dozens, thats money.
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Sorry to ask, where did you get your suckers from and how were you able to manage them during dry season.
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My plantains were really dyherated during the dry period, some that were supposed to start fruiting broke into 2. It's so saddened

I got my suckers from Local villagers within our farm. How I managed the farm to reduce casualties is by leaving some trees on the farm to control winds. Also, we reduced spacing amongst the plantains while they grew. I used another strategy to plant around May/June when the rains are much in other for the plantains to have enough water in the soil when they start fruiting. But among these strategies, the closing of spacing and trees within the farm really reduced casualties.

umuna:


I got my suckers from Local villagers within our farm. How I managed the farm to reduce casualties is by leaving some trees on the farm to control winds. Also, we reduced spacing amongst the plantains while they grew. I used another strategy to plant around May/June when the rains are much in other for the plantains to have enough water in the soil when they start fruiting. But among these strategies, the closing of spacing and trees within the farm really reduced casualties.

Thanks for response

RainMoreDFARMS:
Thanks for response

You are always welcome! Sorry for the loss of your plantains.

umuna:


I got my suckers from Local villagers within our farm. How I managed the farm to reduce casualties is by leaving some trees on the farm to control winds. Also, we reduced spacing amongst the plantains while they grew. I used another strategy to plant around May/June when the rains are much in other for the plantains to have enough water in the soil when they start fruiting. But among these strategies, the closing of spacing and trees within the farm really reduced casualties.

I have been following your trend from the beginning. I just acquired 4 plots in Mowe/Ofada and i plan to plant the Dwaf species round the property in L shape. What is the advisable distance, Although I just needed few of them to be planted for now.

bet9ja:


I have been following your trend from the beginning. I just acquired 4 plots in Mowe/Ofada and i plan to plant the Dwaf species round the property in L shape. What is the advisable distance, Although I just needed few of them to be planted for now.

Thanks for following our write up and suggestions. Since the coconuts are dwarfs, you can use 3 meter (9feets) spacing.