dgitrader:
I love your persistence despite the initial setbacks and recurrent huddles.
If you don't mind share your LGA or town, let's get a clearer picture of your environment

Following

More grace!

Zwooks:
After all your labour. Is it so hard to go to the nearest car park to find a bus .

kirn:
Nice

Cedagrochemical:
My people, I am so sorry for the break. we had to pause for like 2 weeks because our workers decided they didnt want to work again lol. I am sure somebody just whispered 'so soon'?

Nezzjnr:
Cedar Agro stores... I sight you Ma

safarifarms:

Getting reliable and consistent farm hands is one of the greatest challenge of farming especially when it comes to crop production.

I had many bad experiences.
This particular reason had made me abandon crop production for a while. You should be very happy that they left when the work has not really started yet.

Cedagrochemical:
As at this morning 9th April, 2024, I was told the seeds have started germinating

Variety: Jorad
Date sowed: Sunday, 7th April, 2024
Total seeds sowed - roughly 15,000 seeds
Germination rate: undecided at the moment but about 3600 seeds were nursed for replacement

No basal nutrient added aside manure

Cedagrochemical:
Yes, so soon but I am grateful we were just about to plant before they carried their load and left. We had to pause all farm operations. But before they left, they were about 80% done with land preparation. Manure hole was drilled using an earth auger, drip tape laid and irrigation network tested to check for leakages, pumps were serviced

femu:

Land size is 1.5 acres
Spacing adopted is 30cm, double rows

What's the land size to be cultivated?

kirn:

Keep updating us cos we are following.
But madam, can you brief Us on why those workers decided to go ? What propelled their collective decision ? We are here to learn

Cedagrochemical:


Well, I was told the total package we offered them isn't what the agent that brought them offered them wjile they were in their state. It was so much complains everyday but the new workers are doing great. I will likely post pictures of the plants growth today before that, I will be listing out some of the products I will be using for this batch

Cedagrochemical:
This is what the EDTA micronutrient looks like. A little goes a long way, I use just 2kg for an acre per week

Cedagrochemical:
For my Foliar Fertilizers;
Croplift by Yara Fertilizer for my vegetative stage: I don't feel good if Croplift isnt added to my feeding routine especially for the early stages of the plants. It contains a perfect blend of Nitrogen, Phosporus, Potassium and micronutrients needed by young plants to thrive even in a harsh weather condition. Its usually my first choice but if it isn't available, I go for Tecamin Max by Agritecno. I will be using this foliar from week 1 which is this week till week 3 or more depending on the overall health of the plants all things being equal

Tecamin Flower for Flowering stage; Although my first choice would have been Controphyt PK by Agritecno, but its currently out of the market. We will stick with what's available. Tecamin flower is also up to the task

Agriphyt ZnMn; Ever since I learnt the role Zinc, Boron and Molybdenum plays in flowering and fruit formation, I never joke with them. I used to have a foliar that was 12% Zinc and another one of like 5% Boron, I used this combo for a batch of cucumber and the result was crazy. I could restock them, they became scarce. This is the closest product to what I need although the composition of Zn in this mixture isn't as much as 12% in the other product used. Little is better than nothing, I added it to my shopping cart

Lastly is Micro nutrient EDTA; A friend gave me a little when I did tomatoes years back, OMG, the tomato fruits came out big and the plants gave so much flowers. This one isnt for sale, its a personal use product but if you can afford it, I can help you get some. Its quite expensive