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| My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 11:08am On Oct 16, 2016 |
I am going to do a little experimental farming on the remainder of a parcel of land that i planted some beds of waterleaf earlier. i intend to plant tomato and pepper and wish to make others gain from my experience |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 11:34am On Oct 16, 2016 |
Some will complain about this long story #onelove .Before i get into the actual project. Let me use this medium to thank whoever it is that brought my lazy a## to agriculture section. You can imagine where an average youth below 24 will be doing with his or her time. But i got lucky when i articles from jasper, jethro02,organicfoods,kytze among others(abeg no swear for me if i nor mention you o). I told myself that i also had the brain.( no be the same rice and gari we chow to live). I particularly took interest in tomato, cucumber,and pepper and decided to do some more research online, but all i got was the usual 'make 1 million monthly on blah blah farming with my guide. I fit swear for them if no be for this reccession sha. STORY E HAVE END. my goal is to spend nothing more than N20 per plant till maturity using locally sourced materials for 75% of most of the farming processes from nursery to maturity. can 'we' achieve this? only time and my regular update will tell.(i go dey use tecno java dey snap) ; 2 Likes |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by spyglaxx: 2:54pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
following |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 8:09pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
spyglaxx:abeg bros, u dey call me?  1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Opharhe: 8:25pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 8:26pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
FARM LOCATION: UYO, AKWA IBOM
FARM SIZE: A PLOT(CAN'T MEASURE EXACT SIZE FOR NOW)
FARM CROP(S): WATER LEAF, TOMATO AND PEPPER
NO OF TOMATO/PLANTS: DEPENDENT ON NURSERY GROWTH RATE
SEED SOURCE: LOCALLY SOURCED VS ALIEXPRESS VARIETY. |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 8:29pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
Opharhe:oga na so we see am o 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 8:39pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
so after waiting for 2 months for some tomato seeds i ordered from aliexpress, i decided on friday 14-10-16 to plant the locally sourced seeds in the bed i made for oyinbo tinx only to be called later in the day to come and pick the oyinbo seeds! e can sabi pain me ehn...the foriegn tomato seeds will be planted 2moro in a new nursery 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 9:15pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
The pepper nursery is complicated. a lil friend of mine(pri skl pikin) decided to impress me by starting the nursery and i got to know only when i had planted my pepper seeds on the bed. u knw that feeling when u plant pepper seeds and it grows the nxt day only to be told that the germinating pepper was planted a week before yours. #crying. pls bear with me, pics will come later and also i will try to show expenditure so far before the weekend. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME OF THE PRACTISES IN THIS GARDEN MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL FARMING AS THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL AND CARRIED OUT BY A DANGEROUSLY CURIOUS LEARNER 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 11:08pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
so i had to plant the aliexpress tomato around 7pm this evening b4 man u vs liverpool game, mourinho can kill game...lil shower of blessings abt 3 hours after farming,omo i am counting days... pics will come once any of the tomato germinate |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:06pm On Oct 18, 2016 |
someone visited my farm and told me that i can't use even 40 per plant counting chemicals to be used,water cost especially during the forthcoming dry season and weeding cost. I WANT TO PROVE HIM WRONG...i have never felt so challenged and motivated in a long time,can't wait for 2mao 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:18pm On Oct 18, 2016 |
EXPENDITURE SO FAR
cost of local tomato seeds=N200
cost of aliexpress variety=N565
manure for nursery bed 1/2 bag@N100
labour@ self (can't price)
total cost(up till nursery stage)=N865
cost of pepper seeds@N70
manure1/4 bag@N50
labour@self
total cost for nursery=N120 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 1:43am On Oct 20, 2016 |
1-nursery area 2-seed sprout 3-manure brewing 4-small waterleaf going to the market 1 Like
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| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 1:45am On Oct 20, 2016 |
5) the waterleaf garden 1 Like
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| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by TAjala: 5:13am On Oct 22, 2016 |
Following: Hi! I totally love this your long story. Thinking of doing the same thing myself but I have no idea how/where to start. Plix epp. |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 6:25am On Oct 22, 2016 |
TAjala:hope u don't mind this few question. do you have a small backyard space? is it a trial farm or commercial venture?do you have a source of irrigation nearby?(water no be moi moi o)which part of the country do you stay? |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 6:54am On Oct 22, 2016 |
let me talk about seeds here GMO vs HYBRID vs LOCAL VARIETY. GMO; these are organism which have their genes altered by core scientific methods of injecting dna of same or foriegn species e.g injecting the dna of sea weeds that enable them to survive in water to a tomato specie to give it that advantage(following 2016)  .i gathered that it is a highly questionable method due to fears of its health implications. though substancial evidence is limited as to its health implication as it take many years for conclusive research to be carried out.HYBRIDS: these are plants that are a crossbreed of two or more species to derive a desirable trait or feature. its looks simpler than it actually sounds. a simple example in my sec agric ;aglm vs afmt,the desirable trait needed are aglt where a=size,g=quantity,l=disease resistance,t=time to maturity. when this seeds are planted in their first year,this trait will be highly evident but will rapidly fade away when seeds are planted again as aglt vs aglt may give thousands 1 Like |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 7:14am On Oct 22, 2016 |
of varieties such as aggt,aagl etc. so they have to be painstakingly manually crossed by experts NOTE:DON'T PLANT HYBRID SEEDS MORE THAN ONCE AS MONEY SAVED MAY BE LESSER THAN LOSSES IN FARM YIELD( i am only doing this because it is mainly for self education and self research and not mainly for profit(if i see money,i go close eye?), (Oga soloxam and seedworld no be mumu to dey sell and plant company seeds every year.only buy company seeds for commercial hybrid farming,you are doing only yourself good@ advice from your underage brother and son. I should charge for this as this is promoting them). Local variety: this are the seeds that most local farmers use. It works for them, but may not be advisable for your greehouse farms and efficient commercial venture. na only sec skl agric i dey read o. make pro help add one or two tips cc @ all the veg oga and madam. By the way who has an idea of how much waterhose of 25metre cost |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 3:07pm On Oct 23, 2016 |
i have started work on some beneficial microorganism using cassava(futa research) and coconut(microderma spp)...hope it works out,will explain later |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Nobody: 8:06am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Following: |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Nobody: 8:07am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Following: How much did you get the tomato seed |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 9:50am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Hipsofagoddess:N565 but germination rate is f**king low and nt advisable if u are nt close to lagos or better buy from a reputable seed seller |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Nobody: 10:29am On Oct 25, 2016 |
Following: 565 for how many seeds and do you know of any reputable seed seller? |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by TAjala: 8:03am On Oct 30, 2016 |
Following:The idea is still in the works. Was hoping to buy land and start work on it. I guess it'll be trial until it produces enough to become commercial. I believe a bore hole will be efficient since the area will solely be used for farming. |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Neduzze5(m): 1:40pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Nice one bro... Wish you better days ahead. |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Ademat7(m): 8:21pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Following:Awaiting details |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:07pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Hipsofagoddess:can only recommend soloxam of technisem and seedworld.i have asked people who have done biz with them and the response is encouraging |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:12pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Neduzze5:thank you sir. hope the snail z doing well and our long forgotten watermelon farm z still thriving |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:21pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
TAjala:i would strongly recommend u find someone in your area that is already doing well so you won't have sad stories to share.don't invest too much until you have a firm footing. i have to learn on my own over the next one year period because tomato farmers are hard to find around me. |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 10:42pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Ademat7:i lost the coconut to some suspected vandals(NTA and big grammar) e be like sey na squirrel |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Following(m): 7:35pm On Nov 01, 2016 |
so i was planning to make beds for my tomato/pepper, but nature has a way of working. i'm having some health concerns. hoping to resume work b4 weekend.mom is taking care of the waterleaf this days because it needs some work. aliexpress tomato has not shown any sign for some days now.i guess seeds are dead |
| Re: My Tomato/pepper Experimental Garden by Gric: 9:47pm On Nov 01, 2016 |
Following:Get well soon boss..been a bit busy that I couldn't live up to the visit, Bt I shall come next week. mbok, ope no b d tomato u promised me dey kick bucket so o  |
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