The biggest challenge of ugu farming is the high cost of ugu seeds. Follow to learn the highly guarded secret of obtaining four seedlings from just one seed.


Sorry Ugu seed traders.

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na wetin be this?

Materials required.

1. Ugu seeds
2. Sawdust
3.Composted manure

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Bomboy abeg bring me one chair make I siddon follow this topic. Oya OP, continue.

Step One: Plant the ugu seeds in sawdust. if the sawdust is in a container, ensure the container is perforated at the bottom so that excess water can drain out.
After about 5-7 days, the ugu seeds would look like this and we would be ready for step 2.

nice op.

Agritech:
Step One: Plant the ugu seeds in sawdust. if the sawdust is in a container, ensure the container is perforated at the bottom so that excess water can drain out.
After about 5-7 days, the ugu seeds would look like this and we would be ready for step 2.

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Ademat7:

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I'm find it difficult to upload photos, I would continue soon.

Step 2: Split the seed into two halves. planting in sawdust would make this step easy.

Step 3: use a sharp knife to divide each half into to. Ensure that each part has a root.

Step 4. Plant the pieces back in the sawdust, after about 7 days, they would start germinating.

Step 5: prepare your bed and dig in planting holes.

Step 6: Apply compost manure in the planting holes and mix with the soil in the holes. Please do not use fresh manure.

Step 7: plant the seedlings

Step 8: water thoroughly.

Watch out for my step by step pictorial guide on how to multiply plantain/banana suckers to give 50 to 200 plantain suckers, using the PIF and MSD technique.

I have planted ugu twice in my back yard, failed both times, I planted the third time yesterday and prayed for them

egopersonified:
I have planted ugu twice in my back yard, failed both times, I planted the third time yesterday and prayed for them

Did you do offering after the prayers?

egopersonified:
I have planted ugu twice in my back yard, failed both times, I planted the third time yesterday and prayed for them

Funny you. What actually happened then?

Agritech:
Funny you. What actually happened then?

The first time, a stem with about 10 leaves grew, and stopped growing till now, someone said there was too much cement in the sand around the area I planted it resulting in its stunted growth. The second
time one of the seeds grew very big and just started to wither, my neighbour said it was because I wasn't pruning it.

frisky2good:



Did you do offering after the prayers?

No oh, I thought the offering would be after I start harvesting

egopersonified:


The first time, a stem with about 10 leaves grew, and stopped growing till now, someone said there was too much cement in the sand around the area I planted it resulting in its stunted growth. The second
time one of the seeds grew very big and just started to wither, my neighbour said it was because I wasn't pruning it.



No oh, I thought the offering would be after I start harvesting

"too much cement in the sand" . can you describe the nature of the soil you are planting in?

phyllosilicate:


"too much cement in the said" . can you describe the nature of the soil you are planting in?

Yes it could be the soil.

egopersonified:


The first time, a stem with about 10 leaves grew, and stopped growing till now, someone said there was too much cement in the sand around the area I planted it resulting in its stunted growth. The second
time one of the seeds grew very big and just started to wither, my neighbour said it was because I wasn't pruning it.



No oh, I thought the offering would be after I start harvesting

Ugu requires fertile soil for it to do well. Try adding manure to the soil and water regularly. If you are planting on sand, that's bad. Sandy soil isn't fertile and don't hold water. But addition of organic manure corrects some of it's deficiencies.

egopersonified:


No oh, I thought the offering would be after I start harvesting

Let me send you my account details so you can make the offering. It is important.

God bless u dude... my container gardening was becoming futile. but thanks to you I just learnt Austin radical

thanks Op!

mima247:
God bless u dude... my container gardening was becoming futile. but thanks to you I just learnt Austin radical

Thanks, God bless you too.

GreatNegro:
thanks Op!

You're welcome

@op Step 6: Why not fresh manure? And in preparing your compost, how long do you wait?

@op, thanks for sharing. May God multiply your blessings as you have taught us to multiply our ugu seeds.

Agritech:
Step One: Plant the ugu seeds in sawdust. if the sawdust is in a container, ensure the container is perforated at the bottom so that excess water can drain out.
After about 5-7 days, the ugu seeds would look like this and we would be ready for step 2.

Pls, should I add manure or fertilizer and soil to the sawdust?

GreatNegro:

Pls, should I add manure or fertilizer and soil to the sawdust?

no you shouldn't, only water. The cotyledon of the seeds would serve as food for now.