Water Melon seed.
Am yet to plant the water melon, i think i will plant it tomorrow.

Nice thread. Where do you buy your seeds? Does the Lagos Spinach come in a package too? Can you show us?

I reside in Ibadan, so i buy the seeds from local sellers in the market.

Seun:
Nice thread. Where do you buy your seeds? Does the Lagos Spinach come in a package too? Can you show us?

The Lagos Spinach seeds are measured in cup or congo, just like how they measure rice, garri or beans.

A cup goes for N1,000 while half cup is N500.

I have used up the half tin cup i bought, so can't show the picture, i will get the picture from the one on jidestroud's post.


The first is the tomato seed in the nylon, while the 2nd is the Lagos Spinach seed.

courtesy of jidestroud's picture

maxysmith:
where is the Garden

You can check the garden out now babe.

oyetpel:

You can check the garden out now babe.

ok

This is just woah!!! I am already your follower @oyetpel. This is simply beautiful, to think you even laid hands on my favorite of all watermelons (crimson sweet). May your dedication and zeal to succeed pave way for you. Oya, let me take several seats and enjoy your thread. God's speed.

Just a quick one, you should also incorporate pest and disease control into your garden's budget ASAP.

oyetpel:
Snails

That's Achatina Fulica specie, highly productive, lays hundreds of eggs you know? Well, I would really advice plant them so close to your garden because they are quite destructive in nature and could also help transmit pathogens from plants to plant if it escapes their confinement. You could rare them away from the garden. Just an advice though.

On the corn, if you can lay your hands on urea fertilizer, please do. It will help boost there growth. I can see the already have almost ten Leaves out already.


Good work you have there.

Day 40- Maize growing so well, tall and all green.

Day 47. Snake tomato are such climbers.

Day 31. Most of the Cocoyam have almost sprout out.

I planted the Water melon seeds this morning.
Below is the picture of the seeds.

I also planted green leaf on the farm this morning.

jidestroud:


That's Achatina Fulica specie, highly productive, lays hundreds of eggs you know? Well, I would really advice plant them so close to your garden because they are quite destructive in nature and could also help transmit pathogens from plants to plant if it escapes their confinement. You could rare them away from the garden. Just an advice though.

On the corn, if you can lay your hands on urea fertilizer, please do. It will help boost there growth. I can see the already have almost ten Leaves out already.


Good work you have there.

Thanks for your answer and observation.

I don't think the snails can get out of the pen i constructed, but i may move them out of the garden as you suggested.

The maize have grown, you can check my new updates.

I got this ankle rubber boot today for at the rate of N700.

Yea the snails are mostly AF. I caught a glimpse of one AM.
Once they (AF) start laying eggs and hatch that cage won't contain. You need be planning for extra pen for the baby snails.

Make sure the pen isn't in flooded area too.

I am also rearing some snails I picked from my garden. AM and AF.
Already laid some eggs

oyetpel:
Day 47. Snake tomato are such climbers.

nice thread. please am interested in this snake tomato. the update matters a lot. nice garden.

Munzy14:

nice thread. please am interested in this snake tomato. the update matters a lot. nice garden.

Ok, thanks.

I will keep updating on it.

oyetpel:
Chicken net bought.

And i went to chop down the bamboo sticks myself in a bush, just needed fare to transport the bamboo sticks to our house.

Chopping down the bamboo was not easy, hmm.

Please, how much did you get a toll of poultry net or per yards.

oyetpel:


The Lagos Spinach seeds are measured in cup or congo, just like how they measure rice, garri or beans.

A cup goes for N1,000 while half cup is N500.

I have used up the half tin cup i bought, so can't show the picture, i will get the picture from the one on jidestroud's post.


The first is the tomato seed in the nylon, while the 2nd is the Lagos Spinach seed.

courtesy of jidestroud's picture

Please space your planting. Put at least 1month between planting so you can a well spread out maturity and harvest. Otherwise, you'd have lots to waste.

1kinggy:

Please, how much did you get a toll of poultry net or per yards.

A bundle is N5,500

1kinggy:


Please space your planting. Put at least 1month between planting so you can a well spread out maturity and harvest. Otherwise, you'd have lots to waste.

I don't want to space, i want them all to grow together, eat some and wait for some to bear seeds so that i won't need to buy seeds again.

oyetpel:


I don't want to space, i want them all to grow together, eat some and wait for some to bear seeds so that i won't need to buy seeds again.

One more reason to space. Your first set of harvest would give you seed for another batch. (If they harvest looks good enough for replanting.)

@oyetpel . this is creativity, innovation and determination at its height. great work on your garden. keep it up. wish I could get such space in my front yard. . for the snail, I will suggest you dig the wood fence deeper into the soil so the snails do not burrow thru and escape, that will not be micheal scofield's fault . all the best and enjoy your fruits when the time comes.

ayagbajumoh:
@oyetpel . this is creativity, innovation and determination at its height. great work on your garden. keep it up. wish I could get such space in my front yard. . for the snail, I will suggest you dig the wood fence deeper into the soil so the snails do not burrow thru and escape, that will not be micheal scofield's fault . all the best and enjoy your fruits when the time comes.

Thanks.

I sure did dig the wood fence deep into the snail.

If the snails behave well as they are currently doing, i am planning to construct a big pen house for them.

Gud work.

oyetpel:
I also planted green leaf on the farm this morning.

How's your green doing? Soko or Tete? Should be out by now.

jidestroud:


How's your green doing? Soko or Tete? Should be out by now.

Doing fine.

Day 9: Soko and Tomato have sprouted out.

1) Soko
2) Tomato

I also planted some tomatoes in a bucket, and i observed that the ones in the bucket developed properly compared to the ones on mother nature.


I didn't plan to cultivate tomatoes in bucket or sacks, but by the end of this month i should start.

Day 51: Maize growing well

So i planted potato today

(1) Potato plant
(2) Potato stem: The stem is the one that will bring forth potato tubers, so it will be in the ground..
(3)This is how the potato looks like on the ground after planting.


I planted the potatoes in between my maize heaps.

oyetpel:
Day 51: Maize growing well

jampacks maize on a tiny piece of land
maize:

You should probably thin your maize urgently, since tight spacing makes pests and diseases difficult to control, and the plants in the middle might not produce anything due to lack of sufficient sunlight.