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How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 3:07pm On May 08, 2018 |
Cashew farming is a very lucrative one which require a diligent effort from land preparation to growing seedlings up to the harvest stage. I will be sharing some of the important things you need to know and do, in the course of setting up your cashew farm. This is important because cashew takes minimum of 2 and half years to start fruiting after planting and once you get it right from the beginning, you will continue to enjoy it's dividends. Someone call me from oyo town recently to come and help check his cashew farm. He complained bitterly that his cashew trees are not fruiting but bring out flowers. On getting there,i discovered that the trees are very close to each other, no proper spacing, poor ventilation, etc. Now its too late to correct. This thread will cover 1.Getting the right hybrid seedlings 2.Land preparation and Spacing 3.Farm operation activities 4.Harvesting 5.Exportation of Cashewnuts etc You wouldnot want to miss this. stay tuned. For more information on how to invest in cashew production, kindly like or follow me on www.facebook.com/waleagro Modified: Myself and some of the successful, prominent agroprenuers in Nigeria just started an online mentoring programme, If you are a newbie who wants to explore the agribusiness industry, it's strongly advices that you join the mentorship. it will save you a lot of stress, increase your success rate as we share our experiences,challenges and how to overcome them and make tons of money Kindly register using the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ig5vI2AuEgrrcKU-3i_tQz4dfjVuaIAbLdFpcDw30_g This is our own way of assisting Nigerians especially youths interested in agriculture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deFYFdHcMFk
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 10:47pm On May 08, 2018 |
Getting the right cashew seedlings to cultivate can be the most important thing to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SVWUU74gBQ I will be sharing tomorrow the steps to grow a grafted cashew seedling. There are so many advantages of using a grafted seedlings than planting seeds directly on the field. You can watch through the link above how I grow my cashew grafted seedlings on the farm 2 Likes |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 11:29am On May 09, 2018 |
I will explain with pictures culled from my farm I cannot overemphasized the importance of using grafted cashew seedlings to start your cashew farm. Faster growth, high yielding and disease resistance are some of the advantage of using a grafted seedlings. The below are some of the processes to take to grow your own grafted seedlings FIRST STEP 1. Choose a good hybrid seeds. This is where the success and failure of your cashew farm is determined. Normally, ogbomoso has the best cashewnut in the world and also the best planting varieties. A good seeds should be purchased 1 Share
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 10:05pm On May 09, 2018 |
The second steps is as well important to reduce the mortality rate of the nut when planted. Fill up the black polythene bag with well treated soil. How do you treat your soil? by exposing it to heat. You can bag your soil and place it inside hot water for 5 minutes. 1 Like
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 10:57pm On May 09, 2018 |
Lesgupnigeria:Get good hybrids from CRIN. Ogbomosho does not produce hybrids I think. 1 Like |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 9:57am On May 10, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:Right. What I am trying to say is that environmental conditions in ogbomoso allows it to produce the best cashewnuts and you can source from there as well. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 3:24pm On May 10, 2018 |
The next step is to sort your seeds. how do you do that? Prepare a bowl filled with water and pour the amount of cashew seeds that can contain the bowl. After pouring,the nuts that floats are not viable and should not be planted while the ones that settled at the bottom should be planted. Planting the floating ones will lead to wasted time and effort because it won't germinate. 2 Likes
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by deborsky(m): 6:59pm On May 10, 2018 |
yea |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 9:32pm On May 10, 2018 |
Allow the settled cashew seeds to stay in the water for 24 hours before planting. Fill the black polythene bag with the treated soil and plant the seed. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 9:05am On May 11, 2018 |
After planting the seeds in the polythene bags, the seeds start germinating after some weeks 2 Likes
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 4:24pm On May 11, 2018 |
The next step is to start grafting. You have to pay attention here because this is the most delicate part of it which you should not missed. Before we proceed, let me explain what grafting means, the advantage of grafting over direct seeding, why you should go for grafted seedlings over ordinary seedlings, etc The layman meaning of grafting is taking a part ( it's called scion) of a tree with desirable characteristics and Joining it with another (it's called root stock) to get early maturing, fast growing, and better yield. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 4:27pm On May 11, 2018 |
On the farm picking out some scions
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 9:54am On May 12, 2018 |
Farmers in the making.
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 10:00am On May 12, 2018 |
Lesgupnigeria:Where did you get them? |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 10:02am On May 12, 2018 |
Lesgupnigeria:You need to spell out the advantages here. The only one I know is the fast fruiting of grafted plants. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Johnnyessence(m): 2:40pm On May 12, 2018 |
waooooooo very detailed explanation of how to plant cashew seed. I think I will have to download your video and send it to my client. nice one brother. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by hajlat2(m): 7:08pm On May 12, 2018 |
Following. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 8:56am On May 13, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:Ok. Thanks. Apart from the fast fruiting,resistance to disease and higher yielding are some of the advantages 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 8:39pm On May 13, 2018 |
Johnnyessence:Thanks please do. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 9:11pm On May 13, 2018 |
Get a good scion. The scion in the picture above is gotten from a parent tree with fast growing,high yielding and bigger nuts Now, after the seedlings have grown for some weeks, you can now start the grafting process. cut the flowering top of the seedlings, and get your scion in a moist state. To get a successful grafted seedlings, you need to add some water with your scion and wrap it with a paper to keep the scion always moist especially if you will be travelling a long distance with the scion. Remembered when I travelled to an African country to get a mango variety that produce triple size of the normal mango size in the market, I had a success rate of 40% because I did not moisten it well. Cut with a sharp knife about 1cm deep into the rootstock
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 7:26am On May 14, 2018 |
Monday Motivation Lack of money will want to discourage you lack of connection to the people you think can help you achieve your goals, family members might not want to help but keep taking those baby steps toward your dream and in no distant time, you will reach your destination. Never give up on your dream!!! 2 Likes |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 1:46pm On May 14, 2018 |
Insert the scion into the rootstock and tied with a transparent white nylon as shown in the pictures 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 3:13pm On May 14, 2018 |
Lesgupnigeria:Great lessons so far |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 8:02pm On May 14, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:Thanks |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 8:16pm On May 14, 2018 |
Tie both the scion and the rootstock together, after doing this, cover with a white transparent nylon and tied with rope. After some days, the scion and rootstock should have gel together. You can remove nylon after some weeks. 3 Likes
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Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 10:07am On May 15, 2018 |
hajlat2:Thanks for following |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 8:25pm On May 15, 2018 |
LAND PREPARATION AND SPACING The first thing to do is to clear the land before using tractor to plough. Spacing depends on whether you are cultivating cashew alone or intercropping with vegetables, cassava etc. My advice is to always intercrop cashew with cassava or vegetables. 1 Like |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 9:38pm On May 15, 2018 |
Lesgupnigeria:Though when the cashew is fully grown, it won't be advisable. Only crops such as vegetables that tolerate shade will strive under a cashew tree shade. Great work on this thread. 2 Likes |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 1:57am On May 16, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:Good morning sir! I am a follower of your threads and learnt you are into agric, plants and animals both. I am seeking for such jobs please. Would you please offer me farm labour in any of them. I am open to both. I can tend to poultry and also plant pre and post planting operations. Awaiting your kind response. Thanks. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 6:40am On May 16, 2018 |
Ibelievee:I don't have any large scale plantation now. The ones I have are small scale like a hectare of trees in the village. There is a girl that connects people for farm work. Maybe I will link you with her. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Nobody: 8:03am On May 16, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:Okay, please do. |
Re: How To Setup & Establish Your Own Cashew Farm(With Pictures) by Lesgupnigeria(m): 10:57am On May 16, 2018 |
EMMAACHILE:You are right. Thanks for your contribution 3 Likes |
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