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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 4:56pm On Jul 29, 2018 |
Munzy14: Very true with the bolded. That has been my Achilles hill with cucumbers. Yet, it has to be organic. And it has to be heirloom type for now. I need to get it right before going the hybrid way. (Just me anyways). I hope to record a profound victory this time around. By the way, the tomatoes are doing excellently. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by Munzy14(m): 6:30pm On Jul 29, 2018 |
jidestroud:That's good. however in preparation of your compost for the Cucumber, include wood ash. Just a measure to keep the fungi in check, while u make use of the baking soda every 3-4 days. You will surely triumph. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by Adeoye007(m): 10:14pm On Jul 29, 2018 |
please sir Mr jidestroud can you explain how to harvest ugu leaves in other to make it last longer |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:51pm On Jul 30, 2018 |
Adeoye007:Well, from my knowledge of Ugu planting, it could be grown both as perennial or annual plant depending on how you treat it. Nevertheless, the cutting of your ugu after you have cut from the next available leaf, really has no effect on the lifespan of your ugu. All you need to do is make sure you irrigate it steadily, apply manure from time to time and take care of pest and diseases. I do have an Ugu plant in the second year running now. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:18am On Jul 31, 2018 |
**Tomato Update - Blossom Drop** A quick browsing through my home garden brought my attention to a negative development on my tomato plants. Most of the flower blossom were breaking off at the elbow. This is known as Blossom Drop. A few factors are responsible for these occurrence but I wouldn't go into much details. A few reasons are: 1. Weather conditions 2. Stress 3. Pollination issues 4. Improper fertilization 5. Too many blossoms And lastly, 6. Diseases In my case, I was able to identify the major reason why my setting blossom were dropping off. Due to the rains, I had stopped watering my tomato plants and left them to the mercy of the a downpour. Unfortunately, its been raining but just the short ones. I recent had my index finger into the soil recently and noticed how dried the earth was about after about 2inches down the top soil. Ooopse!!! I got carried away with the so much happenings around me. ![]() Goodnews, the blossom drop is gradually stopping and I now have tomatoes coming out in their numbers.
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by lorhema(f): 10:54am On Jul 31, 2018 |
jidestroud: Thanks for these tips. I'll adopt them so my ugu can serve me longer. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:27am On Aug 02, 2018 |
Cucumber Update - Planting Day 1 Finally, my cucumber goes into the ground today 2nd of August. The countdown starts now ![]() ![]() ![]() Planting Procedure Prior today, I have been watering the already prepared beds daily up till this morning. Seed per hole: 1 hole but 3per cluster with a spacing of 1cm between holes Hole depth: About 0.5 inches in depth of holes. Spacing used: 9 inches between rows of clusters. I had to plant directly with nursing the cucumber seeds. Now the waiting time begins. Off to research on a very strong homemade organic fungicides to use for this project. ![]()
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:32am On Aug 02, 2018 |
Coming soon is my homemade self irrigation system I intend to use for this project. All materials will be sourced within. More updates soon. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by excanny: 12:28pm On Aug 02, 2018 |
jidestroud: Seems cucumbers pest are some badass gangsters. Hoping to see how you will deal with them organically cos I am pro organic too. Are you still using Marketer? |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:20am On Aug 04, 2018 |
Fluted seed multiplication through seed splitting - Repeated Once again, ever since I found this technique out, I have been using it like every time - splitting from 2-4 parts. Saves me the trouble of looking for seeds to plant outside my garden. Prior today, I had buried the ugu seeds in the sack filled sawdust and, watered it daily (lasts week sunday precisely). Today makes it 6days so I decided to check it out for roots development. Yup, good for some slicing up. This time, I will be cutting up into two parts only (low on garden space already, as most of it would be gifted out). The technique requires you cutting it such that each parts has a root attached to it. That's all. After that must have been done, put it all back in the sack to promote further root development. The seeds should be good in the sack for another few days before planting. That's all. Time to cut out 300 pieces. And all I need is just about 30. ![]() 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 8:04am On Aug 05, 2018 |
Cucumber Update Good news and Happy Sunday, Exactly 3days today and all seems to be going well. I recorded 100% germination as ALL seeds grew forth (why did I waste my seeds sef ![]() I guess this where the journey begins. Time to starting making preparations for bombardment of organic pesticides / FUNGICIDES. Zoooooom zoooooom. Service calls!!! 1 Like
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by Munzy14(m): 1:26pm On Aug 05, 2018 |
Goodnews, the blossom drop is gradually stopping and I now have tomatoes coming out in their numbers. [/quote] honestly the blossom drop was a huge setback for me last year. I am getting set to give tomato growing a serious battle. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 3:38pm On Aug 05, 2018 |
Munzy14: Cool... 1 Like |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:54am On Aug 08, 2018 |
Garden Updates So far, its been success all the way with every one of my garden plants (and I pray it remains So ![]() Starting with the Tomatoes The tomatoes are out in their numbers and are gaining size daily. The issue with blossom drop has been reduced to the barest minimum with only a few evident. Cucumber This one just dey sweet my belle. I know I only just started but, I am very optimistic this is going to be a very successful journey. I thinned in down to 2 per cluster today (what a waste). True leaves gradually emerging.
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 8:04am On Aug 08, 2018 |
...Cont Ugu Multiplication Good news from this quarters too. Split seeds have gained roots and sprouting is visible emerging from the sawdust sack. I brought out for inspection and planting is good to go anytime from now (tomorrow I guess). Pepper - Rodo and Tatatse Good to have the news members of my garden doing well too. Transplanting should be done in another week's time.
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by excanny: 10:37am On Aug 08, 2018 |
Hello jidestroud. Please what is the ideal planting space for Ugu if one is staking? jidestroud: Does this Ugu seed multiplication have any negative effect on the expected yield? |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 12:26pm On Aug 08, 2018 |
excanny: Multiplication defects? Well, none that I know of. Been doing the multiplication technique for a while now and all are doing well. On spacing, anything from (.5)1m x (.5)1m is perfect. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by excanny: 2:17pm On Aug 08, 2018 |
jidestroud: Hope you compared your overall yield in terms of tonnage to the ones you planted whole? Also, any advantage in making beds for Ugu planting? |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 4:14pm On Aug 08, 2018 |
excanny: It has no effect on yield. Making beds or not is totally dependent on the terrains (water logged, weed control etc). Ordinary tilling and land prep is good outside what is mentioned above. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by hazel01(f): 9:36pm On Aug 17, 2018 |
hello, you are doing a nice job sir, and your thread kinda inspired me to go into agriculture ........you had issues with slugs last year, how did u eventually stop them from eating your crops?......seems there are lots of slugs in my garden too and I don't want them finish my sweat....lol.. cc jidestroud |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:47pm On Aug 18, 2018 |
hazel01: Sorry for the late response. Slugs in your garden? ![]() ![]() |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:51pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
Tomato Update: I hereby certify myself a tomato guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Time to move on to CUCUMBER my Achilles Hill ![]() ![]() Let's see how it goes. ![]() Lovely pictures from the tomato section of my garden. 1 Like
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:55pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
More pictures
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by Munzy14(m): 8:49pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
jidestroud:lol kudos!. I just envy this tomato. well, am getting set for it. still at the nursery stage. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:22pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
Munzy14:Waiting to see how it goes. God's speed. I need all the assistance I can get with this cucumbers walahi!! 1 Like |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by Munzy14(m): 9:44pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
jidestroud:Cucumber, u only have fungi to battle with. just don't give a room for it to over power u. As for fertilization, cow dung or cured poultry waste is your best bet. Every 15days application. 1 Like |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 9:50pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
Munzy14: Fungi to battle with Fertilization 15days application Lots of water Noted!! ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by excanny: 10:36pm On Aug 19, 2018 |
jidestroud, what could possibly be the problem with this tomato plant?
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Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by AmadeusCho: 6:02am On Aug 20, 2018 |
I tried this stuff the leafs dried on my what am I doing wrong?? jidestroud: |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:18am On Aug 20, 2018 |
excanny: Hi, I can't really make much of the picture posted. Not too detailed but, from what I can see, it is probably a soil defect. Could you help upload a clearer picture so we could make proper examination of the plant. |
Re: Starting Up My Vegetable Farm Garden From Scratch (ugwu, Tomato, Green-leaf) by jidestroud(m): 7:19am On Aug 20, 2018 |
AmadeusCho:The Basil dried up in the jar of water? |
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