okoroemeka:
in commercial farms heirloom or opv variety's are not encouraged not because of yield,but is tendency not to survive under intense disease pressure,hybrids are more tolerant and bred specifically to resist some disease.

okoroemeka:
you can plant cucumbers without staking during rainy season and manage 50% less production, but dry season don't even think about that,it will not work and it has never worked during dry season.

okoroemeka:
in commercial farms heirloom or opv variety's are not encouraged not because of yield,but is tendency not to survive under intense disease pressure,hybrids are more tolerant and bred specifically to resist some disease.

Yampotatocarrot:


Which of these staking methods is better... Tying to a thick stem or typing to the thin slender shoot?

okoroemeka:
I know this is a cucumber thread but I will like to post this and see if I can get more advice and insight on how to proceed,the supply of cabbage around our area is so erratic that our cucumber buyers have to pay in advance and wait for 3-4 days before the produce comes from Cameroon,a good size head retail for #400-#600 naira now, so we are thinking how hard can it get?the major problem in cabbage production is weather, if temperature is too hot it will not form head,we have 6 plots of land that has been idle because it is shaded so much that a temperature difference of 5-10c than other land around that is not shaded creating a perfect micro climate for cabbage,also coupled with intense mulching and daily irrigation we are confident of heads forming,and if the heat raises above 30c,we plan to use bamboo and palm frond to create more shade,we have planted the most heat tolerant variety for Africa (Gloria f 1),we have measured the planting spacing and got 1700 crop for one plot,and we will be planting one plot monthly, planted 10 grams roughly 2500 seeds,hopefully we will get 1500-1700 transplants,imagine to be harvesting 1500 heads at #400 per head every month,I will not fold my hands and say it will not work

okoroemeka:
all works but don't tie too tightly.

okoroemeka:
I know this is a cucumber thread but I will like to post this and see if I can get more advice and insight on how to proceed,the supply of cabbage around our area is so erratic that our cucumber buyers have to pay in advance and wait for 3-4 days before the produce comes from Cameroon,a good size head retail for #400-#600 naira now, so we are thinking how hard can it get?the major problem in cabbage production is weather, if temperature is too hot it will not form head,we have 6 plots of land that has been idle because it is shaded so much that a temperature difference of 5-10c than other land around that is not shaded creating a perfect micro climate for cabbage,also coupled with intense mulching and daily irrigation we are confident of heads forming,and if the heat raises above 30c,we plan to use bamboo and palm frond to create more shade,we have planted the most heat tolerant variety for Africa (Gloria f 1),we have measured the planting spacing and got 1700 crop for one plot,and we will be planting one plot monthly, planted 10 grams roughly 2500 seeds,hopefully we will get 1500-1700 transplants,imagine to be harvesting 1500 heads at #400 per head every month,I will not fold my hands and say it will not work

okoroemeka:
all works but don't tie too tightly.

aliyuthayo:


Well done OP!
I'm interested in this Cucumber farming, but I've never do any planting before. I have almost everything at my disposal and even a big river which is just 30meters to my land.
I want to give it a trial:
Question 1: Can I substitute Cow dung for Chicken waste?
Question 2: What are likely disease during planting and the remedy too?
Question 3: What's the spacing size?
Thanks.
Farm location is Ilorin, Kwara State.

Yampotatocarrot:


The Thai agro on Facebook, is it Thaiagro and allied industries, Owerri?

Juliana7:
@okoroemeka, pls sir when u start harvesting ur cucumber do u apply fertilizer before d next harvest (4 days after d previous harvest). If yes. Which of d fertilizer do u use? Thanks

okoroemeka:
if you apply inorganic fertilizer every 4 days it may burn the stems in this hot weather,but best way to apply inorganic fertilizer now is foliar feeding it is zero harmful to crops,they absorb it quicker and it contains micro/macro nutrients, we can spray it at 4 days intervals for mega yields.

Juliana7:
thank u Sir i'm grateful. Pls Sir how do u avoid abortion in ur cukes farming. Thanks

okoroemeka:
two main causes of aborted fruits are bad pollination and leaving matured fruits to stay longer than necessary.

okoroemeka:
two main causes of aborted fruits are bad pollination and leaving matured fruits to stay longer than necessary.

okoroemeka:
if you apply inorganic fertilizer every 4 days it may burn the stems in this hot weather,but best way to apply inorganic fertilizer now is foliar feeding it is zero harmful to crops,they absorb it quicker and it contains micro/macro nutrients, we can spray it at 4 days intervals for mega yields.

Cocoboms:


OP, keep up the good work you are doing on and off the farm. From your posts, is it that cu999 produces alot of male flowers as well as female flowers?

EMMAACHILE:

Foliar inorganic fertilizers burns plants too. I have the Haifa bonus npk 20:20:20 too and most times if applied in hot weathers, burns my vegetables.

okoroemeka:
staking 101 on 1500 stands of cucumbers money must be made no other option,that target must be reached on matter the difficulties.

okoroemeka:
insecticides should not be applied speculatively on cucumbers you only use when u see signs of insect attack like cucumber bettle,leaf foot bug(the black nuisance) leaf miners and aphids these are common cuke pests that u can easily see the damage then use these insecticides because of low toxicity to bees,laraforce gold,actara,imiforce,aceta force,storm force.these are all systemic no nonsense insecticides,but if the crop is fruiting and bees are foraging use only actara very low toxicity to bees,spray a mixture of saaf fungicide(mancozeb+carbendazim) and ridomil gold(metexyl mefemoxen+copper sulphate) every week,I don't know of any cucumber disease that can survive the onslaught of these 4 active ingredients.

okoroemeka:
we harvested the sack cuke very early in the morning today,3 bags has been bagged and removed before daybreak we got 7 bags ,the pic is of the remaining waiting to be bagged.we also planted one line of sack with Darina variety from seminis to compare it with cu999,but as you can see the 999 beats hands down in size,the darina is on right by sprite bottle while the 3 on the left is 999,if its not 999 my hand no dey.

scorpio1:


How do I get bees to forage on the farm?
We had this issue of pollination with our cucumbers, the yield was good but I believe it could have been more if it was well managed. Send me a direct message, we need to link up. what

scorpio1:


You need to try Murano my brother, the size is something else, they call it "Hausa" in the market.

scorpio1:


How come you planted in-between the ridges and not on the ridges?
Is it better?

okoroemeka:
staking 101 on 1500 stands of cucumbers money must be made no other option,that target must be reached on matter the difficulties.

Cocoboms:


Sir, did you tie the ropes on the cuke plants or on something else ? The rope looks far away from the cukes

okoroemeka:
we put small sticks and tie it on