olakunleben16:
Pls all my Oga's in the house, what could be wrong with this nursery its about 17days. It was doing very well initially but I observe that something is wrong.

Chai, nursery wahala,,.. I hope this isnt something that will cause the life of that beautiful plant

I must concur with you on this. However seedling trays have their advantages and disadvantages I bought 30 nursery trays and my raised bed performed better though I must confess it's my first time using seedling trays to nurse peppers, they are however very easy to nurse tomatoes. The best was even the nursery beds that I sieved d soil so the particles were small and soft, I should use this soil in my trays too I would prefer even using deep square or rectangular plastic bowls or trays (circular ones work well they just take up more space) to using seedling tray. After this batch, I'll pack them up except for germination tests or maybe something else would come up.

I must confess however that it is so much easier to manage the seedlings in the seedlings trays, the spacing is just right but they setup easily if you. use soil which is why I might try peat next but I need information from those that have used it. My seedling trays (with soil) have they ti be watered every evening and morning consistently else the cells dry out and d seedling die. It's also time consuming to meticulously put one seed in each cell. However I must just confess, if one can be patient and manage it effectively, your seedlings can stay for four or five weeks or more in the trays (especially in the 50 or 72 cell) which is very cool. Also, they are made mobile so you can easily expose them to the sun though I believe sunlight will reduce the lifespan of the plastic seedling trays. Also, during rainy season, you can easily move them out of the rain to save your seedlings if exposed to rainfall. Also, if you are doing just a few hundred seedlings, you can easily set up your nursery at home in seedling trays and move them (in your car or truck) to the farm when they are ready for transplanting. This can be a lot convenient when one has a vehicle which was what I did. It's biggest advantage is the transplant shock it saves the seedlings from Om experiencing when planting them in the field. I hope to get a mister in future to help with the watering.

In conclusion, it is easier to manage the seedling beds


For those using cocopeat, please practically (from experience not theory) what is the advantage over soil and is there any special management.

FMCASH:
raised bed is the best for me

olakunleben16:
Pls all my Oga's in the house, what could be wrong with this nursery its about 17days. It was doing very well initially but I observe that something is wrong.

Have you applied fungicide since germination??

olakunleben16:
Pls all my Oga's in the house, what could be wrong with this nursery its about 17days. It was doing very well initially but I observe that something is wrong.

first of all what variety or type of pepper did u plant, hybrid, heirloom or local seed, because I am seeing signs of bacterial leaf spot,it happens with seeds that are sourced from local markets,also that yellow ish colour is classic nitrogen deficiency,expose to sunlight,reduce irrigation and spray with foliar fertilizer and a good fungicide.

okoroemeka:
first of all what variety or type of pepper did u plant, hybrid, heirloom or local seed, because I am seeing signs of bacterial leaf spot,it happens with seeds that are sourced from local markets,also that yellow ish colour is classic nitrogen deficiency,expose to sunlight,reduce irrigation and spray with foliar fertilizer and a good fungicide.

its hybrid chilli pepper. sunny f1 from technisem

Psalm4kute:

Have you applied fungicide since germination??

Yes

FMCASH:


When you bought this nursery crate then if I told you not to use it, it will seems I don't know what I'm saying

The Nursery tray are the best Nursery growing medium anyone can use. I pity those of you that speak against it because it is due to ignorance.

What the fellow suffered from was basically the following

1. He kept it in a place of little sunlight. The normal thing is to keep them under a net house

2. Too much watering. Watering the cocopeat he used, is quite tricky because they retain water for longer periods. I will advise that he spaces the watering to about once in 2 days

3. Cocopeat doesn’t have any nutrient inside of it except fibre. I will advise that he mixes it with dried poultry manure or better still compost and use foliar fertiliser in spraying the plants mixed with a surfactant like Super gro.

4. He should consider drenching if the plant leaves are yellowing. Which is the process where you dig a hole that can conveniently contain a tray, then cover it with a nylon and pour a solution of Potassium Nitrate mixed with water into it. Dip your Nursery tray with the germinating seeds into for 5 mins then remove.
You will find that your seeds become green again and germination rate becomes excellent

5. Those gangling and thing plants are struggling to survive because they don’t have any nutrients or inadequate nutrients. They won’t make it.

6. I laughed when Okoroemeka was talking about damping off. Obviously, he doesn’t know that you can’t have damping off if you use cocopeat, compost and foliar fertliser thus there is no need to use fungicide at all bc no soil is involved and as long as it is under a net house.

7. The Nursery tray is the easiest means to transplant bc with just a small push, the seedling comes popping out with the roots entangled with the soil. Who born damping off?.

8. I would advise you to buy your compost rather than making because of bacteria, fungi and virus that accompany those you make without quality control. Jubaili and several other seed sellers sell them.

For more information about Nursery formation and other planting information check
Growhow platform of East West seed on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook

Excellent points. I will start using cocopeat with them for my nursery as suggested. Soil does not cut it at all, it doesn't hold enough water for the cell volume.

Degis:


The Nursery tray are the best Nursery growing medium anyone can use. I pity those of you that speak against it because it is due to ignorance.

What the fellow suffered from was basically the following

1. He kept it in a place of little sunlight. The normal thing is to keep them under a net house

2. Too much watering. Watering the cocopeat he used, is quite tricky because they retain water for longer periods. I will advise that he spaces the watering to about once in 2 days

3. Cocopeat doesn’t have any nutrient inside of it except fibre. I will advise that he mixes it with dried poultry manure or better still compost and use foliar fertiliser in spraying the plants mixed with a surfactant like Super gro.

4. He should consider drenching if the plant leaves are yellowing. Which is the process where you dig a hole that can conveniently contain a tray, then cover it with a nylon and pour a solution of Potassium Nitrate mixed with water into it. Dip your Nursery tray with the germinating seeds into for 5 mins then remove.
You will find that your seeds become green again and germination rate becomes excellent

5. Those gangling and thing plants are struggling to survive because they don’t have any nutrients or inadequate nutrients. They won’t make it.

6. I laughed when Okoroemeka was talking about damping off. Obviously, he doesn’t know that you can’t have damping off if you use cocopeat, compost and foliar fertliser thus there is no need to use fungicide at all bc no soil is involved and as long as it is under a net house.

7. The Nursery tray is the easiest means to transplant bc with just a small push, the seedling comes popping out with the roots entangled with the soil. Who born damping off?.

8. I would advise you to buy your compost rather than making because of bacteria, fungi and virus that accompany those you make without quality control. Jubaili and several other seed sellers sell them.

For more information about Nursery formation and other planting information check
Growhow platform of East West seed on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook

nxtEinsten:
Excellent points. I will start using cocopeat with them for my nursery as suggested. Soil does not cut it at all, it doesn't hold enough water for the cell volume.

Becareful when using cocopeat.. it retains water way longer than soil.. and excess watering will lead to root rot and damping off..

Nursery are now 4 days and few hours old.. and they're doing far better than expected.. so far I can say I have over 80% germination

Degis:


The Nursery tray are the best Nursery growing medium anyone can use. I pity those of you that speak against it because it is due to ignorance.

What the fellow suffered from was basically the following

1. He kept it in a place of little sunlight. The normal thing is to keep them under a net house

2. Too much watering. Watering the cocopeat he used, is quite tricky because they retain water for longer periods. I will advise that he spaces the watering to about once in 2 days

3. Cocopeat doesn’t have any nutrient inside of it except fibre. I will advise that he mixes it with dried poultry manure or better still compost and use foliar fertiliser in spraying the plants mixed with a surfactant like Super gro.

4. He should consider drenching if the plant leaves are yellowing. Which is the process where you dig a hole that can conveniently contain a tray, then cover it with a nylon and pour a solution of Potassium Nitrate mixed with water into it. Dip your Nursery tray with the germinating seeds into for 5 mins then remove.
You will find that your seeds become green again and germination rate becomes excellent

5. Those gangling and thing plants are struggling to survive because they don’t have any nutrients or inadequate nutrients. They won’t make it.

6. I laughed when Okoroemeka was talking about damping off. Obviously, he doesn’t know that you can’t have damping off if you use cocopeat, compost and foliar fertliser thus there is no need to use fungicide at all bc no soil is involved and as long as it is under a net house.

7. The Nursery tray is the easiest means to transplant bc with just a small push, the seedling comes popping out with the roots entangled with the soil. Who born damping off?.

8. I would advise you to buy your compost rather than making because of bacteria, fungi and virus that accompany those you make without quality control. Jubaili and several other seed sellers sell them.

For more information about Nursery formation and other planting information check
Growhow platform of East West seed on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook

cocopeat or soil if you water pepper and garden egg nursery without control damping off will come,even if the planting materials are sterile or not,the water you are using how many bacteria are inside or the air that is circulating around,the best prevention for damping off is controlled irrigation and fungicides application not using cocopeat and relax that it's over,the hausas farmer that can harvest 10 Tyre load of pepper how many cocopeat and nursery tray did they use,soil can be made sterile by burning wood on top and using it, whatever medium you use at the end of the day what counts is how many bags or baskets of produce can you supply to the market

okoroemeka:
cocopeat or soil if you water pepper and garden egg without control damping off will come,even if the planting materials are sterile or not,the water you are using how many bacteria are inside or the air that is circulating around,the best prevention for damping off is controlled irrigation and fungicides application not using cocopeat and relax that it's over,the hausas farmer that can harvest 10 Tyre load of pepper how many cocopeat and nursery tray did they use,soil can be made sterile by burning wood on top and using it, whatever medium you use at the end of the day what counts is how many bags or baskets of produce can you supply to the market

How often would you recommend irrigating a pepper farm in dry season?

Psalm4kute:

How often would you recommend irrigating a pepper farm in dry season?

you will not irrigate speculatively, peppers don't have high water requirement like cucumbers and the type of soil also is a factor,on fast draining soil every other day,but heavy soils can be irrigated 3-4 days interval,but your best bet is to watch and listen to your crops they will tell you when they need water,at the hottest time of the day they will wilt and look droopy it's time to irrigate.

okoroemeka:
you will not irrigate speculatively, peppers don't have high water requirement like cucumbers and the type of soil also is a factor,on fast draining soil every other day,but heavy soils can be irrigated 3-4 days interval,but your best bet is to watch and listen to your crops they will tell you when they need water, at the hottest time of the day they will wilt and look droopy it's time to irrigate.

Thanks, this is a factor I'll definitely take note off

Just to add to your points. How deep (or how much) you irrigate also matters. If you have soil that holds moisture, if you irrigate deeply you will need to irrigate less often. It is better to irrigate deeply to enhance deep root growth than just watering slightly. If you can mulch with various materials it will help your soil retain moisture. Mulching is one thing I can to do this season. I can't afford plastic mulch yet but I will find creative ways to much heavily this dry season.

okoroemeka:
you will not irrigate speculatively, peppers don't have high water requirement like cucumbers and the type of soil also is a factor,on fast draining soil every other day,but heavy soils can be irrigated 3-4 days interval,but your best bet is to watch and listen to your crops they will tell you when they need water,at the hottest time of the day they will wilt and look droopy it's time to irrigate.

nxtEinsten:
Just to add to your points. How deep (or how much) you irrigate also matters. If you have soil that holds moisture, if you irrigate deeply you will need to irrigate less often. It is better to irrigate deeply to enhance deep root growth than just watering slightly. If you can mulch with various materials it will help your soil retain moisture. Mulching is one thing I can to do this season. I can't afford plastic mulch yet but I will find creative ways to much heavily this dry season.

what we will use for mulch will be rice hay,rice is being harvested now and the hay is now getting too much around the rice fields,we will just use our truck and pack as many as we like,

nxtEinsten:
Just to add to your points. How deep (or how much) you irrigate also matters. If you have soil that holds moisture, if you irrigate deeply you will need to irrigate less often. It is better to irrigate deeply to enhance deep root growth than just watering slightly. If you can mulch with various materials it will help your soil retain moisture. Mulching is one thing I can to do this season. I can't afford plastic mulch yet but I will find creative ways to much heavily this dry season.

When is it best to use plastic mulch?? I once heard it's a bad idea to mulch during dry season.. and better to mulch during raining season as it helps to control weeds and limit excess water from going directly to the root of plant.. and also nematodes in the roots of plants like tomatoes and cucumber

Today my nursery plants are 14days old today and first true leaves are visible

Hello, May I know if this is cocopeat or soil or combination. Thanks . But let me also say that this is a great start. Wishing you well

good morning house, please how do I make or get cocopeat

Jove2012:
good morning house, please how do I make or get cocopeat

Where is your locations?? Theres a store selling cocopits here in abiola way, abk

freshrose:
Hello, May I know if this is cocopeat or soil or combination. Thanks . But let me also say that this is a great start. Wishing you well

cocopeat

Psalm4kute:
cocopeat

Great. Thanks

Psalm4kute:
cocopeat

Great. Thanks

emmybiz:
I just bought 50 GM avenir f1 . will start nursery next week. Please, experts in the house what other fungicide should I use with ridomil gold. plus pesticide to use...

okoro Emeka, ogbongenet over to u

How was the germination rate?

Psalm4kute:

Where is your locations?? Theres a store selling cocopits here in abiola way, abk

Edo State

Excellent idea using the rice hay. You are very ingenious.

okoroemeka:
what we will use for mulch will be rice hay,rice is being harvested now and the hay is now getting too much around the rice fields,we will just use our truck and pack as many as we like,

See the kind of seeds sold at ministry of agriculture, after all the noise about encouraging young people to go into farming ..

The seeds are in a sorry state.. I'm starting to wonder if they'll germinate

Psalmy2cute:
See the kind of seeds sold at ministry of agriculture, after all the noise about encouraging young people to go into farming ..

The seeds are in a sorry state.. I'm starting to wonder if they'll germinate

No name ,nothing ..no details..hmm

if you are using plastic mulch in dry season I'll suggest that you also use drip or irrigate extensively. the damage is caused by heat as plastic will heat the soil but if u irrigate regularly the soil will be kept cool hence minimizing the risk. No one can expect to lay plastic on the ground in this hot weather and not water the plants, it would be double jeopardy

Psalm4kute:

When is it best to use plastic mulch?? I once heard it's a bad idea to mulch during dry season.. and better to mulch during raining season as it helps to control weeds and limit excess water from going directly to the root of plant.. and also nematodes in the roots of plants like tomatoes and cucumber

ANOCETS:


No name ,nothing ..no details..hmm

60% of the seeds in there are already bad.. soaked them for like 6hours today,.. they all just dey float like leaf shaff

Psalmy2cute:
See the kind of seeds sold at ministry of agriculture, after all the noise about encouraging young people to go into farming ..

The seeds are in a sorry state.. I'm starting to wonder if they'll germinate

if you scale that seed satchet on an electronic scale you will see that the weight can be up to 15-20 grams @#200 naira,it's too good to be true.that ministry you bought that rubbish has nothing to do with selling improved heirloom varieties,this is just a cheap scam by the workers to fleece the gullible,IITA or NIHORT will be a safer bet in buying things like that,if your are doing commercial farm go for hybrid or tested and trusted heirloom or improved varieties.peppers are not like cucumbers that germinate in 4 days,you have to be sure on what you are doing.