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Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by ogaboss20: 3:35pm On Apr 18, 2020 |
Good day please can I plant watermelon this month of April? |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Intendy: 6:39pm On Apr 18, 2020 |
ogaboss20: Yes you can still go ahead if your land is prepared and rainfall isn't yet much at your location 1 Like |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by PAULOYE(m): 8:54pm On Apr 18, 2020 |
Intendy:@Intendy, I was gonna ask same question too, our farmland is already prepared but rain hasn't fallen at our farm location (Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State) this month, the land is so dry; hence we can't plant watermelon until rain falls. Can we still plant up till end of this month (April)? Won't the consistent rainfall in July affect the proposed watermelon balls? |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Intendy: 9:05pm On Apr 18, 2020 |
PAULOYE: Early planted ones(feb-march) are almost dead if not dead. No one can currently predict the pattern of rainfall hence reason for irrigation. well one might plant after the rain you are expecting but what if it keeps raining regular (like every 2-3 day) or another short drought sets in when it starts flowering from 5-6 weeks. 1 Like |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by PAULOYE(m): 9:21pm On Apr 18, 2020 |
Intendy: Thanks @Intendy for your swift reply, God bless! We'll wait and see if rain falls between now and 27th of this month, then we can plant watermelon seeds. |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by ogaboss20: 8:51am On Apr 19, 2020 |
Ok thanks Yes you can still go ahead if your land is prepared and rainfall isn't yet much at your location[/quote] |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by PAULOYE(m): 9:28pm On Apr 24, 2020 |
Hello @Intendy and @Ogaboss, Rainfall this week has been scanty. If peradventure, rain falls between now and first week of May, can I still risk planting the watermelon seeds? Since I am planting the 70 days maturity seeds, I think it would still escape heavy downpours which starts towards the end of July? Your kind advice and guidance would be appreciated! |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Intendy: 9:40pm On Apr 24, 2020 |
PAULOYE: this might work out but I doubt it. it's getting late though and watermelon doesn't like too much water from fruiting stage. but like I said we can't accurately predict the weather. so this your planting will be a gamble |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by PAULOYE(m): 9:58pm On Apr 24, 2020 |
Intendy: @Intendy, thanks for your prompt reply. We have had almost zero rainfall in our farm area this month, if we had planted early in March, everything would have withered away. However, the rain pattern this year is totally different and strange, hence, unpredictable. So by mid to late July, the rain might not be heavy if this pattern continues. In conclusion, if we have rain between now and next week Friday, we'll plant the watermelon and see what happens, hopefully it's gonna turn out well |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by okoroemeka(m): 5:33am On Apr 25, 2020 |
please plan for 50-60 cm drip irrigation to use in your water melon farm even if it is 1000 meter's it's better than disturbing God for rain and playing betnaija with your hard-earned money,if you have drip that Feb/March crop would not have died you may be smiling to the banks now, never depend on rain for vegetable farming, even if you are planting in the middle of the rainy season have a backup plan for irrigation. |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by waleyp(m): 9:26am On Apr 25, 2020 |
Yeah I have been monitoring this thread, and all I can figure out is getting into water melon � business could be very expensive, what if there is no or less rain in a year? And I notice water melon is always available through out the year, so how do they do it during dry seasons? |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Akinola100: 10:20am On Apr 25, 2020 |
planted mine early February, flowering this month of April. Has anyone had a problem of something eating the flowers early in the morning, am having this problem now, I suspect lizards might be the culprit |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Intendy: 10:35am On Apr 25, 2020 |
waleyp: They make use of irrigation 1 Like |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by viktry: 7:27am On Apr 26, 2020 |
okoroemeka:Please how much is the 1km drip of 50 - 60cm |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by Intendy: 1:04pm On Apr 26, 2020 |
viktry:this should be btw #35,000- 40,000. just the drip line |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by viktry: 6:10pm On Apr 26, 2020 |
Intendy:Please How many plots/acres can it cover and where can I get it to buy. My farm is at Iro in obafemi owode Ogun state |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by okoroemeka(m): 7:20pm On Apr 26, 2020 |
viktry:with 4 feet spacing from drip line to the next for melons ,I think 1000 meter's will cover close to 2 plots. |
Re: Please Can I Plant Watermelon This April? by viktry: 9:55pm On Apr 26, 2020 |
Okay sir. Thank you very much |
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