okoroemeka:
I traveled and told my workers to put fertilizer on pepper farm,they carry urea put for tomatoes,my brother na so we lost a tomato farm that is already riping,I nearly have stroke when I came back

okoroemeka:
If you look at the nutrients chart you will agree with me that wood Ash will be beneficial to a heavy feeder like cucumbers,we have already mixed wood Ash from a nearby oil mill into the manure we will apply tomorrow on our crops and see what will happen

okoroemeka:
I traveled and told my workers to put fertilizer on pepper farm,they carry urea put for tomatoes,my brother na so we lost a tomato farm that is already riping,I nearly have stroke when I came back

okoroemeka:
I traveled and told my workers to put fertilizer on pepper farm,they carry urea put for tomatoes,my brother na so we lost a tomato farm that is already riping,I nearly have stroke when I came back

DeLaRue:


Does anyone have first hand experience of using Golden N.P.K 15-15-15 Fertilizer.

Is it good?


Most NPK fertilizers on the market seem not to be very useful.
I use it for cucumber and its quite good

FarmTech:

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Sorry for that bro. Keep moving.

okoroemeka:
we have already removed on since, the tomatoes are off and we planted 4000 cucumbers on the site,we just dig holes at every drip point,applied manure, nematicide s and planted, cucumber is ever sure especially cu 999 ,it rarely disappoints,we will leave our tomato project till rainy season,when we will not irrigate and price will be high.

FarmTech:
. That is the spirit. Wish u success. Which Nematicide are u using?

okoroemeka:
furadan FMC

okoroemeka:
furadan FMC

FarmTech:

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pls how much is it and where did you bought it.

okoroemeka:
#700 per pack at onitsha,the trick in using old school nematicide is to apply before planting

okoroemeka:
#700 per pack at onitsha,the trick in using old school nematicide is to apply before planting

okoroemeka:
we have pegged out 50×25 feet square in both cucumber and watermelon farm to see their yield against the green beans,technisem is giving estimate yield of 3.3llbs (1.5kg)for each Cora bean crop,if you scale that up by let's say, 1500 crops will survive out of 1800 to yield 1 kg each,u have 1,500kg×400 naira=#600,000 naira,so as you can see my friends there's no way cucumbers or watermelon can pull 25% of that income from half plot of land.

safarifarms:


Oga what was the outcome of this particular venture?

okoroemeka:
we didn't plan for proper irrigation,we relied on manual watering with hose and it is still dry season by March,so we have our palm kernel mill installation and testing,so we can't water it adequately,it was abandoned for more pressing issues,if don't have plans for a proper irrigation pls forget it.

aquadude15:

good morning boss.
I noticed that some of my tomato plants leaves are curling upward like in the pic.
what can be the cause

OluchiDelly:


Tomato yellow leaf curl virus TYLCV . What variety did you plant.

aliadi2:
Hello nice reaching the end of this thread, the success and stories of the people who have succeeded has encourage me to try cucumber farming on the small piece of land in front of my house . i would like to throw some question to Oga Emeka and all the veterans in the house .
1. No one here has really explained how to pin down the trellis so that it wont sag.
2. I have chicken manure that i bagged from my layers poultry farm some weeks back how can i apply it as basal so that it won't burn the crop most of what have read here is how to apply the wet one and i have the one from deep litter
3. Can someone please help with the fertilizer, pesticide and fungicide schedule for us newbies so that this will be a guide.
More blessing to all the great farmers here who took part of their time to try and eradicate poverty from Nigeria in the little ways they know how to . Good bless you all

aquadude15:

1. tie the end of the rope to a small stick, then peg it close to your cucumber plant.
2. you can apply it close to your cucumber plant but make sure it doesn't touch the stem of your plant. I hope the manure doesn't have wood shaving.
3. fertilizer - npk
pesticide- depends on the type of pest you want to tackle
fungicide - saaf, ridomil gold, fungi force.

aliadi2:

Hello aquadude. Thanks for the reply . the chicken manure that i have has wood shaving inside but its from layers not broilers. My birds are on deep litter

aquadude15:

platinum.
any solution ?

okoroemeka:
#700 per pack at onitsha,the trick in using old school nematicide is to apply before planting

aquadude15:

I would advise that you discard that one and get the one without wood shaving

OluchiDelly:


The pic u attached is not very clear, seems there are patches of yellowish infestation on the curled leaves right? If yes then, it's TYLCV.
Most tomato diseases are irredeemable, Just uproot and discard. Step up more preventive measures.

edogu:
Please can we know the reason?

aquadude15:

lessen the nitrogen in the manure.
eat up the nitrogen in the soil

aquadude15:

I would advise that you discard that one and get the one without wood shaving