OVER 52 BAGS PER ACRE OF MAIZE. OVER 100,000KSH NET PROFIT. FERTILIZER PT 2

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[@solomonniiakwaanorcodjoe2433]

Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness. I want you to use number of leaves on the plant as the determinant for fertilizer application rather than duration.

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Solomon. Thanks for your comment. I thought number of days or weeks was simplest for our farmers because we are dealing with everyone and want to make it easy to inderstand. Leafwise, start at V8 (Eight leaf Collar stage). This is knee high. In low rainfall areas do between V4 & V8) (4 Leaf to 8 Leaf stage). This is to provide some margin of safety incase weather & soil condition affect application or movement to roots.

[@sylviasandala3686]

@moneyAgritech when do apply Dcompound 🙏

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Sylvia Sandala. Thanks for your comment. Please ask your question again. What do you mean by Dcompound?

[@sylviasandala3686]

@MoneyAgritech I meant to ask as in when you applied Dcompound fertilizer or basal fertilizer. Was it when planting or after germination. Thank you 🙏

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Sylvia. Thanks for clarification. Basal fertilizer MUST be applied at 2 levels minimum. First, during planting where it is placed exactly next to the seed. These are phosphatic fertilizer and must be applied next to seed because it does not move. Used mainly for root establishment and development. If placed after germination, it would not help much. Second is applied at 6 weeks from planting. These are Nitrogen based fertilizer. It would be very good if they contained potassium normally in form of potassium oxide because it is required in large quantities too. If you are financially capable, you can split the topdress fertilizer into 2. At 6 weeks and 2 weeks later

[@kibobomanguvu]

thanks for this information you are serving many people

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Godfrey. Thank you & welcome

[@lewisdmorgan7863]

If farmers could have a bicycle wheel hoe made from an old worn out bicycle they could save so much time with a tool they could use for many years and improve their yeild so much! A small rototiller with three horse engine, four cycle with forty six CMS blades will do a one acre field in just a few hours and leave you with two weeks to go until the next time you need it. You can trade with other farmers for work done for them! Break them in slowly change the oil early for them! They are amazing little machines! Good luck on your farm!

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Lewis D Morgan. Thanks for your comments. What you have said is possible and can change how we all do our farming. Land preparation can be so easy.

[@danjumaliman4264]

Thank you so much for this lecture. What species of maize do you plant? How can I get your species in Nigeria? How about top dressing NPK fertilizer

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Dan Juma Liman. Thanks for your comment and input. We plant assorted varieties depending on the rain quantity. For us any variety capable of producing 14 lines per cob and atleast 18 grains per line is very good and will give the target yield. Since there are many varieties promoted in Nigeria with these traits, consider those ones. In our discussion, we are considering only one cob per plant. NPK Fertilizer for topdressing - Several brands are in the market with several ratios of NPK. Of great importance is ratio of N:P:K. + Trace elements. During top dress, we don't need much of P. So Consider that which can give you average 85kg of N, and some K2O. You can always share what is available to you, and we will calculate the quantity required.

[@lukyamuzirobert2065]

Thank u very much for the advise, how do u space the plants when planting ?

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Lukyamuzi Robert. Thanks for your contribution. Depending on target yield, you can space at 25cm by 75cm targeting 52 bags of 90kg per acre, 70cm by 20cm targeting 62 to 67 bags per acre or 50cm by 20cm targeting over 67 bags. Each spacing increases plant population meaning increased fertilizer and other management practises. Check our earlier posted 7 discussion videos for details.

[@lukyamuzirobert2065]

Thank u ,may god bless u.

[@texsonsikambale5817]

Very good presentation

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Texson Sikambale. Thank you and welcome

[@nabbutomajorine28]

Thanks so much,! Please share your contacts I want to see your garden practically! Thanks

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Nabbuto Majorine. Thanks for your comment. Kindly reach me on [e-mail].

[@dukeosinyo3931]

Barikiwa sana what a bout beens please tell us

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Duke Osinyo. We will have discussion on Beans from land preparation, Planting, Management, till harvest soon

[@balirunoyasin879]

How do we top dress the npk fertilizer

[@MoneyAgritech]

Hello Baliruno Yasin. Thanks for your comment. Best way has always been to place in a ring around each plant, then cover with soil. But manually this can be very tedious for larger farms. Best practical way is broadcast at the base of each plant. I will do a video on this and share soon for better understanding. For farmers who are mechanised, a small trench is made, fertilizer applied and some soil added to cover it. Some farmers use fertilizer broadcasting equipments which evenly broadcasts npk fertilizer to the whole farm.