First Batch Of Cucumber For The Year 2024 (live Updates)
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This page is a running progress log by 'Cedagrochemical', a farmer who also sells agro-inputs, documenting his 2024 cucumber batch. The thread focuses heavily on operational challenges, specifically the difficulty of managing farm labor and the logistical nightmare of transporting produce due to poor road infrastructure. The author shares detailed input lists, including specific foliar fertilizers and micronutrients, while engaging with followers who ask for prices and worker sourcing.
Pain points:
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Prices:
2.0 EDTA micronutrient: NGN0.0/kg (per acre per week)
Credibility signals:
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“The major challenge has been with Farm workers. They are actually the main threat to the success of a farm, not even Pests and Diseases. I think Farm workers are the greatest Pests”
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“Production was good but it was hell moving the cucumbers out of the farm as the road network was nothing to write home about. Buses kept turning back once they get halfway to the farm.”
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“We lost 3/4 of our harvest to rot as the cucumbers were bagged and kept outside for days without getting a bus to convey them to the market.”
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