Planting
Hello friend's
| Are you a farmer? |
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Yes, I am a farmer; I started farming in 2026 when we had nothing to eat; that year, we were in a difficult situation; we suffered a lot, so we went to our close neighbor and went to farmland she gave us a little piece of land for us to farm, after getting the land we planted some crops and vegetables.
| Does your family and area have different types of plant-cultivable land? |
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The place I live is one of the blessed places in my country, I live in cross river state, ikom LGA, they are among the blessed areas in my country, they have many different crops, I like the environment because if you go to farm you will eat very well in the house, there no food for a lazy man, they a lot of crops in my area.
| What type of crops is grown the most in your area, and what is the planting method? |
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We have many crops in my area, for example, maize, melon, okra, beans, rice, etc the most common plant you can find in my area is cocoa, cocoa plants like this, firstly you start with the nursery pot, and you find a little contentenal, you will put the cocoa seed inside the conternal you, after putting it you will add cool loamy soil to it you will live it for some months, like four to months, mind you, you watering it daily, if not it will no grow, after that five months you will go to the farm land and clear it, after clearing it you will make some mounce and plant the nursery, it will make fruit after six months, before the six months you will be taking care of it, by clearing and spraying of the farm. After the six months, you by plucking of the cocoa, after plucking of the cocoa you will remove the cocoa seed from cocoa, after removing it, you will dry the cocoa for some days after the cocoa is dried then you will sell it, a washing bucket of is 65,000 naira, a bag of cocoa is 1,200000 million naira.
| How good do you think the soil fertility is in your area? |
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In 2018 my crops was damage due to low fertility of the land I planted my crops, I lost a lot that Year, we thank God that year I lost a lot and I gained a lot, I lost my melon, maize, okra, but I have a good harvest of yam that years. But now I always have a good harvest, I think land is fertile.
| Finally, please share with us what type of vegetables and crops are grown during winter |
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The most populated vegetable is waterleave, Waterleave is used in cooking soups when plating water leaves need enough water to grow higher, another in my area is a bitter leaf is one the veg vegetables find If my area when you want to cook bitter leaf soup, first of all, you will wash the bitter leaf first before cooking it, you can cook it with water leaves, melon, bene seed, salad, and ugu.
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