Hello Getrude Mutikani, Yes. There are varieties we planted that produce double cobs. Size of cob and total number of grains determine yield. There are also single cobber hybrid varieties
DAP & UREA are fertilizer types. NPK only means fertilizer has Nitrogen, Phosphate & Pottasium. For example when you see on fertilizer bag indicated as 17:17:17, it is a fertilizer with 17% nitrogen, 17% Phosphate and 17% Pottasium.
Hello Ronny Ojok. Number of bags of fertilizer depend on weight per bag of fertilizer, ratio of nutrients in each fertilizer and plant population per acre. Best way is to determine kilogrammes per acre instead of bags. Eg For an acre with spacing of 75cm by 25cm, you will achieve plant population of about 21,000 plants. At 5g per seed or plant station, U will need 108kg of DAP 47% P. This is equivalent to 2.16 bags of 50kg DAP at planting.
Thanks for your comment. I meant Acres when I mention acres & hectares when I mention hectares. You can request for clarification where U are not clear so we can discuss for better understanding
Dear TZachariah, Traditionally for a long time farmers have always applied 50kg Planting & 50kg top dressing fertilizer. Those who advise them most of time cannot explain how they arrived at the quantity. And yields have always been 50% of that variety's yield or less
Hello Tzacharia, Depending on radio of nutrients in your NPK fertilizer, we can calculate the quantity per acre. CAN is about 26%N. So U need about 210kg or 4.2 bags of 50kg applied in 2 splits. 1st application of 2.1 bags at 6 weeks and second application of 2.1 bags at 8th to 10th week. Note that CAN is a top dressing fertilizer
@stephen Kagaba. Thanks for your comment. Maize seed production does not achieve yields like a person doing commercial maize farming. This is because all the rows planted with male varieties are chopped off or removed from the farm after pollination and their yields are not considered. You should however get atleast 80% of yields received by commercial maize farmer. The other reason from my observation is that farmers doing maize seed farming don't observe proper cropping husbandry for maize i.e nutrition, spacing
I want to try your knowledge as per your advice regarding nutrition, it's true that sometimes we don't give the appropriate grams required per plant @@MoneyAgritech
@247BRIDGE Source of the seed is Agro input shops. Since it is used for local consumption, as flour or cooked that way or roasted, consumers prefer white. So we do only white
Hello Nelson Kamanga, Application is based on amount of fertilizer or N, P and K required by each plant from germination to maturity. Purpose of 2 Nitrogen based fertilizer is necessary to prevent leaching & disappearing to the environment. This ensures the elements are available to the plant throughout the growing period. In some cases we also do Foliar fertilizers
Hello Machaka Nelson, If U have issues with termites in the farm U may need to do soil borne insecticides with fumigant activities shortly before or after sowing.
I want to appreciate the information given it is very useful being a teacher l will teach my pupils and improve my farming
Thank you bro for very deep explanation,keep up
Hello Tzachariah,
You are Welcome
I like your video. Am soon starting a modern agricultural farm
Hello Afritech,
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Very helpful video. I like your clarity
@Boniface Nyati,
Thank you & welcome
Thanks for that great knowlege but in uganda where can o get that vatietyseed
Can we get same result if we plant local maize?.
In the picture I see double combs per plant is this the variety. Thank you for the video
Hello Getrude Mutikani,
Yes. There are varieties we planted that produce double cobs. Size of cob and total number of grains determine yield.
There are also single cobber hybrid varieties
Very simple and straight forward.
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Thank You for all of the imformation
Hello Mo Ali Sensei.
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Am going to start maize farming in this coming season InshaAllah
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I love your presentation
Hello Elly Ogolla,
U are welcome
Thanks so much may God bless you 🙏🙏
Hello Linda Derick. You are welcome
Thank u the wark u have done, we have seen dap & urera. When do we apply npk ? Thanks.
DAP & UREA are fertilizer types. NPK only means fertilizer has Nitrogen, Phosphate & Pottasium. For example when you see on fertilizer bag indicated as 17:17:17, it is a fertilizer with 17% nitrogen, 17% Phosphate and 17% Pottasium.
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It's very very good explanation kaka Tupe education kaka eee. Thank you very much kaka God bless all of us amiin amiin hakika kwa soote kaka eee
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Best explanations so far ... only if you can please tell me how many bags of fertilizer needed for each acre .
Hello Ronny Ojok.
Number of bags of fertilizer depend on weight per bag of fertilizer, ratio of nutrients in each fertilizer and plant population per acre.
Best way is to determine kilogrammes per acre instead of bags. Eg For an acre with spacing of 75cm by 25cm, you will achieve plant population of about 21,000 plants. At 5g per seed or plant station, U will need 108kg of DAP 47% P. This is equivalent to 2.16 bags of 50kg DAP at planting.
Why spray chemicals without protective clothing?
Thanks 🙏 great job ❤
H3llo Josephine Mutingo,
U are welcome
Thank you for the lecturing. But I think you mixed acre with hectare. Please, which is which.
Thanks for your comment. I meant Acres when I mention acres & hectares when I mention hectares.
You can request for clarification where U are not clear so we can discuss for better understanding
Where's the video for the results
What is this variety
Kindly clarify,you have said top dressing is done twice, does it mean you use 212kgs per acre?
Hello Zachariah
Without doubt, YES
Dear TZachariah,
Traditionally for a long time farmers have always applied 50kg Planting & 50kg top dressing fertilizer. Those who advise them most of time cannot explain how they arrived at the quantity.
And yields have always been 50% of that variety's yield or less
Hi,bro kindly advise,in case i use NPK /CAN wich quantity do i have to to use?
Hello Tzacharia,
Depending on radio of nutrients in your NPK fertilizer, we can calculate the quantity per acre.
CAN is about 26%N. So U need about 210kg or 4.2 bags of 50kg applied in 2 splits. 1st application of 2.1 bags at 6 weeks and second application of 2.1 bags at 8th to 10th week.
Note that CAN is a top dressing fertilizer
I practice maize seed production in mubuku Irrigation scheme of Uganda but I have never realized this result
@stephen Kagaba.
Thanks for your comment.
Maize seed production does not achieve yields like a person doing commercial maize farming.
This is because all the rows planted with male varieties are chopped off or removed from the farm after pollination and their yields are not considered. You should however get atleast 80% of yields received by commercial maize farmer. The other reason from my observation is that farmers doing maize seed farming don't observe proper cropping husbandry for maize i.e nutrition, spacing
I want to try your knowledge as per your advice regarding nutrition, it's true that sometimes we don't give the appropriate grams required per plant @@MoneyAgritech
No mention of pest control, why?
How do I do this on Organic farm.
I mean Dried cow dung fertilizer application
Where are you dear l mean locations mukwano
What if drought steps in
What is the source of your seeds? And do you plant yellow maize too?
@247BRIDGE
Source of the seed is Agro input shops.
Since it is used for local consumption, as flour or cooked that way or roasted, consumers prefer white.
So we do only white
Is the application of fertilizer three times limited to late-maturing varieties, or does it apply to all types?
Hello Nelson Kamanga,
Application is based on amount of fertilizer or N, P and K required by each plant from germination to maturity. Purpose of 2 Nitrogen based fertilizer is necessary to prevent leaching & disappearing to the environment. This ensures the elements are available to the plant throughout the growing period. In some cases we also do Foliar fertilizers
I want to do it this LR 2025 Season
Sir can you please tell yield of single seeds per hole and two seeds per hole difference
Great job... Which country are you pls I need your contacts
How do we space maize , how many centimeters
Hello Akurut Ann.
There are several spacing recommendations. Best is 75cm from row to row & 25cm from plant to plant within the row.
Is this prosses also kills termites
Hello Machaka Nelson,
If U have issues with termites in the farm U may need to do soil borne insecticides with fumigant activities shortly before or after sowing.
How do I measure 5gm?
1 full bottle top of 1L drinking water bottle. Experienced farmers use 1 palmful for 3 planting stations
Thank you brother
@Joel Onzima.
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Thank you very much ooooo my goodness
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You are welcome
Which country is this?
Hello Kiberu Angel
This is Kenya, East Africa
Good job connect me with a farm to rent
What is 71 bags. You have said nothing. In weight and measures, you have to use kg or pounds. You could have also said 71 bags of say 50 kg each
My only problem are the herbicides you are using. I don't think it'll be sustainable long term.
Not kenya.