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08/03/2025

In one of our Greenhouses we have Cucumbers ( Darina F1 🥒 ) It's such an amazing veggie that within 45 days, you can plant and begin to harvest.

The two pictures represent their state within 2 weeks of transplanting from the nursery.

A few tips for you to know In case you want to plant cucumbers,

- Cucumbers hate "wet feet." If the soil holds too much water, the roots will rot.

- If the soil is clay-heavy, add sand and organic matter to improve drainage. Hard soil prevents roots from growing properly

- Weeds compete with cucumbers for water and nutrients. Frequently remove them.

- If your area has heavy rainfall, ridges help prevent waterlogging. Ridges also warm up faster in the spring, which is beneficial for cucumbers.

- Proper spacing is essential, it allows for adequate sunlight, airflow, and root development. 90cm x 45cm spacing.

- Using certified seeds increases the chances of a good yield. F1 hybrid seeds, like Darina F1, are bred for specific traits like disease resistance and high yield.

- Cucumbers need consistent moisture, especially during flowering and fruiting. You can adopt a drip irrigation system as you can see in the attached pictures.

- NPK(Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) for overall plant health. potassium and calcium during fruiting for fruit quality.

- Identify common pests (aphids, cucumber beetles) and diseases (powdery mildew, downy mildew), removing diseased leaves and weeds will help a lot.

I will keep you updated about the progress of this cucumbers.

✍️Till I write to you again 😊

14/02/2025

After my 3 month Program, I decided to stay back to manage the Greenhouses. The initiative doesn't only teach, empower Youths in the Agricultural space for 3 months but also provide mentorship and an enabling environment to thrive in the field.

Each group has 4 greenhouses in which we have various plants ( Bells, Herbanero, Tomatoes, and cucumber 🥒) being cultivated.

It's amazing how plants ☘️ grows from the nursery, to transplanting and the phases of nutrients distribution, pruning, staking, spaying, cleaning the house and many more activities to making sure the plants do well, produce at their maximum.

However, the journey is not without challenges. The process of combating pests and diseases can be demanding, stressful and in some cases heartbreaking.

In many situations, the crops are attacked by fungi infections, pests and diseases and viruses.

Once the flowers start showing up, they attract pests e.g. Thrips. Thrips are responsible for over 80% of flower drops. Others are white flies, mites, downy mildew.

Through IPM- Integrated Pest Management, we are able to control these infestations.

In the process of learning, as a group of people with the same end goal, we are focused on producing healthy produce and meeting our target for a particular cycle.

Here, I present to you our BELL PEPPER 🫑 ( REGGAETON(yellow 🟡 & REDJET🫑 VARIETY )

* PICTURE 1 - Represent the planting, growing, arrangement of the bells inside the mapal trough. The maple trough contains ( Rice hull, coco peat ) to grow the plants.

You don't necessarily need soil to grow your vegetables, you can use substrates like Rice hull, coco peat and water (hydroponic) and nutrients.

The target for the Bells is 600kg ( per cycle) but you can have up to 1 ton per cycle.

With the Space measuring 192ms² ( 8m by 24m) containing 5 rows in which 350 seedlings were transplanted ( 70 stands per row)

* PICTURE 2 - Represent a single Bell stand with fruits on it. These Bells are 9 weeks old and they have massive fruits which in the coming days will either be harvested in their green form or when they turn red or yellow depending on the variety.

*PICTURE 3 - Captures the moment of spaying ( we spay based on our agronomist dept prescriptions.

* Picture 4,5 & 6 - We harvested green Bells last week based on the demand from the sales department, you can see how big and fresh the bells are. And most importantly, they're very healthy.

In the coming days, I will be keeping you updated on the bells and also introducing other greenhouses and the veggies planted in it.

Till I write to you again, remain Blessed ❤️

30/12/2024

2024 RECAP.

Today is the 30th of December, 2024. I would not fail to evaluate my journey in 2024 and also prepare for the new year ahead 🎊

This year has been a whole lot, and I had many experiences that shaped my life. As I reminisce about the good moments, there were also hurdles and challenges.

I had a few engagements this year and I dared feet that challenged me. One thing about this year is that I also gave myself to learning both physically and online as it has really helped me to get better as a person. Special thanks to Quality personalities I read from and I learn from daily @ Olajide Abiola , Charles Awuzie , Tadé Makinwa , Stephen Akintayo Nairametrics, Reno Omokri Poju Oyemade , Apostle Femi Lazarus. Farmer Samson Ogbole, Adejoke Lasisi , And many more... Their write-up or pieces just makes me want to do better.

My adulthood was challenged this year as I really know what it means to be an adult really, and many of the lessons I learnt is “ Life doesn't get easier, you get tougher, better, think and build capacity”

I understood better this year how to take responsibilities and rationalize, it's all I've been taught in Economics classes but the practicality is living out what is in books. Your life and destiny is in your own hands.

Many may not know but this same year I graduated from the Prestigious University (BETTER BY FAR) UNILORIN. I Studied Economics. And I'm proud to say I am a Degree Holder (Bsc Economics) University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Another notable engagement and achievement is being part of Farm Lab COHORT 8 ( Enterprise For Youths In Agriculture ) at Soilless farm lab sponsored by Mastercard Foundation

It's a next level experience, as we are exposed to SOILLESS FARMING and the Business of it. (THE VALUE CHAIN). I met amazing individuals with many potentials and talents. People who are ready to change the story of this nation. Youths who rather than complain who put their hands to work. Those who do not believe in MIRACLE MONEY, Rather, they know that through diligence and Consistency in the right field will achieve SUCCESS.

Well, 2025 is going to be a year dedicated to LEARNING, EXPLORING and IMPLEMENTING what has been IMPACTED. So, be on the lookout for EXPLOITS

I don't want to end this by not APPRECIATING FAMILIES & FRIENDS. I'm grateful for your LOVE, CARE and CONCERN.

I will do well to get BETTER and do BETTER this coming year.

Till I write ✍️ to you next time.

© Obenbe Joshua Oluwatobiloba.

25/11/2024

"The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability, we'll be brittle in the face of adversity "

- Josh Waitzkin

28/10/2024

I want to say a very Big Thank You to everyone who celebrated with me yesterday.🎉🥳🎂🤗

Ese pupo🙏🙏🙏

27/10/2024

Happy Birthday Obenbe Joshua Oluwatobiloba 🎉🎂🥳💝

Today is the 27th of October and I'm celebrating my 27th birthday.

This is the day the Lord has made.

In this New Age, I will Excel💯

I love and celebrate you 😍

20/10/2024

At Soilless farm lab - Enterprise For Youth In Agriculture, a program aimed at empowering the Youth.

The past two weeks have been intense yet very productive and entertaining. This last Friday was our Burn fire🔥 🔥 🔥

Working on the farm, in each group our activities cut across clearing of bushes, leveling of the land, Mapping of the land for the construction of the Greenhouses.

It wasn't an easy task as we had to get all materials to the designated places. We drilled, mixed concrete and with the help of our facilitator and old cohort, we were able to achieve our goals for the week faster.

I must commend my group members. All hands were on desk despite the fact that a lot of them are alien to rigorous work.

We check in to the farm as early as 7am and all things being equal, we round up farm activities by 12 noon.

We usually have either group or general classes from Monday - Thursday by 2pm - 4pm

Here is one of the topic we discussed in our general class.

- MAJOR CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURE

We talked about the major challenges facing Agriculture. There are many but here are a few…

- Growing Population: The world is growing rapidly and currently we are about 8 Billion which is likely to grow to 10 Billion by 2050.

- Climate change: Greenhouse gasses(GHGs) Human activities are responsible for almost all the increase in greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere over the last 150 years. The largest source of greenhouse gasses emissions from human activities is from burning fossil fuels for electricity,heat, and transportation. Industrial activities are not left out.

- Increased Input Cost: Percentage change in retrospect of the cost of hybrid seeds.

Well, another is Fertilizer which the cost has doubled in recent years which poses challenges in providing livelihood for farmers.

In the period of two weeks, in both our general and group classes, we've been able to cover topics and issues that concerns;

FOOD SAFETY.

NURSERY MANAGEMENT.

EFFECTIVE BRAND COMMUNICATION

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTIONS.

GENDER: SELF CARE.

READ AND REVIEW “ WHO MOVED MY CHEESE BY DR SPENCER JOHNSON “

Although, there's a whole lot to talk about but, we'll be looking at them bit by bit.

Till I come your way Again 🦅🦅

12/10/2024

Hello Guys 🤗

I just got admitted into the Soilless Farm Lab. - Enterprise For Youth In Agriculture Cohort 8.

Do well to follow me on this journey of becoming an Excellent Agripreneur. For the record, you can call me "FARMER JOSH" This, for me, is the beginning of a career path in agriculture, more than a search for a job.

The program is poised to train, teach and guide. I will learn the theory and practicals of greenhouses and soilless farming, as well as the basics of agribusiness.

Here are a few lessons I learned from Farmer Samson Ogbole Welcome/ orientation speech and it blesses my heart with a shift in mindset on some perspectives about money, success and wealth.

~~~~~ LET'S START HERE

Firstly, the focus was on the definition of "MONEY" and various Partners gave their contributions and at the end we established that " Money is any item or medium of exchange that symbolizes perceived value. Emphasis on the medium of exchange.

Then, we dived into how we should view it and its importance in our lives as youths and as it relates to what we're here for.

- Don't desire to be Rich rather find a problem to solve. It's not enough to have desires, in itself cannot bring wealth. It's the determination to pursue it by being valuable. As we all agree, money follows VALUE.

- Don't labor to be rich. We cite examples of people that we know in our environment or around us who do a lot of work, does it translate to them being the richest?

- Do not cheat to be rich. Emphasis on the Bible verse Proverbs 28:8 it's important to work and earn your reward with decency and honor.

- Don't bow down to be rich.

- Do not trust in riches.

Every time you offer something, people don't buy it for what it means or is worth. Rather, they're pricing you ( you don't price a brand but a hustler )

Poverty masking in various forms and we've not grown enough to identify our problems. Money should be the least of our problems because once your problem is all based on money then, you don't have a problem rather a value issue.

- Privacy is the luxury of the rich, not a privilege to the poor.

- The true basis of wealth is what you can afford when you're no longer working.

- Until your value exceeds what you're buying you remain poor.

HOW TO BUILD WEALTH.

- MILLIONAIRE MINDSET: Manage your appetite, the reason many are broke is their stomach. People easily change their taste for things at the sight of money. Check how you spend when money comes to your hand. Be relaxed and comfortable seeing money in your account.

- SHELTER: It literally doesn't mean house rather what you do on the outside. Protect your trade and be disciplined in your work. What you don't save guard will not save you in the future.

Manage your shelter. Manage your generosity ( Be meticulous on how you help people. You're not meant to help everyone, stop trying to make people see you're good to them and only be given them money always.

HOW TO FORGE AHEAD TO BUILD WEALTH.

- You must accept shame. Nobody is coming to save you, with that in mind. You market your products aggressively.

Focus on two things -

- HEALTH - The first wealth is health. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) There's little you may be able to achieve when your health is declining or deteriorating. To take care of your health is to love yourself.

- VISION - Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. (Joel A. Barker)

Till I come your way Again 😁

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