Tomato farming is a lucrative agribusiness here in Nigeria. It's not capital-intensive. What individuals don't know Is that tomato farming isn't just confined in the north. You can begin a tomato farm anyplace in Nigeria. All you have to begin tomato farming in Nigeria is the asset and learning to begin. Tomato planting is normally around April and March. With legitimate water system, you can begin it up anyplace in Nigeria.
BENEFITS OF TOMATO FARMING IN NIGERIA
• Tomato is a decent wellspring of vitamin C and beta-carotene and about 200 million Nigerians utilize tomatoes to set up various treats. This shows how lucrative this business is.
• It's not capital-concentrated.
• it is easy to oversee.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO START A TOMATO FARM
1. Get THE BEST SPECIE
Before you begin your tomato farm, ensure you know the best tomato seed to go for. This is the reason you should first run an achievability ponder before beginning this business. When choosing a specie, ask yourself;
• How high would it be able to yield?
• Is it impervious to disease?
• Is it rosy and appealing when ready?
The following are few tomato species you ought to consider.
- Roma tomatoes
- Amish Paste
- Matt's Wild Cherry
Be that as it may, Roma tomatoes is more well known in Nigerian markets and is unquestionably the best you ought to go for.
2. PROCURE A LAND
You can do this at your terrace. Simply get a land and set it up in front of planting. When settling with a land, ensure the dirt is very much depleted, profound and loamy. In the event that the land is appropriate, at that point proceed.
I generally suggest getting a land not very a long way from your occupant. This will guarantee observing the growth of the tomatoes effectively.
3.SET UP THE LAND
In the wake of securing a land, you can either enlist workers to clear the land and till it, or you can do everything yourself. Settle on beyond any doubt that each choice you make is amicable with your financial plan. Consider supplementing the dirt with heaps of excrement. It could be a cow manure or poultry squander. The land should be prepared before planting.
4. PLANT YOUR SEED
You can make beds or edges. Anybody is totally fine to run with. Expel the seeds from the tomatoes, completed a little gap and fill it in with two seeds. At that point cover it carefully with soil. I will suggest covering it with grass too. This will lessen transpiration.
When planting, leave around 2 feet (0.6m) amongst seedling and the columns 2 feet (0.6m) separated.
5. CONTROL WEED
A few farmers do this two months subsequent to planting. Be that as it may, you should weed at whatever point you see them growing up. The exact opposite thing you'll do is connect with the tomatoes in a superfluous rivalry.
6. APPLY FERTILIZER
In the wake of weeding, apply compost cause it will quicken growth by giving all the fundamental supplements it needs to develop. Buy a compost with a 5-10 proportion of Nitrogen, Phosphors and Potassium.
While applying, you can blend the manure with water and apply specifically at the root surface.
7. WATER YOUR TOMATOES
Tomatoes needs bunches of water and as they grow, their request adversary water increment. Continuously water it early in the day and around evening time. You can fabricate a water system on the off chance that you can bear the cost of it. With this procedure, you can grow tomatoes anyplace in Nigeria.
8. WATCH OUT FOR PEST AND DISEASE
Try not to go over the edge when you see couple of creepy crawlies floating round your valuable tomato plants. The vast majority of them helps the improvement of your plant. Nonetheless, another may be an adversary that should be killed. On the off chance that they are couple of, at that point smash them with your thumb and dependably discard the contaminated tomato. Not on the ground, but rather far from your farm.
On the off chance that they are winding up wildly and unmanageable, discharging predators like ladybugs. They know how to understand the threat. In the event that the issue hold on, at that point a bug spray turns into our last expectation.
Aside from pest, diseases can likewise come at play. Be that as it may, with the correct measures, you'll have the capacity to win.
9. HARVESTING YOUR TOMATOES
Roma tomatoes can take roughly 75 days or more to develop. This planning is controlled by a few components like the sun, soil supplements daytime temperature and so on.. In any case, when ready, you ought to think about harvesting them. They won't not develop in a similar circle, but rather ensure you harvest those that are ready as of now in the event that you need to get the best from your tomato farm. This is on account of tomatoes are cheap and effectively ruins.