The Final Spraying of My Maize Farm Was Done Successfully This Morning

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Published on Jun 10, 2023

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Greetings Dear Gardeners!

It's another blissful day to report the updates of my farm. As I've been regularly reporting the state of my farm, it's another opportunity to let you know what I've been doing. It's five (5) ahead for my maize farm to reach exactly two months. They were cultivated in 15th April 2023, as today being 10th June 2023. I'm always excited 😊 when I get to the farm, the maizes are flourishing well, it's on the tasseling stage,and some too are developing into cobs with their hairs emerging.The natural rains continue to put smile 😊 into our face. The maizes look very deep green.

_{I in view during the spraying of my farm}

I continued to say that, there are three basic things or treatment that encourages good growths of maizes; if done for them, you are good to go as farmer of maizes. These are good quality grains from foundation stock, good planting distance and number of grains per hole, good weeding fertilization and good supply of irrigation. These are the basic cultural practices that I had done in the farm till day one. The only problem that we face here in the tropics as I reported early is lack of good irrigation system. So,most farmers here depends on the natural rain, should it fails we are doomed.

I had already done the first spraying with selective herbicides/weedicides, the use of Kariherb and Nicoplus; the perfect combination of selective herbicide/weedicides for spraying maize farm. Being selective means that it would select only maize and kill any other weeds it come into contact with. These two chemicals wouldn't even favour grasses of which maizes are with the same family. These two chemicals work as magic. When you spray, it takes 1 month time or more before the weeds emerge again. That's why I've selected them as the best selective weedicides for my maizes farm, despite that we have many weedicides in sale at agrochemicals. I used the same weedicides during the first stage when the maize had reach 3 weeks. By then I had already sprayed non selective weedicides when the maize hadn't sown into the soil.

_{the selective weedicides in view, the manufacturers have different brand names, but they are original Kariherb and Nicoplus we use}

One of the good things I like about these two weedicides is that they have added some fraction of Nitrogen fertilizer conc into the weedicides which initiate good growth. So, as it kills the weeds, it again helps the maizes to grow in healthy.

Spraying is normally done in the early dawn when the dews are still on the leaves. It's the raining season so early spraying is encouraged so that in case there is rain in the afternoon or evening, you had by then complete your spraying and left the farm. So, I left the house for the maize farm early this morning. Source of water is river which is closed to the farm in a certain valley. I descended down and fetch two gallons brought to the farm. I made sure to wash the Knapsack sprayer machine before measuring my water into the tank. I opened the Kariherb and Nicoplus. On each of the lid is a about 30ml cups on each of them that are used to measure the chemical into the tank. But the water must be filled half way of the tank before pouring the chemical into the the tank. I did that exactly before measuring each of the Kariherb and Nicoplus into the tanks.

_{Measuring the Karriherb 30ml into the Knapsack sprayer machine tank}

The Kariherb look colourless with oily in nature. But the Nicoplus is is milky with that with that thick whitish colour. I measure to the brim of the 30ml cup and poured into the tanks as well. I then topped up the water to the brim, put on the lid tight.

_{measuring the Nicoplus milky coloured into the tank}

_{This is how the Nicoplus dominates in the tank of knapsack sprayer machine}

I closed the lid very tight and clinged it at my back with the help of the two shoulders trap brackets. These are two strong belts that support the machine to hand at your back. The only trick in using the machine is very simple. The pump sleeve is pressed up and down to initiate fluid pressure that draw the mixture from the tank through hole of lance. There is a lever on the trigger valve that has to press to release the mixture of chemical through the nozzle of the machine. I set off through the maize farm to begin the spraying. The weeds haven't overgrown so set the machine to the lower level so that the pumps of the water comes in tiny drops of molecules.

_{During the time of spraying}

The nozzle was lowered just on the shoot of the weeds under the maize. Since the weeds haven't overgrown, I had to speed up by then there was the need to see to it that pressure is increased by the pump lever. I was able to complete the farm by spraying six (6) tanks of the whole farm closed to an acre. This was the main work I did in the farm today.Thanks for your attention!