Welcome to this thread.
The purpose of.this thread is multifaceted and i will be taking it one aspect after the other.

Well,all boils down to one objective which is to help you know as much as possible before you invest in the business of plantain farming.

Your success in plantain business is hinged on the amount of the right information you have and your networking capability in the business.

This thread is for intending and plantain farmers hoping to start their plantain farms and the agro-preneurs already in the business that want to improve on their business in one area or the other.

Plantain farms can last for decades and the thing about setting up a plantain farm is that if done wrongly in the first year,the yield of other years will be affected.
Setting up plantain farm requires a highly specialised skills,
its different from maize farm or moringa set-up.
If anyone will.not guarantee a good market for your plantain farm, why would you allow them to set and manage your plantain farm for you?

And if they assure you that they have buyers or they will buy the plantain from you after harvest,
why should they charge for consultancy and setup fee and not charge from the profit being made after selling the plantain if truly they are after the success of your plantain farm?

I have to lay emphasis on lot of things this thread is to enlighten you on the workings in the plantain and agribusiness industry so that you.dont fall into the wrong hands and to be able to make good decision as of what to.do.and how to go about successfully starting your plantain business.
Little things are what differentiate the successful from the rest.

I will touch every grey area of plantain business and i have categorise it into 3parts

1.Securing a clean hybrid suckers through pairing,boiling water treatment,through the use of tissue culture plants and through chemical treatment of the sucker.

2.Planting,spacing,fertilising and other management operations necessary to be done on the farm.

3.Expanding your farm and Marketing

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Starting a successful plantain farm starts with getting a good,clean hybrid suckers.

I made mention of one recent happenings in the plantain industry in one of my thread which few are aware of.
The challenge of disease infestation in plantain farms in Ogun state.
Many investments in plantain that should be yielding good profit is not because of the lack of knowledge about disease infestation.


I believe this link will help you get more
information on the disease.

thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-rallies-as-disease-
threatens-nigeria-s-plantain-banana-
production/157404/

peoplesdailyng.com/banana-disease-nigeria-
other-developing-countries-face-hunger/

businessdayonline.com/2013/08/banana-
bunchy-top-virus-spreads-in-nigeria/

Every plantain farm in nigeria is at risk of this disease and therefore your best choice is to make use of good,clean hybrid suckers through the use of tissue culture plants.








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How do you produce a disease-free hybrid suckers.
Lets get started

Some of the materials needed
you will need bags of sawdust and 11""-12'' planks

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The propagator can be constructed with materials source from the locality.
Small Shrubs can serve as woods.

Its also important that the propagator is placed under shade.

May God bless u,please continue d good wrk.

Following with keen interest. You've always been doing well in Agric. Thanks for d exposure to facts. Following wit keen interest.

Lesgupnigeria:
The propagator can be constructed with materials source from the locality.
Small Shrubs can serve as woods.

Its also important that the propagator is placed under shade.

...Continuation from producing a clean good sucker from tissue culture plants


Your propagator or humidity chamber can be of any size depending on your objective and capacity of your farm.

The next step is sterilisation of the saw dust.

Sterilisation of sawdust is done through heating of the sawdust to kill germs.

More pictures for preparation of sterilised sawdust.

Tissue Cultured Suckers are the best for your plantain farming.

senato123:
May God bless u,please continue d good wrk.

thank you.

Queendo:
Following with keen interest. You've always been doing well in Agric. Thanks for d exposure to facts. Following wit keen interest.

Thanks for following

Watch out for more explanation later today
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Op, this is an interesting, eyes opening n educating thread. May God continue to bless the work of ur hands. more grace. am following u. thanks

moyin2009:
Op, this is an interesting, eyes opening n educating thread. May God continue to bless the work of ur hands. more grace. am following u. thanks

Thanks for following.
Amen.God bless you too.

Good work man I love what I am seeing on how to plant plantain

babakk2:
Good work man I love what I am seeing on how to plant plantain

Thanks

Stay connected for more useful info on this thread.
You will be glad you did

After the humidity chamber/propagator with the sterilised sawdust has been prepared,then the next step is to source for good parent hybrid suckers.

The variety i make use of is the Giant French horn hybrid variety.
My next discussion will be on suckers
stay connected.

Nice one

Queendo:
Nice one

Thanks.

Farming is a sector that has been neglected in naija for too long. Op keep up the good jobs

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Goodluck Op.