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Plantains are vegetatively propagated, most often from suckers (shoots that grow from a bud at the base of the plant) or from corms (underground bulbs known as rhizomes). The use of whole corms is very laborious so it is more common to grow from small pieces of corm. There are three different types of banana suckers which are produced by the mother plant; maidenheads, sword suckers and water suckers. Maidenheads have a large pseudostem which does not produce fruit. Sword suckers have a narrow base, short pseudostem and narrow, blade-like leaves. They produce healthy, fruitful pseudostems when they mature Water suckers have short pseudostems and broad leaves. Water suckers are not strongly attached to the rhizome and generally produce weaker plants and less fruit. Maidenheads and large sword suckers are preferred over water suckers.

Disease Control
Control of the two main plantain diseases, yellow sigatoka and black sigatoka, is indispensable. Good control has been obtained by monthly trimming of dead or broken green leaves hanging from the pseudostem and all leaves with necrotic spots covering more than one- third of the lamina. High population plantations have a lower incidence of these two diseases. This could be related to the increase in the length of the pathogen growth cycle induced by the modifications in light and temperature inside high-density plantations.

Crop protection technology -- which includes all pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, as well as biotechnology products --helps control the thousands of weed species, harmful insects and numerous plant diseases that afflict crops.

Without these important crop protection and pest control technologies, U.S. food production would decline, many fruits and vegetables would be in short supply, and the price of food would rise. What’s more, America’s production of important fibers for clothing, such as cotton, would decrease as farmers would lose their harvests and livelihoods to crop pests and diseases.

To plant hecter, we must determine how many acres found in one hecter....
We all know that .....we have 2.5 acres make one hecter... and with 2x2 meters we plant up to 870 suckers in one Acres...so definitely we lookout on this calculations
870x2.5=2175 sucker can be planted on one acres of land .

Practical aspect of planting Musa Plantain suckers cost and requires a lot of attention…..but advisable you dig the ground like 9inches to 10inch deep apply manure before placing the sucker Undernet and cover it with the sand dog from it before and make sure you didn’t cover it with sand up to the default level to enable water absorption rest at the top uncovered level part. Make sure you did not weed with chemical (weedicide) when the plantains are still young (3-4 Months) it’s strongly advisable you use man power labor to weed. Fertilizer can be apply from 4 to 5 month after planting

This to inform all our client that .....any plantain sucker that is bellow 500 pieces can't be payment at delivery... We only accept payment at delivery service from 1000 above....thank you....announcer Mr.Clifford

Planting
The desired pieces of the plant are usually planted 30–60 cm (11.8–23.6 in) deep in the soil and should generally be planted at the end of the dry season or the beginning of the wet season. Plant spacing is dependent on the cultivar being planted. Frequent weeding is required until plants are tall enough to shade out competing plants and should be started about 6 weeks after planting. Plantains are fast growing and require the frequent addition of nutrients as well as additional irrigation in the dry season. Plantain is often grown alongside other crop plants with similar requirements, indeed, the young banana plants make excellent 'nurses' for other crops such as papaya or cocoa which can be grown very close to the young plantains.

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Break down Benedict of One Hectre of plantain Farming
Plantain planted is 2175 pieces ,you divides 2175÷12=
We all understand that 12 is a dozen and its quite so sure that 12 is a dozen.
Market woman or buyers always buy in dozen which a dozen is 12 bunches of plantain.
Now !! Let us do that arithmetic together to our best know ledge and understanding.
Farmer sell's one dozens for for the lowest rate @ N12000..Please note all the figures where its belong....
Plantain sold @=N12000
A Dozen is =12
We planted 2175 plantain....
Let's now calculate all....
,..................................CALCULATION.....................
2175÷12=183 dozen of plantain realises now multiply by 12000 equal to N2,196,000 is you first income and note that its get multiplied after first harvest ....You planting this in first year get tripled the following year due to sucker germination by the side...for detail kindly visit us on our above address or www.Facebook.com/sedulusplantainfarming.

In the overwhelming majority of cases tilling is done by hand. A hoe with a large blade is the universal tool for tilling. So far, only in some areas are ox-drawn ploughs used. But there are plans to extend this method of tilling to other parts of the country where the slopes are gentle. Deep ploughing as done in Europe would be disastrous in tropical conditions since it would aggravate soil erosion.

There are several traditional methods of tilling. The simplest one, practiced on fertile, well drained soil, is the simple scratching of the surface with a cutlass, planting maize seeds and covering them at once with soil. Tilling and planting are done at the same time. According to the slope of the land, the farmers often make mounds or ridges when tilling. These ridges, mounds or beds often contain grass and the remains of the previous crops as manure. Initially, ridges were made down the slope of a hill. In this way, work was easier for the women who worked moving uphill. Contour ridging means a much more uncomfortable working position, the more so the steeper the slope. The downward sloping ridges make erosion worse.

Abstract. In vitro-propagated plants of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) did not manifest consistently superior horticultural performance compared to conventional propagules. Tissue culture plants grew vigorously and taller than sucker-propagated plants, but higher yield was not obtained, probably because of severe disease and suboptimal husbandry input. Phenotypic variation was higher in tissue culture plants, although this increase was not always statistically significant. There were no other detrimental effects of in vitro propagation on field performance. Botanical seed set rates for the two types of propagules were similar. The advantages of tissue-culture-derived plants as improved planting material would be most relevant for establishing field nurseries for further clean, conventional propagation of newly bred or selected genotypes.

Vegetative growth Neither soil amendments, fertilizer applications methods nor fertilizer compositions had a significant effect on pseudostem height or girth, or on leaf area at flowering (Table 4). Treatment effects were only significant for the number of leaves at flowering between Saline-Ring-NPK plants (8.2 leaves/plant) and Amended-Mixed-NPK and Amended-Ring-NPK+micro plants (14.0 and 13.8 leaves/plant, respectively). Replacing the saline field soil in the root zone with non-saline soil improved the growth of ‘Malindi’ plants compared to those planted in saline soil. However, replacement soil plants did not reach the average size of ‘Malindi’ plants grown under optimum conditions in Oman (psedoustem height, 180 cm; MAF, 1995).

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Weed Control Strategy Weed control is nearly always designed to prevent or suppress a weed infestation. Eradication usually is attempted only in regulatory weed programs and in relatively small, confined areas, such as greenhouses or plant beds. To control weeds that are growing among or close to desirable plants, you must take advantage of the differences between the weeds and the desired species. Be sure that the plants you are trying to protect are not susceptible to the weed control method you choose. Generally, the more similar the desirable plant and the weed species are to one another, the more difficult weed control becomes. For example, broadleaf weeds are usually more difficult to control in broadleaf crops, and grass weeds are often difficult to control in grass crops. A plan to control weeds may include: biological control, cultural control, sanitation, and chemical control.

BENEFITS AND INCOME OF ONE ACRE OF PLANTAIN FARM
In one acre of land ,you will need 750 suckers planted with the spacing of 3by3 meter and in between the meter left can still contain other crops like peaniple, or other crop but make so sure that ,the crop do not hinders...
The income for one acre of plantain is calculated by 750 divided 12 which is 62.2 let say 64 multiply by N8,000 equal to N512,000.00 is your initial income
This is the brake down in one acre.
Sucker planted is 750
Market women buy in dozen which is 12 is one dozen
750÷12=62.2
That is 62.2 dozen is what one acre produced
And market women do buy one dozen for N8,000
Now multiply 62.2 dozen with N8000 =512,000.00 is ur initial income for one acre
Thank sir Clifford for Sedulus Plantain Farming

Weed Control Strategy Weed control is nearly always designed to prevent or suppress a weed infestation. Eradication usually is attempted only in regulatory weed programs and in relatively small, confined areas, such as greenhouses or plant beds. To control weeds that are growing among or close to desirable plants, you must take advantage of the differences between the weeds and the desired species. Be sure that the plants you are trying to protect are not susceptible to the weed control method you choose. Generally, the more similar the desirable plant and the weed species are to one another, the more difficult weed control becomes. For example, broadleaf weeds are usually more difficult to control in broadleaf crops, and grass weeds are often difficult to control in grass crops. A plan to control weeds may include: biological control, cultural control, sanitation, and chemical control. Chemical Control

Applying insecticides Thorough knowledge of the target pest helps determine what chemicals to use and how often to apply them. One well-timed application of an effective pesticide may provide the desired control. Sometimes repeated applications will be necessary as the infestation continues and pesticide residues break down. The pesticide label, Extension Service recommendations, and other sources, such as pesticide dealers, usually indicate a range of treatment intervals and dosages. By carefully observing the pest problem and applying chemicals when the pests are most vulnerable, you often will be able to use lower doses of pesticides and apply them less often. Over a long growing period, this can mean considerable savings in time, money, and total pesticides applied.

Crop protection technology -- which includes all pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, as well as biotechnology products --helps control the thousands of weed species, harmful insects and numerous plant diseases that afflict crops.

Without these important crop protection and pest control technologies, U.S. food production would decline, many fruits and vegetables would be in short supply, and the price of food would rise. What’s more, America’s production of important fibers for clothing, such as cotton, would decrease as farmers would lose their harvests and livelihoods to crop pests and diseases.

Without these important crop protection and pest control technologies, U.S. food production would decline, many fruits and vegetables would be in short supply, and the price of food would rise. What’s more, America’s production of important fibers for clothing, such as cotton, would decrease as farmers would lose their harvests and livelihoods to crop pests and diseases.

We will continue to help coordinate a cooperative for the community to grow and dry fruit in rural Nigeria. We have an exporter and our vision is to take a product that farmers are already growing – and simply increase its value by bringing it to consumers who care about what they eat, and from where it comes. This enables farmers, including Buppala school, direct to the community. The community then has the opportunity to invest in their own local infrastructure, education and other endeavours as they see fit.

Plantain production in Nigeria is still very much in the hands of small scale farmers who incorporate it into different farming systems. The effort of these farmers should be collaborated with a good and adequate social infrastructure, like better roads and transport and efficient extension services. Future research on plantains should address the issue of intensive cropping and nutrient and water requirements to increase productivity both on-station and on-farm with farmers’ participation. This will assist in meeting the ever increasing demand of this crop by both household consumers and the new small scale industries. With the recent interest in establishment of plantain farms, as evident by the increase in cultivation/harvested areas, the country’s productivity will be tripled in the next few years. It is believed that the country will for a long time be one of the highest producers of plantain around the world.

Plantain (Musa spp.) occupies a strategic position for rapid food production in Nigeria. It is ranked third among starchy staples. The country’s output doubled in the last 20 years. Production, which is concentrated in the Southern part of the country, still remains largely in the hands of small scale farmers who, over the years, have ingeniously integrated it into various cropping systems. Production is male dominated, while women essentially handle marketing. The inadequate knowledge of improved cultural practices of the crop by the farmers, an inefficient system of extension services and skewness of specialization in areas of research are part of the reasons why yield potential of plantain is still low in the country. Contributions of plantain to the income of rural households in major producing areas in Nigeria continue to increase tremendously in the last few years. Unlike some other starchy staples whose demand tend to fall with rising income, demand for plantain increases with increasing income. With the potential for industrial processing of plantain, which has recently been adopted, and the increased interest in production by small and large scale farms in the country, it is believed that Nigeria will continue to be one of the world’s largest producers of plantain.

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with transportation to your destination is #170 per sucker sir,I av accepted all bbm request sir ...thank you very much sir.....

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The first thing to consider in starting a plantain farm is looking for the right climate. Plantain cannot thrive in an environment that is too hot or too cold. The ideal climate for plantain is the tropical climate with temperature ranging from 26 to 30 degrees Celsius. Below 14 degrees and the plantain would die. Plantain plants also need good irrigation and humidity. The plantain plantation must have a good drainage system. A rich, naturally fertilized soil is the ideal for planting plantain. If such is not available, one can create compost and add chicken manure. Plantain plants also grow best in bunches or groups because they protect each other from the harsh rays of the sun. It is important to create an environment where the plantain plants are sheltered either because they are bunched up together or there are other trees to protect them. It is important to maintain the humidity of the plantain plantation.
Considering that a plantain plant is not a tree but a type of herb, they cannot actually be grown from seeds like most trees. Plantain plants are grown through suckers. Suckers are those that grow from a dying, mature plantain plant that can be transplanted and re-grown. They may be considered as baby plants that are used to start new plantain plants. Choose suckers from plants that are vigorous. They should have small, spear shaped leaves and are about four feet high.Read More on www.sedulusplantainsucker.com.ng

is it too late to plant in Abeokuta. what is the ideal time for planting.

Also cost of 3,000 suckers to abeokuta-sagamu road axis.

Thanks

You can still plant now cos we still av rain coming by October.... though we are sliding into late planting ...but its very advisable anything you want to plant it should be now..each sucker cost #170 with treatment and transportation to your destinations...... you can now multiply with 3000..

Plantains are vegetatively propagated, most often from suckers (shoots that grow from a bud at the base of the plant) or from corms (underground bulbs known as rhizomes). The use of whole corms is very laborious so it is more common to grow from small pieces of corm. There are three different types of banana suckers which are produced by the mother plant; maidenheads, sword suckers and water suckers. Maidenheads have a large pseudostem which does not produce fruit. Sword suckers have a narrow base, short pseudostem and narrow, blade-like leaves. They produce healthy, fruitful pseudostems when they mature Water suckers have short pseudostems and broad leaves. Water suckers are not strongly attached to the rhizome and generally produce weaker plants and less fruit. Maidenheads and large sword suckers are preferred over water suckers.

we still can plant late planting ......hurry now an d invest on plantain for your better future and income generation ...be always wise like igbo man