silkyhair:

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Thanks for your response boss, I was actually advised to do 300 per acre..Thanks for the information, would do my research more ..I am a beginner and dont wanna make too much mistake or error.

Lesgupnigeria:

Plantain and oilpalm cannot go together.please dont try it.
You can only intercrop with tomato,pepper,cassava,watermelon etc

kart042000:


Please i had love you to shed more light on this. I plan planting palm trees, but because of the time it takes "3/4 years" before it starts fruiting, i was advised to plant plantains in between the 7meters distance between each palm and after one year once the plantain fruits i cut them down.

I do know cover cropping improves the soil fertility, but does that mean the plantain at almost 3meters to the palm tree would absorb the soil nutrients?

Lesgupnigeria:

You can only intercrop cassava,watermelon,tomato and pepper with oil palm.

One of the reason plantain cannot be intercrop is that whenever plantain is planted,it start producing suckers which will be very difficult for you to eradicate after 1 year.
Its more advisable to.intercrop with cassava for good yield.

See my oil palm farm i intercropped with cassava and they are both doing fine.

kart042000:

Thanks for shedding more light, Where is your farm location please?

Prince081:
@Mercilicious, I based in Portharcourt and trying to explore the option of setting up a farm in Anambra.
Kindly suggest/advise which area or LGA where I can get cheap farmland in Anambra.
Thanks in anticipation of your response.

world1:
The numbers can be determined by many factors
1. If you have drip irrigation you can do dense plantation of 1500 per acre.
2. If you have a livestock beside your farm or source for constant supply of manure and you can manage it then you can do high plantation of 1000 per acre.
3. Normal or say standard is 800 per acre
4. For research do 500 per acre.

mercylicious:


on ur no 1- irrigation is not d reason for dense population but rather the fruiting. Plantain needs enough sunlight during fruiting.

kart042000:


Please i had love you to shed more light on this. I plan planting palm trees, but because of the time it takes "3/4 years" before it starts fruiting, i was advised to plant plantains in between the 7meters distance between each palm and after one year once the plantain fruits i cut them down.

I do know cover cropping improves the soil fertility, but does that mean the plantain at almost 3meters to the palm tree would absorb the soil nutrients?

world1:
Hello everyone,
Am an Agribusiness Consultant based in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
My company is Natural Nutrient Limited.

LET'S DISCUSSED EVERYTHING ABOUT SETTING UP A PLANTAIN FARM.
What is a Plantain?
Plantains are a member of the banana family. They are a starchy, low in sugar variety that is cooked before serving as it is unsuitable raw.

Unlike starting other tree farms, starting a plantain farm and growing plantain are easier and less complicated.
Although growing plantain still requires ones attention, the level of skill required is not as intensive as other trees.
Here are a few guidelines in growing plantain and starting a plantain farm.

Step 1.
LAND PROCUREMENT
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 proposed land/soil for your plantain farm must be a well drain land that is rich and naturally fertilized but If such is not available, you can create compost and add chicken manure to your existing land.

Now that you have the land what next?

joyjoomla:



Welldone sir,

I have being following this thread and some other threads on AgroBusiness, such as threads created by Magnam (water melon) Okine4real(oil palm), Legsupnigeria, jasper and you.

Am eyeing going into plantain farming this year, which am going to interplant with vegetable and water melon in either Ondo or Ekiti State.
Here are my questions, sir

How many time will one harvest in a year?
According to what I envisage, and also which a
farmer told me, after the first harvest one will be
harvesting plantain every four months because as
the main one grows young suckers will be growing
as well with maturity/fruiting period of
approximately 4 months interval.

How will one cub d menace of monkey in plantain farm

Another thing I want to be sure of is how to control wind

How many worker (permanent) will one need to work on 10 acres of plantain plantation, and how mush do you suggest I can pay them as salary

How possible is it to get an acre of land for not more than N50,000 in either Ekiti or Ondo State

What is the rough estimate of the amount (in naira) that will successfully nurse 10acres of plantain to fruiting, including the cost of the land (N500,000 if at N50,000 per acre).

I have known some things about marketing and am still going to do more research on that, atleast b4 fruiting.

Am expecting ur comprehensive answers, sir. Thanks. God bless you, God bless farmers. God bless Nigeria. Agbe lo'ba lojokojo!

Tutuk1:
Good morning gentle men n ladies if their is any in the house, I'm new here n find this forum interesting. I have just 1.1/2 acres of land along owode axis n I want to go into plantein farming and seriously need supervision.

PrimeMike1:
Hello World1, your achievements are notable( as per the pictures and information on the pages).
Hope your seminar of 31/Jan was fine. Is there another one around the corner?

Also, regarding your contact details, you said it's in the 'signature below'.....still can't find it, kindly write out your contact phone number and email.

Thanks

world1:

You are to much.
I will give it out to intending farmers I will also train them free of charge. I fact I will open a thread for this. Thanks so much
All intending farmers in Oyo,Osun and Kwara where are you I have free land, seeds and epertise for you.

DBounty:

Haba Oga! why do u always avoid EKITI? ABEG WE DEY FOLLOW U LIKE SHEEP FOLLOW REARER O! PLS INCLUDE US .SERIOUSLY I'M READY TO TOE THIS PATH IF YOU OFFER TO HELEP.

logic7:
Nice work.

world1:
Farm layout with drip irrigation space.

Fhemmmy:


I think a closer pix showing the lines very well will be a good one too . . . .

world1:

;DHahahahaha
My brother please manage this one for now.
Thanks