phyllosilicate:
1. Cheapest During The Dry Season.

The price of plantain is very cheap form November to February and most expensive few months after the onset of rain, especially before new yams emerge.

This is why experience farmers plant at the middle of the raining season so they would harvest when it's expensive.

2. Plantain Wants Some Air

Planting plantains too close for example using 2m*2m spacing (1000 plants per acre) creates unhealthy competition. The plantains would grow too tall, making them susceptible to wind damage. Also they would take longer time to bear bunches that would be small.

IITA recommends a spacing of 3m*2m that is 670 per acre.

3. They Prefer potassium to Nitrogen

Unlike most crops, plantain consumes more potassium than Nitrogen. Their potassium requirements is twice that of their nitrogen. For this reason, fertilizer/manure applied most be very rich in potassium.

4. Plantain Love Mulch

According to IITA, the yield of a plantain field that is mulched and not fertilized, is 50% higher than the one that is fertilized and not mulched. Also the yield of the field that is mulched and fertilized, is twice the one that is only fertilized but not mulched.

So before you burn the land that you want to use to plant plantain, think twice.

5. The First 3 Months Are The Most Critical

According to the African center for banana and plantain research, good growth in the first 3-4 months, guarantees high productivity. At this stage, the plant are fragile and requires tender care. The plants should be mulched, receive frequent rain and field weed free.
This is why plantain must be planted at least 3 months before the end of raining season.

6. You Must Start Clean

Pest and diseases enters the plantain farm through plantain suckers. The corms and roots of conventional plantain suckers contains the deadly plantain nematodes and beetles.

According to biodiversity international, if as little as 1% of the suckers planted were infested with nematodes, the yield would reduce by 20% in the first year. And from the third year onward, the African center for banana and plantain research says all the plantains would start producing tiny bunches. This account for why majority of the plantains sold are very small.

The most effective method of preventing and combating plantain parasites is the use of healthy planting materials such as tissue culture and macropropagated suckers.

phyllosilicate:
1. Cheapest During The Dry Season.

The price of plantain is very cheap form November to February and most expensive few months after the onset of rain, especially before new yams emerge.

This is why experience farmers plant at the middle of the raining season so they would harvest when it's expensive.

2. Plantain Wants Some Air

Planting plantains too close for example using 2m*2m spacing (1000 plants per acre) creates unhealthy competition. The plantains would grow too tall, making them susceptible to wind damage. Also they would take longer time to bear bunches that would be small.

IITA recommends a spacing of 3m*2m that is 670 per acre.

3. They Prefer potassium to Nitrogen

Unlike most crops, plantain consumes more potassium than Nitrogen. Their potassium requirements is twice that of their nitrogen. For this reason, fertilizer/manure applied most be very rich in potassium.

4. Plantain Love Mulch

According to IITA, the yield of a plantain field that is mulched and not fertilized, is 50% higher than the one that is fertilized and not mulched. Also the yield of the field that is mulched and fertilized, is twice the one that is only fertilized but not mulched.

So before you burn the land that you want to use to plant plantain, think twice.

5. The First 3 Months Are The Most Critical

According to the African center for banana and plantain research, good growth in the first 3-4 months, guarantees high productivity. At this stage, the plant are fragile and requires tender care. The plants should be mulched, receive frequent rain and field weed free.
This is why plantain must be planted at least 3 months before the end of raining season.

6. You Must Start Clean

Pest and diseases enters the plantain farm through plantain suckers. The corms and roots of conventional plantain suckers contains the deadly plantain nematodes and beetles.

According to biodiversity international, if as little as 1% of the suckers planted were infested with nematodes, the yield would reduce by 20% in the first year. And from the third year onward, the African center for banana and plantain research says all the plantains would start producing tiny bunches. This account for why majority of the plantains sold are very small.

The most effective method of preventing and combating plantain parasites is the use of healthy planting materials such as tissue culture and macropropagated suckers.

phyllosilicate:
Kindly call 070 3231 3642 for your macro propagated plantain suckers and free consultancy services on improved techniques of plantain plantation establishment and management .... you would be glad you did .

Cultivar: False horn ( Macropropagated)
Location: Benin City


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