Please, someone is asking, he dosent have any experience in veggies planting and he said I should help him post this here for the gurus to ascertain which to go into.

His question is, their is a land someone wants to give to use for 2 and a half years and he is asking, which crop can he plant on it to make the most out of it. It's one acre though. He is contemplating between doing plantain plantain or paw paw plantation.

For plantain plantation, can he do a high density kind of planting for eg, can he have two suckers growing in same hole? Just like a high density plantation since the land is not his or can he grow paw paw on the land? How Profitable would paw paw be if he grows paw paw? I need suggestions pls. Thanks.

That period is not enough for trees. What if the owner does not renew the lease?

Tell him to plant traditional veggies. They are easier to care for, are resistant to pests, diseases and he should not do a mono crop. He can plant many kinds of crops on the same land so long as they are not all from the same family group of plants.

He should not plant tree crop because of Their life span since the land is not his. He can go into other agricultural production such as vegetables, maize, cassava etc,. Can also intercrop

Thanks for the advise. I still need more advise as regards this. Thanks. The land can be extended for up to 4-5 years though.

karlxavier:
Thanks for the advise. I still need more advise as regards this. Thanks. The land can be extended for up to 4-5 years though.

Let him go with plants like cucumber, tomatoes, groundnut, okra etc.

He could add just one line of plantain and another line of pawpaw.

Cucumber will be better off, every three or four months, he gets back his money.