₦airaland Forum

What do you think could make a supposed hybrid oil palm tree fruitless after several years of nurturing ?

The reasons could be natural factor or man made ,some palm trees will naturally not produce fruits even if you adopt the best agronomic practice ,they will remain sterile and we usually referred to them as male palm trees .if you want to identify them on your farm, notice any palm tree that produces flowers but upon fruits set the flower die back or rotten .This is neither caused by poor pollination nor poor farm management .

It is practically impossible to not have few stands of male palm tree on your farm however if you have more than 10 percent of your palm trees showing the trait of male palm trees then it could be that the source of your seedlings is not genuine ,it could probably mean that second or third generation of palm tree seedlings was planted instead of the popular first generation of tenera F1 which is pure hybrid from direct cross pollination of DURA and PISSIFERA parent oil palm trees .


Man made causes of unproductive palm trees could be as a result of not adopting the best agronomic practice in the management of the palm plantation during year 1 to 3 ,practices such as lack of regular cycle weeding and non application of the right fertiliser at the right time and the right quantity .man made causes of unproductive palm trees can be corrected by adopting the best agronomic practice and within a year the farmer will see improvement in the yield .The only mistake that cannot be corrected in oil palm farming is to plant the wrong seedlings and if this happens the farmer will have to remove the plant and replant an improved variety called Tenera F1 .

Success in oil palm farming start from planting the right seedlings and when this is achieved the farmer should be guaranteed that more than 95 percent of the plant will be productive and should start generating revenue with year 3 to 5 years .


Picture 1; below is an unproductive or male palm tree

Picture 2 : Harvest from a productive oil palm plantation

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