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Lesgupnigeria:
One important success tips in plantain - Get good suckers

Idowu2828:
God is ur strenght bro... pls is there any farm with irrigation set up around Ogun state or nearby state that I can visit Boss on ur referral to learn there set up procedure? Thanks.

Lesgupnigeria:
One important success tips in plantain - Get good suckers

saeedonline:
Please, does anyone know the approximate minimum daily water requirement for a stand of plantain? I have a farm at a location where there is no water available anywhere in the vicinity. I am considering making a well, borehole, or supply water to on-farm reservoirs by water tankers. So I want to make a plan on that.

Related to the issue of irrigation is another question: what sort of problems am I liable to run into, if I decide not to water my plants, and how severe can these problems be. My reason for these questions is that it will be very difficult for me financially to fund the irrigation project. So I want to see if avoiding it would not be too catastrophic for me. For your reference, as for 2 weeks ago, here is the look of one batch of the plants:

Lesgupnigeria:
how many acres of land is the plantain farm?depending on the area cultivated will determine the advise i can give you
and where is the farm located?

Lesgupnigeria:
where are you based?

Lesgupnigeria:
where are you based?

saeedonline:
Thank you. It is about 5 acres of land. The farm is located off New-Ife/Gbongan in osun state.

Thanks

Lesgupnigeria:
the weather of that area is still very ok even during dry season
what i will advise you is to do manual watering at least 500L of water for the farm per week till the time rain resume fully.
It will maintain normal growth and reduce stress of the plantain.

Idowu2828:
very close to Sango Otta area

Lesgupnigeria:
i don't know have contact of plantain farm in that area but about to install an irrigation facilities in abeokuta for a plantain farmer,you can drop your number to contact you when the project is about to start.

Simcha:
Hello, prof. What is the normal area occupied by one plantain? How many plantains will be occupied by 100 by 50 square meter with your spacing? Is ado-ekiti a good farmland farmland for plantain? How much is hybrid sucker? Thanks

Simcha:
Hello, prof. What is the normal area occupied by one plantain?

Idowu2828:
More blessings and God support 4 u Boss. 08035663751 Thanks Boss.

saeedonline:
Lesgupnigeria, may I ask, what is the required spacing between suckers in both directions (along each row and across the rows)?

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Idowu2828:
More blessings and God support 4 u Boss. 08035663751 Thanks Boss.

Simcha:
Hello, prof. What is the normal area occupied by one plantain? How many plantains will be occupied by 100 by 50 square meter with your spacing?

Lesgupnigeria:
2.5m by 2.5m

saeedonline:
In that case, let me bring in my maths. I may be wrong, but allow me to display my ignorance, perhaps, I will learn more from the experts' corretions.

Each plant will occupy 2.5m x 2.5m = 6.25 m².
The total available land area = 100m x 50m = 5000 m².
The No of plantain suckers that can be accommodated, assuming 100% land coverage = 5000 m²/6.25m² = 800 suckers.
If we think 100% land utilization is not realistic, then 90% coverage would mean we can comfortably push into the ground, 0.9x800 = 720 suckers.

This is way more 150 suckers. Please let me know if I made a mistake in the calculations, so that I may benefit from your knowledge. Thank you in advance.

saeedonline:
Lesgupnigeria, may I ask, what is the required spacing between suckers in both directions (along each row and across the rows)?

saeedonline:
In that case, let me bring in my maths. I may be wrong, but allow me to display my ignorance, perhaps, I will learn more from the experts' corretions.

Each plant will occupy 2.5m x 2.5m = 6.25 m².
The total available land area = 100m x 50m = 5000 m².
The No of plantain suckers that can be accommodated, assuming 100% land coverage = 5000 m²/6.25m² = 800 suckers.
If we think 100% land utilization is not realistic, then 90% coverage would mean we can comfortably push into the ground, 0.9x800 = 720 suckers.

This is way more 150 suckers. Please let me know if I made a mistake in the calculations, so that I may benefit from your knowledge. Thank you in advance.

Lesgupnigeria:
Thank you.
you are absolutely right
100 by 50m is different from 100m by 50m
about 150 suckers will be ok for 100 by 50m while about 800 suckers will be ok for 100m by 50m

Simcha:
you are damn correct. With your analysis, 6 plots can occuppy 4320 suckers. That's meaningful.

Simcha:
you are damn correct. With your analysis, 6 plots can occupy 4320 suckers. That's meaningful.

Simcha:
what do you mean by 100 by 50m?

Lesgupnigeria:
have been calling your line but not going through.
Irrigation Project will kickoff by nextweek

Idowu2828:
Ismailadejumo@gmail.com, Thanks Boss wil be expecting ur msg

saeedonline:
You mean 6 acres?

Also, when people mention plots, I personally get confused. It looks like there is no general standard for what area of land constitutes one plot. For example, I see some people saying a plot is 120 ft x 60 ft (claimed to be Lagos standard), while others say that a plot is 100 ft x 50 ft (claimed to be Ibadan standard). Also, I heard sometimes ago that the federal government standard is more than the private land standards. This leaves me confused. On the other hand, it seems acre measure is more general, and same as in other countries, ie,

1 acre = 4046 m² = 43,560 ft²

Therefore, I advise when we ask questions relating to areas of land in plots, it is better to clarify which type of plot, Ibadan, Lagos, or federal government plot, or better state the area of the land in m² or ft². The survey plan of the land will have the total area, and if you dont have that, you can use your gps enabled mobile phone to measure the area: it is very easy.

Thank you, and I welcome your corrections and ideas please.