REASONS YOU KEEP GETTING SMALL BUNCHES OF PLANTAINS/ How to get quality plantain bunches.

[@zebra5star925]

Educative. Thanks

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NathanRodgers-c1w]

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[@jb-yi2sk]

Thank you very much for your video

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

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[@awaawaiwuji5504]

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[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Thank you so much

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Ensure to be a part of our live premiere later today, to find out how to grow your plantains to have very huge bunches

[@parahnorte6564]

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[@MeecleDurrant-uy5eb]

Winter plantain are smaller and less on the bench.​@@parahnorte6564

[@rufaidamola3556]

Very educative content

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Good to know

[@ifeanyiobiadoh5323]

Well done sir I enjoyed the video

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Great to know you did. Thank you always

[@robertkennington4140]

The reason for de-leafing is for disease control by limiting the build up of fungal pathogens within the plantation. It is a essential strategy in combination with the spraying of fungicides. The vigor of suckers is dependant on which sucker was selected from a healthy mother plant. "Spear" suckers are what is wanted as opposed to "water" suckers. Also suckers need to be dipped in Fenamiphos nematicide to avoid transferring nematodes to the newly planted area. A good general video that points in the right direction but there needs more detailed follow up on horn plantains, and the musa family in general.

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Thanks for your insights, it's always great to learn from experts like yourself. Also, we suppose you meant “sword” sucker where you indicated “spear”

[@brainiac1874]

Thank you for this What type of nutrients can i get for them. Also what type of chemical can i get to treat fungi

[@robertkennington4140]

Chlorothalonil fungicide every 2 weeks during wet and humid weather. It needs to dry on the leaf before it rains. You need to remove all lower diseased leaves before spraying so as to decrease the amount of fungal pathogens present in your plantains. The fungicides will only give protection against further fungal infection if applied correctly during the critical periods. It will not eliminate infections already present. Do not remove too many leaves as the plant needs at least one healthy leaf for each hand on the bunch. Some other fungicides used to control leaf fungal infections in plantains are Tebuconazole and Fluopyram. Fluopyram is systemic and will also give protection to any leaf area which didn't get good spray cover. It is important to never use the same fungicide repeatedly to avoid resistance developing to that fungicide. It is recommended to regularly alternate with fungicides with a different mode of action.

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Any good quality fertilizer will do . Doing this application with a combination of inorganic fertilizer will be great for your commercial farm. Also ensure to get any brand of fungicide and insecticide for treatment.

[@YaanKey-y5i]

How deep should the hole to plant a plantain sucker be?,

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

This is dependent on soil type and how deep you can dig, as well as plantain variety you’re cultivating though, but it shouldn’t be less than 1 foot.

[@bashiradeleke5463]

Please what is the best variety for plantain sucker

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

You can go for Elephant Variety.

[@Oriy9022]

How many sukers can i plant on 2 acres of land when cross-cropping with oil palm

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Plan for 2,200 suckers

[@alexolabode7557]

@@ChidavAgriculturalHub are u sure u read that question well at all? someone is using just 2acres for palmoil which is about 120 palm stand n you saying to intercrop 2200 plantain suckers?? Thats over population...

[@truewealth01]

I heard it's best to use 500 plantain sucker for one acre

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Well, this is what we do year in year out, we advise based on practical achievable realities. Having 500 suckers in an acre is like shortening your yield by over 50%. We use 2m by 2m plant spacing, which is our recommended spacing for commercial plantain farm.

[@truewealth01]

​@@ChidavAgriculturalHubOkay. Thanks so much. It's understood

[@ugooboss]

Please how many suckers can you plant on 25,000sqm if you cross with mazie

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

You’ll can cultivate approximately 7,000 suckers from that land area

[@udofiamary5928]

How much is a sucker of elephant variety of plantain?

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

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[@stephenabuchichima5355]

Many thanks for rich contents. Please what are some crops you recomnend cross planting with plantain or banana if one plans to cross plant ?

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

You can grow maize, pepper, tomatoes or any 3 months crops that won't compete with the group of the plantains

[@evanamariefanny-km2ej]

Hi is australian banana a plantain ?😊

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

No, it is not. Plantains are different from the Australian banana variety

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[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Kindly send in your messages from Friday, Dec 13th, 2024. Thanks so much for your patience. Ensure to send in your messages between 10am to 5pm

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Sir I've been texting your number but no reply

[@ChidavAgriculturalHub]

Kindly send in text again . Thanks for your patience

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