THINGS YOU SHOULD DO AFTER CULTIVATING
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- There are many things to do. They are called aftercare practices
Soil cover
Adequate water
Fertilization
Bush Managenent
Bunch covering
Bract removing
Intercropping
Contents
SOIL COVER
- In the dry zone soil is frequently dried up.
- Therefore you have to save water in the land by covering the land You can use paddy straw.
- Lay paddy straw 6 away from the plant as a circle
- If you can lay paddy straw in whole cultivation field, that can be better.
WATERING
- Water is frequently use by the plant for their growth and production of foods.
- Therefore we have to supply water to fill their needs
- Avoid supplying excess water as well as avoid no water supply. That is we called adequate water
- Irrigation through drains
- If you have a cannel near the field you can practice cannel irrigation through pumps or without pumps.
- You can pump water and allow to flow over the field.
- If you have drains in the field you can fill water in to the drains. Then plants get water from it.
- If you practice a micro irrigation, you can practice drip irrigation. This will reduce the water wastage
- Supply water near the plant only
- In the first month you should supply water once a day in afternoon.
- After 1 month to 3 months use two days interval.
- 3 months to 6 months 3-4 days interval.
- 6 months to 12 months 5 days interval.
FERTILIZATION
You can use chemical fertilizers or organic fertilizers
Chemical fertilizers
- Chemical fertilizers contain chemicals, Urea, Triple super phosphate(TSP),Murate of Potash(MOP) are the 3 components
- Fertilizer mixtures vary according to the climatic zone.
| Dry zone | Intermediate zone | Wet zone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urea | 60 g | 60 g | 55 g |
| T.S.P | 40 g | 40 g | 75 g |
| M.O.P | 125 g | 125 g | 95 g |
- After first month of cultivating, add the mixture
1 feet away from the plant as a circle.
- After first month of cultivating, add the mixture
1 feet away from the plant as a circle.
- After 3 months of cultivating , add the mixture
2 feets away from the plant as a circle.
- After 3 months to 12 months, add the mixture
2 feets away from the plant as a circle within two months interval.
Fertilizer application after one month
Fertilizer application after three months
Fertilizer application after nine months
Organic fertilizers
- Organic fertilizers are prepared by natural components.
- They are compost, cow dung, poultry manure or goat manure.
- You can prepare compost by your self as mentioned earlier.
- You should apply 5Kg for one bush in 3 months intervals
- Yes, there are so many
- It is a low cost method. You can supply those by natural components
- No harm to the environment
- You can protect the water content in your soil
- Activity of soil organism is increased. Then your soil become more fertile
- The roots of the plant distribute easily
- There are high demand for products getting by organic farming
- Organic farming means growing of plants using organic fertilizers
- No harm to the people
Disadvantages of chemical fertilizers
- Imbalance the nutrient level in the soil
- Destroy soil organisms like earth warms
- Destroy crops due to inefficient use of chemical fertilizers
- Very expensive
- Destroy environment rapidly
- Badly affect on human health
- Can form acidity conditions in the soil
- Destroy soil texture
- Reduce water holding capacity of the soil
- Need skilled persons to apply chemical fertilizers
- Need storage facilities
- To ensure proper growth and getting high yield.
- Before fertilizing you should practice weeding and wet the soil.
BUSH MANAGEMENT
- If there are large numbers of plants around the mother plant you can’t get high yield, due to lack of nutrients.
- You should destroy all suckers emerge until 4 months.
- After 4 months, you can maintain one sward sucker in the direction of sunlight.
- When fruiting, you can maintain another healthy sward sucker in the direction of sunlight.
- After 7-8 months from cultivating you can see fruiting of plants.
BUNCH COVERING
- When 1st hand appears you have to cover the bunch using 2 feets wide blue color polythene bags with holes.
- You can increase bunch weight from 18%-23% by covering.
- Avoid thrips damage. Then there are not patches on the fruits.
- Tied the bag 6// above from the 1st bunch.
BRACT REMOVING
- Banana flower is an inflorescence.That means a bunch of flower. There are rows of flower and they are covered with bract.
- In certain time bract is not opened for fertile
- Then you have to remove the bract after opening the bunch completely.
- The bract should be removed 15 cm below from the last hand.
- You also have to remove 1st hand of the bunch.
- Then you can ensure proper growth of other hands.
INTERCROPPING
