YOU SHOULD PREPARE THE LAND LIKE THIS

Preparation of the field for cultivation


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 * First you have to clean the land.
 * This includes removing large trees, big roots and stones that will interfere the growth of the plants.

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 * If your land is a flat and well drained one,it is good for tissue culture banana cultivation.
 * The best soil must be darkly brown color soil rich in decomposed organic matter.
 * If the soil has excess water, you should dig the drains to remove excess water from the field.
 * As I mentioned earlier, the plants are very small and not much adapted for the     environment
 * Therefore you should grow fence of plant to stop high wind to avoid wind damages
 * These are we called as wind breaks



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 * Wind split the leaves
 * Then reduce the photosynthetic area. It will reduce the yield
 * Wind also collapses the plant
 * Therefore, you can plant Gliricidia, Sesbania as wind breaks
 * You can get additional income from Sesbania used as a leafy vegetable
 * Sesbania can get Nitrogen from environment and add Nitrogen to the soil again
 * Gliricidia is used as food for animal and also used as a mulch



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 * Now you should prepare the pits for planting.
 * To do this you have to prepare large pits 2' x2'x2'in size.







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 * You can fill large amount of compost.
 * So it will give high nutrition to the plants.
 * Root system can easily distribute.


 * You have to maintain 10'x10' spacing between two plants and between two plants.



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 * Banana is a sunlight loving plant.
 * To produce food, banana plants need more sunlight.
 * Therefore, increasing spacing helps to get sunlight without any barrier.
 * It will also helpful to maintain desirable height of the plant.
 * Spacing of this type will ensure the maintenance of the cultivation for 5 years.



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 * Remove first 1/ of surface soil separately.
 * Then remove next 1/ of deep soil separately.
 * You have to use 1/ depth of soil to fill the pits. It has more nutrient than other depth
 * You have to mix organic fertilizer such as compost, cow dung, poultry manure or goat manure with first depth of surface soil.
 * You can mix them in following rations;
 * Surface soil 1: poultry manure ½
 * Surface soil 1: goat manure ½
 * Surface soil 1: cow dung 1
 * Surface soil 1: compost 1
 * Then you have to add that soil mixture to bottom of the pit and fill other half using next bulk of the soil with little height from the ground level.



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 * To avoid rotting the base of the plant.
 * Then keep the pits for about 14 days.



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 * Decompose them and increase the microorganism activities.
 * Allow to well set the soil in the pit.
 * You should mix the things in the pit again before planting.


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