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Nematode/Nematicide Information
As we prepare our farm land for planting of suckers, it imperative we note all plantation farmers enemies and way to tackle them. Kenfarm wish to advise that getting a viable nematode resistant plantain sucker from us is the best preventive measure. But if you have bought your suckers from another source, then the below info on Nematode will be useful for you.
What are nematicides, and what do you need to know about using nematicides in gardens and farm land? In simple terms, nematicides are chemicals used to kill nematodes – tiny, parasitic worms that live in water or soil. Although the threadlike critters are microscopic, they can cause major damage when they feed on plant tissue or roots.
Using nematicides in gardens or farmland, gardeners have access to two common nematicide products. There are numerous formulations within each type.
Fumigant nematicides are dispersed rapidly as a gas through the spaces in the soil, thus killing the nematodes living within those spaces. Fumigant nematicides are most effective in moist but well-drained soil with relatively low levels of organic material.
Non-fumigant (non-volatile) nematicides are sold as liquids or granules that are applied to the soil surface or mixed into the top of the soil. The active ingredient is released by irrigation or rainfall, and the effectiveness of the chemicals varies depending on a number of factors, including available moisture, soil structure, soil temperature and organic material content.
How to Use Nematicides
Most products are approved only for commercial applications, as nematicides are highly toxic and should be used only by trained applicators who understand how to mitigate the risks. The chemicals should never be applied when crops are nearing harvest.
Several newer, safer nematicides are currently under study, including biological products based on a fungus that destroys nematode eggs. However, the effectiveness of the products has yet to be proven.
Research has specify that the addiction of manure, compost or other organic material is one nontoxic way to reduce the damage caused by nematodes( consult kenfarm to know why). By improving soil structure and water retention, organic material creates a healthy environment that increases the chances of plant survival even when nematodes are present.
Deep, infrequent watering helps create healthy, nematode-resistant roots. Avoid high-nitrogen fertilizers, which produce lush growth and nematode-prone roots.
Growing plants in above-ground containers (Nursery plants) can also reduce damage caused by nematodes. Use only clean potting mix that hasn’t been contaminated by regular garden soil.
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Farmers complain that after a few harvests, plantains don’t do well, what’s the problem?
This is caused by nematodes and borers’ attacks which make plantains to dry off; all of these are soil pests. So, to control these pests a farmer needs to apply enamaticide twice a year. They can use MOCAP bastion and it will be good to have a permanent calendar. It is good to apply in April and again in September. If this is well followed, you will stop this effect. You know that the nematodes and borers attack plantains more, not bananas. That’s why banana stems which were cultivated by our parents long in the 50s are still surviving

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Make hast to place odder for our viable pest resistant hybrid plantain sucker. we pride ourselves in our large customer base. Our sucker is affordable and has proved to our esteem client it can keep multiplying for over 7years.

This means that if you purchase our suckers, years latter, if you plan expanding your farm, you need not purchase another sucker. Just harvest sucker from the existing farm and you will be maximising profit....
......contact kenfarm via 08038623884

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PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST NEMATODE IN PLANTAIN PLANTATION
A couple of client/farmers has contacted me in the resent past to enquire on how best to make your plantain plantation Nematode free. Nematode is one of the pest that obstruct the growth pattern of your sucker. It a wormlike micro organism that bore into the root of your plantain destroying the root and preventing nutrient uptake. A sucker that is affected by this worm usually dies off gradually. The worm is capable of spreading fast so that under a short period of time the whole plantation is destroyed.

Now that we know how devastating the effect of Nematodes can be on our plantation, it is pertinent we bring to your notice those simple common Agric practice that eradicate or prevent the activities of these pest on our plantation.

To avoid Nematode, do the following:
1. Plant a Nematode free Sucker like that sold by kenfarm
2. When planting your sucker, make a very deep hole of 30-40cm before burying the sucker. When the sucker root is deeply rooted into the soil, it prevent activities of Nematode around the root environs.
3. Apply treated and pest free organic fertilizer like poultry dunk or cow dunk to your farm. This practice will increase the level of organic matter in the soil. When the level of organic matter is increased, it at the long run increase the rate of water retention by the soil. Research done by kenfarm has shown that a soil which has a high water retaining capacity prevent the activities of Nematode. This is so because the presence of water in the soil prevent Nematode activities.
4. Plant your Nematode free sucker on a well drained soil
5. Apply pesticide 3x in 9months with an interval of 3months
Nevertheless, as simple as the above preventive measure is, it can be difficult to observe especially when a farm is of the 10century farmer who compromise standard believing the crops will survive with or without care after all the weed are surviving.

Information is power. If you do not pay attention to details like this and as such you experience the outbreak of Nematode in your farm, blame it on yourself. Kenfarm suckers has stand the test of over 6years of producing fruit and sucker and still counting. But if the above practice is not taken into consideration when cultivating your plantain plantation, I can assure you that with outbreak of Nematode, after the first fruit harvest, the suckers will die off gradually.
It may interest you to know that Out of more than 100 species of Nematodes, the following ones are found to be more destructive and widely distributed affecting Banana:
Burrowing nematode
Root-lesion nematode
Root knot nematode
Spiral nematode
Cyst nematode
Reniform nematode
SYMPTOMS OF NEMATODE
If your sucker is affected with Nematode, you will observe the following on your plantation:
 Red/Black lesions on the roots and decaying of roots.
 Infected plants have much lower number of secondary and tertiary roots.
 Stunted growth of plants (Plants exhibit poor health).
 Yellowing of leaves. Foliar symptoms of nematode damage are mostly similar to the conditions attributed to water logging, weed competition, nutrient deficiency Etc.
 Affected plant may bear small bunch or choked bunch.
 The infested plants also topple over and uproot easily during wet and windy weather because of inadequate anchorage.
 Premature leaf drop and an increased tendency to wilt or dieback during dry periods.
 Root knots (galls), lesions on roots, stubby roots or splitting of roots.

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Picture above is a picture of a sucker infested with Nematode....make no mistakes