There is hardly any part of Nigeria that you wouldn’t see plantain growing. That means it can do well on most Nigerian soil.
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The areas that you must consider when venturing into plantain includes:

***The availability as well as the quality of water for irrigation that you have

***Mechanical actions that will need to be implemented and how they will be implemented

***Any chemical requirements for improving the soil before transplantation

***Equipment and tools that will be required for the cultivation of plantain

***Labor and manpower requirements

***Financial requirements

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In the southern part of Nigeria & intact most tropical African countries, plantain is one of the people's staple food items.
Most farmers plant plantain subsistencely just to eat by their households & give few relations.
The few farmers that are into real plantain plantation farming are not maximising the use of the land on which the crop is planted.
The standard spacing for plantain is 3mx3m or 10ftx10ft. Using this measurement, the plant population density is 440/acre or 1,100/hectare.
Now, what happens to the space in between each plant?
The space between each plantain plant could be used to cultivate a variety of crops. But our focus here is the symbiotic relationship between plantain & cocoa.
That's where this writings comes in....
Good agronomical practice (that has been used by our grand fathers) is to plant plantain & cocoa @ 3mx3m. However, Plantain must be planted 1 or 2mnths (max) b4 cocoa at the onset of rain.
Using this planting spacing, U will also have 440/acre or 1,100 cocoa in the same 1ha.
The plantain serves two purposes of shielding the cocoa plants from wind & hot weather. It will also serve as income generation b4 d cocoa starts to fruit.
There are eight new varieties of Cocoa recently released for distribution by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Practically all of them start fruiting within 18 months but earlier under irrigation.
Under minimal agronomic practice conditions they yield btwn 1.5-2 Tons/hectare.
With good agronomic practice condition and irrigation they yield throughout the year with yield per hectare doubling or trippling.
So you should consider an investment in Cocoa.
See my signature for your 18months fruiting, hybrid cocoa seedlings.

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As the plantain grows, It is important to keep it well watered for good fruiting
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In the southern part of Nigeria & intact most tropical African countries, plantain is one of the people's staple food items.
Most farmers plant plantain subsistencely just to eat by their households & give few relations.
The few farmers that are into real plantain plantation farming are not maximising the use of the land on which the crop is planted.
The standard spacing for plantain is 3mx3m or 10ftx10ft. Using this measurement, the plant population density is 440/acre or 1,100/hectare.
Now, what happens to the space in between each plant?
The space between each plantain plant could be used to cultivate a variety of crops. But our focus here is the symbiotic relationship between plantain & cocoa.
That's where this writings comes in....
Good agronomical practice (that has been used by our grand fathers) is to plant plantain & cocoa @ 3mx3m. However, Plantain must be planted 1 or 2mnths (max) b4 cocoa at the onset of rain.
Using this planting spacing, U will also have 440/acre or 1,100 cocoa in the same 1ha.
The plantain serves two purposes of shielding the cocoa plants from wind & hot weather. It will also serve as income generation b4 d cocoa
starts to fruit.
There are eight new varieties of Cocoa recently released for distribution by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Practically all of them start fruiting within 18 months but earlier under irrigation.
Under minimal agronomic practice conditions they yield btwn 1.5-2 Tons/hectare.
With good agronomic practice condition and irrigation they yield throughout the year with yield per hectare doubling or trippling.
So you should consider an investment in Cocoa.
See my signature for your 18months fruiting, hybrid cocoa seedlings.

Thanks for the info but i had already planted my suckers with the spacing of 2.5mX2.5m, what best management practice would you advice?

I have close to 700 suckers on it now and they are doing well....Planted it 8/9 April.

I put maize in between sef.

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Just like a growing child, plantain cultivation requires nurturing to make sure the plant is growing the way it’s supposed to grow.
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