This is one of basic stage or steps in setting of plantain
plantation. It is advisable to procure loamy moldy soil. This crop did very
well in loamy moldy soil than any another soil. How can you recognize a loamy
soil as a lay man? Just hold the soil and see that it partly black not red. It
does well too on mold clay soil. The soil must be able to retain water. To
identify the water that retain water, you notice if rain water sink into the
soil not wash way during rainfall. The land must be table, not slant or
slopping land. If it slopping land all the top soil nutrient will be wash down.
The soil must be cool round the year. It must not be flood
area. Mostly this can be classified as swamp area. Also it can be plant on
upland with loamy soil but water should be provide to irrigate the farm during
dry season, unless the crop will stop growing or given stunting grow. Although
dry season will not kill plantain like other crops but the growth rate will be
drastically reduce. Even those that produce fruit by then will be affected. The
fruit will be reduce unless plant on swamp area or wet with water daily.
In case your land is swamp area you will have challenge
during raining season. The crops will not grow well, due to large value of water
but during dry season reversed will be the case. The crops will come out with
good big fruit while other people will not have fruit to sell by them. So I
will advise you to acquire a land from upland and swamp area for that you will
be have crop round the years in case you cannot provide irrigation into your
farm during dry season.
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