Preparing Banana and Plantain Suckers for Planting to Reduce Pests and Increase Yield

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06:27:00

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2022

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To improve on the level banana production, a farmer should use quality suckers and prepare the garden well to reduce pests and increase yield. Because suckers are often affected with nematods and banana weavils, immersing suckers in boiling water for 30 secods kills the pests. Select suckers from healthy plants and peel roots off until it is clean white and dont use suckers that have a lot of rot or with many weevil holes.

Sucker preparation

First, to treat suckers with boiling water, one needs fire wood, flame of fire, container for boiling, water, 2 pieces of rope of 60cm long, a stick of 2.5m-3m long, 30 small stones or beans and a small continer. Build the fire flame and place the container and fill it with 2/3 water.
Similarly, tie each end of one piece of rope to each handle of basket to create a loop with rope and pace stick through each loop of rope. Put the basket with suckers into boiling water and mark the time to treate suckers.
Place 30 stones into pile, place container of 50cm and once water is boiling, place suckers in basket and lower it in boiling water for 30 seconds. Remove basket from boiling water and treat the suckers for the right amount of time.
Furthermore, also cut stems into piece of 20cm long, split them into half and place facing down onto soil and place the cut stem about 40cm a way from banana plant as these will attract weevils. Place cut stems in field around 6pm in eveing and check stems daily for 4 days in morning, collect weevils and kill them.
Finally, replace the cut side facing down back onto soil.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:41Suckers are often affected with nematods and banan weevils.
00:4200:52Immersing suckers in boiling water kills pests.
00:5301:23Select suckers from healthy plants and peel of roots.
01:2402:07To treat, one needs firewood, flame, cotainers, rope a stick and small stones.
02:0802:15Build fire flame ad place container aind fill it with water 2/3.
02:1602:24Tie each end of piece of rope to each handle of basket.
02:2502:27Place stick through each loop of rope.
02:2802:45Put basket with suckers into boiling water and mark the time.
02:4603:25Place stones into pile and place container.
03:2604:09Once water boils, place suckers in basket and lower it in boiling water.
04:1004:18Remove basket from boiling water.
04:1904:54treat suckers for the right amount of time.
04:5505:02Also one control weevils by placing fresh cut banana stems in field.
05:0305:17Cut stems into pieces, split them and place them facing down onto soil.
05:1805:35Place cut stems away from plant and place cut stems in field in evening.
05:3605:43Check stems daily for first 4days in morning, cpllect weevils and kill.
05:4405:49Replace the cut side facig down back onto soil.
05:5006:27Summary

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