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WHAT IS THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF BANANA FARMING?
2007-10-27 10:10:00
What is drainage? Return to HOMEPAGEIt is the artificial removal of excess water in the land cause by heavy rain. It also lower the water table in order to provide adequate aeration of the soil profile for crop production. Modern drainage systems may be divided into two categories, surface and subsurface.The typical surface system consists of field drains, field ditches, a main collection ditch, and an outlet. As the term implies, a surface system is designed to remove water that collects on top of the soil. Surface drainage is especially important for soils that absorb water slowly. The field drains vary in configuration according to topography, parallel drains being indicated for uniform surfaces and site-specific ones for areas of uneven accumulation.Subsurface drainage systems consist of small conduits, a submain, a main, and an outlet. The conduits, equivalent to the field drains in a surface system, collect the water in the soil and drain it into the larger arteries.Why draina...
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Banana Industry Tour: WHAT IS PLANTING OPERATION?
2007-10-26 04:59:00
WHAT IS PLANTING OPERATION? Return to HOMEPAGEPlanting is the most important part for production. Without planting it is not possible for you to harvest in your appropriate time or days. The volume of your product depends also in planting. There are some banana plantations who were suffered from diseases like panama, moko and bunchy top. The most crucial of them all is moko because it can affect the near plant where it is contaminated or affected by moko. The land portion of this disease, they call it moko scars. If the production manager or the owner of the farm will not work to repalce the affected plants, all his production cost estimate will be ruined. They need to replace the plants affer treating the area. Replanting is the name of this operation.In planting operation, we have to consider the distance between the plants. Most of the banana plantation (Cavendish) is using the 1.5 meter X 5 meters. The population of this is 2000 hills or plants per hectare. Why they used this? B...
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WHAT IS PLANTING OPERATION 2?
2007-10-25 08:39:00
Return to HOMEPAGEPlanting operation is one of the most important operations in banana production. It is in this period that one can establish maximum production level in terms of the number of bunches to be harvested per hectare. It is likewise the basis in determining the timing of harvest with its good price in the market.In order to achieve desired results, plating must be done according to the recommended distance of banana plants. It is directly influenced by the type of soil in a certain area and the banana variety to be planted.Planting must also consider the timing of harvest that it should happen during off-season of most fruits in the exporting countries. In this manner, high price can be demanded. Thus, a higher profit is expected.After land preparation and drainage construction, the area is ready for planting.How do we start planting the area?First, we have to stake the area. The name of this work is staking. It is a guide to be followed during planting operation which ...
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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES OF LAND PREPARATION
2007-10-23 08:35:00
LAND CLEARING OPERATION Return to HOMEPAGEA.USING KNOCKDOWN HARROWINGWhen the area to be developed is a corn land, rice land, or formally planted with annual crops and areas also with vine vegetation or covered with bush and twigs, this knockdown harrowing will essential to use. Instead of using the bulldozers or backhoe to clear the area, the tractor with harrow implement will do the job. The rated efficiency to accomplish per hectare is 1.5 hours.B. USING BACKHOE EQUIPMENT For areas planted with coconut trees or any big trees with the topography of the area that is relatively flat, the recommended equipment is backhoe. The trees are tumbled and the roots are being uprooted by this equipment. The rate of accomplishment on this equipment is based on the number of trees tumbled and uprooted.C.USING BULLDOZER EQUIPMENTFor areas with uneven ground surface and have presence of marshy and thick populated with trees, the recommended equipment is D6 bulldozer. The rate of accomplishment to...
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Banana Production Technology in Land Development
2007-10-22 08:46:00
What is land development? Return to HOMEPAGE This is the process to formulate a detail description of most desirable actions like the structural details of the project to be specified in sufficient detail to permit an accurate cost estimate and the soil sampling to determine the soil strata, minerals and nutrients deficiencies as well as the presence microorganism in the soil.The land to be acquired should have the capability to produce crops that provide returns on investment to the company. Reconnaissance activities include visual evaluation of the terrain, determining the water source both surface and subsurface, determining the common vegetation and crops cultivars as well as to assess the peace and order situation of such certain locality.Other important data to gather during the course of the reconnaissance are flood level history of the area, the temperature, the prevailing wind direction as well the average rainfall on number of years and months.Generally, land development i...
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