The center has been working in the place for six years, with technical assistance, training and delivery of materials and various seedlings, among others.
The production of the banana crop in the Laguna Naineck banana zone, in the northeast of the province, is the epicenter of production where 80% is concentrated. There are also other very important localities in the production that are Riacho He Hé and Buena Vista.
The CEDEA experimental unit of Ceibo Trece, in Laguna Naineck, has been developing activities for six years in technical assistance, training and delivery services of in vitro platines of banana, citrus, passion fruit and mamón, diversifying the production of the producers of the region.
This allows producers to have better income at different times of the year, improving their living conditions.
The producers have been developing their banana crops with plantation frames of four meters by four meters, where they start with 625 plants, reaching population densities of 2,500 plants per hectare in the second year, which turn out to be very high densities, which is why which, production is delayed every year.
The problem that occurs with these high populations is the requirements of the crop with respect to climatic conditions, especially water, light and temperature, which are fundamental for the growth and development of the crop.
The water requirements for cultivation are over two thousand millimeters per year and in the banana region it rains 1,200, which reveals a deficit of 800 millimeters.
For this reason, the population should be at a maximum of 1,700 productive units per hectare, and not 2,500 to 3,000 plants per hectare, where it would affect production.
These situations mentioned with respect to the crop populations have led to other planting systems being considered, the double furrow or paired furrows, which improve the use of light, the ordering of the plants, the implementation of an irrigation system, the mechanization of cultivation, fertilization, cultural work, weed control, the use of green covers and the direction and concentration of the inflorescence towards the streets, to facilitate the harvest of the bunches.
With the double row system of two meters between the lines, two meters between plants and a three-meter street allows us a population of 1700 plants per hectare, only one productive unit is maintained per site, this allows to maintain the population throughout its useful life of the bananal.
This double furrow work has been implemented through the technicians of the CEDEVA-Ceibo Trece Center, since 2016, having so far eight demonstration plots of producers in this system.
All these in vitro banana plantations produced by the CEDEVA Ceibo Trece center are with the Gran enano variety from the Cavendish subgroup, for this season 2021-2022 there is a request from producers in this 10-hectare plantation system.
The agronomic characteristics of the Gran enano clone are: plant size 2.50 to 3 meters high, it is early in production and moderately resistant to yellow Sigatoka, average clusters of 35 kilograms and long fingers.
Currently, it is planned to deliver 120 thousand in vitro banana plates (2020-2021 campaign), which would increase this year by 200 hectares.
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