Grand Naine banana spacing per acre, plant population tissue culture kela
How much spacing and how many plants per acre for Grand Naine banana (kela)?
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓1yr ago · 552 views
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓1yr ago
For Grand Naine (G9), common commercial spacing is about 1.5 m x 1.5 m to 1.8 m x 1.5 m, giving roughly 1200 to 1450 plants per acre depending on the exact layout. Paired-row planting with drip is popular in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu because it improves intercultural access and water use. Closer spacing raises plant population and total yield per acre but increases competition and disease pressure, so it needs strict fertigation and desuckering discipline. Keep one main plant and one follower sucker per stool. For your soil type and irrigation, confirm the final spacing with your state horticulture department or local KVK before ordering tissue culture plants.
MMurugan S1yr ago
In our Tamil Nadu block near Theni we use paired rows so the tractor and sprayer pass easily between the wide gaps. The plant count stays similar to a square layout but the field work is much faster. Worth thinking about if you spray often.
KKishan Rathod1yr ago
Whatever spacing you pick, mark and align the pits properly before planting because a crooked layout makes drip laying and desuckering a headache for the whole crop cycle. We used a rope and pegs and it paid off at every operation later.