Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site

3. Banana suckers are immersed for 30 minutes in one lit of
neem oil dissolved in 100 litres of water, mixed with 50 gm of
detergent powder before planting to prevent rhizome rot.
4. Immersing the banana suckers in hot water for 30 minutes
before planting them helps to control root grub and rhizome
rot.
5. One Kg each of powdered neem cake and tobacco waste are
soaked separately in 5 lit of water each. The next day, they
are filtered and decanted solutions are mixed together, in
which suckers are immersed before planting to prevent
nematode attack.
6. Groundnut cake (500 gm) is applied per sucker of banana crop
for better yield.
7. Grow Sesbania spp. (trees) as border crop around banana
fields to act as a shelter crop in order to prevent the wind
damage.
8. Dried outer bark around the banana stem is removed once in
four months to prevent primordial root growth and emergence
of side suckers there by preventing lodging.
9. Dried drooping leaves are removed once in three months to
avoid shade effect, which may produce black spots on fruits,
and to reduce wind damage thereby preventing lodging.
10. Onion, tomato, cowpea and lady’s finger are grown as
intercrops in banana in the early stages i.e. up to 4 months.
11. Side suckers are uprooted (De-suckering) at monthly intervals
with long iron rods.
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