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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
With only a 1/3 acre,
a 3 meter spacing allows for 150 banana plants
a 2 meter spacing allows for 330 banana plants
a 1.3 meter spacing allows for 800 banana plants
I am at 18 degrees north and Costa Rica is at 10 degrees north.
I am a farmer and grow tall plantains using a 1.3 meter spacing.
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When planning a planting area you should consider the height and shape of the plants.
I would plant the mango trees on the northern border and avocados to the south of them
using a staggered planting pattern and a little common sense. |
That's only the beginning but I am planting primarily for family consumption. If there is enough excess we might consider the local feria. There are six boys in the Tico family living with us and they know what I intend and are willing hands.
The avocados will be Hass because of their longer fruiting season.
I have a lot of slope that is primarily forest right now. I am planning to plant Papaya on the norther edge of the forest and Pejibaye at the crown of the slope.
We started everything out all wrong but the information that I am gathering here will help to correct that. I am importing a cubic meter of black soil from a reliable source and the chicken manure by the cubic meter as needed.
I also have a Kemp chipper/shredder that we brought down with us to provide compostable material and sand is ailable in what they use here to make concrete, it's heavy in what I call dirt.
If everyone contributes their ideas I will decide what is possible for our property.