How to plant Banana

• Banana can be planted in Pit method and furrow method.

• Rich, well drained, fertile, free working, soils with plenty of organic matter are best suited for cultivation

• Banana is commonly propagated by suckers with narrow leaves

• Planting can be done any time except in summer

• Tall varieties should be planted at 3 x 3 m whereas dwarf ones at 2 x 2 m apart.

• New leaves start growing inside, below the ground.

• They push up through the middle and emerge from the centre of the crown