Organic Apple banana in dense crop

Abstract

This study aimed to produce Apple banana (Musa spp.) within the organic production system in Petrolina (PE, Brazil). 1ha of a Latosol, composed of sandy texture on the superficial layer and of sandy clay in depth, was implemented and managed with a irrigation regime of dripping and microsprinkling. The micropropagated seedlings were acclimated and taken to the field on 08/31 and 10/26/17, planted at a spacing of 3m x 0,83m, in soil fertilized with 192kg P2O5 ha^-1, 6 tons of manure of laying hens and of organic compound. The cultural treatments were applied according to the necessity that the banana presented. At 7 months, the plants began to emit the inflorescence and showed a flowering spike between 09 and 12 months, extending over 5 months. The harvest period lasted for 10 months and the second bunch of banana appeared 1 year and 6 months after planting. Harvest of the first crop was 37.10 tons ha^-1. The plants were tagged in the planting line, alternately, so that by the time of their harvest it would be eliminated or not, and booth for their second crop approached the culture standard.