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    Oil Palm - Miscellaneous

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    The document discusses management practices for oil palm gardens including watering, mulching, fertilizing, bunch protection, harvesting techniques, intercropping options, deficiencies, diseases, and pest control measures.

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    The document discusses management practices for oil palm gardens including watering, mulching, fertilizing, bunch protection, harvesting techniques, intercropping options, deficiencies, diseases, and pest control measures.

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    Oil Palm- Miscellaneous Management of Garden Watered Basin- 3 meter Diameter Ideal basins Mulching, Irrigating and maintaining Cleanliness Ideal Basin around the trunk Fertilizer application in basin Mulching of basin with fronds Till late second year of age, Flower buds should be nipped off Wire net covered Bunchprotection from Birds-dogs Harvesting Stage at which it should be harvested Harvesting with Chisel attached to pole Harvesting by Chisel attached to a rod Harv

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    The document discusses management practices for oil palm gardens including watering, mulching, fertilizing, bunch protection, harvesting techniques, intercropping options, deficiencies, diseases, and pest control measures.

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    Oil Palm - Miscellaneous

    Uploaded by

    Pallavi Shigwan
    The document discusses management practices for oil palm gardens including watering, mulching, fertilizing, bunch protection, harvesting techniques, intercropping options, deficiencies, diseases, and pest control measures.

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    Oil Palm- Miscellaneous

    Management of Garden

    Watered Basin- 3 meter Diameter

    Ideal basins

    Mulching, Irrigating and maintaining Cleanliness

    Ideal Basin around the trunk

    Fertilizer application in basin

    Mulching of basin with fronds

    Till late second year of age, Flower buds should be nipped off

    Wire net covered Bunchprotection from Birds-dogs

    Harvesting

    Stage at which it should be harvested

    Harvesting with Chisel attached to pole

    Harvesting by Chisel attached to a rod

    Harvesting in a tall Palm tree

    Harvesting in a tall tree

    Possibilities

    Plots survived after River floods

    Green bunches of FFB

    Water stagnation under Wet-land condition

    Terraced planting

    Frond base stacked and sold/ used as fuel

    Goat rearing in older Palm gardens

    Ideal Loop system in Drip layout

    Micro-sprinklers in Palm garden

    Don ts

    Burning of fronds inside the garden

    Excessive pruning of Palm fronds

    Palms Etiolating due to shade/ intercropped with taller trees

    Roots pruned because of digging

    Water stress- more than 2 unopened shoots in the crown

    Dense root zone- damaged due to Ploughing in Basin area

    Feeder roots placed shallow

    Inter-cropping

    Proper spacing left between the rows of intercrop and Palm

    With Maize

    With Banana

    With Cotton

    With Vegetables

    With Cocoa With Sweet potato

    With Ground nut

    With Black-pepper

    Cover crop

    Along with Floriculture

    Tube-rose as Intercrop

    Cocoa as Intercrop

    deficiencies
    Copper deficiency- twisted fronds

    Boron nutrient deficiency

    Magnesium deficiency in the mature stage on Palm leaves/ fronds

    Iron deficiency

    Before root feeding

    After root feeding

    Disease- Spear rot

    Pest attack

    Rhinoceros beetle attack and control measures

    Palm tree- damage due to Rhinoceros beetle

    Damage due to rhinoceros beetle

    Sex Pheromone trap with rhinoceros beetles

    Beneficial Fungus- Metarrhizium

    Catching a Rhinoceros beetle with a Hook

    Rat menace

    Bagworm attack- leaf shot holes

    Extension Activities
    Carried out by concerned Company

    TV shows

    Agricultural Exhibitions/ Melava Boards at selected ideal plots

    Farmer tours and meetings

    Demonstrations

    Field Day

    Thank You!

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