 | Better Farming Series 24 - The Oil Palm (FAO - INADES, 1977, 40 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
|  | Modern oil palm cultivation |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Before starting think things over carefully |
| | Life of the oil palm |
| | The fruits of the oil palm yield oil |
| | Why cultivate oil palms? |
| | Where to cultivate oil palms |
| | The oil palm nursery |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How to make a nursery |
| | Layout of paths and nursery beds |
| | Putting up shelters |
| | The plantation |
| | Preparing the site |
| | Pegging the planting pattern |
| | Planting out the oil palm seedlings |
| | Putting wire netting around seedlings |
| | Looking after the plantation |
| | (introduction...) |
| | How much fertilizer to apply |
| | Protect against insects |
| | Harvesting |
| | Suggested question paper |
How much fertilizer to apply
Example: Ivory Coast
On plantations (per tree per year)
|
Age of oil palm |
Savanna |
Forest | ||
| |
Grammes |
Fertilizer |
Grammes |
Fertilizer |
|
Year of planting |
500 |
Ammonium sulfate |
250 |
Ammonium sulfate |
| |
500 |
Potassium chloride |
250 |
Potassium chloride |
|
1 year |
750 |
Ammonium sulfate |
500 |
Ammonium sulfate |
| |
750 |
Potassium chloride |
300 |
Potassium chloride |
|
2 years |
750 |
Ammonium sulfate |
750 | |
| |
750 |
Potassium chloride |
to 1500 |
Potassium chloride |
|
3 and 4 years and afterwards |
1000 | |
750 | |
| |
to 1500 |
Potassium chloride |
to 1500 |
Potassium chloride |
On natural palm groves (per tree per year): 1000 grammes of potsassium chloride
Example: Benin
On plantations (per tree per year)
|
Age of oil palm |
Ammonium sulfate |
Potassium chloride |
| |
Grammes |
Grammes |
|
Year of planting |
250 |
200 |
|
1 year |
350 |
200 |
|
2 years |
500 |
500 |
|
3 years |
600 |
750 |
|
4 years |
600 |
1000 |
|
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