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Production techniques of pineapple

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Pine

apple

 

 

 

 

Plant population

Spacing (cm)

 

Per hectare

Per acre

Plant to Plant within row

Row to Row

Trench to Trench

Yield(t/ha)

43,500

16,500

30

60

90

85 to 105

53,000

21,450

25

60

90

63,500

25,700

22.58 or 22.5

45 or 60

90 or 75

  • Suckers of 450g weight and slips of about 350g weight ideal for propagation

Plant crop

  • About 12g N / plant recommended under irrigated conditions; 16g N / plant recommended under rainfed conditions
  • K2O at 12g / plant recommended for irrigated as well as rain fed crop

Ratoon crop

  • About 10g N/ plant for irrigated and 12g / plant recommended for rain fed crop. Nitrogen to be applied in six split doses between 2 and 12 months after planting
  • Potash to be applied in two splits 2 and 6 months after planting
  • Induction of synchronized flowering with application of 25ppm ethephon in combination with 2% urea and 0.04% calcium carbonate in Kew Pineapple.