Basically plant arrowrootcultivation

Basically plant arrowroot ( Maranta arundinacea L ) is a wild plant that is easy to grow anywhere as long as humid but hot . However, necessary for the production of good growing conditions as follows :

    High point : 60-90 asl
    The ideal temperature : 22-32 C
    Sunlight : low & need shade
    Air humidity : 50-85 %
    Rainfall: 1500-200 mm / yr
    Soil : Loose , well drained humus rich
    Soil pH : 4.5 to 8I. SEEDLINGSPropagation With Bulbs >>

    Provide arrowroot tubers that have been aged 12 months
    Choose a nice , smooth and free of pests and diseases
    Wash thoroughly and then winds up peeling skin
    Cut the bulbs every 2-4 shoots for cuttings
    Soak the cuttings in a solution of fungicides , insecticides and PGR
    After 5 minutes cuttings ready for sowing
    Prepare the nursery area with loose soil , then shaped plot with a size of 2 m X 20 m with a height of 20-30 cm . ( for 1 ha of land )
    Manure pile is given to taste and 3 cm deep digarit
    Enter kelubang garit cuttings with buds facing up , then cover with soil until no visible
    Maintain the nursery with watering and pesticide application
    After the nursery aged 20-30 HSS ( already formed 3-5 leaves ) ready to be planted dilahan .Propagation with chicks >>

    Clumps arrowroot which has been aged 4-5 months or have more than 3 puppies ready to be separated and planted
    Puppies are growing arrowroot arrowroot harvested after sibersihkan cut and then can be plantedII . LAND PREPARATION

    Land plowed / dug up to a depth of 20-30 cm of loose
    Shape beds with a width of 1 m X 10 m with a height of 20-30 cm
    Make the planting hole with a depth of 8-15 cm with a spacing between holes ( 30-40 cm ) X ( 50-75 cm )III . PREPARATION PLANT SHADE

    Good shade plant type is soft rooted plants such as bananas , papaya etc at a spacing of 3 x 3 m
    It could also be the use of perennials with spacing set so as not to interfere with the arrowroot plantIV . PLANTING

    Sebaikknya done early rainy season
    Seedlings from the nursery planted one seed per hole upright
    If the seed is taken from the seedling leaves to reduce evaporation subtractV. FERTILIZING

    Fertilization is given 3 times : first at planting ( Urea 100 kg / ha and SP36 400 kg / ha )
    Fertilization both given at 3.5 -month -old plants with dose ( Urea 100 kg / ha and KCL 200 kg / ha )
    Fertilization third when the plant was given at a dose of 5 months ( Urea 100 kg / ha and KCL 150 kg / ha )
    How to do with the fertilizer and fertilizer blending plants spread dialur pembubunan .VI . PLANT MAINTENANCE

    Keep watering smoothly so that the land is not flooded
    Weeding and pembubunan made ​​when plants are 3-4 months old
    Controlling leaf roller caterpillar pests and root diseases with pesticidesVII . HARVEST

    Arrowroot crop can be harvested two periods, namely the age of 6-7 months if you like processed into chips or crackers because this period has not been a lot of fiber arrowroot . The second at the age of 8-12 months if you want to take the starch , try the dry season harvest time so that a high starch yield .
    Provide a 1m x 1m hole at the tip mound X1m
    Unloading plants using a fork or other tool
    Clean the tubers from the soil , stems and leaves
    Leaves of seedlings and saplings to let 6-12 months can be harvested again , and so forth until the cycle 5-7 times ( 5-7 years )
    Insert the stems and leaves into the hole and cover make compost
    Average production from 12.5 to 30 tons / ha / yr
    Banana varieties contain high levels of water and hold just 2 days after harvest while varietan Creol can last one week due to high fiber .