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Angelica _ann
#11 Posted : Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:23:52 PM
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Our bananas, where I come from, mature at 16-18 months, though the traditional variety!!!
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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majimaji
#12 Posted : Friday, May 11, 2018 9:19:39 AM
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murchr wrote:
majimaji wrote:
chiaroscuro wrote:
majimaji wrote:

Ok, I'm a banana farmer.
Which banana variety weighs 100kg? Maybe 25kg
480 seedlings in an acre? Very dense even without doing the maths - bananas are heavy feeders and require space.
Also the 9months growth is rather short, my estimate is 12 months for the early fruit


They say Fhia variety...



Their first fruits are also at 12 months

@Majimaji; what is the average range of prices per kilo in our market?


Ok, the FHIA is a good variety. I don't sell mine in kilos but I recently have sold like the bunch pictured wholesale. It had 150 or so bananas that I sold at 20 bob per 3no., that gave KES 1000 bob.



What is 3nos? Am expecting a harvest and I want to know this market lingo. Do you mean mandizi tatu?


Yes. 3 number. Sorry for using language ya welder na fundi.
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Angelica _ann
#13 Posted : Friday, May 11, 2018 9:28:56 AM
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majimaji wrote:
murchr wrote:
majimaji wrote:
chiaroscuro wrote:
majimaji wrote:

Ok, I'm a banana farmer.
Which banana variety weighs 100kg? Maybe 25kg
480 seedlings in an acre? Very dense even without doing the maths - bananas are heavy feeders and require space.
Also the 9months growth is rather short, my estimate is 12 months for the early fruit


They say Fhia variety...



Their first fruits are also at 12 months

@Majimaji; what is the average range of prices per kilo in our market?


Ok, the FHIA is a good variety. I don't sell mine in kilos but I recently have sold like the bunch pictured wholesale. It had 150 or so bananas that I sold at 20 bob per 3no., that gave KES 1000 bob.



What is 3nos? Am expecting a harvest and I want to know this market lingo. Do you mean mandizi tatu?


Yes. 3 number. Sorry for using language ya welder na fundi.


Yawa very clear language, ndizi tatu ni mbao!!!
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Mukiri
#14 Posted : Friday, May 11, 2018 8:01:27 PM
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I stopped reading @ 'They sell you ....'

If you are a genuine company why not invest your money, then deduct the same from sales? Sugar companies do that, no? Rabbit venders tried the same thing

Proverbs 19:21
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chiaroscuro
#15 Posted : Saturday, May 12, 2018 8:58:14 PM
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Mukiri wrote:
I stopped reading @ 'They sell you ....'

If you are a genuine company why not invest your money, then deduct the same from sales? Sugar companies do that, no? Rabbit venders tried the same thing



Yes they do....and look how well they are doing and how happy the farmers are...
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