Re: can i learn tc by myself
You could easily learn to TC on your own. There is nothing inherently difficult about doing it. However, if you are looking for a few thousand plants, I would suggest that the equipment to pull that off is going to be far more expensive than the plants. There is an economy of scale here that is not in your favor unless you plan on continuing to offer TC plants to other growers so as to eventually see a return on the investment.
Small scale TC can be done on what is essentially a shoe string. A bunch of us have done just that. But to have a consistent supply of that many plants requires a bit more than the simple mechanics. It will require a certain automation of all facets of the process, from getting the plants into culture, multiplying them, getting them back out of culture and then growing them to a point that they can be planted out etc. Depending on how you will be managing them in the field you probably want them fruiting in cycles to manage harvest and that too requires a certain amount of timing and so forth in terms of waves of plants moving through the different stages in a timely fashion.
In short, yes you can learn to TC bananas and if you are a hobbyist like me, it is easy peasy. IF you are making this a bit more of a commercial endeavor with the end result being a banana farm, there are more economical ways to achieve that end.
Either way - keep the group informed as to your progress - it should prove fascinating.
Keith
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