The last research done in FL showed resistance in FHIA 1 and FHIA 17 and of course Williams. As for the sigatoka, I only have trouble with it on my smallest planting which is planted at 800 mats per acre. I've never had problems outside the city of Pahokee. The main planting 5 miles up the road has no issues. The very first planting about 1 mile away had lots of trouble. A lot more people have bananas in Pahokee than in Canal Point
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
Wow at 75 cents per pound
you're gonna get rich, you're netting 10 times what we get here.
Must be nice.
Sigatoka shouldn't be a problem for a small farmer like yourself.
The local farmers that have problems with sigatoka are usually either lazy or crazy, waiting too long to do the right thing or continuing to do the same wrong things but expecting better results.
Out of the 5 cultivars you've listed, you've got 1 that's resistant to panama disease race 1.
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