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Table 1
Planting densities and experimental design.
| Treatment | Initial planting density (number of palms per hectare) |
Distance between palms (in metres) |
Management of planting density |
| D 1 | 128 | 9.5 | fixed |
| D 2 | 143 | 9 | fixed |
| D 3 | 160 | 8.5 | fixed |
| D 4 | 180 | 8 | fixed |
| D 5 | 180 | 8 | thinned (1) |
| D 6 | 205 | 7.5 | fixed |
(1) By eliminating every 7th palm at year 8 (one central palm per hexagon) in order to reduce the planting density from 180 to 154 p/ha.
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