Their main business is, however, hardening off banana seedlings. According to Winfred, hardening off banana plantlets bought from tissue culture laboratories involves planting them temporarily in a greenhouse. They are then taken to the hardening nursery shed soon after where they are transplanted into seedling trays and must be watered twice or once depending on weather conditions. We saw a business opportunity and quickly borrowed Sh200,000 from a local sacco to establish the nursery for hardening off tissue culture banana seedlings. We barely made any sale because tissue culture bananas were strange to people.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 21:00 UTC