Welcome To Banana Paradise

I have planted 9 banana trees in my backyard. They are slowly coming back after the shock of being transplanted. I water them every other day. Each one gets 15 liters of water. The only problem is that grasshoppers attack the young leaves that are still light green and tender. As you can see, I made a little protective sleeve for one of them. I know it looks kinda silly but I couldn't think of how else to do it.

In roughly 6 months after the rainy season they should be about 10 to 14 feet tall. I am thinking of building a little tiki bar in my backyard. My plan is to establish the bananas and then distribute the suckers to qualified villagers. To me qualified means that they will water it and protect. Villagers here are very conditioned to gifts and hand outs from development workers. Most likely I will sell the little suckers for a small amount- just enough to make sure that people see them as valuable commodities- not free and easily replaceable "cadeaux"(gifts). Mostly likely I will sell them at about one third of the market rate- about 100 CFA. More importantly I'm thinking of all the little tiny bananas that I'm going to eat.