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Old 07-24-2010, 08:03 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: container banana Mexicali

The side of the house its on, the temperature or the amount of sunlight it's receiving all have little to directly do with why your plant burnt. Bananas are capable of taking full sun all day, even when it's very hot. They may not grow sometimes if it's too hot, but they should not be damaged. The leaves a banana makes are adapted to whatever light level they were created in. If you have the plant growing in a shady spot, and then move it to an area of extended periods of full sun, the leaves will burn. It has to make new leaves while being in full sun in order to handle it for later. Additionally, since it is in a container, it was likely simultaneously drought and heat stressed in the soil. When a plant is in the ground, it's roots are much cooler and it has access to more water than in a container. This can be somewhat compensated for by making sure the container is extremely well watered all day, but of course this takes more careful monitoring and the container and soil itself may get too hot still.

If you can, it would be best to pick a spot with good sun and soil, plant it in the ground, mulch heavily, and keep it well watered. The only way it can get established in the ground is for you to give it the chance to do so.
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