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Originally Posted by Vickie H.
I put a banana in yard dirt and set it in a saucer of water. Then after a couple of weeks I set it in a bucket and made the water a little higher up on the pot. It was not a big pot either, maybe 8-10 inches across the top of the pot. I used hose water and sometimes pond water to add water over 2 months time as I raised the water level. I did not aerate it whatsoever. I did not change the water it evaporated fairly fast in the summer heat. Then after two months I set it in a shallow pond with no pump or aeration with about 3 or 4 inches of water over the top of the pot.
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Vicki, you're my Aqua-Banana hero! I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but there's just so many other things to do in the yard, I forgot about it. I will definitely go get a SDC to try out. Home Depot sells them in tiny pots for around $6. Please help me with the following questions:
[1] You have the banana in a regular black plastic pot (with drainage holes), and put this pot in a bucket, and place this bucket into the pond. Does this bucket have holes?
[2] If you use potting soil, won't it all leak out and contaminate your water with chemicals?
[3] How deep is your plant in the pond? In other words, what's the water level on the trunk, a few inches above the roots, a foot?
I may use pebbles instead of dirt/soil.
Thanks!
