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Olafhenny · 10-05-2011, 07:38 PM

I have now, a few days ago, planted my Basjoo/ Canna Tropicana combination. Because they had been
in a pot which was much larger than I have seen used here in proportion to the size of the Banana plants,
I expected, that there would be quite a bit “unused” soil left in the pot. That was not the case. As a
result the bottom of the pot soil did not “crumble” away as I had anticipated and the plant did not sink as
low into the hole, I had dug, as I thought it would. The upshot of all that was, that the original top of
soil level ended up only 9 inches below ground level and not 12 inches as planned. I compensated for
that by filling a large area around the plant about 5 inches deep.

I am no longer worried about new pups making it through all the deep fill around the Basjoo, all the
encouragement I received in this thread took care of that (thank you) and I filled the hole above the
original soil level with equal parts of peat moss, rotted mushroom manure and sandy garden soil.
Interesting will be to observe how the Canna will make out. I anticipate, that, if it makes it at all, it
will come up quite late in the season and will lag behind the ones, which I will start in the second half
of March indoors.

If you stay tuned until next spring/summer, I will let you know.

10-05-2011, 07:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 259,884 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: Experience in deep planting Basjoo? I have now, a few days ago, planted my Basjoo/ Canna Tropicana combination. Because they had been in a pot which was much larger than I have seen used here in proportion to the size of the Banana plants, I expected, that there would be quite a bit “unused” soil left in the pot. That was not the case. As a result the bottom of the pot soil did not “crumble” away as I had anticipated and the plant did not sink as low into the hole, I had dug, as I thought it would. The upshot of all that was, that the original top of soil level ended up only 9 inches below ground level and not 12 inches as planned. I compensated for that by filling a large area around the plant about 5 inches deep. I am no longer worried about new pups making it through all the deep fill around the Basjoo, all the encouragement I received in this thread took care of that (thank you) and I filled the hole above the original soil level with equal parts of peat moss, rotted mushroom manure and sandy garden soil. Interesting will be to observe how the Canna will make out. I anticipate, that, if it makes it at all, it will come up quite late in the season and will lag behind the ones, which I will start in the second half of March indoors. If you stay tuned until next spring/summer, I will let you know. __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.