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canadianplant · 04-09-2012, 08:41 AM

Thanks Matt

I wont be planting it untill may. My last frost is usually june 1st, but its really give and take. THis year im guessing beginning - mid may, so thats when Ill plant it. It took -5C one night and didnt even blink an eye last fall!

IT should get around 8 hours of direct sun, then the sun moves towards the front of the house, and its in shade (still a "brightish" area, just no direct sun for the latter part of the day/evening.

Im going to have to add some top soil to level the area off. Im also going to add some peat and compost to make it a bit more fertile, seeing as ive been growing things there with out fert.

Thats the other thing. I do not want to use synthetic fertilizer. Im aware of the abundance of nitrogen needed to get some good growth. I was thinking of using blood/bone meal (I know one is higher in N then the other, I just cant remember right now

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For clarification reasons, Im in Thunder bay, my area is on the zone 4/5 border.

04-09-2012, 08:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
canadianplant Location: ontario Zone: Zone 3-5 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 103 BananaBucks : 59,092 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 20 Times Was Thanked 65 Times in 44 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Time to finally plant my Musa Basjoo Thanks Matt I wont be planting it untill may. My last frost is usually june 1st, but its really give and take. THis year im guessing beginning - mid may, so thats when Ill plant it. It took -5C one night and didnt even blink an eye last fall! IT should get around 8 hours of direct sun, then the sun moves towards the front of the house, and its in shade (still a "brightish" area, just no direct sun for the latter part of the day/evening. Im going to have to add some top soil to level the area off. Im also going to add some peat and compost to make it a bit more fertile, seeing as ive been growing things there with out fert. Thats the other thing. I do not want to use synthetic fertilizer. Im aware of the abundance of nitrogen needed to get some good growth. I was thinking of using blood/bone meal (I know one is higher in N then the other, I just cant remember right now ) For clarification reasons, Im in Thunder bay, my area is on the zone 4/5 border.