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Old 05-10-2012, 08:15 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Default Re: is watering banana plants mid day bad?

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Originally Posted by bananafarmer View Post
I have some concerns about watering overhead,

I heard about some people here who stopped watering the bananas overhead because water collected in the middle of the plant inside, I suppose this water can also get very hot when its reached by sunrays.

By time the middle of the plant was fouling, so these people stopped watering their bananas overhead.
You have to keep in mind that it rains during the daytime hours on bananas in the wild and on plantations as well. They don't die or go bad from being watered during the day the same as during the night from irrigation or rain.

So... it's not a problem. I've never heard of such a thing.
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