Hello,
I recently bought a number of Musa basjoo Banana Trees and was going to plant them in my backyard. I want to make sure that they are being grown as best as possible, so I've done some research and wanted to run by the experts before making soil/compost purchase.
Im not 100% sure on the soil in my region, but it is rather sandy & rocky. We live in South Texas, so I figured I'd rather just be on the safe side and just replace the questionable soil and put it new soil mixture all together for the bananas.
I was going to be using this
, but instead of digging individual holes, I was going to be dig out a whole row for 12 banana trees, separated 2 feet apart, apx. 1-2 feet deep and wide.
For the soil, I was going to place at the bottom 40 lb Cow Organic Cow Manure for each (
Shop Hapi-Gro 40 Lbs. Cow Manure Compost at Lowes.com )
Then on top of the manure compost, I was going to mix in some Organic Peat Humus (
Shop Hapi-Gro 40 Lbs. Organic Peat Humus at Lowes.com ) and some Premium Top Soil (
Shop Timberline 40 Lb. Premium Top Soil at Lowes.com ) ... About Half and Half. I will be adding perlite as well.
Then place the plant in the ground, and surround it by another bag of manure compost providing it adequate water, fertilizer, and sunlight.
So a quick recap, Manure Compost at the bottom, Peat Humus and Top Soil Mix combination on top of that with some perlite. Plant the Bananas, compost surround it with fertilizer.
It's a whole weekend job and I want to do it right, before making the purchase and doing the work.
What do you all think?