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Old 06-13-2012, 06:46 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Welcome from West Australia! Just a couple of tips to help your bananas thrive. Bananas are heavy feeders & grass specially kikuyu & couch will compete with them for nutrients. Also I notice a couple of your trees are very close to the walls which means that as they grow they will lean outwards & possibly block your access along the pathways. Its not too late to move them out , give them a good feed of diluted seaweed extract & mulch well! Good Luck!
Thanks for the seaweed reference Dave! There's a ton of the stuff in the beaches here and I'd like to use it in the garden. So far I've just been mulching lightly with it, but have you noticed a difference in your bananas when feeding them with the extract?
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