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nph · 06-22-2012, 08:35 AM

At least two of my bananas are fruiting, third one is about to start. They are planted around my pool which I think helps.

I live in Dallas and we are just starting summer with 100 pretty much every day. Normally I water them manually but with help from my customized sprinkler system which gives them roughly 1.5 gallon per plant when it runs.
We are only allowed to run it every 3 days and so far that has been enough.
Question is should I run it morning and evening those two days of the week so it gets 1.5 gallon early in the morning and then again in the evening so it can last 3 days before my next watering. Or is there a risk of over watering with that?

My thinking is that it can absorb most of the water from the morning so that the evening watering session is the one that will sustain it and keep the soil moist for the next two days without watering.

I am a bit concerned since I will traveling for two weeks without possibility of doing manual watering and since I have fruit for the first time I am concerned about how much water they require now that I have my first harvest!

Really appreciate if I could get some advice from those of you living with the same temperatures that have had fruit as well!

06-22-2012, 08:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
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