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Originally Posted by Capitum
And if you have more than one potted banana, try adding nitrogen to one. IIRC, green compost sucks nitrogen, so you may have to augment it.
A better option may be to mix half green material (lawn clippings) and half brown (dry leaves, etc). May still need to augment the mix. Also, living in PR, use a soil thermometer if you have one- compost piles can reach fairly high temperatures, so make sure you don't cook your corm... it probably depends on how big your pot is, how you water it, and what your air temperatures are.
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I would think there is more than enough nitrogen, most of my plants have 12 to 20 foot P-stems and I only use green grass to feed them.
As far as high temps, that is not a concern. At most it is slightly above ambient temperature.
The point of this thread is to make you and others aware of this method. I have been using it with great success for 15 years, so it would be fair to say I think this is the better option for feeding and watering banana plants.