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Old 12-03-2012, 09:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Compost at any time of the year?

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Originally Posted by crazy banana View Post
Looking at my banana plants at this time of the year: they look sad. A lot of leaves have become yellow. It is probably because of winter and we already had a few nights down to the low 40F. I am careful with water (actually have not watered other than the little rain we got). Did not fertilize for about a month either.
I was wondering if it would be beneficial to add compost and mulch as a soil amendment at this time of the year, mix in some gypsum to soften my clay soil or if it would rather increase the possibility of damaging the corm and/or the plants root system as it might cause rot, especially because of the low night temperatures at this time of the year? Any opinions on that?
If your soil is as bad as mine I think anything you add to it can only make it better even at this time of year
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