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Olafhenny · 07-08-2013, 05:05 PM

Hi Vicky,

I hope, that all these people, who are so worried about over-watering, read your very interesting
contribution. While bananas in their natural habitat not regularly get their feet bathed in standing
water, unless they grow next to rice fields, they do live in humid and often quite soggy
environments.

Thank you for posting this. I will save the URL of this for future reference, because concerns
about over-watering are cropping up here in a never ending stream, even fed by people, who are
very knowledgeable about bananas.

I would not submerge a bare corm in water, and I doubt, that you do that, but once a head of
leaves is established, there is no longer any concern.

BTW, I love your water garden.

Best,
Olaf

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Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 246,189 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: my water bananas Hi Vicky, I hope, that all these people, who are so worried about over-watering, read your very interesting contribution. While bananas in their natural habitat not regularly get their feet bathed in standing water, unless they grow next to rice fields, they do live in humid and often quite soggy environments. Thank you for posting this. I will save the URL of this for future reference, because concerns about over-watering are cropping up here in a never ending stream, even fed by people, who are very knowledgeable about bananas. I would not submerge a bare corm in water, and I doubt, that you do that, but once a head of leaves is established, there is no longer any concern. BTW, I love your water garden. Best, Olaf __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.