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lpatelski · 07-30-2013, 05:22 PM

My Orinoco's are growing in 3-4 hours of sunlight/day. They were planted as large pups last fall, went through the winter 8b and three of them have flowered. Not a lot of bananas. The ones in the heaviest shade have about 8 to 10 bananas, the one getting the most sun and attention(fish tank water) has 30 bananas.
Anyone have Cichlids? My banana loves our cichlid fish tank water. It has Epsom salt with a little sea salt, and baking soda and of course a healthy dose of fish poo.

one of our Lake Malawi "Haps" Tramitichromis Intermedius or Lethrinops Intermedius

RECENTLY LEARNED - Salinity: Banana plants do not grow or fruit well in saline soils. Symptoms of salt damage include yellowing and death of the leaf margins and thin, deformed fruit. So the fact that I flushed my cicihlid tank water out on my banana plant 50 gallons at a time with about two to three teaspoons of sea salt in it was obviously not enough to poison my bananas, but I probably need to watch the salt!

07-30-2013, 05:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
lpatelski Location: Valdosta, GA. 31606 Find me on the map! Zone: Zone 8b : 15 to 20 (F) Name: L.Patelski Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 161 BananaBucks : 40,466 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 631 Times Was Thanked 206 Times in 93 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 210 Times	Re: Growing bananas in the Shade My Orinoco's are growing in 3-4 hours of sunlight/day. They were planted as large pups last fall, went through the winter 8b and three of them have flowered. Not a lot of bananas. The ones in the heaviest shade have about 8 to 10 bananas, the one getting the most sun and attention(fish tank water) has 30 bananas. Anyone have Cichlids? My banana loves our cichlid fish tank water. It has Epsom salt with a little sea salt, and baking soda and of course a healthy dose of fish poo. one of our Lake Malawi "Haps" Tramitichromis Intermedius or Lethrinops Intermedius RECENTLY LEARNED - Salinity: Banana plants do not grow or fruit well in saline soils. Symptoms of salt damage include yellowing and death of the leaf margins and thin, deformed fruit. So the fact that I flushed my cicihlid tank water out on my banana plant 50 gallons at a time with about two to three teaspoons of sea salt in it was obviously not enough to poison my bananas, but I probably need to watch the salt! __________________ 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Growin’ a bunch Orinoco "Ice Cream" Namwah Williams hybrid FHIA 17 Dwarf NamWah Last edited by lpatelski : 08-07-2013 at 10:20 PM.