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Old 03-29-2014, 06:00 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Default Re: Large banana plants no roots - any advise?

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Originally Posted by hybridpower View Post
Thank you. It's been just over a week, what's the thought on when I might see progress? The stems remain pretty solid, with the most external softening, but nothing else seems to have changed otherwise. I'm in the desert, and the soil in these area has all been changed out, and blended with manure. For most of my plants I do two things, on two watering zones. I have drips above ground, and soaker line on another zone at about double the planting depth of the plants, this provides ground moisture for the roots (once they develop) in the summer, as surface water lasts minutes at 100 plus degrees, and single digit humidity.
I have the opposite problem. I live in Costa Rica on a built up hillside and the buildup was done with subsoil clay. No nutrient, no nada.
We have to dig out 1m x 1m x 30 cm holes and fill them with black organic soil to start.
We get 100" to 120" of rain per year.

It's a lot of work but well worth it.
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