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Old 08-18-2014, 09:50 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Default Re: What root rot?

Hi Skiarun,

Are you sure, that over-watering caused the demise of your plants?

I live just north of the northern tip of the Sonoran Desert, HZ 6, annual rainfall 14". Thus
we are here even further removed from the balmy tropical climate than San Diego, which
is not as dry as we are here. I start the automatic irrigation system sometime in April and
leave it on until late October, right through our rainiest month of the year, June.

My plants get during all that time enough water for the dry months of July and August.
That means, that they get thoroughly soaked in June, when the ground water also rises.
We are located on top of an old river bed, which connects two lakes. so I can assure you,
that the corms get thoroughly soaked during the 5 to 6 weeks starting in the second half
of May and ending late June. No root rot ever.

I spend a couple of months almost annually somewhere in the Tropics. I have seen no sign
of bananas growing there any faster than here in my yard during summer, let alone 1 to 3
feet a day. Oh a new leaf may shoot out 12 inches a day (?), but the PS will grow only a
few inches in height per leaf.

Best,
Olaf




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