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bigdog · 12-28-2007, 10:20 AM

I used to plant corms just a few inches beneath the soil. Then I read a study about planting depths, and that corms planted deeper (around 10-12 in.) yielded bigger bunches and bloomed earlier than those planted just below the surface. Keep in mind here that this was done in a tropical environment at a banana plantation though! It was also with sword suckers, so not just a corm. I don't know what zone you are in. I did plant all of my bananas this past spring about a foot deep, and they all did great.

If I were you, I would root the corm and get it growing really well before planting it out. And I would wait until spring to plant it, but you may be in zone 11 for all I know so it wouldn't matter when you planted it.

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