First timer here, love the forum and happy to be a member!
I just planted 10 bananas - 6 in pots and 4 in-ground. See my pics attached.
Planted in containers with a mix of 1/3 aerating potting soil, 1/3 cow manurecompost, and 1/3 perlite with a top coating of peat humus and mulch covering that.
Planted in ground with a 1/4 mix of flower vegatable aerating soil, 1/4 clay topsoil from the hole, and 1/4 mix of cow manure/compost with about 1/4 perlite and with a top coating of cowmanure compost. Thanks to the forum for all the tips.
My first question is watering. Day 1 I gave them all a thorough deep watering. Temperature so far this week is ranging from 65-80F during day with tons of sun and at night around 50-60F.
It is day 2 today and I was not planning on watering. Temp today was in the mid 70s F.
Would tomorrow Day 3 or Day 4 be better to give it another throrough deep watering?
Also it is gonna dip into the 40's around Day 6 thru Day 7. I plant to cover the plants with some blankets tented up over the little dudes, so hopefully they survive.
Any tips and tricks would be appreciated. They came with 2 little fertilizer sticks from GreenEarth farms in Florida where I got them. Those are in ground now.
When would be a good time to do some additional fertilizer?
Also what is your recommendation for a normal watering schedule? This is zone 8 in Texas and it gets hot here pretty quick.
Sorry for all the questions! Thanks so much!