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Gabe15 · 03-01-2006, 06:51 PM

Even though they do like drainage, I dont think you'll really have any problems. They are normally unaffected by being submersed for a few days a a time, worst that can happen is some may die back but will quickly regrow, but only if its really bad. Ive also seen bananas perfectly happy planted on the edge of ponds where the soil is always saturated, and Ive even seen bananas used as a pseudo-aquatic plant in ponds. I would try it. And if it doesent work out so well, its easy enough to dig a few pups and replant elsewhere. Plus a flooded field of bananas kills banana weevils if they are present (Cosmopolites sordidus) and does not hurt the plants

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