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JoeS475 · 05-08-2006, 08:47 AM

Hi All,

I have recently purchased 2 Basjoos, about 3' high each, and I have a Cavendish I picked up on a road trip to the Florida Keys last fall, and two small bananas I got at a local nursery which look like Dwarf Cavendish.

Everything is in pots, since I'm in Northern New Jersey, and spring is unusually cold this year (we hit 38 degrees 2 nights ago), so I'm taking them outside in the daytime when the temp is above 65.

Since putting them in their pots each new leaf has soggy brown areas along the edges which curl easily and feels very delicate compared to the rest of the leaf, and then finally turns crispy in the sun. My most recent leaf on the Cavendish is opening with a funny bell shape, a slight reddish tint on areas of the the underside, and possibly not quite as big as the last one.

I'm using a mix of 1/3 soil mixture, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 perlite. I've just started lightly fertilizing this week (the basjoos only so far) with tomato food (close to 20-20-20 I think)

My guess is that the plants aren't getting enough nutrition out of the mix they are in but I want some advice before I do anything else-

Do you think I should fertilize more, or could anyone recommend a good soil mix for potting that might be available in NJ suburbs? Or could it be something else altogether?

Thanks for your help, this is a great site for info!

~Joe

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