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Originally Posted by Velutina
I live in Davie as well. According to the soil survey map done by the USDA I have "Hallandale fine sand". Either way, the bananas I see growing in the area do poorly in unamended soil. In my yard, the bananas which were planted in unamended soil don't look the greatest but produce fruit. The leaves typically become dried out around the edges and there will be fewer leaves on the plants as they dry up. Ideally, you should use A LOT of compost when planting and mix 1-2' down in the 6'+ diameter from planting hole. This is how I planted in the poor-quality sand of Davie, and I've never seen bananas grow so vigorously.
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The sand in my back yard is rich in organic matter, in fact I haven't see a yellow or dry leave in my bananas since I planted the first ones around December. I just moved to this house little under 2 years ago. There are 2 big trees that are always dropping their leaves down. There was also a chicken coop that started in that mucky corner and took most of the back side fence (that was fun to take out
). I guess why the soil is so mucky, also there are septic tanks, mine is not on that side though, maybe neighbors. I usually just amend or top dress them.
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Originally Posted by Kegas76
Or you could make raised beds. Keep the corms high and dry but if the roots want to go into the muck then its their choice.
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That sounds like a good idea, I might do that. This is how basicaly how my bananas in the circle works, they are about 1 foot above the soil in the banana cirlce ring. I wonder if thats why they doing so good plus all that compost forming in the pit.
Thanks