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Originally Posted by Lavenderjade
Hey everyone
I have 4 banana plants, 2 Musa Basjoo which I believe are cold hardy, a Musa Cavendish red and a Musa ensete Maurelli red. All growing rapidly at the moment. I need to pot on the Basjoo ones and I repotted the Maurelli a couple of weeks ago but I am not happy with the potting mix I used as it feels very heavy and I am not sure it is draining well enough. I used equal parts John Innes no 2, horticultural sand and horticultural grit. The pot has plenty of drainage holes but it seems to stay wet a bit too long for my liking. I like the mix my Cavendish is in but it came like that and I don't know what it is...it is quite fibrous and lightweight when getting dry so it's easy to tell when watering is needed. What do you guys use? I am in the U.K. Thanks!  |
You will find many different soil recipes for containers both on the web(youtube)
and in the forum.
Generally all the recipes will work and each person has their own recipe for success.
Buy and use what you can afford. I do. Fall is the best time to stock up for next year much of youe supplies are on sale
These are some of the substrates I use and can recommend.
Peatmoss, perlite, pine fines, super fine bark.
Soilless mix