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Old 01-13-2018, 11:02 AM   #84 (permalink)
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Default Re: Container banana soil.

That's my favorite method, never knew the term was semi-hydro. Thanks guY.

I use Clean Coarse Sand instead of clay pellets.

Bark is fine but I prefer using a log because it lasts a little longer.

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Originally Posted by Yug View Post
Semi-hydro is a method where the bananas are grown in a liquid nutrient solution similar to what the hydroponic growers would use, but with semi-hydro you add clay pellets to support the plant in the container, but which will still allow the nutrients to circulate around the roots. Since a banana has a lot of weight to support above the growing media, I think semi-hydro would work where plain hydroponic growing would not.

I think some of the growers here may have done that a while ago, but you would have to search for the thread.
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