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Originally Posted by geissene
Very cool! Mine hit the 20inch mark but is years from fruiting. It is doing similar growth speed as my other banana plants and it gets half as much water. The beautiful red pstem color seems to disappear if conditions aren't perfect.
Erik G
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Thanks Erik.
I've noticed that the red pstem sorta comes and goes on mine also. At the moment the bottom 1/3 is pretty red but the upper 2/3 is primarily green except for a bit where the petioles join the pstem. I'll try to be more observant about the red color.
Mine is planted in a slightly raised bed so that might help with water drainage. I haven't fertilized or watered directly yet so he gets the run-off from the plants next to him (which are pretty close) that I do water deeply and fertilize plus whatever comes out of the sky.