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Old 10-09-2019, 08:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Banana Circles

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Originally Posted by zfallon84 View Post
Banana circles are good at retaining moisture. When I lived in Eastern Central FL, we had a long dry season every year in summer. If you have the same rain pattern, then a banana circle is a good idea. It also allows you to condense numerous plants in a small space- which could include species of nitrogen-fixing plants. Just make sure that you mulch the circle well (around the perimeter mound), and put your compost scraps in the middle. Put taller cultivars on the north end of it, and your shorter or dwarf plants on the south side of it. You can also run a gutter spout down into the hole- just don't let it get flooded.
Not sure when or how long you lived in Eastern Central FL but all of Florida has a rainy season summer, starting approximately June 1- November 30. Starts out slow, (in June) then accelerates in July, Aug., Sept., gradually slowing down in Oct. and Nov. Bananas just absolutely love those months and need no help with watering or feeding then. It's when it cools down in the late Fall through the Winter that the cool and dry can slow them down to a type of almost dormancy and if the temp really dips down with cold fronts in Dec. through Feb
they can get severely damaged or even die. Maybe when you lived there it was an unusual and not typical dry stretch in the summer?
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