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Originally Posted by Mikemooreflorida
So where ALL of my bananas (i've had the home depot dwarf cavendish for like 4 years now and still never tasted the fruits. almost did a couple years ago but frost got them)
Until I started caring for them properly that is, now they are all growing faster and fruits are filling faster. crazy what a little love can do...
I do a deep mulch system with compost, compost tea spray, well water irrigation during dry spells and proper thinning of the mats removing water suckers.
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dwarf cavendish and gran nain are my porest growers. partially because I live on a sand hill and I am to well draining which makes me to high in acidity and the draughts we have ….well. I got a couple of the dwarf cavendish that grew so slowly the winters killed them. still have one mat of gran nain that's 3 years old and they are 1 ft. tall. some places around here they do well, most places they do poorly.
what gets me is that is what all the nurseries sell around florida when there are many varieties that out perform them. guess they like to sell them cause they pup so well.