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Old 05-03-2020, 07:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Did I overfertilize?

Hi all.. ive had what I believe to be my dwarf namwah banana plants in the ground since early March.. I was fertilizing them with water soluble banana fuel from Wellspring gardens, but that turned out to be an expensive proposition with 10 plants as they got larger. Last week I switched to 13/13/13 granular, and decided on 4oz per plant each week. My understanding was I was needing about 1 lb per month during the growing season for these plants.. So today is day 6 after fertilizing, and I noticed problems with 2 plants cigar leaves. Besides seeming thin and light green, they were ripping easily as they we unfurling. One of the plants appears the have a portion of the last cigar leaf still wrapped up, with another cigar leaf coming out of that incomplete leaf.. so my questions for you experts..
1. What should I do about the incomplete cigar with another cigar leaf emerging?
2. From what you can see do you believe this is caused by too much ferts?

I should mention these plants are bedded in a foot of mushroom compost and well composted horse manure, covered with 6 inches of wood chips.




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