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Originally Posted by smeash
I recently watched a video of a plantation owner explaining some of his growing practices. One of the main thing he said to do was to mulch heavily, but to keep the mulch at least 2 ft away from the pstem. The reasoning he gave is that the banana roots would prefer the light soil of the mulch, and primarily form on the surface rather than seek a deeper path.
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Thanks .... you confirmed what I stated. .... Rake the mulch back from the pstem. As for the old dead pstems, I leave those standing (4ft to 5 ft tall) until they fall over. the rest of the stalk, I remove from the mat except the leaves. The leaves I spread around the mat for weed control. They will rot out in a few months.
Adding top soil or sand would certainly help stiffen up the soil. I would rake back as much of the mulch as possible and add the soil/sand to 2 or 3ft around the base of the pstem. .... I'm not sure there is anything else that can be done other than replanting the Nana.