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Originally Posted by Janelle525
Yeah I love the taste of them! So I was hoping it would have done better. My soil is grey sand and I added quite a bit of organic matter but it just always looked like it was chlorotic and struggled to grow no matter what I did. I didn't see any evidence of nemotodes or anything. Roots looked fine, it was just severely stunted.
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well dont give up there are other alternatives.
my manzano's and my gros michal, which i think is a dwarf, guit growing good while the cow manure and compost was good [not used up]. i tried putting fresh cow and compost on top with little effect. so i am working with compost tea. but have not done so yet because both are freshly replanted.
but thanks to hurricane erma, i might have stumbled upon a different way of planting. 10 mats so far, planted with 8 different varieties of bananas has been working fantastically in my yard and my soil for most plants. it takes me a week and a half to prepare a hole for a banana. i am working on hole number 11 as we speak.
at this time i am not giving up any information until i know more about what i am doing. maybe november. and i will probably not know totally for 2 to 3 years.
thanks for turning me around about the ph meter, in this it was extremely helpful.
what is your moisture reading the day after it rains? 3 days?