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Old 04-29-2023, 07:06 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Thought on self watering planters (SIP) Yes – No?

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Originally Posted by beam2050 View Post
let it dry out and then water. bananas love water, but they don't like to be drowned in it. too much of a good thing is deadly
I don't buy into the idea that Bananas, or most plants at that, need to "dry out". Most plants like constant moisture, about like a wrung out sponge. I think the dry out idea comes from when people overwater the soil so that there is no air and the roots are in standing water which drowns them. Too much water, i. e. waterlogged is definitely bad, but contanly sufficiently moist is ideal, IME,and no need to dry out if the roots aren't waterlogged or in standing water.
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