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Old 08-17-2023, 05:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
Jeff zone 8 N.C.
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Default Re: Banana Tree Not Growing/Flowering

You have a dwarf banana but if the right type it should produce too. It may not be a type that produces an edible banana. You may want to get another type. The grass and bush next to it is competing for fertilizer and water and winning. Ask your neighbors for a small plant of theirs or look on this forum for plants for sale and get a known banana that bears fruit easier. Build a new bed in all day sun, if possible, just for it, loosen the existing soil as deep as is reasonable, and amend the soil with good bagged soil as well as bagged manure and a good fertilizer. Make the bed as large as you can. Maybe at least 4x4 foot or more so grass does not compete. Mulch. Irrigate. Bananas can use a lot of fertilizer. Give it a little fertilizer at 1st. As it begins to grow add more as it gets bigger. Ask more questions if you need. This is a helpful friendly board that wants you to succeed.

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