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Originally Posted by jazzdrumbum
Hi there! I'm new to the forum, but I'm not new to my banana tree. I purchased it at Home Depot (tag said "grow your own bananas!") over 3 years ago, but it has not really gotten any taller and has never flowered. I live in the Tampa, FL area, and I see many neighbors with healthy fruiting groves of banana trees. They tell me they don't do anything to them and they just keep growing and producing fruit. I fertilize with compost/manure every few months and have a drip line down for the dry season, and my tree still just keeps growing leaves but not gaining any height or flowering. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
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I don't know if the the thick mulch around the banana is wood chips. If it is, wood chips may be acidic and also can deplete nitrogen from the soil. Try removing the mulch and cultivate the soil around the plant and leave it bare for a few weeks. After 2 or 3 waterings, or rainfall, replace mulch with a different type, e.g., fir bark, straw, landscape fabric, etc. Disadvantage of landscape fabric is that as suckers push out, they will restrain the growth of the sucker. However, when you see one pushing out, just slit the fabric long enough and open the area where the sucker is growing.