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Originally Posted by sirdoofus
That makes sense if he started with straight filter sand but no longer uses it by itself. I definitely have a few products I can add to the mix to increase the average particle size
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it's the fines that are going to kill you. around the corm, not the roots.
you can almost drown the roots. but you have to keep the corm dry. that's the secret, that's the trick, that's what most people don't understand in this. the problem people have with their small banana's is that a [banana loves water], over watering, they are drowning/rotting the corm. with your sand mix the question is, how often do you water? that be the tricky part of it. the more coarse, the more you can water. the more fines, the less you water.
i bet i can grow a banana in just perlite around the corm. never tried it, but just for fun.
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