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jeffreyp · 09-19-2006, 03:07 PM

potasium nitrate should help speed things along. For bananas grown in the ground a cup of 6-2-12, potassium nitrate fertilizer should be fed to the bananas each week. The University of Florida recommends bimonthly applications of 2%-3% magnesium, a necessary element of fertilizer for bananas. Routinely increase dosage to 5lbs to 6lbs during the flowering and fruiting season, which should begin within a year and a half.

If you are going to keep your plant in a pot, I'd put it in a larger pot than the one you have it in....maybe a 35 gallon size pot.

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