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Old 10-16-2006, 06:32 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Default Re: my aeae bananas with fruit

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Originally Posted by Mark Hall View Post
I noticed that you plants have more green then mine. Sometimes I use potassium nitrate to increase the percentage of green.
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do you not worry that it would take all of the white out and turn it plain green.
Here in the uk we are advised to give it acidic compost and a acid feed to help bring out the white variagation also to keep it out of full sun to aviod scorch a bit like canna Stuttgart.[/quote]

I've used quite a bit of plain ol grass fertilizer so that probably accounts for more green than white in the leaves. It is planted with a mix of good organic topsoil and pine bark. I presume the soil leans more to the acidic side because of the pine bark. If I noticed the variegation disappearing i'd probably amend the soil with sulfur.

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