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Default What's the best fertilizer for basjoo musa banana??

Hi there! What a great site!!

We live in the Seattle, Washington area and planted Banana Boy about six years go. He's never disappointed and last summer (2008) he produced his first bunch of fruit. He grows probably 15'+ every summer.

In the past when we winterized him, we would cut the leaves off and wrap the stalks in bubble wrap and black plastic. It's worked for us and in the spring the new growth starts at the top of the trunk instead of at the ground. Recently we were told that that wasn't the best thing to do as it creates a hot house for these guys and mildew can build up and harm the plant. It was suggested that this year we don't cut the leaves and just let them drape over the trunk which creates protection? What is the rule?

Last winter, Seattle got hit very hard with wind and heavy snow. The wrapped trunks ended up falling over so we cut them down to the ground. We were pretty sure we had lost him and we lost about five dracaena palms due to the harsh weather. But lo and behold, Banana Boy is starting to spring forth again with some new babies...I think there are about 25 poking through.


My question is this: What is the best fertilizer to use on these guys to give them a jump start and throughout the summer? We have others planted in the yard and they're not poking through yet. We hope we haven't lost them. We were hoping some fertilizer might encourage them up. We've used Miracle Grow in the past but again, I don't think that's the key. Any help on winterizing and especially fertilizing would be great!!

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