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buffy
04-30-2010, 09:16 AM
I have some banana corms coming from overseas. Invariably, material is received as tiny turd looking corms. To improve my chances for growing success. What are the recommendations.

Here's what I'm thinking:

1. Wash the corms with soap and water and prepare a fungacide bath. What fungacide is recommended and what's the process.

2. I was then planning on planting the corm in a sterile sand and sterile potting mix container. I was planning on microwaving the sand for a couple of minutes and using a packaged sterile spaghnum mix.

3. Plant the corms just below soil level and water once a week.

How does the sound? What tweaks would you make?

mango_kush
04-30-2010, 10:30 AM
i use copper fungicide on all my tropicals. copper is organic but sometimes they have adhering agents in them that arent. never tried it on a corm so maybe test it on a not so important pup?

just curious, what varieties you purchased

AV1611Corbin777
04-30-2010, 11:57 AM
I would do nothing but stick in ground and water.