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jeffaroo
04-22-2015, 11:56 PM
I'm not so concerned with everyday growers, more the guys throwing napalm on the nanners.
I'm tempted to throw canna lily's & horsetail in the mix. Any test reports with straight urea / potash ???
Richard
04-23-2015, 01:44 AM
I'm tempted to throw canna lily's & horsetail in the mix.
Try pineapples.
Any test reports with straight urea / potash ???
If you're in the Florida peninsula where the soils have an abundance of phosphate and calcium, then you could give it a try with urea and a potash source. I would choose Sul-Po-Mag for the latter because the plants need a source of magnesium.
Here's my dosage recommendation for your test. Water the plants normally but once per month dope the plants with
1 gram water-soluble Urea 46-0-0
3.25 grams water-soluble Sul-Po-Mag 0-0-22 + 22% Sulfur, 11% Magnesium
FOR each gallon of irrigation water.
I'm not so concerned with everyday growers, more the guys throwing napalm on the nanners.
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hybridpower
04-23-2015, 04:31 PM
I used to grow canna lillys under / around the banana, but didn't really like the mess they made after flowering. I grow hybiscus around them now, I like the combo of green leaves and vibrant flowers. The lilies never seemed that happy around the bananas, but the hybiscus do well.
from the sea
04-24-2015, 05:16 AM
I grow stephanotis around mine they grow up the plants and get trimmed when I harvest
Worm_Farmer
04-24-2015, 06:15 PM
Around my Naners I grow, canna Lilly, Pine apples, bromeliad's, heliconia's, elephant ears, Dutchman's pipe vine, Milk Weed, Firebush, Fire spike and LOTS of weeds!
I have not killed anything due to any fertilizer I have used in the past. The Heliconia's I can tell you are taller then many others I have seen and real nice big flowers. I have seen bigger flowers but I love these guys.
I am considering growing Green Beans or Snap Peas up the banana plants.
servatusprime
04-25-2015, 02:48 PM
Gingers
Heliconia
Lemon grass colocasia
Bamboo
Papaya
Mango
Avocado
Purple potato
Wandering jew
White bird of paradise
Dragon fruit
Philodendrons
I grew Cana lilies before and loved them but they darn leaf rollers were practically attacking them non stop.
jeffaroo
05-07-2015, 01:03 AM
Just ordered a heliconia (fire &ice) for California area. I can't wait for the results !
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