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austinl01
07-13-2015, 12:05 AM
Should I use drip irrigation for my bananas?

Edit...I mean a soaker hose

Richard
07-13-2015, 12:16 AM
Ornamental or fruiting bananas?
In the ground or in a container?
If container, what size?
In what kind of media?
At what frequency and quantity?
Indoors or outdoors?
If indoors, what kind of lighting?

austinl01
07-13-2015, 07:48 AM
Sorry. I mean soaker hose. They are ornamentals in the ground in clay outdoors.

Worm_Farmer
07-13-2015, 03:41 PM
I used soaker hose before. I found it to have pressure loss after about 25 - 30 ft. The water output did not seem like the best. I felt like it was wasting water and took to long to water. I could also see, the plants on one end of the hose were much smaller.

austinl01
07-13-2015, 10:00 PM
Thanks. I'll just continue to water by hand.

fisherking73
07-15-2015, 12:08 AM
I set up drip irrigation to my bananas, since we have water restriction, this focuses the water around the base of the bananas. I can only water twice a week like this. I also water by hand 2 or 3 other days of the week since we have been very dry and very hot. So far so good, seems to be keeping them happy.

Snarkie
07-15-2015, 08:04 AM
How many plants do you have?

pitangadiego
07-15-2015, 11:29 PM
Banana roots can extend 10 feet and more fro the corm. A single ring of drip will not service that area.