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12-27-2019, 11:08 AM
Looking for advice from those who have actually experience in a greenhouse or conservatory with permanent indoor banana trees.
Beside palm trees, I will be putting one or 2 banana trees directly into the ground so water will drain directly into soil. These plants will be indoors year round with good overhead skylights and side windows. My latitude is 43 degrees north so sunlight is 9 hours on the shortest day and 14 hours on the longest day.
I expect to use an automated in ground drip watering system but my well water is quite alkaline. Question as to how much water must be feed daily to a large banana tree - especially in peak growing times in summer.
That alkalinity also raises questions as to counteracting it or whether I have to instead invest in an expensive RO system.
This room will be multi use so it will also be a recreational room with presumably stained or treated cedar or some other wood to resist the humidity. As this room is in the planning stage, am open to type of wood suggestions that look nice. I expect to keep the room between 67 degrees and 90 - with a lot of air movement and exhausting of air in summer.
I expect to have overhead LEDs that would provide some supplemental lighting in winter but they have to be aesthetically acceptable - not the grow lamps that one would see in a commercial greenhouse.
Would appreciate any comments, suggestions or links on any of these planned features.
Beside palm trees, I will be putting one or 2 banana trees directly into the ground so water will drain directly into soil. These plants will be indoors year round with good overhead skylights and side windows. My latitude is 43 degrees north so sunlight is 9 hours on the shortest day and 14 hours on the longest day.
I expect to use an automated in ground drip watering system but my well water is quite alkaline. Question as to how much water must be feed daily to a large banana tree - especially in peak growing times in summer.
That alkalinity also raises questions as to counteracting it or whether I have to instead invest in an expensive RO system.
This room will be multi use so it will also be a recreational room with presumably stained or treated cedar or some other wood to resist the humidity. As this room is in the planning stage, am open to type of wood suggestions that look nice. I expect to keep the room between 67 degrees and 90 - with a lot of air movement and exhausting of air in summer.
I expect to have overhead LEDs that would provide some supplemental lighting in winter but they have to be aesthetically acceptable - not the grow lamps that one would see in a commercial greenhouse.
Would appreciate any comments, suggestions or links on any of these planned features.