Banana PAT
05-23-2020, 08:13 PM
Hi everyone! this is banana PAT, I am a newbie so overlook my inexperience as a banana enthusiast, I just turned 48 & for the past couple of years I been wanting to have a couple of banana plants on my wooden back deck, so I took the plunge and got two musa basjoo plants from FLA as they're my best bet here in Wyanesboro PA....
I made my own soil recipe today & I hope I get better growth and results than I have had in the last two weeks.. as my plants leaves are barely growing and are dropping and are slightly yellow...
Now they were in AWESOME shape when I received them, the nursery I got them from did an amazing job of packaging them, they were very robust and green looking, healthy when I received them...
I made my soil today from one part sand, one part hopefully rich compost/potting soil, and almost one part of BLACK COW which after a little research sold me to buy some at my LOWES today... I am so excited to maybe have lush nice banana plants on my back deck this year.... I am asking for anyone here that reads my post, and has experience growing musa basjoo to let me know if I maybe have a decent soil base to have nice growth and the lush plants I want to have... I think before today my soil wasn't well drained enough and a little too compact & lacking the nutrients the BLACK COW hopefully corrects this... I will be happy to hear any feedback from anyone here with tips and if maybe my soil I transplanted them into today may be decent for my results.. I have been covering my deck with GRANPA OTT purple morning glory blooms for the last couple of years, and they're beautiful in the late summer morning sun to see, but I know BASJOO are entirely something else to grow, I am foriegn too... so anyone that gets a minute please help!!! & HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!
I made my own soil recipe today & I hope I get better growth and results than I have had in the last two weeks.. as my plants leaves are barely growing and are dropping and are slightly yellow...
Now they were in AWESOME shape when I received them, the nursery I got them from did an amazing job of packaging them, they were very robust and green looking, healthy when I received them...
I made my soil today from one part sand, one part hopefully rich compost/potting soil, and almost one part of BLACK COW which after a little research sold me to buy some at my LOWES today... I am so excited to maybe have lush nice banana plants on my back deck this year.... I am asking for anyone here that reads my post, and has experience growing musa basjoo to let me know if I maybe have a decent soil base to have nice growth and the lush plants I want to have... I think before today my soil wasn't well drained enough and a little too compact & lacking the nutrients the BLACK COW hopefully corrects this... I will be happy to hear any feedback from anyone here with tips and if maybe my soil I transplanted them into today may be decent for my results.. I have been covering my deck with GRANPA OTT purple morning glory blooms for the last couple of years, and they're beautiful in the late summer morning sun to see, but I know BASJOO are entirely something else to grow, I am foriegn too... so anyone that gets a minute please help!!! & HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!