Marinemom
02-12-2009, 03:25 PM
Hello!!!! My name is Margaret, aka Marinemom, I live in the foothills of beautiful North Carolina, with my husband, 2 of my 3 sons, 2 dogs and one cat... I am a stay at home mom who homeschools the 2 younger boys, oldest one is a Corporal with the Marine Corp., stationed in Japan...
I am attempting to grow banana trees and so far they haven't grown very much... I bought two off of eBay last spring from a wonderful lady in SC. I guess maybe I didn't do things correctly, because they haven't really gotten as big as I thought they would. I planted both of them outside in the ground after the danger of frost last year~ but dug one up and put in a pot just in case one died... The one I left was planted outside by the pool in full sun from sun up to sun down and didn't really grow much at all. I would take gallon jugs out each day with water and some miracle grow (jugs have small holes poked to slowly let water out) and that is about all the fertilizer I gave it. Is that enough or do I need some major heavy duty fertilizer?
I did not overwinter the one planted outside, but chose to dig and replant inside in a pot. So far so good with it as well as the other potted one. When do I need to start fertilizing this year? In the pot or wait until I get them both in the ground? Thanks for reading this longer than normal introduction!!!! Good day to all! Oh and these banana's are the Basjoo kind, I think....
Marinemom
I am attempting to grow banana trees and so far they haven't grown very much... I bought two off of eBay last spring from a wonderful lady in SC. I guess maybe I didn't do things correctly, because they haven't really gotten as big as I thought they would. I planted both of them outside in the ground after the danger of frost last year~ but dug one up and put in a pot just in case one died... The one I left was planted outside by the pool in full sun from sun up to sun down and didn't really grow much at all. I would take gallon jugs out each day with water and some miracle grow (jugs have small holes poked to slowly let water out) and that is about all the fertilizer I gave it. Is that enough or do I need some major heavy duty fertilizer?
I did not overwinter the one planted outside, but chose to dig and replant inside in a pot. So far so good with it as well as the other potted one. When do I need to start fertilizing this year? In the pot or wait until I get them both in the ground? Thanks for reading this longer than normal introduction!!!! Good day to all! Oh and these banana's are the Basjoo kind, I think....
Marinemom