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05-08-2020, 09:51 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Hello zone 7a have a California gold banana and dwarf Cavendish looking for other types that will grow in my zone
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Welcome to the Jungle....
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Thanks everybody any advice would be welcomed
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Thanks all quick question what kind of fertilizer do everyone use?
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I use whatever. Homemade weed tea, homemade fish fertilizer, random doses of urine, different elements, copper sulfate, potassium sulfate, bone meal, feather meal, azomite, kelp meal (supposedly only supposed to apply once a year), cottonseed meal, fish meal, manganese sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium carconate, and calcium sulfate. but you don't have to do all that. A dose of fruit fuel or lawn fertilizer monthly will be excellent!
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-A balanced fertilizer such as 10/10/10 or 13/13/13 works well. Dosage can be tricky until you figure out the plants needs. -Add lots of organic material to your soil, and mulch heavily with wood chips, grass clippings, leaves and trimmings from the bananas themselves. Manure and compost are good things to mix in or pile on after. Let manure rot for a few months so as not to burn your plants. -There are lots of specially formulated fertilizers for bananas, and while they work well, they are expensive if you are growing more than a few plants. Bananas love nitrogen, and love even potassium more. Ideal blends may have an NPK of 15/5/30.. or something similar. -Learn the basic symptoms of overfertilization, as well as nutrient deficiency, it will help you adjust your feeding. -I personally suggest feeding weekly once you figure out your monthly dosage of fertilizer for the growing season. This has helped me fine tune my dosage based on the plants reaction to the fertilizer.. Once you figure out the best regimen for your plants, you can feed less frequently if you choose. I am new at this too.. but am having good results.. i have learned a ton here .. hope you do as well! Best of luck! |
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