hello from the marshall islands!

doctork · 07-18-2012, 08:59 PM

oh boy i'm new to the tropics but just took over a wastewater plant on roi namur........run by a banana nut named bo..........now i gotta take care of all the trees he planted.
thats good cause i'm a green thumb. just never lived by equator!

no soil here. just ground coral. so bo and i gathered mulch for a month.......thats gonna be constant

its mulch from the water catchments here. its like straw that gets all algae-strewn and black and STANKY.

let me tell ya i buried ALL of bo's roots in this STANK plus added sand as a cover............

I got new top leaves already. hasnt been a week yet. got funny blue-green bunch in the jungle two weeks ago. cant wait to taste em when they yeller

DOC K

Abnshrek · 07-18-2012, 10:08 PM

Hello, Welcome, and Happy Growing :^)

palmtree · 07-18-2012, 10:22 PM

Welcome to the fourm! Living in the tropics is amazing for growing bananas, unfrotunately soil is a big limitation on many tropical islands, but the bananas usually manage to thrive anyways.

Simply Bananas · 07-19-2012, 04:17 AM

Welcome--send pics!

Caloosamusa · 07-19-2012, 07:04 AM

Welcome and good growing!! We would love to see pictures, not just of the fruit but the mulch you add and results!! The conditions you describe are those experienced in the Bahamas and parts of South Florida.

May your efforts be prosperous!!

Darkman · 07-23-2012, 05:09 PM

Welcome,

I'm glad you took over for Bo. It's about time he came home and took care of his bananas here. I told him he'd have to find someone to take over his bananas there. Glad he did.

You should have no problem finding compostable material there. You'll just have to get creative. Should be plenty of coffee and tea grounds. Of course there will be banana peels and old leaves. Many kitchen scraps will work. I would say that finding the time to collect it all would be the issue.

Good luck with the job and the bananas!

hydroid · 07-27-2012, 09:45 PM

Hey Kurt:

How's it going out there? It's nice to be home, say hello to my bananas for me.
Bo

Jose263 · 07-28-2012, 10:14 PM

Welcome Doctor
Good to hear that someone will be looking after Bo's nanners
Jose

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