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Old 06-26-2020, 09:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hey everyone. Hope everybody is having some nice healthy growing nanas in their garden, Backyard, or anywhere else.
I have been using a water soluble Fertilizer for my Banana plants and use a Watering Can to get it mixed and applied. Having a lot of Plants this is a long task. Does anyone have a easier way or uses different fertilizer.
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Old 06-26-2020, 11:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Hey everyone. Hope everybody is having some nice healthy growing nanas in their garden, Backyard, or anywhere else.
I have been using a water soluble Fertilizer for my Banana plants and use a Watering Can to get it mixed and applied. Having a lot of Plants this is a long task. Does anyone have a easier way or uses different fertilizer.
There are sprayers that hook on a garden hose, fill the tank with water soluble fertilizer and spray. You can spray the whole plant with one.
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OR .... use a dry granular type (farm vegetable fertilizer triple NPK) apply twice per growing season. Then foliar spray the plant if needed every 2 or 3 weeks using a pump sprayer or garden hose sprayer. .... The granular fertilize is a slow release type and will last longer. The liquid fertilizer is for quick uptake by the plant and require more frequent application to prevent leaching losses and to need to apply 2 or 3 times more fertilizer to compensate the losses. ... I assume you are applying the water soluble as a ground drench rather than as a foliar spray.
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Hey everyone. Hope everybody is having some nice healthy growing nanas in their garden, Backyard, or anywhere else.
I have been using a water soluble Fertilizer for my Banana plants and use a Watering Can to get it mixed and applied. Having a lot of Plants this is a long task. Does anyone have a easier way or uses different fertilizer.
Having reading your other recent posts......you are good with a big box store bought 12-16 granular fertilizer.
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I prefer granular! Goto my site and I have a Fertalizer schedule I recommend.

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Hey Ty, so you don't use any phosphorus or minors? Just Nitrogen and Potassium? You obviously get great results.. was just wondering if you supplement other nutrients as well.. thanks!
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Hey Ty, so you don't use any phosphorus or minors? Just Nitrogen and Potassium? You obviously get great results.. was just wondering if you supplement other nutrients as well.. thanks!
Hi there, I just red his schedule of feeding
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Yes he does mention that also feed minor elements through manure and a drip
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