winter care

PAbananas · 09-12-2009, 05:35 PM

Hi: I recieved some small banana plants from a company called Wellsprings Garden. I am going to tranplant them into large containers for the winter. I no you are suppose to cut back on fertalizer but i am planing to use worm compost. I no it is a great fertalizer and plant food. I have been saving it for this purpose.What do you guys think? Thanks

Steven Valys · 09-12-2009, 08:30 PM

You won't have any issues using worm compost. It will make those plants from Donovan(Wellspring Gardens) flourish.

Jack Daw · 09-13-2009, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by PAbananas

Hi: I recieved some small banana plants from a company called Wellsprings Garden. I am going to tranplant them into large containers for the winter. I no you are suppose to cut back on fertalizer but i am planing to use worm compost. I no it is a great fertalizer and plant food. I have been saving it for this purpose.What do you guys think? Thanks

One thing I observed is that you can't overfertilize with vermicompost. It isn't targeted with binding agents or what-so-ever it is, so the plant will always take as much as it needs, thus giving it the best nourishment of all.

sirmoebly · 09-13-2009, 07:47 PM

Everything sounds great except for larger pots, that sounds like a bad case of root rot coming your way!!!! I have bought plants from wellspring they are "great" but the plants are really small, but that is why you get a deal on them. You will have better success with small pots........when the pot breaks then move them up to a bigger pot.

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