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The other leaves have heavily dropped now as well and the entire plant appears to have gone south. There are two pups, however, so I guess I'll be raising some Basjoo pups
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as edwmax would say; mist your plants often it helps.
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Interesting ... Tell us about the soil and how much & type of fertilizer you are using. Also please post a full picture of the plant base with the pot & soil.
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Trying to upload photos but the limitations on the site make it tricky to do from my phone.
Alright, cooking with gas. This is in a tent with a 1000w bulb, so the temps around it are generally high 70s. When it was flourishing it was soaking up the water in the soil quite well, from what I could see and I would water it every few days. At this point I watered it sometime mid last week when it was looking not good and it hasn't seemed to suck that up since. This soil might have also had some greensand mixed in with it but I can't recall. Would love to hear any thoughts you have. |
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bentonite wont hurt the plant but; dry it doesn't want to take water and when it gets wet it stays wet.
love the pot. going to go to war with Canada? c |
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Being the dormant season maybe your killing it with kindness. I would cut back on the watering and temperature and not worry about it growing much for a couple months. Water when it's dry all the way, just keep it alive it should take back off in the spring. That is a cool looking pot, where do you get those?
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Yeah, these pots are a favorite of mine for general for general growing. They sit above the tray so the pot isn't sitting in any excess water |
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You referring to the lime I've added? [/QUOTE] greensand is used for making molds for jewelry to name a few. has bentonite in it. |
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Humm ... never seen a pot like that one. OK, water should drain from the pot in about a minute or so after pouring it in. If not then the soil may be too dense.
Now we're back to the nutrients as being the problem. There may be too much or too rich. For this you may have to wait and see if the plant works it way out of it. ... Another problem might be the soil Ph. The bagged soil had the proper PH but when you mixed in your home made compost the Ph may have been raise too hight. Please check the Ph. Nice looking little pups in the photo. |
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I'll see how these pups fair in the coming weeks and months, though I'm guessing the soap either burned the parent too bad or the soil isn't a nice habitat. |
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you know a banana in ground does differently than one in a pot when it comes to soil. you can plant a banana in clay and it can do well depending on. but you cannot plant a banana in a pot with clay in it. I live on a yellow sand hill my bananas are doing good. but add some of that sand to potting soil and plant a banana in a pot with it, no. I can personally tell you its not good. I have worked with bentonite most of my life and would not use it in ground with my bananas. and I can have as many bags as I want within ten minutes from here. I firmly believe your greensand is a MAJOR part of your problem. |
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Thank you. I had started integrating it as an experiment and maybe this is the end product: failing plants
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just curious, what are you doing with greensand anyway. playing with greensand involves a lot of work. |
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If greensand is in the soil mix of the banana (or any bananas), I agree with Beam. ... Repot the banana in a soil mix with 30% - 50% perlite. SOON!
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