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Re: Banana fuel
rich website and or phone or email ??????
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Mix your own and you will save a lot of money. You can mix together fertilizer that is commonly sold in your area to make your own blend. Use this calculator for help: NPK Soil Fertilizer Calculator
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Good site recommended by Austin.
The first 3 on the list are all you need. If you mix the first three in equal parts you would get 15-15-20. You can take it from there changing the proportions in accordance with your requirements, using a bit of math. Get a 55lb or similar weight from your local agricultural supply store, such as Buckerfields. Don’t worry about getting your mix just right. My wife sometimes refers to fertilizer as 'vitamins' and she is pretty close with that. Just as your body picks and chooses in accordance with its needs from all the fruit and veggies you eat and you do not overdose on potassium from all the bananas you eat.  Your plants will pick and choose to some degree their soil chemistry requirements, providing they are available. You just have to be careful with nitrogen, it can burn the roots and newly transplanted are best fed with bone meal and left alone for a month or so, to get settled in, before fertilizing with other stuff. Good luck, Olaf
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Re: Banana fuel
i use the wellspring nanner fuel..but i stretch it using my homemade manure tea..
which bumps up the N some.. im thinking the P as well.. next yr..i plan to buy richards..just a bit higher in N..which i think all my tropicals need.. i'll still stretch it using my manure tea.. i have great results from it.. i also use alfalfa meal in another "tea" which i put on.. |
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I got some 15-5-30 from wellsprings gardens just waiting for it to come in
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That's if my sdc makes it
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I just saw your post about your SDC. You got some good advice there: heating mat, low watering. Banana fuel is great but it does not give you a free pass on all the other requirements ( soil, temperature and water application) . Best of luck.
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I am learning a lot. Thank you!
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Re: Banana fuel
I just potted a nice Siam Ruby in an ornamental pot. Used mix of MG cactus palm, new MG Expanding Potting Soil plus some perlite!
Can someone advise on the amount of water and Gro Lite exposure it needs. It is about 18" tall. Just ordered Fuel from Wellsprings so that should be here soon.  Any help would be appreciated!!!
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Hi !
Amount of water : depend on pot size & draining What i do: Indoor winter: Water once or twice a week (when surface dry) Light : i try to give them 10-12 hrs a day of 150w 6000k hqi bulb light. sadly i only have one bulb to light them all and for Fuel: Quote:
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Re: Banana fuel
Carla,
Here is an option on lighting, (as well as others) depending on the amount of energy you want to use and a full spectrum bulb is recommended for plant lighting. Eiko 88181 - 85 Watt - CFL
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