Do you vary your fertilizer & how often?

Gardener972 · 06-12-2010, 08:09 PM

Do you use the same fertilizer each time you fertilize your banana or do you vary it? Also, how often to you fertilize?

sbl · 06-12-2010, 09:14 PM

I throw a handfull or so around inground bananas every few weeks mostly 10-0-10 --and once in a while some 6-4-8. My container bananas get a little less at a time, but more often--once a week or so.

Abnshrek · 06-12-2010, 10:24 PM

I sprinkle triple 8 around the mounds every so often, and use banana fuel :^)

Dean W. · 06-14-2010, 01:54 PM

I use the banana fuel or fish emulsion. Probably not as often as I should.

Bob · 06-14-2010, 04:47 PM

I use an organic 3-4-6 every 2 weeks

sunfish · 06-14-2010, 04:52 PM

I use Grow More Banana Fuel 15-5-30 every time I water

Abnshrek · 06-14-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

I use Grow More Banana Fuel 15-5-30 every time I water

I second that motion.. unless its fish emulsion time :^)

cheson74 · 06-22-2010, 08:37 PM

I use Grow More 20-5-30 and once a week, I feed Chicken Manure Tea.

rick2001 · 06-23-2010, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by cheson74

I use Grow More 20-5-30 and once a week, I feed Chicken Manure Tea.

How often do you use Grow More 20-5-30 ?

Bye

cheson74 · 06-23-2010, 05:52 AM

For recent transplants, I feed 1/4 the recommended dosage but feed everyday. For established plants, I feed 2x a week.

rick2001 · 06-23-2010, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheson74

For recent transplants, I feed 1/4 the recommended dosage but feed everyday. For established plants, I feed 2x a week.

Thanks a lot!

I've found a nursery here in Rome who sell the SCOTTS 20-5-30 (a thing I didn't believe possible) so I can start to feed my nanas with a specific fertilizer....

cheson74 · 06-23-2010, 07:34 AM

Here's a quote from Richard who I bought my Grow More Banana Fuel from. I vary slightly from his instructions because I have very sandy soil. Therefore, I feed 2x a week with lower dosage rather than once a month for my larger plants.

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Originally Posted by Richard

Several of you have purchased water-soluble Banana Fuel for fruiting bananas from one of the growing number of suppliers. Here I'm referring to the blueish crystals with one of these formulas: 15-5-30, 15-10-30 Urea Free, and 20-5-30.

The amount to use to obtain good results depends on your growing environment. We can narrow this down a lot if we only consider feeding during the "active growing season" in full sun (or significant artificial light). Here are my recommendations, based largely on the critical amount of potassium needed for vigorous fruit production and the root volume in each situation:

BANANA FUEL DOSAGES DURING ACTIVE GROWTH SEASONS:
Very Young Plants, TC's: 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water every watering.
Young Plant in 2 gallon pot: 2 tablespoons per month.
Plant (not juvenile) in 10 to 20 gallon pot: 1/4 cup per month.
Plant in ground with significant root space: 3/4 cup per month.
Hydroponics @ 150 ppm K: 1 Tbs per 6.5 gallons of water.

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