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![]() Well, no investment needed in another 5 gallon water bucket....
For now, I think I will stick with it, but next time I stock up on my fruit fuel, I will check back with you on the Siphon Mixer.... Btw: my new trees and the banana plants love the fruit fuel. Last edited by crazy banana : 05-27-2014 at 12:59 AM. |
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![]() Sorry if I missed it but what do you charge for this fertilizer and how often or in what quantity do you recommend it to be applied?
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Water-soluble version (recommended): Grow More 16-8-24 Fruit Fuel, 5-pound bag Organic gardening version: Grow More Organic Fruit Fuel, 4.5-pound pail
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![]() I opened my newly-received bag of this fertilizer yesterday but it was clumped together like hard clay; obviously a lot of moisture had got in. Is it worthless or should it still be capable of doing its job? The clumps can be broken up by hand and most of the tablespoon I used dissolved in a gallon of cold water without any stirring. The color when dissolved in water was brown.
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![]() Mine looked black almost in my auto-feeder, but I'm sure it works just as well as blue (Banana Fuel).. :^)
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![]() That's a relief! Thanks. I got concerned because I have a different Grow-More soluble fertilizer that is truly a powder so I assumed they all would be.
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![]() Banana Fuel did the same thing except got alot harder, but reduces in water really well.. :^)
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![]() Just wondering why the fuel wasn't made as granular as well?
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![]() The Organic Fruit Fuel is in granular form.
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![]() Grow More would typically package granular in 15-lb and 50-lb bags. I am considering 20-lb. Do you have a preference?
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![]() I think we should add Fruit Fuel to the list of "Nursery Fertilizers" on the wiki: Info:Fertilizer - Bananas Wiki
On a more general note, is it ok to fertilize transplanted bananas before they start actively growing again? Or is it better to wait for them to resume growth before adding the fertilizer?
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![]() If they have roots, yes -- provided the dosage is appropriate for the plant size and season.
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So in your situation, a 25-lb bag of 16-8-24 would be sufficient for your entire garden for a year. This ships anywhere in the U.S. by USPS LFRB (large flat rate box) for $15.80.
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![]() That's how most people use the water-soluble.
Once a garden patch has been inoculated with soil microbes it is good for 7-10 years. Quote:
For injection systems, the EZ-Flo is very expensive and very poorly rated (except by company advertisers). The Dosatron systems are about 2/3 the cost of EZ-Flo, used professionally for decades, and for a large garden will pay for themselves over the cost of organic granular vs. complete water-soluble in 1 to 2 years. For smaller gardens a siphon mixer with a 5 gallon bucket is the way to go.
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![]() I have been using a 55 gal Barrel as my mix batch and pumping it throught my sprinklers. I was using it quite often. Now that my sprinklers are not working correctly I was going to do 1 cup per 5 gal bucket per plant or matt.
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