![]() |
Welcome to the Bananas.org forums. You're currently viewing our message boards as a guest which gives you limited access to participate in discussions and access our other features such as our wiki and photo gallery. By joining our community, you'll have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos, and access many other special features. Registration is fast and simple, so please join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. |
|
Register | Photo Gallery | Classifieds | Wiki | Chat | Map | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer This forum is an area where you may discuss the soil to grow banana plants in, as well as soil additives such as teas, composts, manures, fertilizers and related topics. |
![]() |
|
![]() |
The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009. No one is currently using the chat. |
![]() ![]() |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
![]() |
#1 (permalink) |
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Zone: 9b
Name: Mike
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,533
BananaBucks
: 28,670
Feedback: 14 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 5,326 Times
Was
Thanked 1,824 Times in 679 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,866 Times
|
![]() Has anyone ever used this in their garden? I use so much organic matter that it almost seems like I coulud easly use to much silica is I were to try and use it.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Said thanks: |
Sponsors |
![]() |
#2 (permalink) |
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 169
BananaBucks
: 27,181
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 79 Times
Was
Thanked 218 Times in 109 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 11 Times
|
![]() Hi,
I use a compost/mulch made of the Common bamboo Bambusa vulgaris, Rottboellia exaltata and other silica-rich grasses. To me, these are rather cheap sources of silica. High available silica in the soil is thought to provide banana plants with some resistance against Fusarium wilt (Panama Disease). I grow some of my bananas on acid clays with restricted internal drainage and low effective soil depth in the rainy season... so that is a paradise for infections of all kinds. shannon shannon.di.corse@gmail.com |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Said thanks: |
![]() ![]() |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Indole Acetic acid | jmoore | Banana Seed Germination Forum | 2 | 11-05-2013 11:34 PM |