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Originally Posted by Ron Alexander
This is my first year raising any kind of bananna. I was concerned of plant burn from fertilizer and the cost of feeding them miracle grow. I decided to feed the guys 8-8-8 garden fertilizer. I only fed them just before big rains. They grew great but I wonder now if they could have had better color. [IMG]  [/IMG] |
there are many factors that lead to the burning of plants over all drainage is a big factor how often you have to water how hot the ambient temp is i will say this if your new to Bananas no mater what kind they are heavy feeders this was hard for me to learn i chronically underfeed my plants until this year iv had Ventracosum before but never any Maurellii until this spring so i did not not know that i had to feed them so heavily yours look fairly good but they could be darker purple maybe you should try to feed them a bit more and see if it helps although Enset as a rule do not grow at the accelerated rate the Musa do they still out pace most plants also they have extraordinarily large root systems as well as one of the biggest corms so again i say they need a fair bit of food to be healthy