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Originally Posted by MBindy2000
Denverian,
I really didn't do anything special. My yard is pretty small so I don't have space for a compost pile so I did the bucket composting. That way I have been pouring the compost tea onto the plant. It just loves it. I also have been spreading the compost itself over the other plants in the garden. This plant and the other bananas have gone bananas HA with pups and growth. I fertilized once way back in June and basically watered when I hasn't rained. We have gotten quite a bit of rain this summer too. I could say I'm lucky because last winter was pretty mild. Our late January into February's can get down into 10s and it pretty much stayed in the 20s. I hope that info helps.
Mike
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Temperature wise, we had a mild winter too. But we can get a little below zero a time or 3 most winters.
I have horrible clay soil, so that could be part of it. What came back from the old plant is really nothing to be thrilled about. I do fertilize regularly all summer, and the one new plant grew impressively (compared to other varieties I've tried) for our short growing season. I planted it in early May when it was probably 3' tall, now around 7'. Our first frost could be anytime from now to early November, so it's a crap shoot this time of year.
I wonder if the Basjoos need more humidity to thrive? We really don't have much in Denver. But then I successfully grew huge bananas in Southern California and it's not humid there either. And similar to SoCal, Denver summer nights are cool (in the low 60s typically).