I am new here, and looking forward to building a useful arsenal of information for my banana growing needs. I recently purchased two Dwarf Cavendish banana trees from my local nursery. I'm looking forward to getting these planted and on their way. I do have the notorious Texas clay, so I need to do a lot of research on how to properly prepare the soil.
I murdered a dogwood last year by digging a hole and putting good soil in, essentially creating a bowl for water to sit and rot the roots. I won't make that mistake again. I would love to do a banana circle, but don't have enough trees right now. I plan on building up a large bed about 15" on top of the clay and then including a lot of fertilizer and compost. I just need to come up with a good soil mixture.
Anyway, this is the beginning of my
endeavors!