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Old 08-05-2018, 06:15 PM   #356 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you pot today (Bananas)

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Originally Posted by mushtaq86 View Post
Bordelons are looking great, never realised you had super dwarf Cavendish. You must be looking forward for one to friut.
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No such luck for me my short growing season does not allow this plant to flower yet. I have had one in a 5gal hydro bucket for a few years now.....just for fun.I got a few decent pups off it.

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I have been using using coco coir mixed with perlite this year on some of my bananas , rather than miracle grow compost mixed with perlite for growing medium, plants are doing great, looks great in pots aswell , don't know if you have ever tried it.
Coco coir is an awesome base for soilless mix's.
I do not use it.....yet. LOL

I have fellow gardeners that use it exclusively and of course their stuff looks amazing.
Many of the better(more expensive) commercial/retail soilless mix's have a coir base.

The hydroponic store which sells coir is over the river and through the woods in the state of Kentucky which is too far of a drive
The closer big box stores sell the bales of peatmoss at a reasonable cost.

Rice hulls....cannot get those either and I am in a farm/horse/animal area.
I think hulls are regional.
You can buy them online though.
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