1) Where there is free, there is me. Check with your county Extension Agent for soil testing:
https://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/soil-te...s-and-gardens/
2) A local woman has a back yard that is a veritable banana plantation. She uses cow manure purchased at the local box store. I use manure and food scraps. I follow planting instructions from this video (without fertilizer):
When I raised ducks, I used their kiddie pool water to water my bananas.
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Originally Posted by csdude55
Actually, maybe I do have 2 questions:
1. How do I measure the soil n-p-k? Is there an at-home test kit? Is there anything else I should test?
2. What would be the "best" parameters for the soil, for optimum growth for my blue java banana tree?
I'm thinking about wiping out the grass (which is 90% weed) in my front and back yard, mixing in fertilizer, etc to improve the quality of the soil, and then resowing. So if there's anything I can do to improve the soil quality for the banana tree, this would be the right time :-)
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