Re: Growing Temperatures for different types of bananas??
just keep looking at your nanners at certain temps maybe you find something interesting.
Soil temperature can be influenced, a thick mulch layer ( depends on type- leaves, bark etc some types are better )
the temp under the layer is 3 C warmer then the surface, when wet it defenitely looses it's insulation function so a very thick layer mulch or a plastic sheet wil keep of any rain.
i know this guy that has a cactus garden which uses some kind of mulch - don't know what kind of mulch - and has a second layer of black colored stone with large white stones.
the black colored stone absorbs alot of heat but also wil loose the heat faster when sunlight is fading while the white stones loose less heat.
mulching is a underrated technique that has alot of other good properties like retaining soil moisture and keep the roots cooler during hot weather and lifting any leaves from the earth which contains pathogens and other harmful micro-organisms
so soil type and mulch does matter if you don't live in North east russia
sorry about my english i just came back from the night shift.
gr.
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