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Old 06-03-2008, 11:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: the banana is dead!

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Originally Posted by amaznjohn View Post
I'm not sure that you want water to "wick up" into banana roots. From what I understand, it takes much more energy from the plant to suck up water from below. I believe bananas prefer to have water "run down over" the roots and then drain out. But, good luck.
i don't think the water wicks up too much. the earthbox company says that any kind of plants can work although they don't mention bananas.
to have water run down would require a pump and plumbing, a more complicated system.
i've seen a banana tree that is growing inside our local hydroponics store that is about ten ft high and is pretty happy, even in the low light.
so far so good, but i'll report after a while.
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