I thought I'd post some pictures of the 3 AE AE bananas I got for the bargain basement price of $49.99 for the largest and $32.99 for the two smaller ones.
I dug out a small patch of yard under an apple tree to try to give them some shade. I took the top 2ft of clay soil out and mixed in around 25 cubic feet of commercially available compost, around 7-8 50 lb bags of sand (before I hear from Richard this may not be the bestest of options for fruiting plants lol), 3 cubic feet of steer manure, and a sprinkling of kelp extract (mixed with water), alfalfa meal, cottonseed meal, green sand, Sul Po Mag, Peat Moss, and a tiny bit of 13-13-13. I planted them each 3-4 feet apart. They're really starting to take off with each having put out 1-2 new leaves.
View from above
This one has beautiful pink and white variegation on the pseudostem.
New leaf on the 2nd biggest (or 2nd smallest if you prefer). This one has the most striking variegation of the 3.
Flowering AE AE :O Canna-Banana Apple Hybrid... The leaf measures 33 inches so far... gonna be a big leaf, especially since the pseudostem is only around 36 inches.
AE AE Jungle.
