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I got 4 banana plants yesterday from the GA Bamboo Farm. They are large plants that were topped and dug from large mother plants. I don't know whether to plant them straight into the ground or plant in pots for the winter? If I plant in pots, what planting medium should I use? These are all supposed to be cold hardy (Blue Torres, Ice Cream, Sweet Heart and Kumanaba). :08: Thank you for any planting, growing information.

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Welcome to the Jungle !!!
Have fun here.:woohoonaner::woohoonaner:

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Hello, Welcome & Happy Growing.. :^)

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deffinatly keep them in doors for winter. you picked some that will grow edible bananas! GOOD JOB and if you want them in pots get FOXFARM ocean forest soil its the best soil for new pups and bananas in general and they also have fertilizer thats like ocean creatous or somthing like that its really good for feeding them. if u do put all them in pots like i would for winter time you should get pots that are like 10 gallons cuz then u wont have to transplant them until you put them in the ground. and for super nitro boosts get fox farm grow big and coffee grounds with eggshells and deadbanana leafs PS: these studies have been evaluated by me! i am not responsible for any super fast monsterous healthy growing bananas you are so plz grow responsibly:)

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I just use by volume:

1 pt Sphagnum Peat Moss
2 pts of my own compost, screened

for all my potting needs. I doubt, that you can beat that with any of the expensive commercial
“wonder soils”. Indoors I just add a few drops Schultz Liquid Plant Food to each watering and in
the ground fertilizer as the season requires (high on nitrogen and phosphates in spring and more
pronounced in potassium in fall). Here again, all the “marvel” and“awesome” stuff is just
nonsense, to make you pay six times and more than what you pay in your local agriculture
supply store. There are only three fertilizer components, nitrogen, phosphates and potassium.
Beyond that your plants of all kinds just need nutrients, which they get plenty of from compost and
decomposed manure. If you want to get really technical, have your soil sample analyzed by
your regional department of agriculture, which will then make recommendations as to any additives,
suitable for the crop you want to grow. It is very unlikely that the fantastic soil or fertilizer fits your
spot anyway, just costs a lot.

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Thank you for the information. I did pot up all 4 bananas this afternoon. I used a combination of sand, peat moss, planting mix, mushroom manure and perlite. I am looking forward to April when I can plant them in the ground. Thanks Again, Annie

Re: New to Bananas

Sound like a sensible blend to me.

Good luck,
Olaf

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Hi Annie,
just a note: If you want pertinent advise, it is of great advantage, if you state you hardiness zone.
I surmise, that you live in the States, thus you can find your HZ here:
US hardiness zones - Google Search.
If you live somewhere near a coast or in hilly country, where hardiness is very localized, you might
want to search the hardiness zone of your state.

Olaf

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Thanks Olaf, I am in SC zone 8b (close to 9 because near ocean).

Re: New to Bananas

That should actually go into your profile to the left of your posts, so we all can refer to it,
when considering our replies/suggestions.