gazjoo

The more fertilizer (or goldfish) the more water movement you want. The airstones used in a fishtank add oxygen because they create a flow of water from the bottom to the surface (as someone else mentioned, thats where the oxygen enters the water) but anything to move the water around. Running water doesn't have less bacteria (probably more) just different types of bacteria. Aerobic bacteria intsead of anaerobic. These are good bacteria for a pond system as it is these bacteria which break down fish wastes, rotting leaves (organic matter) etc. into plant nutrients.

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I know it's not as simple as I made it sound and I apologize for that. You'd need to learn about aquaponic gardening to really make it work but I think it can be done and next year I'm going to try!

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Just came across this thread.

I too saw the same plants in the same nursery last weekend (it's not Home Depot, it's Art Knapps, a small chain nursery) and I can report that the ones I saw are *all* looking very sickly.

They are in a raised "table" outside the covered area exposed to the weather. The table is basically like a big washing tub with black plastic liner in it and the water is just standing still, no aeration or movement at all.

The whole thing is jammed full of all sorts of aquatic plants and the bananas are in about 1 gallon or smaller squarish pots and some are flopped over and basically floating like a capsized boat but the majority have their pots completely submerged.

They have a label from the wholesaler on them that has the conflicting advice on it.

Funny thing is they have a separate covered area where they have basjoos and lasiocarpes (sp?) sitting in pots on a regular counter looking pretty healthy.

I hadn't seen this thread before I was in there and I too spoke to the checkout lady and said as far as I know there are no bananas that can grow completely underwater and that theirs were looking pretty sick. I also pointed out the conflicting label. She must have been a different person than Sammy ran into because she seemed to take it seriously and said she would talk to someone else about it.

That nursery has a pretty good replacement policy which we've had to take advantage of rarely so I guess in the end it's going to work out for people but I hate to see the plants killed like that.

I should bring my camera the next time I'm in there and get a picture of them if they're still in the water table with the wholesaler info from the label to get to the bottom of it.

I know that most plants can be grown in water if there is very good aeration, you can grow just about anything hydroponically if you put aquarium aerators in the tank with it. I'm guessing a stream bed with good running water qualifies as aeration but a pond of stagnant water seems problematic.

I know there is a certain type of bamboo Phyllostachys Heteroclada that has an adaptation of hollow rhizomes to allow it to grow in semi wet areas but most regular bamboo would die in those same areas. Perhaps some bananas have hollow rhizomes or some other way of dealing with being submerged and others don't.

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Yuri Barros

There is a Banana species that grows freely in Tocantins state of Brazil..........

The Place is called "Fervedouros do Jalapão"...................

I think that this is a wild strain..............the fruits are Purple Brown...........and seems to have seeds..................

I think that it´s a different species from the species that is cultivated by Indians................

This species grows in the water..............!!!

Check it out............on Google Images..............

https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=...w=1600&bih=799

Yuri Barros

Finally I found a good Image of the bunch.................but I´m not able to identify it...............

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Unfortunately.............the bunch is unripe..................

So..........this is an issue for experts.................

I realy would like to know what species is this..................

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Some called it "Banana Marmelo".................???

Yuri Barros

Hummmm...............after a extensive search...................I´m not able to find a good picture of a ripe bunch....................

What I see was wide angle pictures...............as every one can see............and what I think that is Purle-Brown color................maybe is a dry old bunch..........

I don´t know the ripe color of this Banana.....................

Also I´m not able to find scientific search.............both Botanical...........and Anthopological................that confirms that this specie was originaly cultivated by Indians.................or it´s a realy native species.................

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bengtang

I have Musa bananas growing well in marshy ground in Singapore. The ground is boggy with puddles of water and the corms are basically growing in wet mud. They seem to be doing fine.