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The interesting thing about growing bananas is that just about every way works and everybody's way works the best. So really what
works best for someone should depend on their individual goals. The less banana plants a person grows usually means the more time,
effort, and money that can spent on each plant. Many folks are always amending everything and that works great for them, but that
would be wasteful and too inefficient for our farm. We try to do more with less and realize that healthy banana roots need air, moisture,
and nutrients, and as we increased the amount of air in the soil our bunch weights increased while our 'planting to harvest' times decreased.
The CCS provides a study foundation with an environment that maintains a proper air/moisture ratio for healthy fast growing roots
while being supplied with nutrients from the protective layer of top mulch above. We have been able to consistently produce large
bunches for several decades without ever needing to use fertilizer.

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Juicy Bananas

And that is what we do on our home stead. I must ask though. How close to the ocean are you? Elevation? You guys are doing an excellent job.

Kat2

I'm not adding any more sand of any type to my sand. Nope. Just not going to do it. Sometimes I kinda miss clay.

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crazy banana

PR Giants: I remember your posts from 2013/14 where you had some remarkable success planting banana pups in pots with nothing else than grass clippings.
Usually I do not grow any banana pups in pots at all, but have one pup to experiment with right now ( nice corm but no roots attached, they were all under a concrete slab )
Are you still promoting the grass clipping method or are you favoring the coarse sand method over the grass clipping method now?

PR-Giants

Hey crazy, you probably got confused by a photo of some mulch.

Post a link to whatever it was you think you thought you read.

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badman62

i find grass clippings as mulch is great as long as they dont mat up and start to smell
then they are producing anaerobic bacteria. not good for plants.

Sand has worked pretty well for me in containers.
i use different amounts depending on how fine or coarse it is.
i would rather use the coarse stuff, but my backyard is mostly fine sand with a little silt and clay. i get excellent growth of temperate as well as tropical fruits.
i dio use a lot of mulch and compost though
im not big into chemicals
just about everything i grow natural, except for a little fish emulsion.


banana is in the same family as grass, as is papaya and bamboo
they are all bacterial based
as opposed to fungal based plants (woody)

with bacterial based plants, you can use grass as fertilizer
you can also use sugars like molasses.

both are much better for the soil than chemicals
the both attract worms, where, chemicals burn them.
worms work free 24x7, aerate the soil and give you free fertilizer.

crazy banana

Banana Gallery - 32 Gallon Left dec 11

And your comments in your post from July 16, 2012 " can a banana plant grow in a container of grass clippings without any soil".

PR-Giants

OK, so you got confused by some mulch.

The photo shows a pile of mulch in the center and the banana planted in the ground is to the right.

It shows that the roots will grow through the ground towards the moisture source and up into the mulch.
There are much better photos in my gallery.

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crazy banana

Got it. Finally. Duh me 😳

PR-Giants

crazy, if you're into promotions you should do

Richards promotion that guarantees 450 pound bunches.

But you gotta start with a richard approved cultivar that average 150 pound bunches.

I'll bump the thread for you.

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crazy banana

Thanks. I am not interested in bunches like that nor am I interested in participating in bananas.org drama.