miracal grow...missed that one

captaindave · 08-27-2012, 03:25 PM

Why not use it on banana trees...my musas seem to be doing fine.
Although I think I burned up my Thai Giant with it. Was feeding it every week.
Opps... do you guys think it will bounce back.
20/20/20 half strength.

Olafhenny · 08-27-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by captaindave

Why not use it on banana trees...my musas seem to be doing fine.
Although I think I burned up my Thai Giant with it. Was feeding it every week.
Opps... do you guys think it will bounce back.
20/20/20 half strength.

Because it is too bleeping expensive and there is nothing "miraculous" about it.

See my post explaining it all here...: Would this work?
...the big one, third down.

It depends of course on how much and what form you fed them. Granular nitrogen could
easily be the culprit. If you feed it that often, it will accumulate in the soil and eventually
burn the roots. A good rule of the thumb is to use granular fertilizer every 6 weeks.

Another rule of the famous thumb is: If you still have a corm, which is at least as big as a
plum, you have a banana plant. However if your problem derives from burned roots, you
may want to move it to some "milder soil" or to a pot for at least six weeks. By that time
the N grains should have dissolved and mostly leached out of the affected soil patch,
providing that it is irrigated regularly during that period.

kaczercat · 08-27-2012, 07:11 PM

i've been using it ever since i been growing bananas, a couple years. i've never burned the leaves nor had any issues with it. i just sprinkle some on the soil and water it in. works fine.i try to feed them every week. next year I'll buy better banana fuel. I'm sure if you leave it or fert less the next few leaves will be fine.

venturabananas · 08-27-2012, 10:15 PM

There's nothing wrong with Miracle Grow for bananas. It doesn't have the ideal NPK ratio for bananas, but that just means there will unused excess of the non-limiting nutrients. Aside from the NPK ratio, which is different, the micronutrient concentrations are very similar as those in "Banana Fuel". Of course, if you are committed to organic ferts, you will say that there is something wrong with Miracle Grow and Banana Fuel. To each is own. I've gone more towards organic ferts, but only for practical reasons -- they tend to be slower release and I like that.

garymc · 08-28-2012, 01:58 AM

To keep from burning, as the plant (and root area) gets bigger, move the area that you fertilize farther from the stem or trunk. Make the roots go out to get it.

RobG7aChattTN · 08-28-2012, 07:21 AM

I think you have to be very careful about fertilizing Thailand Giant. It seems to do much better with less fertilizer and, amazingly for a Colocasia, less water. I have one now that has only horse manure, mulch, and rock phosphate for fertilizer and I only watered it during our drought and it is by far the best looking (and largest) Thailand Giant that I have grown.

captaindave · 08-28-2012, 02:44 PM

Thnx for the advice. Been watering the poor giant every day.
If my Thai Giant were a child I would be up for abuse.
LOL.

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