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zingiberfan has contributed to 3 posts out of 2610 total posts
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Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Banana Bloom...... Sep 5, 2006 08:38 PM
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As soon as you know that there are not any more banana hands developing just cut it leaving enough stem so you can hold it at the moment of harvesting the bunch.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
banana shower Apr 24, 2006 01:32 PM
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Louis, The heliconias for your project should no grow higher than 3 to five feet. You can use “Andromeda”, “Lady Di”, “Surinam Sassy” or “Choconiana” . This four are in the Psittacorum family, but be careful because as most Psittacorums are invasive and if you don’t restrict their path, they will go everywhere. In my experience psittacorums take the full sun better. Other species you can plant are: “Jamaican Dwarf”, ”Bucky” or “Dorado Gold” (these are not Psittacorums). Remember that all plants (heliconias included) grow more or less according to the amount of light and fertilizer given. Since these are going to be around the bananas, probably are going to catch more fertilizer than they usually get making them taller. In respect to the fertilizer, I use a commercial grade 6-2-2 with potassium nitrate (bananas are heavy feeders on Potassium and Nitrogen). On occasions (when I feel “organic”) I feed them well cured chicken manure. Tell me more about your reedbed. Are you going to put plants into the reedbed? Do you have probems with the obstruction of the view by the plants? Louie
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
banana shower Apr 23, 2006 12:54 PM
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There are at least four types of bananas that fit your specs. as these plants are from four to six feet in height. These are: Dwarf Cavendish (5 ft.), Dwarf Orinoco (5 – 6 ft.), Mauritius (4 ft.) and a Cavendish type called Mahoi (5 – 6 ft.). Understand that bananas are not palms. They are on the musasae family from the order of the zingiberales. They are more related to grasses than to palms. Since your plants roots are going to be confined to a small planting area your best bet is to refrain from using palms together with the bananas as the palms tend to become root bound in a short period of time (in case you choose the obvious areca or other clumping variety of palms) and is very difficult to thin them. I would use Heliconias as backdrop. They are in the zingiberales order the same as bananas and they will fill the gaps providing you use a short variety. That way you will have fruit and flowers. Remember that banana plants will bear fruit only once and then it will die (you will cut it close to the ground so it does not look ugly). But do not worry because by then three or four new plants will be growing around the main trunk until the whole thing forms a clump. Heliconias will do the same after they flower. The secret here is lots of fertilizer. Louie |
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