Can roots from Banana Plant damage pool or planter
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Comments (28)I checked my banana tree roots and awesome news my banana tree roots r healthy and firm now I was hoping u could recommend a great organic fertilizer for banana trees that is not very expensive to buy I love to buy off of Amazon so if Amazon has one I can buy that u would recommend that would b very helpful sorry I did not mention before about the variety I have but they r the edible kind I know one is called a ice cream cold hardy and the other one is edible as well and it's a dwarf banana tree I don't know in detail what the name of them is but that's what I can remember now if I remember to bring them in in the winter this year and to b not do lazy then I will have it made...See MoreNew to Banana Plants - Just hit by frost and damaged
Comments (1)hello, I live in Kentucky, so we are pretty much in the same area. If you have the room inside and your banana is showing signs of new growth after the frost damage, then by all means keep it alive, in a sunny location of course. Water when needed, use fertilizer very lightly while growing indoors. Depending on size of plant, determines the size of your corm or rhizome. Small plants will have much less corm to feed off of, thus, if you can keep small plants alive indoors then its better than making them go dormant. If you have a large well established banana at least a year old, then your chances of survival are greater when you let them go dormant for the winter indoors. To store inside, cut pstem down below leaf level, cover with cloth, in a dark cool room. No need to water,feed during this time. Once spring arrives, and the threat of frosty weather leaves, then place outside, water and feed the banana to start growth again. Now if you decide to keep them alive indoors, and your damaged bananas look awful from the frost, you can cut off the leaves and stem below the damage, and the plant should take off again. If you are growing indoors, then the process will be a little slower. If kept in a warm, sunny area, watered and feed, the plant will recover from area cut and start regrowth. This process is only if you want to keep them alive indoors, and you do not want the long stem with one leaf sticking out the top. You will loose height, however your new growth will look nicer. Or, you can cut the damaged leaves off, and let the plant continue to grow from that point with the one leaf at the top. Your choice. I hope I didnt sound to confusing....See MoreFrost damaged Banana Plants?
Comments (9)organicmamma, I am getting rid of them because I haven't had a crop in several years. Back when we didn't have a freeze every year I used to get good crops. I am keeping a few in case the weather ever gets back to normal. Right now, I need the space. I think you can e-mail me to get an address. I am very close to Dale Mabry and Kennedy. I also have lots of lobster claw heliconias and a variety of heliconia that I lost the name of. It is a 6 to 8 foot tall plant that is supposed to have big red flowers. Same story, these heliconias are in the way. If you have any nice cannas, I would accept a trade. But not necessary. I am going to get rid of these one way or another....See MoreCan Mexican palms damage a pool?
Comments (2)I have seen a lot of very old mex palms around pools and have never seen any damage. Doing a quick search, I couldn't even come up with anyone cautioning against it. You might want to post this in the landscape forum. They may have some more insight....See Moreyellowfin
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