Hi, I was wonder about hurting the roots if I were to work the manure into the ground. I will just water through it. My plant is now about 3 1/2 feet tall and like above the plant is getting another new leaf( the last one was 2 weeks or so ago)but no real noticeable change in height? So when you say "You can use any and all fertilizers" does that mean I can mix and match at the same time or rotate every week? Say this week I use Fish Emulsion and 16-16-16 along with some miracle grow...? Or use only one(rotating) every week? I'm not sure how often to feed it with fertilizer,fish emulsion,etc...? Today I mixed 2 tablespoons of Fish Emulsion to 1 gallon of water and poured around the plant.Is that an ok amount to mix and give the plant? I wont bother with foliar feeding and I will add the manure as you mention. The only thing is I don't have any compost to add to it. I will also step up the amount of water I am giving it...and trim off the brown/yellow leafs close to the stalk? I am just worried that I am going to burn the banana by using to much fertilizer. Thank you for all of your help pitangadiego I very much appreciate it and your patience with my questions. Thank you

Right now Im growing... Ensete Maurelli (6 feet approx) Musa Saba (9 feet approx) Musa Ice Cream aka Blue Java (9 feet approx Musa Thai black (died back down and now about a foot tall) Musa Basjoo (died back down and now about 6 inches tall with many pups) Musa Bordelon (coming in the mail this week!) I have definitlely thinned down my banana collection and now only have mostly harder to find banana plants. I was a little sad to lose my veltuina during this winter, especially since it was a mild winter. It wasnt as cold hardy for me as it was for others. -Alex

Maybe at some point you will get fruit but There are many better candidates heres a coldhardy list from bananas,org Name USDA_Hardiness_Estimate Texas Star 7.0 Amistad 7.5 Carolina King 7.5 Golden Rhinohorn 7.5 1000 Fingers 8.0 Dwarf Orinoco 8.0 Orinoco 8.0 California Gold 8.5 Cardaba 8.5 Double 8.5 Dwarf Brazilian 8.5 Dwarf Puerto Rican 8.5 Ebun Musak 8.5 French Horn 8.5 Giant Plantain 8.5 Goldfinger 8.5 Gran Nain 8.5 High Color Mini 8.5 Ice Cream 8.5 Kalela 8.5 Lady Finger 8.5 Mahoi 8.5 Mauritius 8.5 Mona Lisa 8.5 Monkey Fingers 8.5 Mysore 8.5 Pisang Ceylon 8.5 Pitogo 8.5 Rajapuri 8.5 Saba 8.5 1780 hybrid 9.0 African Rhino Horn 9.0 Argentino 9.0 Belle 9.0 Brazilian 9.0 Dwarf Cavendish 9.0 Dwarf Namwa 9.0 Dwarf Thai 9.0 FHIA-18 9.0 FHIA-20 9.0 FHIA-21 Plantain 9.0 FHIA-23 9.0 Green Red 9.0 Hua Moa 9.0 Iholena 9.0 Kandrian 9.0 Misi Luki of Samoa 9.0 Pace 9.0 Popoulu kaia 9.0 Red Iholene 9.0 Red Jewel 9.0 Sweetheart 9.0 Tuu Gia 9.0 White Iholena 9.0 Williams Hybrid 9.0 Zan Moreno 9.0 Ae Ae 9.5 Dwarf French 9.5 Ele Ele 9.5 Enano Nautia 9.5 FHIA-17 9.5 Golden Beauty 9.5 Manzano 9.5 Namwa 9.5 Pisang Buai 9.5 Praying Hands 9.5 Sumatrana X Gran Nain 9.5 Super Plantain 9.5 Tall Red 9.5 Valery 9.5 Kaulau 10.0 Kofi 10.0 Pisang Klutuk 10.0 Cavendish (banana) 10.5 Cocos 11.0 Dwarf Gros Michel 11.0 Dwarf Red 11.0 Gros Michel 11.0 Jamaican Red 11.0 Kappa Pazham 11.0 Pisang Tandok 11.0 Rose 11.0 Karat 12.0 Kru 12.0 Latundan 12.0 Nino 12.0 Utafun 12.0 __________________

I had a Pisang Ceylon at my previous home that I planted in May of 2004. I went back to visit recently and it's still there and looking good. It's grown from 3-4' up to 7-8' but there are no flowers or pups. Will it flower and fruit in my area? If it has some pups I'll take a few for my new place.