My banana plants are about 14-18 months old, straight transplants. They all seem to have made plenty of pups, too. My pipe fittings on the old well tank all broke 2 weeks ago, so I had to dig out all the big oak tree roots from around the well casing and house line then backfill the dirt with concrete chunks and plumb new galvanized fittings from the pump to the tank and plumb new PVC from the house line to the tank, adding a gate valve, of course. My back is killing me, but it's damned good to have my own running water again.
I later found that the air control valve is bad on my tank (big surprise -- they are apparently notorious out here), so my pressure would not go above 34. After filling that damned ACV with cement, I have very good pressure, which I promptly used to water all the citrus trees and banana plants. One of the plants has finally flowered and has about 20+ green bananas on it in the shape of praying hands stuck together or something similar; the red petals are still present. Forecast says mid 50's are coming later this week, so is there anything I can do?
I have made sure to scale way back on my nitrogen and scale up slightly on the minor minerals like magnesium, focusing on plenty of the trace elements with the majority of the feed being P and K. I'm doing this to promote healthy flowering/fruiting since I've heard that nitrogen overload can make plants overly sensitive to cold and negatively affect flowering.
I was going to take a picture for you all to see, but the camera batteries are dead. Lucky me, I have no spare AA batteries and zero dollars in my checking account. Donations anyone?
