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barnetmill · 08-07-2012, 10:08 AM

Darkman on Sunday I took a closer look at my one banana plant that was originally tagged as an icecream banana. I cleared a little of the brush away to look at it and it is certainly not growing a lot since I abandoned it 5-6 yrs ago after thinking it was not going to make me any bananas. It does have closed stems and from what you told me that does indicate a cold hardy banana. I just got my Husky 335 weed eater equipped with a saw blade back today and if the repair is good I will clear that area and apply a lot of nitrogen rich compost and if it grows any I will protect against the cold weather this winter. It is currently about 40 inches tall and it grew taller when i first got it when I was fertilizing it. I planted it near my creek in a raised bed filled with good soil and compost. I will add new compost as you suggested to the banana plant and also to the near by seedling grown paw paw trees that I have that are also not growing a lot to which I have just left there on their own with occassional weeding. Some plants like blueberries with minimal care under my conditions will grow very well and others will not. Bananas and Paw Paws evidently will not.
I also plan to clear and prepare areas for more banana plants.

08-07-2012, 10:08 AM	#26 (permalink)
barnetmill barnetmill Location: 8b in Northwest Florida near Alabama Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 296 BananaBucks : 78,954 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 110 Times Was Thanked 319 Times in 202 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 37 Times	Re: Upper Gulf Coast members get-together Darkman on Sunday I took a closer look at my one banana plant that was originally tagged as an icecream banana. I cleared a little of the brush away to look at it and it is certainly not growing a lot since I abandoned it 5-6 yrs ago after thinking it was not going to make me any bananas. It does have closed stems and from what you told me that does indicate a cold hardy banana. I just got my Husky 335 weed eater equipped with a saw blade back today and if the repair is good I will clear that area and apply a lot of nitrogen rich compost and if it grows any I will protect against the cold weather this winter. It is currently about 40 inches tall and it grew taller when i first got it when I was fertilizing it. I planted it near my creek in a raised bed filled with good soil and compost. I will add new compost as you suggested to the banana plant and also to the near by seedling grown paw paw trees that I have that are also not growing a lot to which I have just left there on their own with occassional weeding. Some plants like blueberries with minimal care under my conditions will grow very well and others will not. Bananas and Paw Paws evidently will not. I also plan to clear and prepare areas for more banana plants.