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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
Actually she can solve all those potential problems by just shoveling some soil into the center.
My guess would be she probably is already doing something, even if it is only adding some yard waste to the center.
Having a compost pile in the center of a mat or a group of plants works great, feeds and maintains a proper moisture level all at the same time.
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No, seriously, she isn't doing anything other than watering them. We have very heavy clay soil that doesn't get leached of nutrients or dry out easily. Eventually, this mat will have to run out of nutrients, but not yet.
The compost pile in the center of the mat would be good for the non-winter months here, but like Mitchel says, it would be probably be disaster during our cool, wet winters, when banana roots and corms tend to rot.