momoese

Quite few years back I though it would be a good idea to shred banana plants and spread them about 6 inches thick all through the banana garden in hopes it would keep the soil warm. Then we had quite a bit of rain and cold temps. Come early spring I decided to see what the soil looked like because the plants were not growing. It was black slime with no signs of life at all. All the cut down pseudo-stems and corms were rotting and smelled like rotting fish. It took me weeks to clear all the mess and get the soil somewhat dried out and back to normal. I continued to remove rot from plants well into spring. I won't be doing that again!