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Old 10-18-2013, 04:21 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Good companion plants for bananas

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Originally Posted by siege2050 View Post
I have Cannas beside mine and they look really good, especially the yellow ones. I thought about getting different kinds of gingers as well. I bought some Pink China elephant ears that are hardy to zone 6, maybe 5 with lots of mulch ( supposed to be the hardiest elephant ear there is) but kinda wondering if they might push the bananas around. I have three plants in small pots, and they have already made 3 more baby plants in 1 week. I might wait to put them around the Bananas when the Bananas are much, much taller.
Careful with those canna. I was growning tons if them around my bananas and unless you have a very vigorous plant they will compete for nutrients. After I ripped them out it was amazing how much faster my bananas started growing.
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