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Originally Posted by Richard
The feeding program seems fine. However, the corm or localized network of corms has fixed resources. If you're feeding three the diet of one, then on average 1/3 bunches would be expected.
That's what some students decided to do in their garden. For the actual feeding program recommended by the tenured professors for cultivation in Hawaii, see the link to the CD posted elsewhere at bananas.org.
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It's all very unscientific what I do, but I tend to use more on bigger mats. But 3X more, I'm not sure. It may be a water issue, as it's in the rain shadow of my house and up against the edge of my planting areas. A mat of DBs which has roots under my regularly watered lawn gives me the biggest bunches of anything I grow and gets no more fertilizer than these A'ea'es even though it usually has 5+ p-stems.
I appreciate the suggestions!