Originally Posted by Richard 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.

Don't confuse the feeding recommendations for a large plantation with that of a garden or small farm.

No one is going to recommend a few million wheel barrels of compost, it's just not practical.

Try reading some scientific literature on small farms in India, Africa, & the Caribbean,

see the links posted elsewhere at bananas.org.

Most studies report around a 25% loss in bunch size when using chemical fertilizer instead of compost.

Why would someone actually want to pay money to get less fruit?

Between the 3 simplest ways to feed a Banana plant,

Chemical Fertilizer is the Least Effective, but it's better than doing nothing.

# 1 - Composted Plant Material

# 2 - Composted Manure

# 3 - Chemical Fertilizer