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Old 06-17-2009, 03:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
jasmine2005
 
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Default Re: musa red tiger,hardly any roots?

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Originally Posted by Bob View Post
Jazz, by any chance is your well drained soil amended with lots of sand. I recently sent out some plants and found that these amended with sand had half the root growth of those that were high in perlite/ vermiculite etc. These were pretty healthy plants to look at but the difference in root growth was stunning to me.
hi bobwhen it was given to me,the soil had no sand or any perlite just pure wet compost,i have now potted it up with bonemeal,compost,slow release fertilizer and perlite for good drainage,do you think bob by adding rooting powder to the base of the stem would help?any tips or advice welcome
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