fergus banana

howdy,
anyone growing any hydro banana plants? and if so, any advice on how to successfully transplant small banana plants from soil to hydro. i recent tried growing an ice cream banana plant in hydro with no success. initially i put in way too much nutrient and gave him real bad burn. then he stopped growing after about a month. he was basically droopy the whole time i had him in the hydro unit. a couple days ago i took him out and the roots looked brown and dead. i am guessing he got rot root so, i put him back into soil. i am gonna try again. any tips? i will keep an update on my progress. thanks.

Michael_Andrew

Check out this thread:
Update on my Hydroponic Raja Puri

fergus banana

i was reading up on ewitte's hydro banana plant and it looks great. i am trying to find out if there is any good way to insure a healthy transition from soil to hydro. a lot of sources say it is real tough to do so. my new banana should be in this week and i am gonna try to do a better job of cleaning of the soil before i put him in the hydro unit. i am using a general hydroponics power grower with house and garden aqua flakes as the nutrient. i have a pH meter and Truncheon ppm reader so i am all set to go. hopefully i can get it right this time.

matt18e

I currently have a young basjoo in a hydroponic drip system with hydroton. I'm using Maxigro 10-5-14 as my nutrient solution and I keep the ppm around 400 right now. After I removed it from the pot and rinsed all the dirt from the roots and put it in the media the leaves wilted and drooped I'm pretty sure it was due to shock. Just be really careful not to damage the roots too much. I could tell I caused a little bit of damage but it was unavoidable. Its been 2 weeks since I switched it to the drip system and its just now growing a new leaf. My recommendation to you is to measure the ppm of your nutrient solution and keep it around 300-400 ppm for about 8 weeks. Your plant has to adjust to the rich nutrients its being exposed to. Also measure the ph of the solution and keep it around 6.5.

In about a month or so I'm going to up the ppm and see if my growth rate increases. Its alot of trial and error and it takes a little patience. Like I said earlier its been 2 weeks and its just now showing signs of life again and its no longer droopy so dont be to quick to give up on it. Let me know if you have anymore questions and keep me updated on your progress.

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