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Drip Irrigation
Should I use drip irrigation for my bananas?
Edit...I mean a soaker hose
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Re: Drip Irrigation
Ornamental or fruiting bananas?
In the ground or in a container? If container, what size? In what kind of media? At what frequency and quantity? Indoors or outdoors? If indoors, what kind of lighting?
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Re: Drip Irrigation
Sorry. I mean soaker hose. They are ornamentals in the ground in clay outdoors.
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Re: Drip Irrigation
I used soaker hose before. I found it to have pressure loss after about 25 - 30 ft. The water output did not seem like the best. I felt like it was wasting water and took to long to water. I could also see, the plants on one end of the hose were much smaller.
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Re: Drip Irrigation
Thanks. I'll just continue to water by hand.
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Re: Drip Irrigation
I set up drip irrigation to my bananas, since we have water restriction, this focuses the water around the base of the bananas. I can only water twice a week like this. I also water by hand 2 or 3 other days of the week since we have been very dry and very hot. So far so good, seems to be keeping them happy.
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07-15-2015, 08:04 AM
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Re: Drip Irrigation
How many plants do you have?
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Re: Drip Irrigation
Banana roots can extend 10 feet and more fro the corm. A single ring of drip will not service that area.
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