Does manure does a banana good?

musaboru · 06-06-2009, 01:39 PM

Well, I know you're not suppose to plant anything in straight manure. Rather, its used as an amendment right?

Has anyone ever noticed a a considerable advantage more vigorous growth (maybe even more fruit) from bananas when using steer manure? As opposed to using any other type of fertilizer....

harveyc · 06-06-2009, 03:14 PM

I use aged/composted steer manure as well as chemical fertilizers and have never done a comparison with/without, but like to use it as it adds organic matter to my moderately heavy soil (silty clay loam) and nitrogen at the same time. I don't believe there is enough nitrogen to be the sole sore of nitrogen. Since my soil has high levels of phosphorus (bananas don't need much anyways), I've been fertilizing with potassium nitrate. I think the price has gone up a lot since the last time I bought it, it cost me $88 for 100 pounds a couple of weeks ago from my ag supplier. While nitrogen costs have come down some, potassium remains very high.

lorax · 06-06-2009, 04:48 PM

Steer and chicken manures (properly aged, of course) are my only concession to fertilizer here. The bananas seem to grow a bit taller with them than without them, but I've never done a controlled trial.

06-06-2009, 01:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
musaboru musaboru 's Photo Gallery Location: Ontario, Calif. Zone: 9b Name: Dar Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 193 BananaBucks : 89,727 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 328 Times Was Thanked 262 Times in 105 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Does manure does a banana good? Well, I know you're not suppose to plant anything in straight manure. Rather, its used as an amendment right? Has anyone ever noticed a a considerable advantage more vigorous growth (maybe even more fruit) from bananas when using steer manure? As opposed to using any other type of fertilizer....

06-06-2009, 03:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,119 BananaBucks : 278,421 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 6,025 Times Was Thanked 4,460 Times in 1,896 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times	Re: Does manure does a banana good? I use aged/composted steer manure as well as chemical fertilizers and have never done a comparison with/without, but like to use it as it adds organic matter to my moderately heavy soil (silty clay loam) and nitrogen at the same time. I don't believe there is enough nitrogen to be the sole sore of nitrogen. Since my soil has high levels of phosphorus (bananas don't need much anyways), I've been fertilizing with potassium nitrate. I think the price has gone up a lot since the last time I bought it, it cost me $88 for 100 pounds a couple of weeks ago from my ag supplier. While nitrogen costs have come down some, potassium remains very high. __________________

06-06-2009, 04:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 311,110 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: Does manure does a banana good? Steer and chicken manures (properly aged, of course) are my only concession to fertilizer here. The bananas seem to grow a bit taller with them than without them, but I've never done a controlled trial.

Members currently in the chatroom: 0
	The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009. No one is currently using the chat.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)