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Bought my first banana plant, it was mentioned as Dwarf Cavendish. It was in a quite tight container so i had to replant it asap. As I had 0 exp with bananas, I red somewhere that "universal soil" should be good. But seems like it's not as I'm reading now... What I have: banana plant in in a pot under HPS lamp + additional CFL in a soil "Compo sana Universal" which is mostly peat I think. It feels very soft, lush and well ventilated, and doesn't feels dry even when it's actually dry :-/ Also it becomes quite dense after watering, so I'm loosening it up after watering with a wood stick. Banana is alive and looks happy as never before. It came to me with huge lower leaves and very small and "stuck" 6 youngest leaves. After 1 month new leaves in my pot increasing in size steadily and growing longer stems, which is a great sign. BUT! Do I need to do anything with my soil which might not be too loose for banana? I don't want him to get root rot ![]() Also, would appreciate advice about fertilizing. Using 1.4-1.0-2.0 plus 0.6Ca and 0.5Mg organic liquid fertilizer for palms each week. Sometimes I'm using wood ash mixed with water instead of this fert (1 big spoon of ash for 1 litre of boiling water and leaving it in a warm place for a week). Is it OK, or I should change my plan??? Is it ok? |
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