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Old 04-24-2009, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by slayed0 View Post
I received a banana tree as a gift a couple weeks ago. Since then i have been watering once about every two or three days but each time i water i give it a couple 16.9oz water bottles full of tap water...TIA

we had banana trees at our last house. their leaves dying back was normal but soon grew new ones fast & they did this at a steady rate, i would remove the dead leaves with a serrated kitchen bread knife. we'd also let them almost dry out before watering them.

harvest the bananas before they ripen on the tree

make sure the soil drains well they don't like standing water which invite mealy bugs
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