Tropical Zone Gardening: Happy New Year...Ti for Thee, 0 by pogonantha
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pogonantha wrote: You guys are more uniformly warm than we are in our tropical and subtropical climates. I know in bananas and heliconias nutrient uptake can be slow in winter and can cause tip burn and yellowing but I'm a novice when it comes to soil chemistry. And I'd kill to have rich volcanic Hawaiian soil!!!!!!! Carolyn Clarke ( big Aussie cord lady) did a trip over there last year and felt that you guys get much better winter color from your rich soils. This is Tartan, think it was originally imported from Thailand. People went nuts for it. Ann |