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Ensete Banana sulking?

JohnAndSancho

By JohnAndSancho
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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JohnAndSancho

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Any ideas on why this one isn't taking off like everyone else? Same soil, extra waterings, extra fertilizer - and I want to clarify, I'm not Over fertilizing this one, I'm actually under fertilizing everything else - but this one just hasn't taken off. 

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It's not a whole lot bigger than it was when I got it. Just for comparison, this is a Blue Java that I bought a while after this one. Even the Blue Java that kept snapping leaves has recovered and is outpacing this guy (this is NOT that blue java)

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Any clues? Soil is coir/perlite/2 handfuls of compost. Mixed well, drains great. I've given it a sprinkle of Dr Earth with myco and watered regularly, the last couple waterings I threw in a teaspoon of Banana Fuel into a gallon. 

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The runt of the litter, you get that with all plants and animals, only the fittest shall survive! 

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