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Hansgans At first, mix all the ingredients into the soil and water with rainwater if possible; otherwise, use tap water. Regularly cut the cover crop and leave the remains. Apply fresh worm humus or compost every two weeks.

Hansgans Starting to stretch out slowly.

Hansgans 07.08.25 First pre-flowers are showing. Organic banana peels, phosphorus-rich guano, and wood ash have been applied. Additionally, guano liquid fertilizer 2/0/6 is used once or twice a week. The tap water is adjusted to pH with citric acid; it comes out of the tap at 8, and the plant showed slight symptoms indicating a problem with potassium uptake.

Hansgans Because a lot of things got moldy last year, I got a rain cover for this year. The plant is relatively late with flowering, hopefully it makes it until the end of October.

Hansgans Finally, the flowers are showing, just missing a golden autumn. 🍂 The stem circumference is 21.5cm. Tomorrow I'll have another banana tea, today I applied some wood ash on the surface.

Hansgans 14.10.2025 shortly before rain harvest

Hansgans Harvested a bit early, the weather just wouldn't cooperate anymore. Most was processed into water hash.