28-Day Banana Plant Time-Lapse: Banana Fuel fertilizer vs. plain water

I ran a test comparing growth rates between two banana plants: one irrigated with Banana Fuel fertilizer and one with plain water, and shot a 28-day time-lapse. The results surprised even me.

Experiment setup

With most of my timelapses, I'm able to get away with sticking a plant in a saucer of water. It's simpler this way because I can keep my indoor space cleaner. But most plants need well-drained soil, meaning the water needs to be able to circulate: to the roots and out the bottom to drain out. 

It's especially important that the water can drain when you're applying fertilizer, otherwise, the plants sit in the waste and algae will start to grow. This is never a problem with outdoor plants because water can just drain further into the ground.

So I set up my experiment with my plants atop another empty pot that can sit in the saucer of drained water. Every so often I had to pump the water out to keep it clean.

Plant selection

I selected two Dwarf Cavendish banana plants that were roughly the same size, and so you could start seeing immediate growth, I cut all the foliage down, leaving just a small stump.

I put just a tiny bit of Banana Fuel in one water bottle and applied the fertilizer water over a 28-day period, while the other one just got watered.

Results

The plant watered with Banana Fuel far outperformed the plant that just received plain water. It was very gratifying to see that.

What plant/fertilizer should we experiment with next? Let us know in the comments.