hello, Im new here, I was so glad to see a forum about banan trees, since i have this question and i havent been able to get an answer. I have this banana tree, she is problably two years old, more or less, we dont know waht kind of banana tree she is. To our surprise, she started to bloom around x-mas. now my questions are. What is she? Are these fruit eatable? How long do they take for the fruit to mature. And waht kind of fertilizer can I give her. thank you!
meeery

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again thank you
meeery

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meeery

Meery, That Banana tree must really love you. I was under the impression that they would only flower if they had a pup by their side and plenty of leaves.

There has got to be a story behind this one. Maybe it was uprooted and trimmed way back after flowering had already begun? It would seem a challenge to me to get fruit from a tree with two(?) leaves.

Hi. guru. She did have babies, I took out 4 of them, and I planted them In another container. The reason why it doesnt have that many leaves, is bc i cut a couple of the old ones that looked kind of ugly, and i peeled the trunk to make it loof nicer. That is when i found the bud of the flower caming out. I read some where that you were supposed to take the babies uot too, so that the mother would have all the strength for the flowering. i hope i did the right thing, the flower seems to be progresing. i havent feed her anything since im not sure waht kind of fertilizer and how often to give it to her. can I give the miraclegrow? I have some And I wasnt sure if to do so.. She does have more leaves caming out, but they are caming out slowly, I guess is bc of the fruit. So waht do you guys think? Are they eatable? How long do they take for the fruit to be mature?
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Meeery, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess this to be a Williams hybrid. Since it's working for you so far, I don't want to rain on your parade, but I think that it is better for them to have the babies along side when they fruit.
Grandpa used to grow them too, and he taped the old dried leaf bases (which are the "trunk") to keep them in place in the thought that they were protecting the newer leaves' bases from drying or sunscald. At this point I don't know if the fertilizer would help or not. I would think that using a small amount of Miracle grow in the water would be O.K., as long as it's not freshly repotted with roots that have been damaged during this so that they would be sensitive to it.
Wait till the bananas get full size and then start a color change. I'm wondering if the pot will support the weight of a full bunch of bananas, or will tip over at some point. Michael

Thanks for the info, my goodness, I took all the babies out, I hope this doesnt became a problem. Ill feed it some fertilizer, and we will see what happeds. Thank you
meeery