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1rainman has contributed to 6 posts out of 2439 total posts
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Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
indoor banana Mar 10, 2008 11:08 AM
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I'm going to correct myself. You can over water if the temperature falls below around 70 or if the tree is not actively growing, or if you do not have soil with extremely good drainage. Basically if it is outside in the hot summer and in good soil you want to water it a lot, mainly getting the leaves wet. And when I said use a "normal" potting soil I meant a lightweight soil with perlite like miracle grow potting soil, not some generic potting soil or top soil or whatever. I would even recommend putting a thin layer of gravel at the bottom of the pot to encourage drainage. They even sell this special potting soil which is for certain plants it has light weight rocks and coal and bark in it, that is good to mix with your soil too. The best conditions for a banana is actually insane drainage, meaning big chunky stuff that water passes through quickly, and also to be watered every day. The main thing is the tree loves water but also needs a lot of air in the roots and for them to dry out in between watering. That's why you can grow a banana in %100 mulch and it will be happy as can be. But it would probably be better just to use a potting soil/sand mixture and then a thick layer of mulch at the top that you can scrape away and replace after five or ten years when it rots. The tree will grow lots of roots in the mulch though. And also I guess the cavendish comes in many different sizes.
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cutting down? Mar 6, 2008 02:22 PM
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no, its false. It usually takes more than a year for a banana to get fruit, depending on the tree. They fruit at the end of their life cycle, so when you cut down the tree it starts all over again. If you want to make more babies and have them grow faster then you can cut the big ones, other than that there is no point in cutting your big tree.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Cold Hardy Banana Test. Mar 6, 2008 02:10 PM
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My dad has several different types of bananas in his yard in florida. the most cold hardy seem to be the raja puri and also have the most bananas and the most edible ones as well.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
My Banana Tree is Rotting away Mar 6, 2008 02:06 PM
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Sounds like it needs some light on it.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
indoor banana Mar 6, 2008 12:48 PM
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Not really. If you use soil with very high drainage you can't overwater it. But you will need something under the pot to collect the water. Ideally use regular potting soil but add sand and a large layer of mulch. Banana trees can grow entirely in mulch only, though you want to fertilize them a lot. Sand not only improves drainage but has trace elements that they like. I would use a high drainage soil and water it everyday. It is best to put it outside in the summer to get full sunlight and spray it down vigerously with a hose, get all the leaves. You want to spray the leaves with a mister when inside. If you do this every day you wont have to worry too much about humidity though in the winter the air inside can get really dry so you want put a can of water next to the heater so it can evoporate if you are a cheap skate or buy a humidifier. Also a big problem I had was spider mites. When they are indoors. The cure for spider mites is to spray the leaves with water especially the underside. Also for some reason the plants grow better with rain water than tap, so if you want them to be real healthy set them outside during the summer to get some rain and direct sunlight. Also they like to get hosed down. For indoors you want to buy some light. You want them next to a window AND have artificial light. They like lots of light. If you get at least 12 hours of bright light you are good, but in the north in the winter we don't usually get 12 hours. Full spectrum florecent works. But a Sun glow florecent is best. You can buy these at the pet store, they are sold as reptile lights but work great for plants. For some reason only florecent lights seem to have the right light a plant uses. You have to understand also they need some sunlight. A plant uses many differnent spectrums of light. A full spectrum florecent light works good, but it would be like you or me living off of nothing but peanut butter sandwhiches and nothing else. It needs to get at least a little variety in its diet. Natural sunlight has every energy spectrum a plant needs any kind of artificial light will only have some of it. even though it can live off of this for a long time, or is good to supplement when you don't get enough sun, it still needs to get at least a little natural light. I suppose some plants can be grown off nothing but artificial light but I wouldn't recommend it. My favorite variety would be the raja pury, it grows about 9 feet tall and has very dark leaves with some hints of red. It has real thick stalky trunk, its a more stalky tree. The dwarf cavendish is more of a skinny tall tree with bright green leaves. They both grow about the same height, cavendish maybe a bit taller.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Brown leaves and Bananas Fruit Mar 6, 2008 12:38 PM
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the fruit will probably ripen if its big enough, but not grow much. It needs green leaves to do photosynthesis to produce sugars and such for the fruit. However even without the cold towards the end of the bananas life cycle its leaves will start dying as it puts all its energy into the fruit. This is natural, the tree dies as the fruit ripens, then the babies from the groun will replace it. So it really depends on what stage the fruit is at I guess. You still want to keep it watered and such during this stage though as it needs a lot of moisture for the fruit. |
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