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SBD49 has contributed to 4 posts out of 2610 total posts
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Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Banana Growing Tip Of The Week! May 21, 2005 12:58 PM
(Total replies: 62)
Like I said bananas require huge amounts of water and dark soil for best growth. I recently gave away about 20 or 30 medium sized plants about 3 feet tall. They can really get out of hand and take over your yard. Mine are used as sort of a natural fense around my yard. Even after transplanting I counted today 106 plants. I've been growing these things since 1998 and every year have to give away many ar just dispose of the excess ones I do not want. Anyway I wish you luck as quite a few of the post indicate problems and I hope I can help.
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Banana tree-Got in Oct/Nov. - looks terrible May 21, 2005 12:28 PM
(Total replies: 8)
A. Take it out of the pot. B. dig a hole and put in dense black soil from in the forest or from near a stream or river. C. keep well watered . These plants like enormous amounts of water. Watering the leaves lets water run into the stalk where the plant funnels it to the roots. Hence the big leaves, for water collection. Also they do best in full bright sun. I see the ground near your plants and it's very poor soil. Big problem. Red clay is one of the hardest environments for tropical plants. Get good soil as everything around your plant is barely alive.
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
Banana Growing Tip Of The Week! May 14, 2005 03:32 PM
(Total replies: 62)
Well I glad to hear from someone else from the south. The afcts are that you are probably babying these plants too much. I have about 100 banana plants in my yard and have to deal with them every weekend or they will get out of hand. You'll see new babies popping out every day. As far as soil type goes they will grow in about any kind of dark soil and benefit a great deal if there is an underlying grayclay base. When you transplant from a motherr plant,jsut dig about as deep as the plant root grows around the front of the baby and then put the blade of the shovel between the mother and baby and slice right thru to separate them. Works every time. For the people from the north, just go into the woods, preferably near a stream and get some dark dense soil even if it contains rocks. Banana plants grow best near water. I recently had to move about 20 so I transplanted them from the yard to the edge of the waterway and they are the fastest growing. I do sometimes during dry spells water them with Miracle Grow. In the winter they will turn brown and all the leaves will die. Just leave them till spring prtecting them from frost. When spring arrives just cut off the top of the plant just below where the leaves quit growing. You will see the new plant come out through the old growth stalk. After the plant has produced friut cut it down as the next year will only give sucker plants. Most of my plants grow from babies to an average of 14 to 18 feet tall. Last year I had bananas on about 20 trees with stalks of friut ffrom about 12 to 60 bananas 8 to12 inches long. Like I say don't baby these plants and they do not like pots or indoors for tall healthy trees.
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Banana tree-Got in Oct/Nov. - looks terrible May 14, 2005 02:59 PM
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Don't baby a banana plant! I grow many of them. Plant the thing and leave it alone. Banana plants are hard to get rid of once well rooted. In a home is not the place for them. Only in the winter should you bring these plants inside because they tolerate NO frost. if you are having problems with one, put it outside and leave it alone. It will grow. They really like a muddy, wet environment. If you plant one over a septic tank they really grow. But leave it alone. |
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