I’m glad you did this video with bananas. My husband has become obsessed with them due to the big tropical leaves and now he’s brought home at least three of them. And then expects me to “know” how to keep them alive indoors after Midwest fall/winter commences. I bring them in, they go straight to crap on me in two days. I don’t know why 🤷♀️😂
Hi Jeff! That dwarf banana plant is too cute! It would be fun to grow one, but I don't have room on my decks, or a place to keep it indoors. You always give such great information on the plants and it's always very much appreciated. The Nanouk's in with it are a pretty touch. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great info. I got my tree late last year and had to overwinter it in the house. What a pain...... About a month ago I planted it outside. It's doing beautifully now but I am crossing my fingers for this coming cool season.
They are so much easier to grow outside! Growing bananas inside is more like just doing what you can to hopefully have them alive enough the next spring to take back outside. Rarely is it a plant that many people can get to thrive instead of just survive indoors with normal household conditions.
@@TropicalPlantParty It was a struggle over winter under my grow lights in my laundry room. Seems to be loving these 100F days we have been having. I am mostly worried about the 20-30F winters we have here. We never get snow, mostly in the 40-50's in winter but we do have some days that dip below freezing.
Thank goodness I can leave my banana trees outside in the garden. They along with my 2 pindo palms & calla lilies are what makes my pool side look tropical here in GA. Caught a big armadillo 2 weeks ago in a cage trap & relocated it far away to a pecan orchard. He was huge & tearing up my flower beds. One week later, I’m seeing traces of another one. Sheesh. Between the Japanese beetles, rabbits & armadillo’s it’s been a real challenge this year. But I “just keep on growing”. Lol
I LOVE pindo palms! Oh the Japanese beetles and armadillos can do some damage. I haven't seen any armadillos in my yard yet, but I know they're around.
Wow, I’ve never seen a dwarf cave dish with a variegated leaf! 😂😜 I’m leaving my banana plants outside in the ground and they LOVE water, my goodness! I have one Dwarf Cavendish that I got last month and out right in the ground (zone 8b) . She came with 2 tiny pups and a new shoot near the corm. I’ll be wrapping her pseudo-stem with bubble wrap like I’ll do with the bigger ones then high mulch. Hoping that will give me some fruiting stems next summer. But I’ll pot up her oldest sword sucker and bring inside since they aren’t quite as Hardy as my others. I found that here the corms do great super heavily mulched, just like my cannas and taros. As far as food, they’ve been super happy with my banana peel, veggie and pineapple skin scraps. I’ll just keep doing that for my outside In ground ones.
So many fun ways to grow them. I doubt this one is a dwarf Cavendish, that was just the first banana that popped in my head after the word, "dwarf." It's likely just an acuminata.
I just love all types of bananas and stated putting a few in pots this season to see if I could drag them indoors with some light over winter here in zone 9b in Pensacola fl and jeep alive over winter. Not sure how this experiment Will turn out
@@TropicalPlantParty if we get 32 which usually happen 2 to 3 times it gets the leaves so we take off the leaves and I wrap a layer of frost cloth over the top and they come back from that point around late March for our area average last frost date is March 1
Absolutely! The sooner the better. Need to allow time for it to establish itself well and thicken up before it has to go inside. With offsets, start with smaller pots, keep them well watered and once the roots fill out the small pot it's ok to bump it up to something more appropriate.
Great vid! Banana plants are great and usually very forgiving. I'm in NJ and when I put mine out in April, a rabbit or groundhog nipped the entire top off. 2 months later it looks great now! Do you like the earthworm castings over manure (aside from the smell)?
They are very resilient plants! I definitely prefer earthworm castings over manure for potted plants. Manure can cause the soil to break down faster, which inhibits drainage and attracts a lot more bugs to the pots when they're indoors. Earthworm castings also have chitinase in them which there's some research that is showing some promise for insect control. The enzyme can kills off mealybugs, aphids, most soft mouthed plant pest. Not saying that if you use worm castings then bugs that bite the plants will die, that's just my wishful thinking. 😆
Hi! I just found your page after buying my first two banana plants, absolutely no idea what I'm doing so I'm on a gardening journey to learn LOL, what brand potting mix do you reccomend for these? I know nothing about plants but I wanna keep these alive for the long run 😅
Those little zebra plants you have in with this banana plant; would you recommend? I have quite a few little clippings and I think they’d fill out and be gorgeous in there.
Oh and an unrelated question. I picked up my first Alocasia California. A nice healthy 2.5 gal pot with four large plants from Lowes. Would you suggest separating them? I’m thinking of bringing one inside, the largest into the ground and the other two in a large pot. Zone 8b.
I don't think it would hurt to separate them, but it would be fine to leave it be. I dig, cut and pluck offsets from my alocasias regularly and it's about the same as doing it with bananas. Gotta keep the offsets well watered and I always assume it's going to die back some before taking off.
Not often. Most bananas need a long growing season to flower and with the indoor to outdoor and freeze and thaw with the ones in the ground, they rarely get enough of that growing time. There are ways to preserve stem to increase chances of flowering that I've done before, but these days I find it to be too much extra work for ornamental types. Not to mention that after they fruit, they die, so I end up with barespots in my clumps and I don't like that.
Probably, as long as there's still around 12 weeks of growing season left, they should have time to throw the fit they like to throw and re-establish themselves.
Is there a soil mix that I could buy at like Walmart and maybe add a few things to it? I found a blue Java and it’s gonna need a repot, but don’t have the money to buy a bunch of stuff to make the soil.
Absolutely. Blue Java is a sturdy banana and something like miracle grow all purpose should be just fine for it. 😊 If you're concerned about drainage or aeration then you could add a small amount of perlite to the mixture.
I put my banana in a self watering pot in the very hot weather is that bad? I will bring it inside in the fall so perhaps I can repot into a pot with holes. I have an ice cream banana plant. I put some LECA and Lava rocks and the plant swallowed them up in about a week. You must live in a really warm place, how in the world did you lift that heavy pot?
I am determined to grow another banana tree in my house. I had a beautiful one, the cat kept peeing in it I was frustrated and moved it outside and because it was so big, the cat and frustration I let it die. No cat to pee in my plants anymore so I will be growing one again. Any suggestions on which one would be best to grow? I need to order one before it gets cold and get it started. Thanks Jeff🌸💚🙃 P.S. the cat died of old age.
Excellent tip for keeping the cats out of the pots, pine cones! Can water right through them and the cats don't like how they feel on their feet. Any of the dwarf Cavendish, and really all acuminatas are ok options, mostly just because of their size. I would think highland bananas might do better than most indoors because of their natural range being in more temperate climates. Musa basjoo, mekong giant and musa ingens are the ones that come to mind. ... im just guessing, I don't know from any kind of experience. My best luck with bananas indoors has been with the types that get really thick "trunks" like the acuminatas and raja puri. They still liked it bright and warm though.
Hi. Thanks for making awesome videos. Just quick question, what you do with the small bananas shoots which comes out from side of mail stem ? Do you take them out?
Always a good idea to give any plant a good watering after repotting. Doesn't have to be immediate, but within several minutes should be fine. Doing this helps to integrate the soils, settle the new soil and fill in gaps and gives needed moisture for the roots follow to expand from the old root ball.
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First! this just proves how eager I am to see your videos. I just love the banana plant-so tropical!! thanks Jeff!
Lol! Thank you!
The info I have gotten from you is fantastic! And love that you respond to your comments. Your channel is my favorite planty channel!
Thank you! I try my best but I rarely get to all of the comments these days.
@@TropicalPlantParty سلام استاد وقتتون بخیر ببخشید درخت موز من تو گلدانه می توانم بعد از میوه دادن درخت را نبرم ونگهش دارم وحرسش چطوری هستش
Thank you Jeff, see you Saturday, stay safe and stay healthy, I hope your back is doing much better? 🌸💚🙃
Much better! Thank you, Judy!
I’m glad you did this video with bananas. My husband has become obsessed with them due to the big tropical leaves and now he’s brought home at least three of them. And then expects me to “know” how to keep them alive indoors after Midwest fall/winter commences. I bring them in, they go straight to crap on me in two days. I don’t know why 🤷♀️😂
Try to acclimate then to the inside temperature and try to give them enough light
Thanks for all the information about growing banana plant.
Always a pleasure!
Oh ya I made it home and oh boy! I was waiting for you so I could go outside to fix a bunch of things😬🌸💚🙃
Haha! Glad you, your new plants and doggies made it back safely. 😊
Hi Jeff! That dwarf banana plant is too cute! It would be fun to grow one, but I don't have room on my decks, or a place to keep it indoors. You always give such great information on the plants and it's always very much appreciated. The Nanouk's in with it are a pretty touch. Thank you so much for sharing!
Honestly the best banana care information video I've seen so far!
Thanks man, my Nanis will become happier :)
🍌cute banana tree, I am now going to the other video for growing banana plants indoors!
Thank you!
Such an adorable combination of plants! I love it!
Thank you!
Pretty blue pot. GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU.
Wow that's great planting banana in a pot.
Great info. I got my tree late last year and had to overwinter it in the house. What a pain...... About a month ago I planted it outside. It's doing beautifully now but I am crossing my fingers for this coming cool season.
They are so much easier to grow outside! Growing bananas inside is more like just doing what you can to hopefully have them alive enough the next spring to take back outside. Rarely is it a plant that many people can get to thrive instead of just survive indoors with normal household conditions.
@@TropicalPlantParty It was a struggle over winter under my grow lights in my laundry room. Seems to be loving these 100F days we have been having. I am mostly worried about the 20-30F winters we have here. We never get snow, mostly in the 40-50's in winter but we do have some days that dip below freezing.
Thank goodness I can leave my banana trees outside in the garden. They along with my 2 pindo palms & calla lilies are what makes my pool side look tropical here in GA. Caught a big armadillo 2 weeks ago in a cage trap & relocated it far away to a pecan orchard. He was huge & tearing up my flower beds. One week later, I’m seeing traces of another one. Sheesh. Between the Japanese beetles, rabbits & armadillo’s it’s been a real challenge this year. But I “just keep on growing”. Lol
I LOVE pindo palms! Oh the Japanese beetles and armadillos can do some damage. I haven't seen any armadillos in my yard yet, but I know they're around.
I have a pin do palm in GA as well
The tradescantia nanouks look absolutely fantastic with the banana plant
Great informative upload buddy!!
Thanks!
Wow, I’ve never seen a dwarf cave dish with a variegated leaf! 😂😜 I’m leaving my banana plants outside in the ground and they LOVE water, my goodness! I have one Dwarf Cavendish that I got last month and out right in the ground (zone 8b) . She came with 2 tiny pups and a new shoot near the corm. I’ll be wrapping her pseudo-stem with bubble wrap like I’ll do with the bigger ones then high mulch. Hoping that will give me some fruiting stems next summer. But I’ll pot up her oldest sword sucker and bring inside since they aren’t quite as Hardy as my others. I found that here the corms do great super heavily mulched, just like my cannas and taros. As far as food, they’ve been super happy with my banana peel, veggie and pineapple skin scraps. I’ll just keep doing that for my outside In ground ones.
So many fun ways to grow them. I doubt this one is a dwarf Cavendish, that was just the first banana that popped in my head after the word, "dwarf." It's likely just an acuminata.
@@TropicalPlantParty Since you have a nice warm grow space for winter (in your garage?) can you manage to nurture it to fruit?
Nice video. I always use miracle grow succulent soil. They always love it:)
I never comment but this was very informative , thank you very much for the tips 😎
Thank you!
I just love all types of bananas and stated putting a few in pots this season to see if I could drag them indoors with some light over winter here in zone 9b in Pensacola fl and jeep alive over winter. Not sure how this experiment
Will turn out
Do they not keep growing outdoors in winter there?
@@TropicalPlantParty if we get 32 which usually happen 2 to 3 times it gets the leaves so we take off the leaves and I wrap a layer of frost cloth over the top and they come back from that point around late March for our area average last frost date is March 1
I wonder if I could dig up one of my banana pups and make it a container plant? Your thoughts? It will be going in my grow room in the basement. 🌸💚🙃
I was going to ask the same.
I live in Florida and it works! I’ve even planted pups with the roots cut off and they grow new ones!
Absolutely! The sooner the better. Need to allow time for it to establish itself well and thicken up before it has to go inside. With offsets, start with smaller pots, keep them well watered and once the roots fill out the small pot it's ok to bump it up to something more appropriate.
Great vid! Banana plants are great and usually very forgiving. I'm in NJ and when I put mine out in April, a rabbit or groundhog nipped the entire top off. 2 months later it looks great now! Do you like the earthworm castings over manure (aside from the smell)?
They are very resilient plants! I definitely prefer earthworm castings over manure for potted plants. Manure can cause the soil to break down faster, which inhibits drainage and attracts a lot more bugs to the pots when they're indoors. Earthworm castings also have chitinase in them which there's some research that is showing some promise for insect control. The enzyme can kills off mealybugs, aphids, most soft mouthed plant pest. Not saying that if you use worm castings then bugs that bite the plants will die, that's just my wishful thinking. 😆
Hi! I just found your page after buying my first two banana plants, absolutely no idea what I'm doing so I'm on a gardening journey to learn LOL, what brand potting mix do you reccomend for these? I know nothing about plants but I wanna keep these alive for the long run 😅
I’m about to pot my new dwarf cavendish. Have you heard of using cornstarch/water to feed plants? I watched a channel that said all plants love it.
Those little zebra plants you have in with this banana plant; would you recommend? I have quite a few little clippings and I think they’d fill out and be gorgeous in there.
Oh and an unrelated question. I picked up my first Alocasia California. A nice healthy 2.5 gal pot with four large plants from Lowes. Would you suggest separating them? I’m thinking of bringing one inside, the largest into the ground and the other two in a large pot. Zone 8b.
I don't think it would hurt to separate them, but it would be fine to leave it be. I dig, cut and pluck offsets from my alocasias regularly and it's about the same as doing it with bananas. Gotta keep the offsets well watered and I always assume it's going to die back some before taking off.
@@TropicalPlantParty Oh ok thanks! That eases my mind! Have a fantastic July 4th! 🇺🇸
I like using alfalfa pellets for extra fertilizer
Great source of nitrogen!
This is so amazingly helpful! Thanks so much for sharing! What's the name of the potting mix you used for your banana?
Glad to be helpful 😊
That was espoma potting mix.
That is such a cute banana 🥰 do you get blooms on your bananas?
Not often. Most bananas need a long growing season to flower and with the indoor to outdoor and freeze and thaw with the ones in the ground, they rarely get enough of that growing time. There are ways to preserve stem to increase chances of flowering that I've done before, but these days I find it to be too much extra work for ornamental types. Not to mention that after they fruit, they die, so I end up with barespots in my clumps and I don't like that.
thanks for the informative video friend. How long do these ornamentals live for?
If you’re not mistaken, I believe you mentioning that you use coffee to fertilize your plants? It seems very effective 😃
I know I’m kinda late but do you think I would be able to move my banana pups that came up while I was gone to a new location?🌸💚🙃
Probably, as long as there's still around 12 weeks of growing season left, they should have time to throw the fit they like to throw and re-establish themselves.
Yooooo-Kuh 😂😂😂 “yuck-a” 🤦🏽♀️ ❤❤❤
I got a new banana plant in tiny pot. I then put in giant pot. Its still green but its stopped growing. I'm guessing i need a smaller pot?
I just replaced mine with one from a big box for a much lower price then the one that got mealy bugs from last year 🤞🏼
Awesome! The mealy bugs do seem to have a strong appreciation for banana plants.
💚💚💚
Is there a soil mix that I could buy at like Walmart and maybe add a few things to it? I found a blue Java and it’s gonna need a repot, but don’t have the money to buy a bunch of stuff to make the soil.
Absolutely. Blue Java is a sturdy banana and something like miracle grow all purpose should be just fine for it. 😊
If you're concerned about drainage or aeration then you could add a small amount of perlite to the mixture.
I put my banana in a self watering pot in the very hot weather is that bad? I will bring it inside in the fall so perhaps I can repot into a pot with holes. I have an ice cream banana plant. I put some LECA and Lava rocks and the plant swallowed them up in about a week. You must live in a really warm place, how in the world did you lift that heavy pot?
I am determined to grow another banana tree in my house. I had a beautiful one, the cat kept peeing in it I was frustrated and moved it outside and because it was so big, the cat and frustration I let it die. No cat to pee in my plants anymore so I will be growing one again. Any suggestions on which one would be best to grow? I need to order one before it gets cold and get it started. Thanks Jeff🌸💚🙃 P.S. the cat died of old age.
Bananas are one plant that wouldn't mind getting peed on. The urine is high in nitrogen and they love it.
Excellent tip for keeping the cats out of the pots, pine cones! Can water right through them and the cats don't like how they feel on their feet.
Any of the dwarf Cavendish, and really all acuminatas are ok options, mostly just because of their size. I would think highland bananas might do better than most indoors because of their natural range being in more temperate climates. Musa basjoo, mekong giant and musa ingens are the ones that come to mind. ... im just guessing, I don't know from any kind of experience. My best luck with bananas indoors has been with the types that get really thick "trunks" like the acuminatas and raja puri. They still liked it bright and warm though.
Hi. Thanks for making awesome videos. Just quick question, what you do with the small bananas shoots which comes out from side of mail stem ? Do you take them out?
I feed mine it's own dropped leaves. I've heard it said that it feeds the plant a needed nutrient.
Is it important to give the plant water immediately after repotting?
Always a good idea to give any plant a good watering after repotting. Doesn't have to be immediate, but within several minutes should be fine. Doing this helps to integrate the soils, settle the new soil and fill in gaps and gives needed moisture for the roots follow to expand from the old root ball.
@@TropicalPlantParty Great thanks
Will bananas grow in 120 degrees?
What that you planted around base of plant
Tradescantia nanouk
@@TropicalPlantParty thanks I like the looks of it sure it vines well
But does Colby like eating banana leaves?
Actually not so much. For a sulcatta tortoise, he's picky eater.
You need a musa velutina
Pro mix