Another grower from Michigan here! Luke you have inspired me to attempt a blue java banana... wish me luck! As a suburban farmer in michigan, I appreciate your content.
Hi.Great video you got there. Here's some other things if you'd like to experiment with. Fertilizer programme: Month 1 - 5: 16:16:16 (150g/plant/month) Month 6: MOP (100g/plant - one time application only on month 6 or when you see the last short leaf before flowering comes out) + 12:12:17:2(100g/plant/month) Month 7 till harvest: 12:12:17:2 (150g/plant/month) For the suckers to ensure maximum growth. 2 ways to go around it. Cut and don't dig as to not damage the roots. First: Only keep 1 at 3 months old and another at 8 months old. Second: Only keep one once the flower comes out. Choose only sword suckers as this is the one with vigorous growth rate. As for leaves. Maintain 8 leaves while growing, 6 once the flower comes out and 4(excluding the small leaves before flowering) once you cut the flower. Cut the flower around 2 inch after the last bunch. Just sharing. Happy gardening everyone.
I know this video is a year old but I just have to say you are awesome Luke! You have so much knowledge and I am always learning from you as I have only been gardening in my small patio for the last 3 years :)
I’ve had my drawer banana tree for about three years. I gave away about 5 pups that are almost as big and brought 2 pups from it down to Florida for my sister which we will plant in the ground this month. Still no bananas in my original, but it looks beautiful! In NJ under T5 grow lights - nice and warm in my grow room and about 70-75 humidity.
Great video! I have 4 dwafs and 4 Grande Naimes. I live in the northern mountains of New Mexico, so I'm growing them indoors. Probably won't do well with the Grand Naimes, but so far so good. They're in my Jaccuzi in the Ma. Bath with grow lights and they've tripled in size in a year! I just watched a video though, by a man growing bananas outdoors in some tropical location. His video was all about removing the lower leaves when the plant produces 5-7 leaves. He likes to leave the top 4. This way, he says he gets faster fruiting. His banana plants are all producing many hands of bananas at a time! I get what you said, about not pruning the TOP! But pruning the lower leaves won't kill the plant.
Oooh! I just love this new Tropical plants series! Have you ever considered growing finger limes? I am planning on turning a portion of my garage into an indoors garden (because Canadian weather is not friendly to a lot of plants I would like to grow) but I have trouble finding good information on them. They just seem like such an interesting fruit to grow! Love your channel, and I can't wait to see your garden this spring!
I'm NE of Houston and currently I have a blue Java banana tree growing in my back yard, it's in a 16.5 ish gallon pot of happy frog organic soil, I'm currently using Jack's all purpose nuts + a little calmag + and some pro-tekt about once a week or whenever the soil looks dry. Temps are staying in the lower 90s and get full sun during the day Will this pot be big enough for it to mature and fruit? It's currently about 2' above the soil level and growing rapidly and very happy I enjoyed your video it made me a little less worried about growing a banana tree
9:10 well actually you can.. if you chop you bananas back if there to tall in a few hours they will already begin seeing a center pop up… and a leaf will unravel in a week or two a new leaf will be out! That’s what I do if they get to tall for overwintering indoors .. just chop them back a bit and they will re grow!🤩
Hey, surprise! I am from a sub-tropical Island (a great banana producer) and lo! Bananas in containers!!!! I'm going to try that definitely and see the result. We're actually going thru a sort of banana epidemic (Panama disease?) and they are getting scarcer even here. I'll definitely try to nurse a few trees in pots and see...
thanks for the tips that was interesting to know I have a cousin that grows banana trees she built a greenhouse outside and keeps the banana tree In the greenhouse In the winter time
These are great examples of food I'm curious to learn to grow. Except for cocoa tree. I used to work on the fields when I was 5 years old in honduras🤩🤩🤩🤩😀😀
I love your videos, and appreciate you so much. I bought your book and seeds. But I am wondering if you can actually get fruit in a small pot like that? It doesn't seem doable to me. I grew plenty of bananas in Hawaii... so easy there. I grow them here in zone 8B Georgia outside. I get tiny fruits that never mature. I plan to move some babies to a sunny spot and hopefully get some fruit. Thanks! 😘
Luke can we do Maringa? I'm in zone 5 and I have conquered the fig...I have a Mango seed started...banana and avocado next...oh my MIGARDENER SEEDS came today...woop woop...happy granny...lol...Cara in Indiana
my avocado trees are 3 years old and as many feet tall. They're branching too. I'm gonna have to prune them to keep them dwarf pretty soon. I had much better luck with the big green monster avocados.
In tropical Aus, banana plants are often planted at the end or around the septic trench. I realise it may sound gross but that is not in contact with the actual fruit and supplies the water and nutrients.
There actually is an edible banana that would probably be cold hardy in Michigan. It's called California Gold and with mulching and frost cloth the pseudostem can survive down to 20. You can cut off the very top of the banana plant and it will grow new leaves in spring from the center of the crown. The only way a banana dies from pruning is if you cut off the banana below the flower stem that was forming inside of the pseudostem. I have one in my garden bed here in Portland, Oregon and it seems fine underneath the frost cloth. Also, because it's a dwarf variety it will fruit smaller than some bananas. I have read that it is more of a plantain in terms of taste but I will see for myself if my plant fruits.
@nicholashoffnagle2396 Aww okay, good luck with this one! I've been playing with the idea of getting a dwarf fruiting banana tree for a year now and growing indoors. I don't have the ideal light conditions so I'm constantly just wondering what I would need and how other people have done before investing money. Thanks for replying!
Are you going to do an update on your tropical plants? Did you get your bananas to fruit? Just curious. I have some bananas (apple and blue java) going now and wondering how yours are going.
Our banana plant is three years old this year and it put out 4 pups we relocated.We feed it fish emulsion and keep it in a sunny south window.Hopefully we will get our fruit this year.
Great Information. My two banana plants were outside in the ground and lost their leaves during an unexpected freeze.I thought they would die by spring but they regrew their leaves. Wondering if I can transplant them before winter zone 8. And how big of a pot do I need before the fruit.
60 degrees will definitly not hurt the plant in any way. I would say 40 and under they should be put inside to be on the safe size. I grow bananas in the ground in a high elevation desert. Days are allways warm, but the nights dip to 34 or so for several weeks untill winter is over. Those bananas fruit and are dominican strain.
Have you ever successfully had a banana tree fruit in a pot? I live in Hawaii where it is super easy to grow bananas in the ground, but they take over your space very quickly. Since I have limited in ground space, I decided to try and grow a dwarf banana variety in a 25 gallon pot. It didn’t fruit after 5 years so I gave up and put it in the ground. It now is doing great. I just have to control the spreading by cutting off the pups when there are too many.
Yes, it's absolute possible. Specially the Dwarf Cavendish. Several people her in Belgium and the Netherlands have grown these plants with great success, and managed to have tons of bananas after 4 years. All the plants are growing in pots, since our weather conditions are often too cold for these tropical plants and need to be taken inside several months a year. The key is a good fertilizer and plenty of water with a well drained soil. That and sunlight, of course. Cheers.
Here are tips for growing vanilla indoors outside of the tropics. Grow it in sphagnum moss only. I have found that potting soil and even orchid potting mix does not provide enough air circulation and leads to root rot. You can by sphagnum moss in bricks from garden stores and online. Because it is a vine it needs something to climb up. I use sphagnum moss for that too, filling mesh wire and wrapping it into a pole. You need to secure it to the pole in the beginning but eventually the aerial roots will cling to the damp moss and it will climb on its own. Water once a week during winter and no more than twice a week during summer. Make sure the moss is dry before watering to prevent root rot. Keep temps at 60 or above at all times, as rot is prevalent below those temps. It can go outside during the summer on warm days. Rot can happen during the winter anyways. I just cut off the rotted portion of the stem and growth tip and it grows back in spring. Nice bright window works fine, just not too much direct sun all the time. In terms of fertilizing I add 10-10-10 osmocote balls in the moss like once a year and then use a balanced orchid fertilizer every other week. I went to a vanilla plantation in Hawaii and the guy who works there said I should add a enzymatic formula called slf 100 on the weeks I don't fertilize to prevent root rot and create a healthier plant. I am going to use it this year for the first time and see how it goes. Really not too difficult to grow indoors outside of the tropics.
@E-Nonymouse True but they still have some. The arial roots are how they cling to a support and they grow in the moss in the pot as well. Without them the plant would dry up.
@@jamestropicals8262 Bananas Are Botanically Berries As surprising as this may sound, botanically speaking, bananas are considered berries. The category a fruit falls under is determined by the part of the plant that develops into the fruit.
Coffee grounds have a high nitrogen content, along with a few other nutrients plants can use. In compost, they help create organic matter that improves the ability of soil to hold water. It's best to add coffee grounds, not whole beans, to compost. What do you think?
I live in south MS'sippi and have Bordelon banana trees that have maroon undersides on the leaves and sometimes what looks like a digital maroon camo on the top, but not always. They produce inedible bananas. The bananas are red and never get over 3-4 inches long. The trees have multiplied so much that I have to dig some up. They seem to be the only native North American variety, native to Bordelonville LA. I got mine from my mother. She got hers from a friend. They are beautiful even tho they aren't edible. I have tried several times to grow the pink edible bananas from seed, without success.
Hi there I am in Pennsylvania and just bought a banana plant. It is a dwarf plant . I am a renter so can’t really plant it in the ground. If I keep it in a large enough pot can I produce fruit from it or no?
I've been having issues of them rotting when I water alot, I figured poor drainage so repotted with a better draining soil, however I'm still having this issue it manly happens when they reach about 2 1/2 - 3 ft tall.
I imagine it takes MANY years before you get fruit. Where did you get your banana plant? One thing I’d love to know is what are some good, reliable, reputable exotic &/or tropical plant online nurseries? Yes, I use Google, but often there aren’t company reviews I can look at. Online nurseries can be hit or miss, especially when it comes to exotics & tropicals. I live in CA & I’ve never seen an avocado tree sapling or banana tree, etc @ my local nursery or home store. I can’t even find onion starts or sweet potato slips! In fact, I even have to buy more common ornamental shrubs & perennials online due to lack of plant selection locally. Sure others across the country have a similar issue. If you know of a few great online nurseries we could use for exotics, tropicals or hard to find vegetable starts, that would be a great video! Can’t wait to learn about cacao!
This would make a great app or website. Nurseries in my area are pretty pathetic too. My guess is your best bet is to look in Southern Cali probably around San Diego.
Not if you go for the Dwarf Cavendish (the only dwarf banana with edible fruit that I know of). Those "only" grow up to 10 feet (including pot), which is still big but still manageable to move around when needed.
I grow up with plenty of bananas in our backyard. My Dad actually don’t put any fertilizers but he make sure to cut all the dried leaves that were hanging and they grow like crazy. 😄
I am amazed that happens. The existing dirt must've been so high in organic matters to begin with and bio diversity that there "just happens" to have the insane nitrogen contents.
I have a basjoo banana tree small but have roots. What’s a good size self water contain can I use? Thank u great info for a first timer to do and know.
How do you separate the pups? You kind've skimmed over that part. Would you just use a knife? How long should you wait before you do this? I've got two 4-inch pups and am not sure if I should wait until spring.
I was devastated a few weeks ago, when my dog accidentally “topped” my banana tree (he was on a leash and ran around it). I was very surprised when a new leaf pushed up. It is a much smaller leaf than the previous ones-but now I am wondering if it will continue to grow. I won’t dig it up until I am sure it is dead. I don’t have enough patience, which is a challenge when you are playing a waiting game.
Had to prune my banana tree before hurricane Ian got to it. The tree survived and wasn't knocked over. I'm expecting my bananas to be finished in 2 months.
Hello Luke, i have a Cavendish banana plant that I got as a water plant. I have been growing it in the pond, and in the winter with standing water in the house. I must have a weird one because it and a pup i took off are happy plants. The parent one is about 4 feet tall and very happy. I feed it with water from the fish tank.
Thank you!!! I have been toying with the idea to grow bananas. I was going to get the pink banana from bakers creek, but did want to do a regular banana plant as well. Where did you get your banana?
I wouldn't, because that fertilizer might be a bit too acidic for your banana plant. What you could use instead is fertilizer for strawberries or tomatoes. Both pack a ton of nutrients the banana will love. Or you could use dried, 100% organic cow manure, dissolved and mixed in the water you use when watering it. He himself only fertilizes it once a month (I think he said once a month), here I give it on daily base during the summer when the pot is outside (facing south). The more nutrients it gets, the faster it will grow. During the winter, when the plant gets put inside, I fertilize once a week, since the growth will stagnate naturally due to the fact it won't get as many hours of sunlight. TIP: make sure the fertilizer you're using is 100% organic.
So I a pond in my back yard with 6 large turtles and 3 large koi fish and they are constantly producing tons of "wast" so I was wondering if I put a banana tree in a good size bucket with tons of holes drilled in it to let any water flow straight though it and then gravel at the bottom to hold everything in and then sand coconut fiber and moss at the top with a tube constantly running nutrient rich "wast" water through it 24/7 would that rot out the banana tree or would something like that work because I've done this with another plant that was just growing outside my house when we moved in and it did extremely extremely well to the point where we have to take out the entire plant because it was doing so well but I know not all plants are the same so I just wanted to know if something like this would work or if it would ruin my banana tree
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I've been doing some research on growing bananas in my greenhouse and from everything I've found, fertilizing them with fertilizer from dead plants and dropped leaves is all they really need because they are super high in potassium and phosphorous. Nitrogen doesn't seem to be a concern.
If you were to take a bit of trifecta and make compost from it, do to think it would still have a significant affect comparable to fresh? Aside from the lasting affect of the fertilizer
Here is a naive question for you. When you say sunlight, are you talking about direct sun ray or are you saying the daytime light? For example, the plant is in a well-lit room vs being a sunning day condition outside. In the Pacific Northwest, it's mostly overcast weather most of the year.
You should never cut the leaves off until they have fully turned brown the tree is sucking the nutrients from the leaves so if you cut it off it will lose those nutrients
You can buy seeds, but that's really difficult to find on your own and would definitely need to go to a local nursery. It's easier to buy a plant and get it going from there.
They're similar to grapes in that it depends on the variety, look up a banana seed on google images, they actually have a rather large seed, the ones in America have no seed at all. If you get it from seed, the fruit would have large seeds as well, so I agree you should probably order or find a pup. That way you won't get the big seed.
I have multiple banana trees, and many different kinds of them. I have started from seed, and it takes forever. A lot of times I start from big bulb looking things.
I just got a very small banana tree. Like 6 inches tall. Should I give it full sun as well. I get all paranoid about it getting too much heat. I'm in zone 9b
Give it some shade when it's that small, away from direct sunlight and heat. Put it in direct sunlight when it gets to about 1,5 foot, that way it will have strengthened up a bit more.
You said "a lot of fertilizer" and I immediately thought of Self Sufficient Me and how he buried an entire dead kangaroo under his banana tree.
Lol I remember that 😂
LOLOL Now that you mention it! Yes!
Whattttttttttt!?! I haven’t seen that video. I wonder how he even thought of that ?
being stuck at home has me really makes me want to grow something and I'm
looking into to grow at home
Another grower from Michigan here! Luke you have inspired me to attempt a blue java banana... wish me luck! As a suburban farmer in michigan, I appreciate your content.
Hi.Great video you got there. Here's some other things if you'd like to experiment with.
Fertilizer programme:
Month 1 - 5: 16:16:16 (150g/plant/month)
Month 6: MOP (100g/plant - one time application only on month 6 or when you see the last short leaf before flowering comes out) + 12:12:17:2(100g/plant/month)
Month 7 till harvest: 12:12:17:2 (150g/plant/month)
For the suckers to ensure maximum growth. 2 ways to go around it. Cut and don't dig as to not damage the roots.
First: Only keep 1 at 3 months old and another at 8 months old.
Second: Only keep one once the flower comes out.
Choose only sword suckers as this is the one with vigorous growth rate.
As for leaves. Maintain 8 leaves while growing, 6 once the flower comes out and 4(excluding the small leaves before flowering) once you cut the flower. Cut the flower around 2 inch after the last bunch.
Just sharing. Happy gardening everyone.
That's insane just how DEMANDING they are. And people says tomatoes are heavy feeders...
I know this video is a year old but I just have to say you are awesome Luke! You have so much knowledge and I am always learning from you as I have only been gardening in my small patio for the last 3 years :)
We have namwah. In California it gets over 110°. Winter gets down to 30°. They do fine. Gets couple bunches last year. 8 bunches this year.
I’ve had my drawer banana tree for about three years. I gave away about 5 pups that are almost as big and brought 2 pups from it down to Florida for my sister which we will plant in the ground this month. Still no bananas in my original, but it looks beautiful! In NJ under T5 grow lights - nice and warm in my grow room and about 70-75 humidity.
Thank you!!! I have a banana tree and knew they were heavy feeders but wasn’t quite sure how often to fertilize. Now I know. Trifecta is the best.
Great video! I have 4 dwafs and 4 Grande Naimes. I live in the northern mountains of New Mexico, so I'm growing them indoors. Probably won't do well with the Grand Naimes, but so far so good. They're in my Jaccuzi in the Ma. Bath with grow lights and they've tripled in size in a year! I just watched a video though, by a man growing bananas outdoors in some tropical location. His video was all about removing the lower leaves when the plant produces 5-7 leaves. He likes to leave the top 4. This way, he says he gets faster fruiting. His banana plants are all producing many hands of bananas at a time! I get what you said, about not pruning the TOP! But pruning the lower leaves won't kill the plant.
best gardening channel ever love it
Very cool video....just bought a small banana plant from my local Farm Boy.....now I know the do,s and don'ts...thanks
Just got an order of your seeds!!! Thank you so much for the amazing quality!!! Cant wait to do a migardner deed haul! 🤗🤗😍🌱
Where do you even get banana seeds lol
I use timberline cow manure and compost soil, my bananas seems to love that soil
Oooh! I just love this new Tropical plants series! Have you ever considered growing finger limes? I am planning on turning a portion of my garage into an indoors garden (because Canadian weather is not friendly to a lot of plants I would like to grow) but I have trouble finding good information on them. They just seem like such an interesting fruit to grow! Love your channel, and I can't wait to see your garden this spring!
Everytime I see a pup I take it out and replant it in a pot I got over 100 banana trees lol and over 100 orange trees and like 30 to40 pecan trees lol
Frank Gonzales please share how
Geeze I wish I did!
That banana is tiny. Are you dsure that you know how to grow them ?
Are you getting fruit ok your potted bananas? And how big are your pots for full grown banana pants?
Thank you for the video. I dont have that type, but I have some pink banana variety
This year could you please show us how to save cauliflower, beets,cabbage and tomatillo seeds in seed saving series?
I'm NE of Houston and currently I have a blue Java banana tree growing in my back yard, it's in a 16.5 ish gallon pot of happy frog organic soil, I'm currently using Jack's all purpose nuts + a little calmag + and some pro-tekt about once a week or whenever the soil looks dry. Temps are staying in the lower 90s and get full sun during the day
Will this pot be big enough for it to mature and fruit? It's currently about 2' above the soil level and growing rapidly and very happy
I enjoyed your video it made me a little less worried about growing a banana tree
Very interesting but, I would like to see some of the final results. Thank you.
Great advice. I’ve just got my first Banana Plant (Musa basjoo) and it’s doing well . (Ireland)
9:10 well actually you can.. if you chop you bananas back if there to tall
in a few hours they will already begin seeing a center pop up… and
a leaf will unravel in a week or two a new leaf will be out! That’s what I do if they get to tall for overwintering indoors .. just chop them back a bit and they will re grow!🤩
Hey, surprise! I am from a sub-tropical Island (a great banana producer) and lo! Bananas in containers!!!! I'm going to try that definitely and see the result. We're actually going thru a sort of banana epidemic (Panama disease?) and they are getting scarcer even here. I'll definitely try to nurse a few trees in pots and see...
thanks for the tips that was interesting to know I have a cousin that grows banana trees she built a greenhouse outside and keeps the banana tree In the greenhouse In the winter time
I just use the fertilizer from my moms dead plants lol
Hahahaha! That’s awesome!
These are great examples of food I'm curious to learn to grow. Except for cocoa tree. I used to work on the fields when I was 5 years old in honduras🤩🤩🤩🤩😀😀
your intro music is so calming and relaxing.
I love your videos, and appreciate you so much. I bought your book and seeds. But I am wondering if you can actually get fruit in a small pot like that? It doesn't seem doable to me. I grew plenty of bananas in Hawaii... so easy there. I grow them here in zone 8B Georgia outside. I get tiny fruits that never mature. I plan to move some babies to a sunny spot and hopefully get some fruit. Thanks! 😘
Luke can we do Maringa? I'm in zone 5 and I have conquered the fig...I have a Mango seed started...banana and avocado next...oh my MIGARDENER SEEDS came today...woop woop...happy granny...lol...Cara in Indiana
my avocado trees are 3 years old and as many feet tall. They're branching too. I'm gonna have to prune them to keep them dwarf pretty soon. I had much better luck with the big green monster avocados.
In tropical Aus, banana plants are often planted at the end or around the septic trench. I realise it may sound gross but that is not in contact with the actual fruit and supplies the water and nutrients.
That's insane indeed, bananas as your "bio filter" hahaha.
Been keeping mine outside for the summer. It needs water everyday, or it wilts. It is growing very well, and already has a couple pups growing.
Yeah im more interested in growing the leaves, they can be used in cooking or even as plates. A home grown banana would be super awesome though
There actually is an edible banana that would probably be cold hardy in Michigan. It's called California Gold and with mulching and frost cloth the pseudostem can survive down to 20. You can cut off the very top of the banana plant and it will grow new leaves in spring from the center of the crown. The only way a banana dies from pruning is if you cut off the banana below the flower stem that was forming inside of the pseudostem. I have one in my garden bed here in Portland, Oregon and it seems fine underneath the frost cloth. Also, because it's a dwarf variety it will fruit smaller than some bananas. I have read that it is more of a plantain in terms of taste but I will see for myself if my plant fruits.
That's very interesting that there are bananas that you can eat that lives just fine with 20F if frost protected.
Were you able to successfully fruit it?
No. It died but I got a new one and I am going to let it grow a pup before transplanting the bigger one into my yard to try again.
@nicholashoffnagle2396 Aww okay, good luck with this one! I've been playing with the idea of getting a dwarf fruiting banana tree for a year now and growing indoors. I don't have the ideal light conditions so I'm constantly just wondering what I would need and how other people have done before investing money. Thanks for replying!
I need a greenhouse!
1: where did you get the banana starter plants. 2: did you get decent fruit?
That’s what I’d like to know too!
Are you going to do an update on your tropical plants? Did you get your bananas to fruit? Just curious. I have some bananas (apple and blue java) going now and wondering how yours are going.
Our banana plant is three years old this year and it put out 4 pups we relocated.We feed it fish emulsion and keep it in a sunny south window.Hopefully we will get our fruit this year.
Three years?! They usually fruit in about a year approximately (well at least where I live)
@@alcatelkey I am in Colorado and it is a dwarf variety I purchased from Amazon.
Oh alright then. Did they say how long it's supposed to take?
@@alcatelkey 3 years
Geez. That's a long time to wait for bananas. I guess I'm a little spoiled when it comes to that fruit specifically.
Would love to see your tropical collection in an update now!
Great Information. My two banana plants were outside in the ground and lost their leaves during an unexpected freeze.I thought they would die by
spring but they regrew their leaves. Wondering if I can transplant them before winter zone 8. And how big of a pot do I need before the fruit.
I would like to see a answer to this question
60 degrees will definitly not hurt the plant in any way. I would say 40 and under they should be put inside to be on the safe size. I grow bananas in the ground in a high elevation desert. Days are allways warm, but the nights dip to 34 or so for several weeks untill winter is over. Those bananas fruit and are dominican strain.
I have a big grand nain banana plant growing in a huge pot and it put out a flag leaf and it now has the flower bud coming out
Have you ever successfully had a banana tree fruit in a pot? I live in Hawaii where it is super easy to grow bananas in the ground, but they take over your space very quickly. Since I have limited in ground space, I decided to try and grow a dwarf banana variety in a 25 gallon pot. It didn’t fruit after 5 years so I gave up and put it in the ground. It now is doing great. I just have to control the spreading by cutting off the pups when there are too many.
Yes, it's absolute possible. Specially the Dwarf Cavendish. Several people her in Belgium and the Netherlands have grown these plants with great success, and managed to have tons of bananas after 4 years. All the plants are growing in pots, since our weather conditions are often too cold for these tropical plants and need to be taken inside several months a year. The key is a good fertilizer and plenty of water with a well drained soil. That and sunlight, of course.
Cheers.
@@TheOpelkoenjas Make senses! As long as the roots got what they need, they can grow in super "restricted" containers/area.
Can you do one on vanilla?
Right!
Vanilla is a vine in the orchid family.
Here are tips for growing vanilla indoors outside of the tropics. Grow it in sphagnum moss only. I have found that potting soil and even orchid potting mix does not provide enough air circulation and leads to root rot. You can by sphagnum moss in bricks from garden stores and online. Because it is a vine it needs something to climb up. I use sphagnum moss for that too, filling mesh wire and wrapping it into a pole. You need to secure it to the pole in the beginning but eventually the aerial roots will cling to the damp moss and it will climb on its own. Water once a week during winter and no more than twice a week during summer. Make sure the moss is dry before watering to prevent root rot. Keep temps at 60 or above at all times, as rot is prevalent below those temps. It can go outside during the summer on warm days. Rot can happen during the winter anyways. I just cut off the rotted portion of the stem and growth tip and it grows back in spring. Nice bright window works fine, just not too much direct sun all the time. In terms of fertilizing I add 10-10-10 osmocote balls in the moss like once a year and then use a balanced orchid fertilizer every other week. I went to a vanilla plantation in Hawaii and the guy who works there said I should add a enzymatic formula called slf 100 on the weeks I don't fertilize to prevent root rot and create a healthier plant. I am going to use it this year for the first time and see how it goes. Really not too difficult to grow indoors outside of the tropics.
@@nicholashoffnagle2396 Vanilla orchids don't really have much root to begin with.
@E-Nonymouse True but they still have some. The arial roots are how they cling to a support and they grow in the moss in the pot as well. Without them the plant would dry up.
Bananas are my favorite type of berry
They are not a berry…
@@jamestropicals8262 so easy to check so check or open your mouth and we’ll…yes berries
@@randykephart3661 I opened my mouth and said NOT a berry
@@jamestropicals8262 Bananas Are Botanically Berries
As surprising as this may sound, botanically speaking, bananas are considered berries. The category a fruit falls under is determined by the part of the plant that develops into the fruit.
@@randykephart3661 Berries grow on small plants or shrubs, bananas are completely different from berries
I like the bananas you grow
Any updates of progress on your banana plants in pots and the size of their fruit?
Thank you soooooo much for this, you're the best!
Coffee grounds have a high nitrogen content, along with a few other nutrients plants can use. In compost, they help create organic matter that improves the ability of soil to hold water. It's best to add coffee grounds, not whole beans, to compost.
What do you think?
This is great I wanted info about growing bananas
I live in south MS'sippi and have Bordelon banana trees that have maroon undersides on the leaves and sometimes what looks like a digital maroon camo on the top, but not always. They produce inedible bananas. The bananas are red and never get over 3-4 inches long. The trees have multiplied so much that I have to dig some up. They seem to be the only native North American variety, native to Bordelonville LA. I got mine from my mother. She got hers from a friend. They are beautiful even tho they aren't edible. I have tried several times to grow the pink edible bananas from seed, without success.
You can’t really grow bananas from seed. Always start with a mother or sword sucker pup. Not a water sucker pup! Water suckers don’t fruit.
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Kool man great vid
Thank you! Now I know what I have been doing wrong with mine. Hopefully I can get some bananas from it now.
It takes about 4 years for a banana plant to produce a flower (and banana). ;)
Watch self sufficient me's bideo on growing a ton of bananas.
He is more thorough on the how to part
Love these vids!!! Thank you!!!
Bananas are surprisingly cold tolerant. Most varieties are fine down to 35 degrees for short periods.
Very interesting, probably enough to heat store for warmer zones and to LIMIT how much ACTIVE heating in others.
Hi there I am in Pennsylvania and just bought a banana plant. It is a dwarf plant . I am a renter so can’t really plant it in the ground. If I keep it in a large enough pot can I produce fruit from it or no?
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Vietnamese coriander is my recommendations. But it only takes a few weeks for an adult plant to grow from a few cuttings.
Now I want to build a massive tropical greenhouse.
I’m loving these videos :-D
They like volcanic rock dust also as it supplies the plants with essential trace elements.
I've been having issues of them rotting when I water alot, I figured poor drainage so repotted with a better draining soil, however I'm still having this issue it manly happens when they reach about 2 1/2 - 3 ft tall.
Ah I believe my main issue is it's slightly too cold. Appreciate what you do, keep on keeping on 👍
Can you use worm casting for fertilizer
I imagine it takes MANY years before you get fruit. Where did you get your banana plant? One thing I’d love to know is what are some good, reliable, reputable exotic &/or tropical plant online nurseries? Yes, I use Google, but often there aren’t company reviews I can look at. Online nurseries can be hit or miss, especially when it comes to exotics & tropicals. I live in CA & I’ve never seen an avocado tree sapling or banana tree, etc @ my local nursery or home store. I can’t even find onion starts or sweet potato slips! In fact, I even have to buy more common ornamental shrubs & perennials online due to lack of plant selection locally. Sure others across the country have a similar issue. If you know of a few great online nurseries we could use for exotics, tropicals or hard to find vegetable starts, that would be a great video! Can’t wait to learn about cacao!
This would make a great app or website. Nurseries in my area are pretty pathetic too.
My guess is your best bet is to look in Southern Cali probably around San Diego.
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If you are growing these in Michigan, how are you going to get the banana to full size? Won't it get 10+ feet tall and sometimes taller?
Not if you go for the Dwarf Cavendish (the only dwarf banana with edible fruit that I know of). Those "only" grow up to 10 feet (including pot), which is still big but still manageable to move around when needed.
I grow up with plenty of bananas in our backyard. My Dad actually don’t put any fertilizers but he make sure to cut all the dried leaves that were hanging and they grow like crazy. 😄
I am amazed that happens. The existing dirt must've been so high in organic matters to begin with and bio diversity that there "just happens" to have the insane nitrogen contents.
How tall will your mahoii banana tree get and where can I find one to purchase?
“The humidity prevents the temperature from getting above 100 degrees.” I guess you’ve never been to Houston in the summer. ;-)
I have a basjoo banana tree small but have roots. What’s a good size self water contain can I use? Thank u great info for a first timer to do and know.
How do you separate the pups? You kind've skimmed over that part. Would you just use a knife? How long should you wait before you do this? I've got two 4-inch pups and am not sure if I should wait until spring.
I was devastated a few weeks ago, when my dog accidentally “topped” my banana tree (he was on a leash and ran around it). I was very surprised when a new leaf pushed up. It is a much smaller leaf than the previous ones-but now I am wondering if it will continue to grow. I won’t dig it up until I am sure it is dead. I don’t have enough patience, which is a challenge when you are playing a waiting game.
It sounds like it will live. Banana plants are basically a grass.
Please do another video when you get fruit
Had to prune my banana tree before hurricane Ian got to it. The tree survived and wasn't knocked over. I'm expecting my bananas to be finished in 2 months.
Is it possible to grow bananas in Arizona? Idk if like 90 to 80 degrees would be too much for the process of growing bananas,
Plant it in shade.
Hello Luke, i have a Cavendish banana plant that I got as a water plant. I have been growing it in the pond, and in the winter with standing water in the house. I must have a weird one because it and a pup i took off are happy plants. The parent one is about 4 feet tall and very happy. I feed it with water from the fish tank.
Does that variety produce fruit? Thanks!
@@Sharon-qy8ml I have never got fruit but we have a very short growing season here
@@pepperbasenji1425 thank you!
Thank you!!! I have been toying with the idea to grow bananas. I was going to get the pink banana from bakers creek, but did want to do a regular banana plant as well. Where did you get your banana?
Is it ok to use fruit and citrus fertilizer on banana trees?
I wouldn't, because that fertilizer might be a bit too acidic for your banana plant. What you could use instead is fertilizer for strawberries or tomatoes. Both pack a ton of nutrients the banana will love. Or you could use dried, 100% organic cow manure, dissolved and mixed in the water you use when watering it. He himself only fertilizes it once a month (I think he said once a month), here I give it on daily base during the summer when the pot is outside (facing south). The more nutrients it gets, the faster it will grow. During the winter, when the plant gets put inside, I fertilize once a week, since the growth will stagnate naturally due to the fact it won't get as many hours of sunlight. TIP: make sure the fertilizer you're using is 100% organic.
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What is the name of the fertilizer you use? Thank-you, you think Bananas would do good in Arizona???
He makes and sells his fertilizer on his website, Trifecta + is the name of the product. Hope this helps even though you asked this a month ago!
I just received a banana bulb from my neighbor. It has a 2 ft stalk. Do I leave the stalk or cut it. And, if so, how much do I cut. It's in a pot now.
So I a pond in my back yard with 6 large turtles and 3 large koi fish and they are constantly producing tons of "wast" so I was wondering if I put a banana tree in a good size bucket with tons of holes drilled in it to let any water flow straight though it and then gravel at the bottom to hold everything in and then sand coconut fiber and moss at the top with a tube constantly running nutrient rich "wast" water through it 24/7 would that rot out the banana tree or would something like that work because I've done this with another plant that was just growing outside my house when we moved in and it did extremely extremely well to the point where we have to take out the entire plant because it was doing so well but I know not all plants are the same so I just wanted to know if something like this would work or if it would ruin my banana tree
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I've been doing some research on growing bananas in my greenhouse and from everything I've found, fertilizing them with fertilizer from dead plants and dropped leaves is all they really need because they are super high in potassium and phosphorous. Nitrogen doesn't seem to be a concern.
If you were to take a bit of trifecta and make compost from it, do to think it would still have a significant affect comparable to fresh? Aside from the lasting affect of the fertilizer
Do you keep a plant food chart on your plants?
I am testing out a blue java banana plant.
I just got the banana seeds, how I will plant it?
Here is a naive question for you. When you say sunlight, are you talking about direct sun ray or are you saying the daytime light? For example, the plant is in a well-lit room vs being a sunning day condition outside. In the Pacific Northwest, it's mostly overcast weather most of the year.
direct sunlight, filtered light is much different.
what brand pots are you using luke?
How many gallons would be the ideal or minimum size container
Another awesome video Luke .. Call you the garden guru with science 🧪 facts
Thanks again .. Always appreciate
You should never cut the leaves off until they have fully turned brown the tree is sucking the nutrients from the leaves so if you cut it off it will lose those nutrients
You can cut some leaves off for faster growth
If they like lots of sunshine, can they handle heat like in the desert?
In my yard plants are either green or dead, the later is never far away.
Can you do a video on how to contain a banana tree in one area and rid the stumps?
Can I use Milorganite for a nitrogen fertilizer?
How do you start the plants??? Like do you use seeds?? If so how do you get them
There right by the pool thou lol so they get alot of water and sun light for sure its a natural thing thou
How do you start a banana plant? Seed?
C. H. You need a pup. Most bananas are sterile
You can buy seeds, but that's really difficult to find on your own and would definitely need to go to a local nursery.
It's easier to buy a plant and get it going from there.
They're similar to grapes in that it depends on the variety, look up a banana seed on google images, they actually have a rather large seed, the ones in America have no seed at all. If you get it from seed, the fruit would have large seeds as well, so I agree you should probably order or find a pup. That way you won't get the big seed.
@@JustinCalpito maybe you could explain or show us an image of a "pup" is. Thank you.
I have multiple banana trees, and many different kinds of them. I have started from seed, and it takes forever. A lot of times I start from big bulb looking things.
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I just got a very small banana tree. Like 6 inches tall. Should I give it full sun as well. I get all paranoid about it getting too much heat. I'm in zone 9b
Give it some shade when it's that small, away from direct sunlight and heat. Put it in direct sunlight when it gets to about 1,5 foot, that way it will have strengthened up a bit more.