Divide & Propagate Banana Plants- Free Bananas For Life! 

I put a banana plant in the ground and shortly afterwards got some cold and wet whether. The plant rotted and fell over. I thought it was gone but a few weeks later it came back and started growing again.

Hahaha I just watched this and went out in my yard and dug out 2 pups and moved them to their own space. I did, however, put my shoes on. Normally I just wear flip fops everywhere. Thanks for the watering tip.

I was just perusing through videos and came across yours and thought I'd drop a comment. I used to have an apartment in Shreveport, LA which is in the northern part of the state. This apartment had a small patio with a couple of spaces not covered in concrete. I decided to give it a tropical flair and put down bananas (Musa paradiscica) and elephant ears, both Alocasia and Colocasia, after I had thoroughtly plowed the native soil. I didn't add anything to the soil or fertilize, but MAN did I get gigantic plants! I trimmed it with lariope and seasonally planted impatiens and begonias for color each year. I took some pictures at the end of the summer when all the plants had peaked and brought the pics to work. My co-workers were raving and wanting me to landscape their yards! Great channel and good luck. Just keep crankinig out interesting videos. 🌱🌴

Thanks for this video. I have like 11 small pups on my potted puerto Rican plantain tree! (Very similar to a banana tree.). They each just have one leaf. I removed two but also broke two. I think the optimal size is to let it grow at least maybe as thick as a quarter so I can pry them out. Even digging with my fingers they are very delicate and the stem is likely to break.

Great vid for us those that love banana plants. 🍌

Tht pops sounded so satisfying 4:14

Thank you so much for talking in your video.

This video was very helpful! My son and I just went and pulled out 2 pups and put them in the front yard! We will be watching ur other videos thanks!

I like the advice on cutting the pup leaves to promote more root growth. Thanks dude and happy gardening!

So simple and fun. Great video and explanation! Thank you!

OSHA approved flip flips. 🤣

I like the straight long type blade shovel to cut down then the curve when pup is too close together.

Thanks

Great video

I have a cavendish and a blue ice cream, haven’t gotten any fruit yet. I was watching another video of somebody talking about what he called “water pups” pretty much banana trees that suck up nutrients and almost produce little to no fruit at all. Do you think this is just a variety thing or are not all banana pups created equal? I’ve lost the initial mother plant on both and I am hoping that the tree growing now will actually produce lol.

I have a banana tree in a 5 gallon bucket with a pup coming up. The mother was “pulled out of the ground” last summer or so and is about 4’ tall after being stuck in the utility room last year because it gets pretty cold for a couple days in 7b. If this thing gets 12’ tall and doesn’t fruit this year, do I want to cut it all the way down, or can I cut the top off and be good?

We are in zone 8. We cut them back to about 18” and covered with straw for the winter. Found out later others in my are just cut back below bottom leaf. My question is two of the fastest are full of water but no new growth yet, others are fine. Do we wait to see or dig out?

Hi me again. I just separated my Cavendish Banana into 3. So far so good. Thank you for this video!!! During the winter do you cut down or leave alone until spring clean up

Sunday 14th July 2024 1 Am watching from Kolkata India

Good video on how to remove a sucker (pups are baby dogs) from its mother corm. I suspect you already know that this one was left to grow for too long. Also, instead of cutting away the leaves only, you might want to completely cut away the whole stem at 12 inches above ground.

What time of thee year is best to do this? Looks like you posted this video in mid August last year, is this the right time to dig up pups? Thanks for this great vide BTW!

great video man! how have you been liking all this rain lately? what part of the valley are you in?

Do the transplanted pups turn into mother trees or grow a corm or whatever so it can keep growing after the pup fruits and dies?

Great info, I’ve got to try growing bananas and thank you for sharing.

I moved my tiny banana to a giant pot and its stopped growing? Its still green though.

Need help! I separated some banana pups and when replanting the leaf that was growing is not, I had to chop one in half and it started growing again. Am I gonna have to do that with all the pups I separated? They all had a lot of roots.

Question! When transplanting a banana tree, do you prune the top off? If so how low do you go? I topped mine off since the leaves die out anyway, and it looks like the top is hard and dry, making it difficult for the new leaf to come out.

Does it need to be that big of a pup to start separating it and re planting?

How many days it took to grow it's own new leave back after being propagated?

I did this BEFORE watching your video & came up with a stalk w/no roots! What do I do with it now?😢

🍌🌴🍌🌿🍌THANKS FOR SHARING!!! JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW!!! ... HOWEVER, I'M BASICALLY USING MINE FOR THE DECORATIONS THEY ADD TO MY YARD; BUT LORD KNOWS I WOULD WELCOME MY OWN HEALTHY, HOMEGROWN BANANAS 🍌 🌿 🍌 🌴🍌🤓👍🏽🙋🏽

Hello GN, Do you know if its wise to remove pups and more mature shoots while one of the shoots is starting to fruit? Working with a neglected plant and would like to see the fruit succeed.

how do you deal with a banana bending over (no fruit) - I suspect rot. What can be done?

Would it be easier to use a sharp shooter or flat blade shovel…with shoes on? If I did that I’d surely cut my foot! Lol

I tried to propagate mine and I’m afraid I damaged the roots. Will it root if I put it in soil?

If a banana tree has broken in half, can the top half be saved?

Great instructions. Here's mine, wear proper shoes to set good habits and safety.

I've never understood the concept of cutting off the leaves for roots to grow. The plant needs the leaves to photosynthesize energy, and energy will be needed if root cells are dividing and growing.

5:03 5:30

How to change a male banana plant into a female plant

The whole idea of me watching it was to see how it's transplanted and what you must do to prepare it thanks for a crap video