You can grow it outside. I live in Ontario Canada and this plant can grow as high as your house. You can leave it out in the winter but you have to cut it down and cover it. You can uncover it in June. It's an awesome plant.
Ok I'm literally in awe right now. I cannot believe it grew that fast and how much water it needs!! I just bought a Dwarf Cavendish banana tree. I live in Sweden so it'll be a little experiment to see how much supplemental lighting it will need. Thanks for the video!
This is great. Ive been doing this for years in Wisconsin. Friends of mine wanted them out of their yard in Texas so I grabbed a root ball, and by the time I got home, it was growing in the Bag I put in in for transport. I put mine outside during the summer, but you grow this thing to massive size in doors. I've gotten it produce twice. And I cut the stalk down to about 1 food tall and let it start over. And start over it will. If it gets too big for your house, just chop it down, and it will growq back. :)
I grow them outside in Florida and started with one and have about 30 a few years later. Only one of the 3-4 years did a light winter allow fruit to develop. This year I expect abundance.
Banana Tree is the top in producing oxygen with its BIG GREEN LEAVES in the world ! Love this tree. I am from Bangladesh and we have more than 300 different species of Banan tree.
I'm so glad I watched this. I was watering my banana plant maybe half a gallon once a week and wondering why it was doing poorly! I just ran and poured a half gallon in it after seeing this video. Its about 2 feet tall but not as leafy as yours looked in its early stages. I also moved my humidifier closer to it.
I just bought two cold hardy banana tree before I saw your video. I am more excited to see what happens to mine now after watching your documentary. Well done. I am on Long Island so I have to keep my plant indoors during the winter as well. Again good job on the video.
I grew a banana tree in my room growing up in England. The problem was that after about two years it completed its life-cycle and the main part died, and it started growing again from the bottom.
@@nrrbull few species produce edible bananas, most of them are grown for their amazing foliage. If you need to have flower and edible banana, you'll need to find a musa acuminata (the best) or a musa Balbisiana or better : an hybrid of the two. Its also quite important to get a dwraf cultivar like ''grand nain'' ou '' double mohai'' In pot with good care, you can expect your banana plant to flower aroud 3 years old.
Ah yes , but you have to educate the public, I used to run a tropical house with a huge Banana in it and it really annoyed me when visitors walk through and said banana tree. we watered ours 10 hours a day on a fast drip and had leaves 9foot long and 3 wide
I'm amazed at the water consumption The growth rate Perfect foliage In a Minnesota basement Well done What was the grow light? This video doesn't show up on my viewing of your 58 video playlist, instead I found it via Minnesota Basjoo But I was already a subscriber Where does the Banana reside now?
Thanks for the time spent making this video. Very informative. I have a musa growing hydroponically. I can't bring it indoors for the winter because of space. Do you know how I can winterize it till spring. Take note the the roots are dirt free from growing in nutrient solution. It's about 4ft tall and the roots are over 2ft long.
Oh how cool is that ! I’m here because I went grocery shopping yesterday and they had bananas 🍌 trees for 8$ a foot tall I couldn’t pass it up tfs this is very cool I already have plant lights
Awesome ! I have bought my first one yesterday and olanted it in my garden, but i am in zone 7b so i don't have to worry too much about protecting it in the winter.
Yellow on the leaves indicates too much water. Maybe cut back to 1-1/2 to 2 gallons a day. Needs weekly fertilizer. Bananas are very hungry! Especially if you'd like to get some bananas!
I would be curious to know what type of potting medium you grew this in? It had to be a well draining mix to consume 2 1/2-3 gallons of water daily. I know these consume lots of water.
I just planted an ornamental banana tree, (Musa zebrina), in my front flower bed, and it's about two and a half feet tall. I'm in Fort Worth Texas, and I've never tried to plant and grow anything ever. Your video was really cool, I enjoyed it.
If this is a Basjoo it can resist winter temperatures down to -20° F when properly mulched. Start removing the new growth if this is a fruiting type. Also, remove the foliage from the bottom and you can cut the leaf in half, the ones touching the ceiling. That will help the plant. A little grooming and she should be able to be planted outside during the winter. Start acclimating the plant now before the real cold begins.
I just started to try and grow a banana tree too and I'm in nor thing MN. Mine isn't even close to the size your is and we just transplanted the offspring today (07/26/15). I am hoping mine take off soon. Did you get bananas yet from yours?
I have one indoors in MN too but it's different. No real trunk, just canopy coming out of the pot. It's 22 years old and about the same size as yours and I only water it 1 gallon every 2-3 WEEKS! The leaves look exactly like yours but I sort of wonder if mine is something other species? I originally heard it called bird of paradise. Anyway, mine is drooping lately, still very green but droopy, not sure what the problem is.
I planted a banana tree in a self watering pot and only watered once and its turning yellow from over watering. Its been over a week lol and you say over a gallon a day🙃
I have two looking after a friend's o my they are getting so tall they have taking over my dinning room hurry up spring so I can get them back to my friend , but I must say I love to see them grow,
My banana tree has this thing that it has a nice and healthy leaf, and then in like a day the stem that is holding the leaf goes brown and starts drooping down. What does that mean?
if they are planted out doors in sandy soil, water at will because the plant will only take what it wants. if the soil is not sandy be careful not to cause the roots to get water logged.
Like this video...ive been thinking about getting one as an indoor plant... wasn't sure how fast they grew... your time line gave a perfect perspective, short and informative... like it!!... thanks... Now where'd you order it? ... lol
... bet you could find a baby plant around ... and should love your environment as well ... best of luck...look in the garden centers too...local greenhouse may give you a baby plant if you just asked for one ...
I have palm trees I'm going to get a banana tree we live in zone 6 we planted them with no protection right now it's 3 feet tall doing very well it is very cold some leaves died and fell of but regrowed in the spring producing a little bit of fruit🍊 we will soon buy a banana tree I can't wait!😎 soon 🌴🌱=🍌🍊🍓🍅🍇🍉🍍🍒🍑🍈🍋🍐🍎🍏 we will have a big party!!🎂🎁🎊🎉wooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😃
My banana plant leaves get lots of water drops on them and I read that is a sign of too much water. I only water mine with a few cups of water once a week. Did yours get water droplets on the leaves with how much you watered it?
Its crazy it took that long for it to grow more Lil guys. I had mine for about 6 months and it was growing like a new Lil guy every other day. By the end when i gave up on my plant there was a total of like 12 that grew out, i regret leaving my plant and wish i still had it. I was still in high school and my moms boyfriend kept messing with it almost acting like if i knew nothing about caring for plants
Why not transplant it outside during summer?., i live in Macedonia i have a banana through winter kept it inside, in spring transplant it in garden and now its doing amazing, with lots of new shoots!!!! Bananas are not for pots, they like a looooot of nutrition and only earth can give that. But yours looks great,, hope it gives you fruit thus summer :p
Banana plants can grow easily in pots. They don't care about being root bounded at all. Concerning the nutrition: when watering them give them a bio fertilizer at the same time. Done.
