Musa Basjoo Cold Hardy Banana Mega Guide - Everything you wanted to know and some stuff you didn't

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Welcome to the ultimate guide to growing Musa Basjoo bananas, the cold-hardy variety you can cultivate right in your own backyard! If you're looking to add a touch of the tropics to your garden, even in cold climates, then this video is for you.
0:00 - Musa Basjoo Cold Hardy Banana
1:10 - Anatomy of banana plants
3:12 - Grow Zone
4:11 - Winterizing
7:33 - Timing of growth
8:53 - Sunlight requirements
9:31 - Watering
10:57 - Planting in the ground
12:00 - Growing in pots
13:06 - Transplanting
15:44 - Growth Rate
19:03 - Foliage and Flowers
21:53 - Edible Bananas?
24:11 - Post fruit plant life
25:48 - Fertilizing
27:53 - Trimming
29:50 - Propagation
31:56 - When to separate pups
34:30 - Pups and plant energy
36:07 - Sword Suckers vs. Water Suckers
38:32 - Other Details
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Musa Basjoo, also known as the Japanese fiber banana, isn't just a pretty face. It's a tough herb (yes, not a tree!) that can withstand chillier zones from 5 to 11. It's the pseudostem that gives it height, but it's the corm that's the lifeblood, feeding the plant from under the soil.
Winterizing is key. While the leaves will succumb to frost, the secret lies in protecting the corm and roots. In mild winters like in Seattle, a simple mulch blanket does the trick, or for more care, wrap them up or build a leaf-filled cage for insulation.
Sunlight, water, and nutrients are the holy trinity for maximum growth. In ideal conditions, these giants can shoot up to 16-18 feet! They'll grow as long as it's above freezing (although slowly if it's cold), with established plants capable of several inches per day in warm weather.
Watering is just as crucial. Too much and they'll drown, too little and they'll stunt. Balance based on sun exposure and soil drainage, and consider a drip system for consistent moisture.
When planting, enrich the soil with organic matter for nutrient boost and consider a deeper placement for the corm in colder regions. Pots work too, but remember, they're less cold-hardy and will be more contained.
Transplanting is a breeze with these forgiving plants. Keep them hydrated post-move, and don't fret if the original plant seems to struggle. Pups will eventually spring forth from the corm even if the main plant dies.
Expect flowers after good growth, which, while not the prettiest bananas, are a thrilling milestone. Don't expect supermarket sweetness, though. These bananas are more for the experience than the taste.
As for the plant itself, once it flowers, that stem's time is up. Cut it back without fear, and if you're a neat freak, digging out the stump can tidy up but may affect future pups.
Speaking of pups, they're your ticket to more plants! They'll pop up around the base, ready to be separated once they've got their own roots. But timing is everything - too soon, and they might not make it.
Lastly, don't worry about pruning too much. These plants can take a trim without a hitch, and it'll actually benefit their health and growth.
So there you have it! With these tips, you're ready to turn your garden into a banana paradise. If you're craving more green-thumb knowledge, or if you've got a burning question, drop a comment below. And don't forget to share this video with your fellow garden enthusiasts - let's spread the tropical vibes!
Happy growing!
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@CathyFlo Месяц назад

You really did a great job of explaining this subject. Very detailed and the images helpd. Thank you. I have 1 and I am looking forward to multiplying it

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!!

@Badg0r 3 месяца назад

Thank you! I've grown these for years in pots. This is the first year I've ordered 3 of them to go in the ground. Our garden is ready for it. It was very informative.

@vibonitatropics 3 месяца назад

Glad it helped!

@thedomestead3546 2 месяца назад

Best on the subject on RU-vid ❤ Good work

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@deep6301 2 месяца назад

Your bamboo really grew!

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

It put on about 2 feet last year.

@gigigennaro3303 23 дня назад

Great job. I have these and needed information. You gave a LOT without all the nonsense. Thank you.

@vibonitatropics 23 дня назад

Glad it was useful!

@takasmaka820 20 дней назад

Interesting video thank you

@vibonitatropics 20 дней назад

💚

@albuterol71 4 месяца назад

very nice!!

@vibonitatropics 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@836dmar 21 день назад

Excellent info and great sound quality. Thanks!

@vibonitatropics 20 дней назад

Thanks!

@barbarastefani254 Месяц назад

Thank you for the info was very useful

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Glad it helped.

@kennycaughlin 3 месяца назад

Fantastic info bud - great job - you seem like a really smart guy

@vibonitatropics 3 месяца назад

Thanks! Been doing this several years now and always trying things to learn new tricks.

@jefflever2964 Месяц назад

10/10 video!

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Thanks!

@zakzak5995 2 месяца назад

Thank you

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

😁

@markchitty6505 3 месяца назад

Just found this great vid... loads of info, and your Banana plants are fantastic ...

@vibonitatropics 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the feedback!

@markchitty6505 3 месяца назад

@@vibonitatropics Here on the south coast in the UK we are the same zone 8 / 8a... I only planted bananas for the first time this year, and really looking forward to see them grow into the specimens you have :)

@vibonitatropics 3 месяца назад

Water, sun, and fertilizer are your friend!

@BornFreeFilms 6 месяцев назад

Very nice video. I bought 2 a few months ago and I am keeping them inside until spring. One died, the other is growing well. Thanks for refreshing all my research. I am also in zone 8a in east Texas.

@vibonitatropics 6 месяцев назад

I have bad luck with baby bananas indoors for the winter. I've had several not survive, although the bigger ones do well. I'm facing the same with some Musa namwahs I ordered in the fall. Of 4, one has died and one more is well on its way to dying. One looks like it will soon join them and the 4th still looks ok. Here's hoping to survival of yours!

@BornFreeFilms 6 месяцев назад

@@vibonitatropics Best wishes for you and yours too. Thanks

@ericnyamu9981 Месяц назад

Thank you so much

@ericnyamu9981 Месяц назад

Though I didnt know triple h loved farming

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

😁 Wrestling and bananas is what I do... need to start some plant videos with me blowing water into the air.

@takasmaka820 20 дней назад

39:45 no peeing 😂

@vibonitatropics 20 дней назад

It's an important rule 😁

@thomasenglish1 3 месяца назад

Great video man!! Thanks for the information! Question: Would the roots of the basjoo puncture a pond liner?

@vibonitatropics 3 месяца назад

I would not plant these too close to a pond liner. They don't spread really far, but I would keep them a couple feet away. I've had them destroy some of my raised boxes because I let them get too close and they pushed up through the bottom and split the wood.

@KateDeBellis Месяц назад

Does this info apply to the Red banana (Ensete ventricosum) as well? What, if any differences are there? I just bought two and they are about 2 feet tall and in pots right now. I will probably try to take them inside during my zone 5b winter and plant in the ground next spring.

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Mostly. I have 2 larger ensetes as well. Propagation works differently for the ensete - corm division is the easiest way. You'll get many ensetes by doing a corm division (I get 20+ from a single plant) where you'll only get 4-6 max off a Musa basjoo. The ensete's corm sits higher than the Musa basjoo, so protection if you try and overwinter in the ground is a bit different (I just dig mine out and store dormant). Trimming, water, fertilizer, they both get the same treatment.

@AngelaShilling-qc6yu Месяц назад

Amazing video Thankyou so much I’m on the south coast of England and am just watching my first banana plant grow after planting for the first time last year. Thought it had died. You have given me a lot of confidence to get more tropical plants. Bamboo is my next favourite. Hope you have videos about that. Can’t wait to watch your next one . Very grateful to you

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Thanks for the comment! I have a few bamboo related videos although not quite this in depth. You can grow alot in Southern England. Weather there is very similar to where I'm at.

@jdaley1lawman Месяц назад

GREAT share of info THANK YOU! 🎉 I have a plant I bought last year and kept in pot for one season and now planted but never yet a pup to grow from this one and I don’t know if this is accurate info (maybe you know?) but someone told me maybe I have a male plant that don’t produce pups? Have you ever heard this? All of my other ones have always had the pups come up so I’m confused with this one! Thanks for any info on this as I can’t seem to find any about this!

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Bananas are not gendered - they will all produce pups. I find bananas in pots are slower to push out pups than those in the ground. I've had a dwarf cavendish in a pot for nearly 4 years that just recently pushed out it's first pup.

@raynast84 2 месяца назад

Very informative. Can't you just dig a little bit around the pups to see if it developed a root system?

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

You could and you might do that if you only had a couple plants. Once established, you'll get so many pups that it's not worth the effort.

@boskogaming2274 Месяц назад

Hi. Thank you for all the info. Can you please tell me when I can start trimming. I have plants 1feat tall with 5 small leaves. I would like them to look more like a tree . Thanks

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

You can trim whenever, although I tend to avoid it during the early spring. I always trim off dying or broken banana leaves sooner rather than later (palm trees are a different story).

@riccardobonucci2535 2 месяца назад

Thank you!! I have a 4 feet tall banana in a pot, I kept it inside the house during the winter and it's fine but I would like to move it outside in the direct sunlight. Should I consider the wind a problem? My balcony can be a bit windy. Once the leaves wilted a bit a few hours after I left it outside and I can't understand if it was because it was too cold or too windy.

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

Wind is always a problem when moving plants outdoors that have been growing indoors, but it will adapt if left outside. Plants grown indoors don't feel the wind so they generally grow weaker (only as strong as they need to be). Putting them outside, they don't have the right strength to deal with the wind (or sun) immediately. They will grow stronger over time outside, but they will look beat up in the short term. For bananas, as long as the corm stays healthy (the part right below the stalk underground) the plant will continue to grow just fine.

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

Additionally, you need to introduce it to sun slowly. If it's been inside even for a few months, putting it in full sun for a day will kill it. It doesn't matter if it was in a window either. The window blocks some of the sun's rays and it will need to adjust to direct sunlight. It needs to gradually be introduced to direct sunlight. If you have part of your balcony that's shaded most of the day, put it there and move it a few inches every other day until it's in full sun. If you don't have that, stick it outside for an hour in the sun and gradually increase that over 2 weeks.

@leonjaramaz2420 6 месяцев назад

Hello from northern Serbia zone 7. I bought 7 3 year old Musa Basjoo stump seedlings, I can't wait for spring to plant them in the garden. I have 2 young Musa Sikkimensis, are they winter hardy like Basjoo and can you talk a little more and them? Thanks for everything you've taught me about bananas.

@BornFreeFilms 6 месяцев назад

I think he only has Musa Basjoo, as it is the most cold hardy (tolerant) banana plant. If Serbia's zone 7 is like the U.S. zone 7, Musa Basjoo is your best choice. However, maybe if you take extra care in the winter, the Musa Sikkimensis might do well. I really don't know, but, been reading a lot.

@vibonitatropics 6 месяцев назад

Musa sikkimensis are similar in cold hardiness. I have tried to get some for years but have had a terrible time getting the real thing here in the US. I've ordered 6-7 different times from different places and have always ended up with something different. There is alot of conflicting information out there about sikkimensis and with no first hand experience, my knowledge is limited, but I can say that for the most part, what works with 1 type of banana works with them all when it comes to things like trimming, transplanting, propagating, etc.

@vibonitatropics 6 месяцев назад

I actually grow several types but most are in containers and come inside for the winter. In addition to basjoos, I have blue java, Manzano, double mahoi, dwarf Cavendish, super dwarf Cavendish, truly tiny, namwah, PR plantains, and ensetes currently. I have one banana that was sold to me as a Musa sikkimensis seed that I got to germinate, but it's still too small to tell what it really is. I left some blue javas in the ground last winter, but they didn't survive. I am going to put some more in the ground this spring and will plan to dig them out for winters going forward. I put my ensetes in the ground and dig those out for winter also.

@BornFreeFilms 6 месяцев назад

@@vibonitatropics Very impressive. I am too old and lazy to deal with a lot of winter prep. By the way, do you get edible bananas each year off of any of you plants.

@vibonitatropics 6 месяцев назад

I have not, but trying a few things. Blue javas will go in the ground again next summer. I know of a few folks that have gotten them to fruit even digging them out each year. I have a 3 year old dwarf Cavendish that will go outside next summer in hopes of getting it to fruit. Thus is the second year I've had the super dwarf, manzanos, and truly tiny but those will probably go outside in the summer as well. The super dwarfs have been kicking out pups left and right so hoping I can get those to fruit.

@shanehohf8637 2 месяца назад

Great video! Question: got a musa basjoo last year and it grew great and had 4 pups, prepped for winter and just uncovered for this season. The mother has not started growing but the pups have takin off like wild fire. Will the pups that grow this year make new pups and then die off like the first did?

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

It seems this is happening quite a bit this year but is not the norm. I've had several people ask similar questions this spring. Even in my two patches, some of the larger plants from last year have yet to push new growth which is the first time that has happened to me in 8 years of growing. I don't know that there's much to do about it at this point. This is the first year I didn't wrap any bananas for winter, so that probably had some impact, but I'm still finding it odd that so many others are seeing no growth on the older plants.

@shanehohf8637 2 месяца назад

Interesting, thanks for the info!

@deepikaranjit3622 Месяц назад

Thank you for the video. Im from Seattle too. How many hours of sun do they receive? In the video i can see some really growing in shade so wondering if part shade is good.?

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

The big patch I have gets sun from early morning to early afternoon. They will grow fine in shade, but won't get as big as if they had full sun.

@deepikaranjit3622 Месяц назад

@@vibonitatropics Thank you so much for taking time to respond.

@deepikaranjit3622 Месяц назад

Thank you so much

@michaelthompson9929 6 дней назад

I’m in Zone 5b and just received some small hardy bananas, am I ok to plant these now and they’ll come back next year if I follow the over wintering process?

@vibonitatropics 5 дней назад

They should be fine.

@LadyBloved 15 дней назад

Thank you for this so much! I’m buying banana fuel now! I was wondering if you experience much burning? Ours are new and I’m concerned about burning I’m seeing in full sun.

@vibonitatropics 15 дней назад

Burning from the sun or fertilizer? They should adapt to full sun. You might see issues if you had them indoors and recently moved them outside, but they should be fine in full sun. If you're seeing leaf damage, it's more likely not enough or too much water. They'll take a ton of water (mine get watered every day) but can't tolerate standing water. I've not had issues of root burn with the fertilizer. Use it to the instructions and you'll be fine.

@LadyBloved 14 дней назад

They just moved from partial shade to full sun. Unfortunately we are expecting high heat now, so they got burned from the sun. I bought some spray that might help- IV organics. It’s supposed to shield from sunburned 🤞I have hope they will adapt in time!

@Togrul_Azizov Месяц назад

Thank so much for great detail information. I have banana plants too. I think it is same as yours. But i want to be sure. How can i determine? My banana plant stars flowering when their height is 170 sm or 2 meters. Not more than this. But yours height is more than this i assume, right? I dont measure the end of the leaf while flowering. My plant trunk maxs height size is 170 sm or 2 meters. After flowering they die. How about yours size without counting leafs, just trunk of plant?

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

It can be really hard to tell type of banana just by looking at them as there are so many varieties and many look similar. Your location and plant behaviors will be a main indicator without fruit/flowers to analyze. If your area freezes and they keep coming back, that's a good indicator they might be Musa basjoo. Mine flower generally with the stems between 2-3 meters not counting leaves. The largest are a bit taller with leaves extending close to 6 meters by the end of summer.

@Togrul_Azizov Месяц назад

@@vibonitatropics Thank you. I want to learn your plants total body size, size of plant without leafs. How tall in that way? I am asking when the last leaf comes, then how much tall your plant body size is, without counting how tall leafs are?

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Usually 2-3 meters of stem. Sometimes a little bit taller.

@Togrul_Azizov Месяц назад

@@vibonitatropics Aaaa but my plant is 1.80 m or 2 m tall. Then my plant is not same with yours. Because my plant has standart. Every time when it reachs that size then it is flowers comes out. Do you know which varieties look like Musa Basjoo more? If yes, could you tell me name?

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Height by itself though is not an exact indicator. I had one last year that was about 1.5 meters and had no leaves left after winter and the first thing it pushed out was the flower pod. I have blue java bananas which the plants look similar. Blue java is not as thick or cold hardy but gets to similar size and look. Grand nain, orinoco, and darjeeling have similar looks until you get up close and know the small details to look for.

@Lo1XDImNoob Месяц назад

Hello, i’m in zone 6 massachusetts, and I have 4 potted basjoo bananas, 1 4 ft tall one in a 10 in pot and 3 1 ft ones in 6 in pots. I left the 6 in ones outside in full sun and they got sunburnt. I was recommended from other people that they should be in full sun and a few leaves were burnt. The small ones I water every few days because the soil holds moisture well. Do you have any tips on acclimating them to the sun? I want to plant the large one within the next two weeks in a spot that gets sun from 8AM-3PM. I don’t want to burn the large one. This one was bought from inside a garden center, so do you have any ideas on how I can get them used to full sun so they don’t burn?

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Common problem for any plant that's been in the shade and moves to the sun (or indoors moving ourdoors even if it's been in a sunny window). You need to introduce it slowly to the sun. Look around your yard for a spot that has mostly shade and put the plants there. Then, each day or two, move it a few inches so it's gets more sun each time you move it. After a week or two, you'll have it in full sun with no issues.

@Lo1XDImNoob Месяц назад

@@vibonitatropics Could I just move it in full sun and add 10 minutes every day? Right now they’re under my porch and i’ll put it in full sun for +10 minutes every day if that works

@vibonitatropics Месяц назад

Yes. That works too.

@deep6301 2 месяца назад

Windy destroys the leaves

@vibonitatropics 2 месяца назад

Wind can be challenging.