Musa Velutina Banana - Seeds To Pink Bananas In 14 Months - Zone 6b.

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I thought it would be fun to try to grow a banana tree starting from seeds. I was able to get some seeds to sprout last summer, and by late this summer we actually had little pink bananas on our Musa Velutina Pink Banana tree. In this video, I will explain how I got the seeds to sprout, and how I took care of the banana tree in order to get it to produce bananas. I also have a Musa Basjoo Banana tree that was growing right next to the Musa Velutina banana.
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@rontropics26 Год назад

I'd failed at growing pink banana seeds before so after seeing this video this past winter I decided to hold off on planting any more seeds indoors. I just stuck them all in pots outside come springtime. Now I have about ten baby plants, thanks for the tip!

@MidwestGardener Год назад

That's great to hear. I'm glad it worked for you too!

@MsBlondable 8 месяцев назад

Wow. So beautiful. I want a greenhouse so bad! Thank you for the video!! Now I want to taste the pink banana!

@MidwestGardener 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! The bananas aren't worth eating. They are full of very hard black seeds.

@UT33200 4 года назад

A really cool looking plant to grow and happy that they did well for you. Thanks for the share!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks UT! I'm overwintering another one, so we will see if we can get a running start on them this year.

@vickiperkins476 4 года назад

Awesome !! You did great ! I’m not so patiently awaiting spring. Will be starting seeds in January so excited about that.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Vicki! I was happy with the way things turned out. I'm hoping to do better next year.

@ltlbnsgarden 4 года назад

It is such a pretty plant! Glad it got that far in your zone . Happy New Year 😊

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Happy New Year to you too! I hope to do a little better this year.

@franzitaduz Год назад

Just ordered it, looking forward thanks to your Video.

@MidwestGardener Год назад

Good luck!

@MissPeachCobbler 5 месяцев назад

Wow 🎉

@htrfdes 3 года назад

You did a GREAT job!!! Bravo!

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

Thanks Lynn!

@LondonWorms 4 года назад

Wishing you all the very best for 2020 my friend. Looking forward to more great stuff in the year to come.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thank you very much my friend! About 40 minutes till the new year here. I hope you and your family have a very Happy New Year!

@SashaDeKasha 4 года назад

That was absolutely fascinating Jim! I loved it!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Sasha! It was very fascinating for me too. I always enjoy growing things for the first time. I'm starting to worry a little bit that I might never grow up 😀

@SashaDeKasha 4 года назад

Midwest Gardener lol! You don’t have to as we enjoy your videos very much!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

@@SashaDeKasha Thanks :)

@seedaholicgardens9085 4 года назад

I never thoughtthis wouls work in your zone!HmmI may tryiy indoors in mine!Cool share, TY!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

I wasn't sure that it would work either, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to try. I was pretty excited just to see it flower. Good luck if you give it a try!

@CBsGreenhouseandGarden 4 года назад

You done a great job on this nanner tree Mr. Jim. If'n the freeze had not hit they would of produced like crazy. Thank for showing us how you grow this monster! Wishing you a Happy New Year!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thankds CB! Yep, I wish I could have let it go another month or so. You guys have a Happy New Year too!

@elizabethohair9868 4 года назад

I am also in 6b. Hoping to try growing these!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Nice to hear from another 6b grower. I hope you have even better luck than I did, Elizabeth!

@Mrsnufleupagus 4 года назад

Crazy nice colour on it!! Hope it does even better for you this year:)

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

I'm hoping it does better next time, but we're a long way from knowing that. It's doing well inside so far.

@mylazydaygarden2628 4 года назад

That is just so cool. Thanks for sharing Jim. -- Cindy

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Cindy! It was a pretty fun experience for me.

@tinawindham6958 2 года назад

Thank u. I wasn’t sure how big my 4 pink bananas would get and it’s going to get cold one night here in mobile, Al. These r so cute.,I have one with a leg burgundy flower and one with a lavender flower and my Siam ruby and variegated he he has not flowered yet. I’m putting some in the greenhouse for my rabbits to forage, that and ginger leaves. I’m soaking my seeds and planting inside on a heat mat . Guess I’ll grab those other 3 bananas. They r crunchy like a radish. 👍🏻

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

You're welcome! Sounds like you have some interesting and fun banana projects going.

@catalinoancea6601 4 года назад

Super! I wish you Happy New Year!

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Catalin! I hope you have a prosperous and Happy New Year!

@BobMelsimpleliving. 4 года назад

It's really cool you got it to flower. I hope you do even better next year. They really look strange to me. Pink bananas. Have a great weekend and a Happy New Year. Best wishes Bob.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Bob! Yes, I have one overwintering now, so I hope I can get it further along next year. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas. Have a great weekend!

@rosea830 4 года назад

Beautiful plant! I hope it does better for you next year.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Rose! I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

@aproverbs31woman59 4 года назад

Cool! I haven’t been successful with banana seeds. I think I will give them another try after this.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

It never hurts to try again. I could only get them to sprout outside in mid summer.

@simongrant3432 3 года назад

Nice. I am giving velutina a go here in the UK. My musa basjoo produced bananas last year at only 8’ -8’ of pseudo stem . I do wrap it up every year in straw to keep the psuedo stems from dying in the cold. After 10 years success. I hope to get velutina to fruit. I will keep a couple in pots inside and the rest outside wrapped in straw over winter. I think with our cool summers 50-80F it will take two or three full summers to fruit. Great video very helpful thanks

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

Thanks! Nice job on the Musa basjoo. Drop back in and let us know how it goes. It's always good to hear how they do in other areas. I tried wrapping a couple of our musa basjoo stems this winter, but I think I picked the wrong winter to do it. We had some brutally cold temps this year. Our coldest night got down to -17 F., or about -27 C.

@bilaalmanselljones10 10 месяцев назад

You should try growing cardava or saba bananas they are quite cold hardy but rather tall.

@MidwestGardener 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tip!

@NewDimension7 4 года назад

Banana pink Its beautiful plants Thanks You for sharing Yuhuu.. Lets get growing up banana..

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@peterstevens4223 4 года назад

Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Peter! About 38 minutes to go till the new year here. I hope you and your family have a Happy New Year!

@currentsitguy 9 месяцев назад

We have a pink in a pot we just brought in (6a). In addition we've got a Blue Java we have been digging up for winter and bringing out for summer for 3 years now. It just started making bananas so we dug all 11 or 12 feet up and brought it in yesterday. Hopefully by February or March they'll be ready.

@MidwestGardener 9 месяцев назад

Wow, that sounds like a job. Pretty cool though.

@currentsitguy 9 месяцев назад

@@MidwestGardener Now that we have it in a pot, it's touching our 14 foot cathedral ceiling. I've got some commercial weed grower's light illuminating it. A local cop told me they are taking bets as to what I'm doing in here. Hate to disappoint them.

@a.m.rootedinbuffalo331 4 года назад

Nice 👍 im going try to grow one indoors

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

That's great! I wish you luck. They are a fun plant to grow. The most challenging part for me was getting the seeds to sprout.

@SuffolkSusie 4 года назад

Awesome. I really want to try one too! 🍌 I won't get bananas but the plant is amazing.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks! Yes, it is a fun plant to watch grow, even if you don't get bananas.

@davidpruitt3982 4 года назад

That is one awesome looking plant. Do we have a long enough growing season for the bananas to ripen? Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend and a blessed New Year Jim. 👍🏻🇺🇸

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks David! This year they didn't have time to ripen. Next year I hope to have a bigger head start, so I hope that will make a difference. You have a blessed New Year too!

@BushImports 2 года назад

That's really cool, did you overwinter the one you dug up in a pot? I did subscribe, I check something out on your channel once in a while I don't know why I didn't subscribe before now, thanks for sharing your experience. I have some seeds I got from Baker Creek hopefully they will do as well ass yours, I'm in Oklahoma in zone 7b.

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

Thanks for subscribing! I do appreciate that. I can't remember specifically what I did with the one in the video, but I have successfully overwintered them for several years outdoors. I just cover with a heavy layer of straw. The pups for this year should be sprouting in a couple of weeds or so. Our Musa basjoo already has some growth started. Good luck with those seeds. I never was able to sprout any indoors.

@sdagithuraisouth3228 Год назад

I have plenty of Misa Velantina seeds

@MidwestGardener Год назад

Nice! They do produce a bunch.

@ntesla66 4 года назад

Awesome! We brought our five Namwa's in for the winter in early September. They were pups in December 2018 so they're just at a year old now and standing about five foot tall. We will acclimate them again in late spring and then repot them in 20 gallon clay pots. Going for fruit in zone 7a.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks. I hope you make it with yours. That would be pretty awesome too! And I hope you have room for them :)

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

Just received some pink banana seeds! Hope they sprout...

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

Nice! I hope they sprout for you too. They can be pretty hard to sprout indoors sometimes.

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

I scarified the seeds and they all have a white part on the inside which is a good sigh because when I plant seeds that have white inside they sprout so these should be good seeds it just takes weeks before you see anything sprouting but luckily there not old there brand new seeds

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

@@jamestropicals8262 I hope they sprout for you. I tried that too, and it didn't work for me.

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

Luckily the seeds have white inside of them which means there probably good seeds if the seeds are hollowed out on the inside there not going to sprout

@NubianP6 3 года назад

@@jamestropicals8262 did they ever sprout?

@physics3632 3 года назад

i planted musa velutina seeds and im still wating for the to grow but will they give bananas if in a pot which more or less messures 7 x 7 inches because the will die if i plant them outside

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

I doubt if it would produce fruit in a container that size. The seeds are notoriously hard to germinate.

@quashiesuzanne 2 года назад

Beautiful video! How does it taste?

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

Thanks! Even though they are technically edible, I don't eat them because they are absolutely full of very hard black seeds.

@NubianP6 3 года назад

Thank you for this fascinating video! In one comment, you said that you’d been overwintering a plant, and I’m just wondering if you had to cut it back prior to bringing it in, and if so, how much did you cut? Thanks again!

@NubianP6 3 года назад

Nevermind, I actually found your answer to this in a comment below. 😊

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

You're welcome! Thanks for the kind comment!

@timdarmetko4039 2 года назад

going to be planting a lot of these here in AZ zone 9b . how do they taste ? :) thanks for the video

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

They aren't worth trying to eat in my opinion. They just have too many seeds.

@lauta_87 5 месяцев назад

Hello friend, I am from Argentina and I was able to get Musa Ornata, Velutina and Zebrina and I am in a plan to generate new varieties through hybridization. This year I pollinated with pome. from Velutina to ornata, I wanted to know how long it would take to see the results of these seeds. From germination to seeing flower and fruit it took only 14 months? did I understand correctly?

@MidwestGardener 5 месяцев назад

That is correct. They sprouted from seeds one year, and produced flowers the next year. Good luck with your efforts! Sounds interesting.

@davidpaul353535 3 года назад

This year I planted 10 Hardy Banana trees behind the waterfall that goes into the pool to bring a tropical look to the yard in these interesting times to give the kids a tropical vacation feel at home.. we are located in St Louis, Mo. Question - was considering mulching like you recommend but placing a tarp on top of the entire mound.. is that a bad idea?

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

That is a good question, but I'm not sure that I have a good answer. A tarp would help keep the ground from freezing, which is good, but it would also keep moisture from reaching the bananas. I'm not sure how they would do with no moisture for the entire winter period. If they are Musa basjoo, they would probably be fine anyway, but that is just a guess on my part. Mine seem to be very hardy. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

@wesleyhackney 4 года назад

Was curious where you live ? I lived in Raleigh NC for a while and grew same variety but never got a flower or fruit. Now living in Pensacola FL and going to try and get banana plants to beat fruit this year hoping for better conditions

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

We are in Kansas, zone 6b. It should be a piece of cake for you down there, Wesley. There are lots of different types of bananas, so I think I would do a little reading on the different types. I think the Musa Velutina would be an easy one for you down there though. Good luck!

@shibuabdul534 2 года назад

@@MidwestGardener ❤️😍

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

@@shibuabdul534 Thanks!

@greenthumbelina7331 4 года назад

I'm just curious Jim, have you ever tasted a ripe pink banana from a plant like this? Do the bananas stay pink, or is there a color change when they ripen? These banana plants intrigue me! Have a happy and prosperous New Year.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Hi Margie. I've never tasted one yet. They have a ton of seeds, so I'm not sure eating one would be worth the effort, but I would like to try. As far as I know, they stay pink. And one interesting thing about them is that they peel themselves when they get ripe. They apparently open up like a flower.

@greenthumbelina7331 4 года назад

@@MidwestGardener That's really interesting, maybe I'll try growing one in my zone 5a. Where did you get your seed?

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

@@greenthumbelina7331 I got the seeds on eBay. It might be doable if you can overwinter indoors.

@NubianP6 3 года назад

@@greenthumbelina7331 Baker Creek also has them. $6.00 for 10 seeds.

@noneyours6093 4 года назад

Do u plant these full sun? Or part with either morning or evening?

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

This one got a few hours of shade in the evening, but I don't know if it benefited from that or not.

@Waddlegoesmmmmmm Год назад

I’m never grown and pink banana or And i have never eat one but I’m waiting for my Musa Valentina Banana seeds to come and One question do you know about your pink bananas how do you grow them you got it from seed trade or you bought it?

@MidwestGardener Год назад

I grew mine from seeds, but they are very hard to germinate.

@Waddlegoesmmmmmm Год назад

Ok Thank you

@lukecicero4430 6 месяцев назад

Did you leave it in the ground overwinter? If so how cold are winter for you? Mine are 0-10 usually maybe a bit warmer sometimes and the lowest every in the past 10 years I’ve seen it is -10

@MidwestGardener 6 месяцев назад

With some heavy mulch, they made it through below zero temperatures a couple of years, but 17 below killed it. I just have Musa basjoo growing now.

@lukecicero4430 6 месяцев назад

@@MidwestGardener -17 F IS colds the coldest it gets here was -10 once in a blue moon

@chalenshin6395 3 года назад

I had this pink banana growing in my backyard , it grows as a wild one, never grown it , but pink bananas are beautiful .. Never tasted it though, but just want to know whether it is edible

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

We had bananas earlier this year. In my opinion, they aren't worth eating. They are too full of seeds to try to eat. Really big seeds that are hard as a rock.

@physics3632 3 года назад

@@MidwestGardener can't u just swallow the seeds?

@NubianP6 3 года назад

@@physics3632 if it’s large and hard, I wouldn’t think so, or at least, it wouldn’t be desirable for most people.

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

How long does it take for that variety to grow bananas from a seedling

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

Well, like the title of the video says. It took about 14 months from the time the seeds sprouted until we had bananas on the plant.

@scottk7613 4 года назад

Do they have a strawberry taste? I heard it does. how does it taste?

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Ours didn't have time to ripen, so I didn't get to taste one. I overwintered one outdoors successfully though, so I'm hoping that will get it off to a better start this year. I also overwintered one indoors, so it will be interesting to see if there is a difference.

@Uprisenuplift 2 года назад

How much sun did or do these get?

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

They get full sun until late afternoon/early evening.

@DanielleLeonetti 2 года назад

What do they taste like?

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

I don't eat them. They have too many hard black seeds....big ones.

@IMakeWhateverVideos235 Год назад

Can they ripen like a regular yellow banana or will they only rip on the plant?? Any info on them ripening would be great thx

@MidwestGardener Год назад

They can ripen off the plant, but they aren't worth the effort in my opinion. Too many seeds.

@IMakeWhateverVideos235 Год назад

@@MidwestGardener ok I do like the taste of them and I get lots of them but the first time ever actually cutting them off the tree, so you’ve actually had them ripen off the tree ??

@MidwestGardener Год назад

@@IMakeWhateverVideos235 Yes, but they kind of turned mushy. Not appetizing at all to me.

@IMakeWhateverVideos235 Год назад

@@MidwestGardener ok so maybe tree ripening is the best route then

@MidwestGardener Год назад

@@IMakeWhateverVideos235 I would think so. I don't have enough time to do that here. They will start top open when ripe.

@francescodt4932 3 года назад

My velutina bloomed for the first time. The flower then dried up and all the leaves fell off. two more suckers are coming up. should I cut the old stem or will the leaves be reborn? If I have to cut should I cut it all or a few inches below the dried flower? thanks

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

There are a number of variables that might make a difference. For instance, I have no idea where you are growing them.

@francescodt4932 3 года назад

@@MidwestGardener I am growing it at home in Italy. The plant is doing well. I would like to know, precisely, if I should cut at the base or under the dry part of the flower.

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

@@francescodt4932 I don't think I would cut it. It sounds like the plant is doing well if it has suckers getting ready to sprout. If the flower dried up, then the plant might not be getting enough water.

@benjaminbroudy2982 3 года назад

Does your Musa Velutina plant die after fruiting/flowering and then sprout up pups that will fruit/flower the next year or does it just keep on going and flowering every year?

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

I've only overwintered it one winter. This winter will be it's second if it makes it. Last year, it lived until I cut it down. Then last spring there were several pups that lived, but not the original plant. All of the pups bloomed and produced fruit during the summer. The bananas are not fit to eat. They are full of really hard black seeds.

@benjaminbroudy2982 3 года назад

@@MidwestGardener So do I cut it down after it fruits/flowers?

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

@@benjaminbroudy2982 No, I don't cut ours down until I cover them up for the winter with straw. They wouldn't survive the winter here if I didn't cover them with heavy straw mulch. This year I cut them down to about a little less than a foot.

@benjaminbroudy2982 3 года назад

@@MidwestGardener Oh I was asking if after fruiting or flowering if they would ever fruit or flower again, or if they are like other banana plants where after they fruit they die and the pups regrow to produce fruit the next year

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

@@benjaminbroudy2982 In my one year with them, the mother plant didn't come up the next spring, but the pups grew and flowered.

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

The banana stem is called a pseudostem

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

That is correct.

@jadeforestco Год назад

Are the bananas fragrant? Do they smell like a typical banana?

@MidwestGardener Год назад

I really didn't pick up any fragrance. So their smell wasn't like a typical banana....for me.

@jadeforestco Год назад

Good to know! I'm a perfumer and I'm searching for the most fragrant bananas that will grow in my zone, which is on the line of zone 6a/b. Thank you for your reply 😀

@MidwestGardener Год назад

@@jadeforestco You're welcome!

@jadeforestco Год назад

@@MidwestGardener 💚💜

@charlescoker7752 4 года назад

Want the soil you added make the banana just put roots just in the soil you put around it, and not into the surrounding soil?

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

We have pretty loose sandy loam soil, so I'm sure the plants roots went beyond the soil I added.

@Earth_Systems 4 года назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. All the infor I need to propagate mine from seed. Where are you based? Interested to know the weather pattern over there. Best D

@Earth_Systems 4 года назад

Just expanded your not. OK Kansas 6b.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Thanks Dominic! I hope you enjoy growing one as much as I have. I was also able to get it to overwinter outdoors last winter. It's bigger now that it was at the same time last year.

@MidwestGardener 4 года назад

Yep, Kansas 6b.

@Gamerboy-jh6vg 5 месяцев назад

Can you make a update?

@MidwestGardener 5 месяцев назад

Sorry, but I can't. They lasted several winters, but one year, they didn't make it. They were fun to grow while we had them.

@Gamerboy-jh6vg 5 месяцев назад

@@MidwestGardener ok thanks. I have them here in the Netherlands. And I grow them now for maybe 5 years or more.

@MidwestGardener 5 месяцев назад

Nicely done! I didn't have room to bring them indoors, so when we have some extreme cold, they don't make it. I put a very heavy layer of straw for mulch.

@Gamerboy-jh6vg 5 месяцев назад

@@MidwestGardener I do the same

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

Still waiting for my banana seeds to sprout they take a very long time to sprout for me

@jamestropicals8262 3 года назад

They might sprout and they might not...

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

Mine never did indoors.

@gokulprasaths4061 3 года назад

I want one plant

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

That's all you need to start with. Then you can grow from seeds and they make pups too.

@gokulprasaths4061 3 года назад

@@MidwestGardener ok I want seeds

@MidwestGardener 3 года назад

@@gokulprasaths4061 Sorry, I don't sell any seeds.

@gokulprasaths4061 3 года назад

Ok sir 😢😢😢😢😢😢

@kennethnewton9132 2 года назад

Have you got bananas in 6b

@MidwestGardener 2 года назад

That is literally what this video is about.

@kennethnewton9132 2 года назад

@@MidwestGardener lol i was not sure just clarifiing i havrle one its beautiful but i had it inside not knowing

@cocospops9351 10 месяцев назад

Got some seeds today, hoping to grow some here in ireland. How long did your seeds take to germinate?

@MidwestGardener 10 месяцев назад

I don't remember for sure, but they took at least a couple of months, maybe longer. Good luck!

@cocospops9351 10 месяцев назад

@@MidwestGardener Thanks for the reply. Do I understand correctly, that you hardened off and now it's just permanently outside? Does it just die off every winter and then grow again from the roots? Was planning to grow in my greenhouse but would be nice to grow outside too.

@MidwestGardener 10 месяцев назад

@@cocospops9351 I covered it with straw each fall, and it came back for several years. Then one year it just didn't come back.