PROPAGATING BANANA PLANTS | Sword vs. Water Pups | Ice Cream, Apple & GoldFinger 

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Great to hear from you Rafiqa11! Much love and God's peace be with you as well! :-) Charles

Thank you Koshy! With I had more time to share SO MUCH MORE!!!! TRULY appreciate the kind words!!! Charles :-)

You're welcome brother! Glad you enjoyed this lesson on banana care!! Cheers, Charles :-)

Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment John! Charles :-)

Glad you liked it Jeannie! Who wouldn't like FREE banana plants!!! It's always fun creating new things in the garden! Thank you for taking the time to write me! :-) Charles

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the compliment! Charles :-)

Hello Rafiqa11, You're welcome! :-) How is your dwarf Cavendish banana growing so far? Keep in mind, that as the day (and night) temperatures warm-up, your plant will grow at a rate of 1 new leaf every 1 or 2 weeks! And yes, the parent plant only makes 1 set of fruit per year. Some people allow 2-3 sets of pups to grow per year to increase the number of yields per plant, per year. I will explain the removal of the parent plant, after harvest in the next 30-60 days, once I harvest my ice cream bananas... Coming soon! :-) Charles

You're welcome Naty Victa! :-) Charles

Hello MAC Millstone, That's true! I just now published the life cycle of a banana plant: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hivXPGOErPU.html

Remove some of the suckers, just leave one sucker with the mother plant. The sucker that you removed can be planted somewhere else. The mother plant donot produce fruits maybe because of lot of nutrient intake competition from the suckers.

Hello David Da Twin, Thank you for the compliment! :-) Sounds good so far! A higher nitrogen fertilizer may be okay initially to get the plants to the size where they will then bolt, flower and support fruit. As the plant reaches the mature size, you may want to then cut back on the nitrogen. Also, consider feeding your bananas on a monthly schedule from March/ April through August/ September. Then stop from August/ September through March... as the plant's growth/ metabolism is typically dormant for those months. Lastly, the two times I attempted to grow the dwarf Cavendish variety, they did not make in the area of my other 3 varieties of bananas because it received no direct sunlight for the months of November through February... Be sure to know your garden micro climate to know that there will be sunlight for those bananas in the coldest months of the year. Keep me posted on your successes! :-) Charles

IV Organic thank you very much for your information. I watch a lot of your videos repeatedly especially the one where you feed your citrus tree with citrus tone. Because of you I also use fish fertilizer lol although I think that it burns my leaves. I have my banana plants out in the south side of my yard here in central florida and they received alot of full sun.

Bazandanlan Hello 👋 1st, too many pups is a bad thing as it’s consuming resources of the ‘crown’ a/k/a root ball. Limit the number of pups to 1-2 per year... when I’ve had more, it would delay growth & fruiting of the parent for another year. 2nd, be patient. As the original plant gets established, production will become more consistent. It’s normal to not have fruit until 2-3 years... and then enjoy annual yields! Keep me posted on your banana growing success!!! Charles 🌱👍

Hello Ann, Ultimately, all the suckers (water & sword) need to be removed and balanced to the benefit of your top 1-3 sword suckers. Check out how I removed the suckers most recently here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rozuOdbZvWU.html Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)

Hello Martin Wittig, I have not sold anything from my garden... yet. Rather, I just give FREE. I anticipate harvesting the pups after the banana harvest, which seems to be April or May. I recommend that you start writing me here or at Info@IVOrganics.com starting early March so we can begin to coordinate. You can pick up from an address I will share at the right time in Hollywood. Charles :-)

Thanks so much! I will definitely send you an email in the spring. Also thanks for these videos. I listen to them at work and I learn something new every day!

Hello Van Brant, As soon as we concluded the video, I realized that we did not cover that issue! So I will address it here.... If the smallest of the pups was in the desired location, I would have considered keeping the smallest of the 3 pups, to take the place of the existing parent plant. However, this approach is good for ensuring that all the resources are going in getting the parent plant to the maximum height as soon as possible to hopefully put out an early blossom with fruit that ripen (typically a 60-90 day processes) before it goes back into dormancy by November-ish. I will have another chance to explain the importance of keeping 1-2 pups to ensure future seasons of bananas, when I harvest my ice cream bananas in the upcoming 30 days.... So I hope! :-) Great observation!!!! :-) Charles

Hello J27santana, I living in Boyton Beach (Ocean Ridge) from 2005... then Boca... then back home to SoCal in 2012. I miss the beaches, fishing, kayaking the intercoastal waters... just about every Friday, Saturday and Sunday involved an activity near or on the water! Good times!!! :-) To answer you question, the suckers will create the future generation of parent plants & fruit. Do not remove the suckers in the winter / dormant months, nor when the parent plant is supporting fruit and/ or flowers. The only reason to remove the suckers is to control the amount of energy going to the parent and fruit... and minimize the uncontrollable sucker growth that I am currently experiencing on my Manzano (apple-type) banana. I would recommend having only 1-2 parent plants per year, and 1-2 suckers per year... the others "cut out" as I did with the shovel in early spring (before the parent blooms) or saw them clean to the ground (a temporary solution) anytime during the year to get the roots to focus on the desired selected growth. I hope this helps! And keep me posted on your banana growing successes! Charles :-)

IV Organic yes we spoke before. Our initial conversation was in regards to air layering an avocado tree. You said you would make a video which I understand would have to be sometime early next year. I was using older, hardened branches, and in one of my instagram videos you mentioned to attempt the air layer on a new, softer, green shoot instead of the older ones. I’ll have to wait till next year again. Hopefully the 5th time is the charm? Haha. Thanks for the info. Yes it helped.