Why You Just Have to Grow Your Own Bananas

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In this video, I answer the question why do some bananas taste like chalk?
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@jillhumphrys8073 2 года назад

Hey mark, about 15 years ago, I met a man who was a patient of mine in the hospital. Found out he was into plants and I was an avid gardener. Discovered not only did he live in my town, but he live 2 blocks from my house! He had created a rain forest in his back yard here in NWArkansas. He basically made a tall, greenhouse like structure attached to his 2 story victorian house. It was 20'high and about 40x40' square. Not too big, but walk inside of it, and it was a rainforest! Large leaf plants, bromeliads, epiphytic plants, orchids and green tree frogs everywhere, and a small river that circulated around like a lazy river at a water park. He grew bananas there as well and the first time I visited, the bananas were ripe and he gave them to me. It was a dwarf red banana and the fruit were small and tasted of banana and peaches. What a treat! This man was a retired photographer who used to take pics all over the world for exotic magazine. His website with pics is still up called "Exotic Rainforest", his name Steve Lucas. My teenage daughter was into photography at the time so I took her over to take pics. He was such a cool individual. I say "was" because in had kidney disease and was on dialysis. Before I had a chance to see him again, he passed away. But what an awesome individual.

@carpetcarpet1 2 года назад

What an amazing story! I have a neighbor who always brings us tomatoes, mangos, peaches, and assorted nuts in the summer.

@MrJoeeano88 2 года назад

I really enjoyed your comment 😊

@islandgal500 2 года назад

I have cherry, apple, and plum trees and I have more plum products (syrups, frozen juice, jams and jellies...) than I can eat so after I pick a few to eat fresh each year, I call up 2 sets of friends and let them get the rest of the plums. Fruit does not go to waste and they appreciate them. The cherries and apples are my favorite so glad the plums ripen last so they do not tempt others to ask about them.

@afhamzaki2588 2 года назад

I was wondering -- is the greenhouse still there? Steve's rainforest garden was an absolutely treasure; its like a building-sized terrarium with its own ecosystem.

@Endoe.McKronic 2 года назад

Thats my dream. I started a garden in Hawaii. But then moved. I don't have another house yet, but when i do.... My house will be a rainforest of plants and good bugs. Lizards, frogs... Just not aphids! LoL

@canapressley6652 2 года назад

Your wife casually backing up on the lawn mower out of the shot cracked us up 😂 We love your videos and you’ve inspired us with our own garden for a few years now! Cheers!

@maxieteague578 2 года назад

Chic on the cheap

@mrdadman9832 2 года назад

Hello from upstate ny , I envy your grow season but truly look forward to your videos...thanks for sharing your garden for us guys stuck in permanent frost haha

@mopar426power 2 года назад

Hi from WNY!!

@ashtonmurphy6701 2 года назад

I'm also from upstate NY and enjoy Mark's video's.

@clockworkcrew8012 2 года назад

From Ohio. I too am jealous of the opportunities of the climate he lives in! Oh how I wish I could grow dragon fruit

@ashtonmurphy6701 2 года назад

@@clockworkcrew8012 I have a 8 inch cutting I bought online about 6 months ago and its starting new growth finally. Roots seem to like more of a rocky/soil substrate then soil/sand

@clockworkcrew8012 2 года назад

@@ashtonmurphy6701 do keep it in a greenhouse? Indoors? Or can that species survive the cold?

@lizt8087 2 года назад

I’m from the Islands where bananas grow everywhere. Moved back to Australia and hated the taste of the bananas here because as you said, they taste like chalk.Finally got used to it, but I miss our home grown naturally ripened nanas. I don’t think many ppl would realise the difference because they’ve never tasted the naturally ripened ones. You’re missing out if you’ve never had them.

@curiositeatv 2 года назад

I moved to West Africa from NYC and there are several fruits, including bananas, that I never knew could taste like the versions I experience now. Bananas, pineapple, ginger, oranges, lemons, mangos, tomatoes & avocado all taste rather different here in the tropics than any version I’ve ever had in the west.

@HappyHusbandnWife 2 года назад

You cant miss what you never taste ( either good banana, pho, foods or freedom )

@lizt8087 2 года назад

@@curiositeatv Yes, most foods taste a lot better when left to their natural devices 👍

@lizt8087 2 года назад

@@HappyHusbandnWife That’s true!

@lizt8087 2 года назад

@Black Lesbian Poet Ok yes, yes you are 👍😳🥴

@cbjones2212 2 года назад

Thanks for this important video Mark. It's not just about bananas as you know, it's the whole 'sausage factory' system of supermarket (so called) fresh food. It truly is criminal the amount of perfectly edible food that farmers have to literally plough back into the ground because it's not supermarket standard. What annoys me the most - actually it makes me furious - is the supermarkets blaming us, the consumer. "It's what the consumer demands". Absolute bullsh*t. It's them and their highly staged advertising showing unblemished, uniformly sized, evenly coloured produce being hallowed by 'perfect' families that have brainwashed the consumer into thinking that anything else will devastate your life and everyone will judge you for not having instagrammable bananas in your designer fruit bowl.

@Berkeloid0 2 года назад

I agree that it is a bit of a strange argument by the supermarkets. How can you know it's what the consumer wants when you only give them one choice? If the consumer goes and buys at a different shop how do they know what the reasons are? How can they tell it's because they want nicer tasting fruit and not because they are unhappy with the variety of packaged foods or the shop's opening hours? Also depending on what the food is, not all of it gets ploughed back into the ground. Using bananas as an example, there are lots of processed foods like banana bread/cake and baby food that can be made from imperfect fruit. So just because it's not perfect it doesn't mean for sure it will go unused.

@psychobetha 2 года назад

there’s a fantastic produce subscription box service in the US that i adore called misfits market. they offer “misfit” produce and other foods that aren’t “supermarket pretty” that would otherwise go to waste at a great discount. 99% of their produce is from local-to-you organic farms and it’s much cheaper than even the conventional stuff at the store. every so often they offer conventional fruits or veg but it’s clearly marked as such and pretty rare. everything is seasonal and they ship with cold packs in 1-2 days (for no extra charge) so it’s fresh when you get it. all of the packing/shipping material, including cold packs, is recyclable or compostable. in 4+ years i’ve only ever had 1 box with an item that was close to spoiling when it arrived. delicate items like tomatoes are even packed in special containers inside your box for extra protection from damage. thanks to them i’ve discovered some new foods that i love that i likely never would have tried since most markets don’t carry them. they’re a fantastic option for those who either don’t have a garden or who want to supplement what they already grow.

@Borgscan 2 года назад

I completely agree about how ridiculous it is that the supermarkets want the most perfect looking produce - but then they don't seem to mind selling produce that is almost rotten too! I live on an avocado farm and only the best looking avocadoes go to the restaurants and that's never made sense to me. Why would a restaurant need the best? When do the restaurant's customers ever the avocado with the skin on it? Some of the avocadoes even go to waste because they don't look good enough to sell but on the inside they are fine. Humanity is so wasteful.

@vinlago 2 года назад

Turn them into avocado oil or just dehydrate or freeze dry. Dehydration discolors but there is nothing wrong with them. You wouldn't be able to sell dehydrated avocados because if how it looks but it won't go to waste. A slow dehydration method to extract some oil would also only he personal use. The seed of course could be pressed for oil professionally and this wouldn't go to waste but you may need quite a bit to make it worth their while. Freeze drying might be the only way to use the less than perfect avocado fruit commercially as once done it's preserved and just needs packaging. Down side is the cost of the freeze dryer itself and added energy and oil needed t run it.

@Borgscan 2 года назад

@@vinlago yeah that's a big and expensive endeavour for over several hundred trees.

@pacman10182 2 года назад

do they just get thrown away or do they sell them as b's and c's?

@vinlago 2 года назад

@@Borgscan depends. At scale it isn't very expensive after buying the equipment. If doing it merely for yourself so you don't have to toss it then I would not opt for a freeze dryer but might go with dehydration or try to donate the seconds. Since that can be its own bag if worms there's always composting. That's still free (for now).

@hubertnnn 2 года назад

I think the issue here is about trust. Just like my story I wrote in another comment, the restaurant owners might had rotten fruit too many times and just don't want to risk it. A single rotten fruit will change the taste of an entire batch of juice or whatever they are using it for. So they prefer to be safe than risk it.

@AKarcticmallard 2 года назад

My wife and I are having our first go at growing bananas since we moved to Florida. We have a large banana and a dwarf, right next door to our two orange trees. Thanks for the insights!

@TheMillennialGardener 2 года назад

It’s worth mentioning that dwarf bananas do well in containers overwintered indoors if you’re in a frosty climate. Bananas go dormant around 55F (13C), so you can stick them in a garage or in a corner in your house over the winter to get them through. Keep them at refrigerator temps (40F/5C) and you can even leave them in the dark! Overwintering a banana tree around 1m tall will likely lead to fruit the next year! Dwarf varieties like Dwarf Namwah and Dwarf Orinoco make it easy.

@fourcatsandagarden 2 года назад

O: maybe this will be a future project I try. right along with the 'grow pineapples in containers' project I want to try.

@Wykesidefruitmachine 2 года назад

From the south of England, thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener 2 года назад

@@Wykesidefruitmachine you can definitely do it. Protect from from freeze, keep them cold but not freezing and they’ll just stay in stasis. When it warms, bring them outside. Your challenge in England will be getting them hot enough. Bananas don’t grow well unless it his 80F/26C. I recommend a greenhouse to trap heat.

@TheMillennialGardener 2 года назад

@@fourcatsandagarden definitely do it. I haven’t tried pineapples, but they’re on my list. I grow bananas here in Zone 8a in ground and have fruited them 3 years in a row. I wrap them with straw cages.

@collinthompson3133 2 года назад

Thank you so much for answering my question ✌🏼

@happygarden_ 2 года назад

*MY FRIEND SELF SUFFICIENT ME, YOUR VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS A PURE ENJOYMENT, CONTINUE LIKE THIS*

@hubertnnn 2 года назад

I think the problem is a bit deeper. Whenever I buy something from the supermarket and don't just "pick the best", then 1 in 10 times I get food that either is/tastes rotten, or rots in the next day or two. So to make sure we won't get food that is half rotten, we just look to grab the best looking ones.

@Berkeloid0 2 года назад

This is very true. I also feel like if I'm paying a premium at the supermarket I want things that won't rot before I get a chance to eat it. But of course when I'm shopping at the local discount fruit and veg shop and the same produce is less than half the price of the supermarket ones, I don't mind nearly so much. I rarely go to the supermarket now since I found out where all the local discount places are near me (some of them quite well hidden!), because even buying from them and getting some items that rot, it still works out cheaper than getting the perfect supermarket items.

@ZanshinCenter 2 года назад

Love this video!!! Living in Central East Coast FL, we can grow bananas here! And you have definitely inspired me to give it a go! Often we are forced to shop at the Publix Supermarket (where shopping is NO LONGER a pleasure but often just painfully expensive with sub-par food). And when We don’t have to buy something from them it’s is a win! My new short term goal is to grow 20 to 30% of all our produce. Thanks to your videos and Kevin’s channel too and some birdies beds and an critter-safe enclosure I have modified ( to keep deer and bunnies and birds out of) we are well on our way… So instead of going bananas from the expense, I will change the game and simply try and grow some! 🧑🏼‍🌾🍌🌱

@vkenn60 2 года назад

I started growing some of my own organic food staples a few years ago. Your right it is tastier and cheaper to grow your own foods. No chemicals, make my own compost. No travel costs, chemical cost, healthier, the labor is good for your body, save my own seeds. Putting in fruit trees this year finally. Grow what you like and eat, so not too much waste, share with family and friends, helps cut their cost too.

@Sighman 2 года назад

I got 70 small bananas of one of my palms recently. It's taken a while for them to ripen, but they're the best-tasting bananas I've ever had.

@ihi2222 2 года назад

Supermarkets by me spray green bananas with Ethanol alcohols to force the ripening process.. So it goes from green to yellow to ripe{bruised) in 36 hrs.

@MommaDrake02 2 года назад

My great uncle and I used to grow various fruits and vegetables in a little garden patch behind our big farmhouse. Mu Uncle Paul used to set rocks and things up under the strawberry bushes in an attempt to get the fruit to grow in funny shapes, it was always a great joy to see how they would bend around the obstacles he and I would make together. I can't wait to do similar things in my own garden with my kids. Very warm and fond memories

@jamesc9327 Год назад

Hi Mark, We have been having all of your videos and they are absolutely awesome. Living in NY we certainly can't grow what you do but being retired we can certainly tey to geow as much as we can. Thank you for being such a positive person.

@warrenghidella3836 2 года назад

Hello from a Aussie in south Florida. Have dwarf cavendish growing. Just picked last bunch of 4. Waiting for next. Like your Chanel also filling the last 2 Birdies raised beds Of 12. Between you and Kevin Have made gardening so much more pleasurable Keep it up mate.

@ballisticbadger9955 2 года назад

"I remember when i was just a little, Self Sufficient Me". I love this man!! He's so wholefoo-.... I mean wholesome!! 😊☺....

@wildchook745 2 года назад

We had a banana plantation growing up that we used to export to New Zealand and sell at the local market too. Banana, pawpaw/papaya, sugarcane, lime trees, guavas, mangoes, custard apples, Surinam cherries, tamarinds, and other tropical fruits trees is typically part of our home garden.

@jessieelliott3157 2 года назад

Sounds like heaven.

@elisadaluz 2 года назад

Great! 🙂

@justkerry173 2 года назад

50 (ish) years ago, my family took a trip to QLD. There were 2 things that were so nice to eat that I've never tasted the same in SA. The bananas were amazing and it's not often that we get anything like it but my most vivid food memory was pineapple, from the Big Pineapple, 30c for the biggest Pineapple I've ever seen. I'm always disappointed when I buy one now but always live in hope.

@adomalyon1 2 года назад

yep its worth getting stuff from places where you aren't fighting nature to grow it. Reminds me of how I feel about Coiffin Bay oysters and Barossa/Langhorne/McLaren Shiraz :)

@badeadrian 2 года назад

I did worked for a company in Romania.. about 20 years ago... unloading lorry with green banana from Turkey in to giant fridge rooms...( Wearhouse) and when they wanted to make them ready for sale they moved to a different room.. called gas room... where they make them from green to yellow 🙂

@WNWKZ 2 года назад

I recently bought two lady finger banana trees, they're still only small and ones just a pup. I've put them in the ground with mulch and plenty of compost and in just about a week or so they have absolutely flourished! New leafs unfurling like crazy! My family has serious doubts I'll be able to grow bananas over here in Perth WA, but I'm seriously determined 💪🍌

@Peeenos 2 года назад

@@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874 How long does it roughly take to grow a mature Banana plant?

@Peeenos 2 года назад

I'm in Perth too btw*

@JennTN411 Год назад

On the Arkopia channel, Dean is a homesteader in Alaska. He has a big, beautiful greenhouse and grows bananas! Give his vids a look, very interesting and lots of good info.❤

@GCaF 2 года назад

Great video Mark! About the education of the consumer... loved that part. I'm still struggling to make my peers understand that NO two sauces (from different seasons/locations) could ever look the same without artificial chemicals and coloring to make it so. I also see (and it makes me sad) that people will buy only what looks perfect - and shun the "odd"-looking produce. So while I've also notice supermarkets moving towards producers the give fruit and veggies of a higher quality - the canned goods (albeit sauces or others) still suffer from the customer shaking their head at the improper color. Not all tomatoes are identically red and will make the same shade of red ketchup all the time!!! :)

@fanfair1813 Год назад

Mark, I recently purchased an orchard ladder because that used to be me clowning about on an extension ladder trying to pick or cover fruit. Best thing I've purchased in years. The three legged ladder makes life so much easier getting into difficult spots arounds my trees.

@rwedereyet 2 года назад

Please talk more about growing bananas. I could google my questions, but I'd love to hear you talk about how the stems develop, what the flowers look like, whether you have to replant them every season, etc. Enjoy your vids! Cheers from VA, US

@wildchook745 2 года назад

Once it fruits, its done. You chop it down. It usually makes more babies so you raise the baby or babies and they're your next lot of bananas.

@rwedereyet 2 года назад

@@wildchook745 Thanks! I'd love to see a season's worth of time-lapse photos, or just a discussion on how they grow. What an emerging flower-spike looks like! 😊

@Amanda-kw1vi 2 года назад

Also in VA, I have a few banana plants but I dunno if I'll ever get bananas... Maybe if I get a 2 story level open party of my house

@jmodified 2 года назад

I planted one two years ago and now I have dozens - it probably could have been over 100 if I'd kept them all. I'm growing in soil that is mostly leaf mulch.

@kellymorgan4783 2 года назад

@@wildchook745 I've just chopped down the large banana stems from our recent harvest - with the sucker's so close I could only cut it around 1-2 feet from the ground. Will that thick stem wilt and rot down or do I need to take the effort to get rid of it completely?

@Amprobiuss 2 года назад

The subtle comedy in your videos are just the cherry on top 🤣🤣👍

@shortgirl65 2 года назад

I just visited a friend in Maui. She has banana, tangerine, and lemon trees in her back yard. Those little bananas were so delicious! The tangerines were so good too. On a few of our walks there were loquat growing over the walkway. Delicious.

@Tessaogle79 2 года назад

What a beautiful soul. I wish I had you in my life, to learn from in person. I could listen to you talk all day long.

@basedViking 2 года назад

I just harvested a whole bunch from my trees and gave them to my boss today.

@cannaconsult 2 года назад

Ahh, MATE! I just harvested my first miniature Cavendish variety... they're so delicious. They ripen quickly, once they get started, so I'm also dehydrating some. 💚💨😎🥰

@AdventuresandLifestyle 2 года назад

Brilliant piece on the Banana. Your dead right and we are not that fussy on the look of the fruit, so long as we have the real taste of it👍👍👍👊

@helenh20mo 2 года назад

Oh I need to start more banana plants growing again .. I miss my own crops.. love your videos, you have inspired my kids to grow again... today my 15 yr old wanted to grow her own carrots .. lol finally! They are getting the bug instead of watching me playing in the shade house all the time ... your methods have worked for awesomely .. thanks from Horse Camp qld

@jameshaslam2048 2 года назад

Mark, great video. Can’t likely grow bananas here in Canada, but I appreciate the words about imperfect produce. We see that being offered in our grocery stores up here now as well. That was an EPIC banana haul you did there, gritting your teeth and getting the job done. Good on ya!

@alessandrogini5283 Год назад

What grow in the cold Canada without serra?

@zmbp 2 года назад

That's a great point about demanding perfection. Thanks for sharing!

@claudiacampomar4361 2 года назад

I agree 100 percent !! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and remind us the beauty of nature . big hugs from Florida ☀️

@niallwildwoode7373 2 года назад

I love your mention of the dwarf bananas. I'm building a sunken solar gain greenhouse in the UK, and was worried that even at 5 metres hieght I can't grow bananas. You've made my day 👍

@andreinarangel6227 2 года назад

I'm from Puerto Rico. Banana & Plantains grow crazy wild. Careful in accepting a gift of bananas from a neighbor - you may just end up with over 40lbs of bananas in your front porch!

@nicolejohnson2531 2 года назад

Our local farmers markets are the only shopping for fruit and veg….the big supermarkets food is disgusting….I shop every Saturday morning and it’s such a wonderful feeling buying local foods from our local farmers! Thanks for the info on the mini banana trees!

@cpoco 2 года назад

I had an uncle who managed to grow (I believe it was ladyfinger) bananas down on the south coast of Victoria. He's no longer with us so I can't ask what his trick was... but it does show that even much further south, it's still possible to grow bananas

@clubgus07 2 года назад

Mark i went to Rustys Markets on the weekend and got my self a bunch of ugly lady finger bananas of course being Cairns things rippen so quik before you can get back from markets back to the apartments and they were delishious in my smoothie along with all the other produce I brought from Rustys i could mix up in the rental apartment kitchen blender. btw Im growing a Dwarf Giraffe Banana crop in my courtyard in Northern Suburbs of Brisbane and its the first crop this year the bananas are small at the moment and im going to bag and tag them in the next week or so before Mr Possum comes to feast, ive ordered the bags and im willing for the bananas to stay on the plant as long as it can stay. cheers for the tips

@NotoriousHighBP 2 года назад

The same bird sounds that are in your video are also coming from my yard, I thought I was going crazy haha. Very Qld! Another great video, nothing better than home grown bananas - taste AND texture.

@acwhit1593 2 года назад

I've never liked bananas. Perhaps this is why. Thanks!

@TheUltimateGardener 2 года назад

Great video Mark!! I’ll definitely take these tips into consideration! I’m a young gardener I’m only 15! And my favorite thing to do is growing my own food! And I document my journey through my channel Ultimate Gardening and showcase the knowledge I know! Your An Amazing Gardener Keep up the great work! Happy gardening!💚✨🌿 Kindest Regards - Emmanuel Arce / Ultimate Gardener

@cbjones2212 2 года назад

Great to see, Emmanuel. I'm looking forward to hopping over and watching some of your vids. If you haven't already, check out Huw Richard's gardening channel ru-vid.com/show-UCeaKRrrpWiQFJJmiuon2WoQ He started his channel when he was 12, about ten years ago and now has over 500k subs.

@TheUltimateGardener 2 года назад

@@cbjones2212 ya he’s an amazing gardener!!💚

@RobertasArtisticAdventures 2 года назад

I wish I could grow bananas as they are one of my top favorite fruits! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with bananas, their true flavor, and how to grow and ripen them for the best results. God bless you and your family, Mark!

@stanwolenski9541 Год назад

The first time I had a fresh banana was on a vacation to Jamaica in the early 80’s. What a nice tasting fruit or berry what ever one wants to call it.

@Africa1000 2 года назад

You're so right. In west Africa bananas are grown absolutely everywhere they taste wonderful. I came back to the UK I almost puked when I tasted a supermarket banana after months in Africa!

@roxanasmith6288 Год назад

this is something i didnot know about bananas. i thankyou for this and helping me to see how much im in the dark about what im doing my own self with be doing to much looking for perfection in all things.

@downyourtube 2 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing what you do. I enjoy watching your videos and learning. Great job Sir.

@coribyrd1332 2 года назад

I'm in Alabama and we seem to have similar climate. You have helped re-inspire me! Keep up the awesome work. You motivate a lot of people to get back into it 😆💚👍🏻

@kayeschlenert5905 2 года назад

Nothing tastes as heavenly as bananas grown in the backyard, I love the lady finger ones, so sweet. Good to see you growing the dwarf variety, that climbing up the ladder looked pretty dicey. Lucky you had your son holding it for you.

@kristenadams7885 2 года назад

I've been growing bananas for over 10 years now, but in central NC (North Carolina) in the USA... and I mean dead center of the state, the trees don't get the growing season necessary to make fruit. They do, however grow over the house, in height. I must say though, I really do enjoy watching you grow all the fruits and veggies that I cannot grow in my climate. Keep it up! 👌

@posi3414 2 года назад

Hi Mark, thanks for your many videos. I have learned load. I have 20 sugar bananas plants in my small backyard. They are Thai bananas called Nam-wah. Like you said, it is best to cut the bunch when it turns yellow. This makes them taste so good. I usually cut the bunch when a few turn yellow. And the rest will turns yellow gradually. It doesn’t last long though because I like to share them with my friends.

@TheEarthHistorysConfusing 2 года назад

3:53 thanks I often wounder why it was like that and never knew you could make chips .

@alfonsomural4792 2 года назад

I grew my own bananas in florida, as well as plantains and this guy is 100% right, I've grown plantains that were sweeter than supermarket bananas and the bananas are on another level.

@hoosierpioneer 2 года назад

Wish I could give you 10 thumbs up for this video! You go mate!

@wolfie9593 2 года назад

I was very surprised to hear this. I thought Aussie fruit would taste far superior to what we get in Canada. I figured our lousy fruit was due to the distance it had to travel from the producers. Now I know something more. Thanks for your videos. I learn so much from them.

@SweetestWalrus 2 года назад

@pado joe biden why are you being such a hateful person on such a lovely and kind person's video comments?

@lizt8087 2 года назад

@pado joe biden Lol 😂

@DangerB0ne 2 года назад

@@SweetestWalrus After how Trudy handled the Freedom Convoy, that effete tyrant deserves all the spite that comes his way. Politics aside, supermarket fruit is inferior to locally grown. Here in the frozen wastes of New England apple season is welcomed with open arms even though apples are always in stock.

@KnittingmommyArts 2 года назад

When you first started talking about how chalky tasting bananas in the store were, I had no idea what you were talking about. I always thought store bought bananas tasted pretty good. I had my first harvest of the banana tree in my backyard yesterday. Now I get it. OMG! It was so much sweeter and had so much more flavor than any banana I've ever eaten before. I'm kind of wishing I'd managed to get bananas off my tree before now. Unfortunately, after four and a half years since this thing sprouted up in the backyard, this is the first year we beat the animals and bad weather to the fruit. It was so worth the wait though. Now I need to learn how to take care of this banana tree better to maximize my banana harvest. All I can say for now, is I'm grateful this banana decided to plant itself in my yard after hurricane Irma a few years ago. It took a while to finally taste the sweet stuff, but I can honestly say it was the best banana I've ever eaten.

@melanieallen8980 2 года назад

I have just bought my first cavandish banana tree..soooo excited!!3😁😁💚

@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325 2 года назад

Hey Mark, good information about bananas. We are lucky here in Thailand that everyone and their brother grows bananas. It will probably be one of the first plants we will buy and put in when we move to the new place. It is furniture north than Bangkok is but still good growing country. Citrus fruit is another thing I want to put in as soon as possible. It takes a few years for them to get established.

@halomena 2 года назад

I love the red ducatti variety because they grow and ripen so fast!

@Magisktification 2 года назад

Great talk at the end! I always choose produce with flaws like scars uneven shapes and what not, tend to be the best tasting produce!

@gladiasanders7264 2 года назад

Hello Mark I love watching your videos I learn a lot from them I grow in pots cuz I have a very small yard but grow what we like tomatoes 🍅 and other things will keep watching all your videos bye from California

@HelioPopTart 2 года назад

Thank you very much for making videos of having your own natural garden. It’s been almost two years since I worked for the local government in a project of bio security. Your videos provides me with enthusiasm of the ideal garden I would like to have in the future. Additionally, I really appreciate you provide detail explanation in your videos. I remembered very vividly, a garden I entered from an urban area had more than 20 avocado, citrus, papaya, apple and banana trees. It was like visiting a dream garden. Though there is one thing if you could please provide a video on, and that would be having your own bees to flower your garden. That backyard I visited had one or two beehives of their own. Wondering whether or not that would also prove beneficial in having your own bees.

@damianpritchett8785 2 года назад

I've NEVER had chalk tasting bananas.?? wowzers!

@deezimmo4814 2 года назад

Bananas, nice. It has been below freezing since December..negative temperatures for the last six weeks. Today, it is supposed to go up to the freezing mark, a subarctic heatwave. Michigan blows snow...

@woodson21 2 года назад

Another great video Mark, I can’t believe you didn’t show/mention burying the kangaroo at the base of your banana trees. That’s one of my favorite bits from all your vids.

@krishnamanson1863 2 года назад

I just brought 4 . Pretty excited

@makulewahine 2 года назад

When I lived in Hawaii I had a patch of Bluefield bananas (Gros Michel) in my front yard. They were small trees that had ginormous stalks of large bananas. Wonderful tasting after they ripened on the tree. Now that I live in an area where that's not possible I look for the marked down bananas. At least they taste a little bit better but not like all the varieties we had in Hawaii.

@ExploreAmerica 2 года назад

Outside of Chicago Illinois Bananas are $.79 a pound normally yesterday $.49 a pound. February 2022

@midnightmadness5569 2 года назад

Hey Mark, good subject regarding unripen Bananas.. I grew up in Carnarvon, WA, banana plantations are one of the main industries there.. when I was 15 it was my first job, to literally harvest bananas and separate the suckers and replant them... they were harvested very green, extremely unripe, then dipped in a solution and boxed up and sent to the city of Perth for distribution throughout the state and interstate ... understand Carnarvon is 900klms away from the city, not to mention north where the bananas were also sent, some went as far as 3000klms from Carnarvon.... when they get to the main distribution centre they are then sent out again to other small towns inner land, various small towns, 100s of towns... some of these towns wont receive the bananas for up to 3-5 weeks from when they were harvested... so imagine if they were harvested ripe or even near ripe, they would be no good... yes they are chalky and unripe, best to let them ripen till they gain dark spots all over them, at least they will taste sugary sweet... but what else can the farmers do, the distribution takes along time for some places.. I understand why its this way, not ideal, but there is no solution for far distances... there is nothing like a ripened banana straight from the plant, but some will never have that pleasure.. As a child Mum would take us out to the plantations for a drive, many of them had stalls where ripened bananas were for sale, our favourite as children were frozen bananas on a pop stick fully dipped in chocolate, cost 20cents in the day, best ever... any way, my long winded point is, the plantation farmers wouldn't exist if it wasn't for being able to harvest them unripe as they wouldn't make it to many of the stores before being spoiled... that's a fact my friend... the only way the people will be able to gain freshly ripened bananas without being dipped in chemical solutions is to buy from farmers markets etc... also organic from the big supermarkets... as the population forever increases there is no other solution to get near ripe bananas to the stores in time that are of distance... stay cool brother man...

@Rolynar Год назад

Cover you green bananas with the brown banana leaf to ripen. The taste is exquisite

@fernandezfarm 2 года назад

Now I see how you stay in shape lugging around banana trees and racks

@daleevans4261 2 года назад

Awesome video once again. Thanks

@dminard1 2 года назад

This is true of most fruits. I'm from North America and the peaches in the super market tend to be very bland or starchy.

@papirojo4228 2 года назад

I live a couple of miles from Disneyland in Anaheim. I bought a Dwarf Cavendish banana tree from a local nursery. The bananas I’ve gotten from the first plant and two of the pups have been phenomenal. Plus, the bananas themselves are regular size. We have 5 pups already coming up, so we’re hoping for a bumper crop this year.

@kgs2280 2 года назад

I’m so happy to see your comment. I’m in San Diego, and have just gotten serious about gardening, and I want to grow everything! Am looking into special fruit trees like banana, mango, guava, etc., so I’m happy to hear that bananas will grow well here. It also has gotten so hot in the summers, that I’m thinking even mangoes and guava will grow and produce as well, if I give them enough water, of course.

@ocuidadordanatureza5355 2 года назад

So nice to watch your videos Mark, I'm growing bananas too (no bunch yet) in my garden with mediterranean subtropical climate in the southwest of Portugal. We have so many autralian species that grow so well here, we share similar climate as Perth. I guess we both can grow similar things at different times of the year, with different results tough. Best of regards.

@Crazyjjj1413 2 года назад

Thank you this is amazing I really want some now

@philwrightofficial 2 года назад

Great message.

@lauraayars5234 2 года назад

I am glad to know that there seems to be a push for less waste. I've grown tomatoes and the ones at the store NEVER look like a homegrown one!

@markofsaltburn 2 года назад

Thanks, Mark.

@nicoletobincairns 2 года назад

I have miniature Cavendish banana trees in Cairns. No climbing ladders for me! Except I often have to prop up the bunch with an old broom

@rebeccasturtevant9500 2 года назад

Love your videos. I’ve never had a fresh banana off a tree! Keep up the great work

@fireant1272 2 года назад

Home grown Apple bananas mmm so good.

@redstump9594 2 года назад

Hi, really love your videos, my mum is planning on doing a garden as well

@wifi2166 2 года назад

this is very true. i work for a fruit distribution company that supplies woolies, coles and aldi. we get bananas that are completely green without the stems. We then send them to woolies warehouses whom will only accept green bananas because they then ripen them in infrared rooms for weeks before sending them out to the stores when they choose to. the amount of waste and rejected bananas we get back is out of control but we cant do anything but throw them away because they aren't green....even though they are actually perfectly fine to eat....

@TheEarthHistorysConfusing 2 года назад

Apples from the supermarket tast crap too because they store them on co2 fridges , generally the ones at the shop are from last season.

@ayina111 2 года назад

As asian and plant bananas literally in front of my house, I always remove the older leaves. So no brown old leaves hanging in the trees. It makes the banana trees look more beautiful and neat and can be used as ornamental plant

@loubowen8082 2 года назад

Hello from NC USA, these people that want perfect vegetable never have had a garden

@top-wasp88 2 года назад

Hi there I just wanna say been watching you for months now and all your tips I’ve started to try them my self I’m trying to grow banana plant it’s at 3ft at the min but have to keep it in the polytunnel dwarf canvendish but the banana you have been trying to look for them but sad enough can’t get them over here in uk unless got them abroad keep up the good work and keep bringing the videos and making them fun

@gazzertrn 2 года назад

Love too grow banannas , but here in the u.k its a little difficult . Great vid Mark regards from over here , love watching your stuff and listening to your advice , some of your growing tips i use over here .

@heatherhorton2547 2 года назад

I remember watching a boy slowly drift down the amazon river on a raft full of bananas to Iquitos, Peru. The guide told me that when he gets to Iquitos he sells the bananas and the wood on the raft and takes a water taxi back to do the same thing again.

@Globalgenocide 2 года назад

The real reason to grow your own bananas is so your spiders have somewhere to live.

@prestonmccallshay_naneverl2188 2 года назад

Business Insider has done a few videos on banana farmers around the world. I think mostly the current issues arising are climate change and diseases. Bananas don't grow from seed, they have mothers and babies. So generally all the banana trees on their farms are genetically identical and when a disease is introduced it practically wipes out the farm. Also the bananas grown 50-60 plus years ago where most likely not the type of bananas in the markets today...genetically speaking. Anyone curios about it might want to check those videos out. If this helps in your banana eating, Happy munching!

@technical19d34 2 года назад

I live near the Florida panhandle (zone 8b/9a) and I'm still trying to figure out how to grow banana trees that large. We do usually get a few light freezes during the winter and maybe that has something to do with it, but my trees never seem to get very tall or get anything but tiny little fruit the size of a baby's thumb. I try to keep the pups from growing by chopping them out including that part of the rhizome so the main plant can grow larger. I want GIANT banana trees! I love the way they look.

@Botho1989 2 года назад

I have no problem with coles and woolies bananas. Love the taste. I also loved Tooheys new before craft beer came along.

@redhen689 2 года назад

I live in Pennsylvania, and have been growing Lady Finger bananas in my house for 8 years. Unfortunately, my situation isn’t perfect, and my fruit hasn’t been so good, but it’s fun to grow them.

@wayne8113 2 года назад

Thanks Mark

@kuuuntjuice6121 2 года назад

Godspeed mayte. Absolute legend

@MrMalthusMusic 2 года назад

Great call to arms for more of us to get out to our weekend market and preferably buy from the small producers who are selling all their own produce. We’re spoilt for choice here in Brisbane and few things are as wholesome and pleasurable to me than wandering my local market at the crack of dawn enjoying the sights, smells and doggos :) Plus the produce will usually last longer as it has often just been harvested so it’s far fresher than the big two can provide. Love your work as always Mark. As an aside, perhaps one day you might be able to discuss two topics that are of interest to me (and hopefullly other urban backyard gardeners!). First is any fruit trees (or otherwise) that one needs to be cautious of due to invasive root systems. The second is possums, not sure if you have any issues with them but here in the inner city I have nothing but woe from the darn things, they’re ravenous and will consume even my succulents, they strip my passion fruit vines bare and just generally make growing edible produce difficult. Any deterrent methods you can recommend? I bought some foliar anti possum from Bunnings but it seems like it just acted as an attractant because they ate everything I applied it to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯