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Visited my dads farm today and noticed these gem bananas. The fig banana but not sure of the name for the other one.
u/Old_Delivery_3676 — 20 hours ago
r/GrowingBananas
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This is just in front of my grandpas front yard. Its still a baby but soon ill be eating riped bananas
u/Old_Delivery_3676 — 5 days ago
Ice Cream Banana Tree Purchased!
Hello, I just purchased an ice-cream banana tree. I live in zone 9A, which to my understanding is great for these types of trees. It will probably stay potted for a while, due to living circumstances I cannot currently plant it in the ground. However, it will be outside on the back patio where it will get plenty of sun.
The 2-3 ft plant will arrive by the end of the week, along with a 12 inch well draining pot, and fertilizer.
And tips for a new banana tree owner? For example, what type of soil do you recommend? I know it should be well draining, but in your experience, which would you say works well?
Thank you! 🍌 🌴
u/Mokodiokio- — 4 days ago
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Blue Java pups- what to do?
Hi everyone! I purchased this tree back in early March. I’m excited to see how fast this tree is growing and sprouting new leaves every week! However, my mother tree has gifted me with two pups. I’ve read that you should keep pups attached until they’re 1-2 feet long and then propagate. I’ve also seen others suggest to keep the pups attached. Wouldn’t that eventually kill off the mother plant?
As you can see, the bigger pup has grown significantly within the past 3 weeks, while the second pup is slow.
Any advice to a first time banana tree owner? Should I propagate within the next month or let them be?
u/Rum_Ham93 — 6 days ago
Ice Cream
its hot currently in S FL And the whole flower opened in 1 day ( its massive )
last flower took 2 weeks to open because it was cold in the winter and half of it did die
sometimes sold as blue java / ice cream they get slightly blue when done growing, some varieties do get very blue but i have never seen at any of the wholesale nurseries, if you have a very blue variety post pic
the stalks will peak at 20' and might even keep growing if you keep feeding, they pup out hard and produce lots of stalks, after 1y each plant i put in has at least 7 pups
this stalk is 14" Thick at the base, maybe more
the fruit is very good, last cluster i sat there and prob ate 14 in a row
theres even talk of a pie
u/BocaHydro — 5 days ago
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Ripening in cool weather
Is there a way to encourage growth and ripening in cooler weather?.
my bananas alway seem to produce the most flowers at the end of summer, and now being almost winter have stopped growing.
Will I just need to wait till weather is warm again or is there away to promote growth in cooler weather. Thanks
u/Successful-Bear-3683 — 5 days ago
Truly Tiny progress
I believe I am close to getting a flower in a pot. It is in a 30gallon grow bag under strong grow lights. I keep the room roughly 85 degrees. First picture was the tissue culture I got in June, second pic was August, third was January, and final picture was today. It’s about 4.5” at the base and 42” tall to leaf tip. Canopy has gotten very tight and leafs have slowly decreased in size although nothing has changed. Should be within the next few weeks to couple months if I had to guess. Very exciting!
u/mitch84628 — 9 days ago
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Is this a pre flag leaf on my banana tree this time!?
Does anyone think or know if this a pre flag leaf on my tall Namwah banana tree?
u/HLHS_soldier — 10 days ago
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Is something wrong with my racks ? Looks like they’re starting to brown
u/SumOMG — 10 days ago
Banana leaves bursting out of the side of banana tree? What should I do?
So these banana leaves started protruding from the side of my dwarf cavendish banana plant. I've had several banana trees and never had this issue. Thoughts on how to fix this? Should I just leave it alone to see what happens or should I chop it down to where they're poking out? It's currently indoors (still below 50 at night) and in an east-facing window. Currently watering once every 2 weeks since the room has higher humidity (running several humidifiers). Thank you!
u/SpeakerKey5200 — 12 days ago
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Could this possibly be a flag leaf starting?
Never seen a leaf pushing out like this. The tree is about 2 years old now. This would be awesome.
u/MB510420 — 11 days ago