4 Essential tips for growing bananas

Banana tree not growing for you? If your wondering how to get banana tree to produce fruit this video will share all the tips for growing bananas that you will need. How much light do bananas need, what to fertilize a bananas with, how often to water banana trees, and more. Banana maintenance is essential to getting your banana tree to fruit which includes removing excess banana pups. Not sure what a banana pup is, no worries! This video will get you growing fast!

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[michelleeaton]

thank you so much for this video.. I was today years old learning that the mother dies after producing bananas, I kinda felt sad 😢 I never knew this.

[Rick-gu]

I appreciate you sharing your experience, observation, and knowledge so in return I'd like to offer you and everyone else who might appreciate mine... I I could be wrong but I see what looks like a power line running right through your banana tree line. If in fact it is, perhaps it would be wise to look into the potential hazard of that. Where I'm from people die from climbing trees that have a power line running through. I'm talking about mango, coconut, and breadfruit trees. If anything, at least consider it. Take care!

[thewildingslanding]

We use the mother plant as compost after we harvest the rack. We cut the mother plant into 8-12", and leave it in the banana circle.

[Iammrswheelous]

I just bought a dwarf banana tree a couple days ago. I’m SO excited!!! This video is so informative. Big mahalo to you

[andreagab]

I have 5 huge racks of bananas and 2 more just starting to produce.
I have discovered that eating green bananas, boiled taste like potatoes. They are extremely healthy. I also make green banana flour. There's only so many bananas I can freeze or make jam with. See Jamaican recipes for some great ideas on green bananas.

[ajaygotru]

Awesome 👏👏👏👍 learning from Botswana 🇧🇼. Backyard gardening 😄

[robkeaton]

Very helpful video. I planted my first banana tree last year - a gift from a friend - and it grew surprisingly well here in Southern California. It flowered several weeks ago and I'm now waiting patiently for my first rack of bananas to ripen. I realize now that I didn't fertilize enough (hardly at all, actually) so I'm keeping my expectations low. This first go-round has been a learning experience. A vigorous pup has already started to take off, so I'll apply what I've learned to that one and hopefully see better results. One thing in your video that surprised me is that you didn't suggest cutting the mother plant down to 30 inches after harvest. Most other growers seem to agree on that, although I'm not sure why.

[soniahofmann]

Girl you're looking good it must be all that gardening God bless

[Truth-fq]

I bought some worm castings at the AZ worm farm and their amazing compost and my Musa Gold Finger is doing great, I live in Peoria Az. I put in new compost every month.

[t-a]

I leave the bloom because my honey bees love to feed on the flowers under the petals.

[curtisholmes]

Around 8 years ago we had a stand of white oak trees that we had to have removed. The company ground the stumps and we had a very large area left over. We planted banana trees in the area - several varieties. We basically just let them do their thing and we've gotten a huge return. Now there are probably 50 trees growing in that area and we get a dozen or more bunches of bananas each year. I feed them by throwing all kinds of waste in the circle, coffee grounds, food scraps, wood chips and other plant clippings. If you get them started they are great producers and are very close to set and forget.

[sobiaomer]

Best description so far in all of u tube....

[TargaWheels]

In our banana patch where we're on the 2nd set of pups, all of the previous banana plants were cut down almost to ground level. The original banana plant we planted (and is cut to ground level) shot a new pup out of the center of it recently, and that thing is growing fast and healthy. I'm guessing the corm down there is huge. Out of the total of 20+ plants that have come out from the original, I've only removed 4 pups. The leaves can get a little crowded but all the plants are healthy. I've noticed that if you don't remove the pups, those pups won't put out as many pups as the mother plant. Our original plant had 9 pups. The pups I didn't remove only had 3 to 4 pups each, I guess because it was too crowded.

On one of the local hiking trails, about 25 years ago I came across this HUGE banana patch. There must have been 50-60 plants in that patch, and I'm sure a few people had taken pups home over the years. I can only imagine how big it is now. I'm sure the fallen/dead plants in the center provided a lot of nutrients for that patch. Sorry for the long comment. 😁

[AgriAutoIndia]

Useful video for farmers ..i am a organic farmer and youtuber & music Composer

[jocerod]

Beatles are eating my banana leaves at night. Im in South Florida… I bought some neem spray and sprayed them last night.. I don’t see anyone in YT talking about this. 😮‍💨

[sobiaomer]

Mine is ready to harvest and I didn't know if I Shud remove the flower or not and after how long will they b yellow... But ur tips r awsum and easy to understand.. n clear... Thanx

[mariebrumer]

Mother Nature is so cool. Thanks for sharing tips. 💖🙏✌️

[ellena]

It matters where your located. Fruit growing needs are very location dependent.

[cairozulu]

I have two banana seedlings and the info that that you provided in this video will help me a lot, thanks.

[JohnPaulConteh-uyvu]

I a farmer living in Sierra Leone who want to start banana planting