DON'T Grow BANANA Plants Until You WATCH THIS!

In this video, I give you valuable tips and advice about growing banana plants at home in your garden.

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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland, Australia, about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online, so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

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[Selfsufficientme]

G'day Everyone, thanks a ton for your support! I know I haven't been posting a lot lately but be assured I have plenty of videos coming and our garden has never looked better so I want to show it off lol... Also, for those who I may not have replied to in my last video on Scooter thank you for your kind words of sympathy and condolences - you really are an awesome "bunch" here on YouTube and your support helps me and my family immensely. Cheers :)

[lawrencetrujillo]

Bear, I’m a veteran (USMC) and was in Vietnam. I don’t get out and about much so I started gardening. It has been extremely helpful for my PTSD and I want to thank you for what you do for a lot of people.

[rhysdehaan]

Hi Mark, I'm 16 and live in perth, starting a small orchard on my family's 1 acre property - so far, orange, mandarin, apricot, nectarine, and soon plum, apple, and some mulberries (white & black) which I grew from cuttings. Thanks for making these videos! Maybe I'll get some dwarf bananas to... 🍌 🌱 👍

[HablemosDelHuerto]

Banana’s waste make the greatest composting material ever. They bring great humidity and lots of nutrients. Great video.

[docgrowsfood]

If you’re still in the market for dwarf varieties, I highly recommend Dwarf Namwah. It’s a very vigorous grower, cold hardy (seen reports in forums of growers not even losing the pseudostem in 18F temperatures), and wind resistant. And it produces large bunches of delicious bananas for its size (usually fruits around 6-8 ft tall). Grand Nain is another great one. Produces massive bunches of grocery store size bananas on a thick wind-resistant 6-10 ft pseudostem, and it’s probably the most vigorous grower of all fruiting bananas. Not quite as cold hardy as the Namwah but it grows so fast that with a little frost protection during a cold snap it will recover.

[loupurvis]

We’ll definitely be planting dwarf bananas this year. Hubby fell from about 6 feet up and landed horizontally on his side. It must have been the flat landing and grass underneath that saved him. He’s 68 and by some miracle, didn’t break anything, barely a visible bruise but he could hardly walk for days.
It really is dangerous. The bananas are heavy, nothing to hold on to and so easy to over balance.
To add insult to injury our son refused to eat any of the “Bananas of Death”. 😂😂😂

[kathyw]

I have 4 of the round Birdies garden beds in my small yard. I started gardening in 2020 with just some pots and a bunch of seeds. As someone with a bad back and 50, those high round ones are perfect. I managed to turn a hardly used space into a very rewarding and money saving hobby. Not to mention better tasting produce. If I can do it anyone can. I was very lucky to come across your channel very early and I've learnt so much. Thanks Mark and cheers from Northern NSW Australia.

[Handles_AreStupid]

If you are going to grow raspberries, make sure to get thornless ones! I didn't because I thought the thorns wouldn't be that much of an issue, but raspberries spread like a weed. The thorns make it extra hard to pull up or to rake over, and they will tangle any machines you try to use on them. Save the time and effort and get thornless.

[Tangobutton]

In southern Michigan, where we get real winter, I put in Japanese Fiber Bananas (musa basjoo) 10 years ago and it grows into a really cool, tropical
monster every summer and dies all the way back to the ground in the fall. You have to plant them next to the house for some root warmth in winter. Clean up on Saint Patrick's Day is a bear (you have to also leave the dead stuff over winter to further protect the roots). It does not produce bananas but the big leaves are great for wrapping meat and vegetables for the grill.

[roddymurray]

Absolutely love watching your videos with my son and you prompted us to start gardening. Thanks Mark

[billhatcher]

That last little bare spot would be a great spot for a good sized row of raspberries or blackberries even without a raised bed they don't take much work after planting just a pruning once a year

[JoanneS-umzd]

Hi Mark, I love your show. I'm from Canada. I have raised garden beds. My husband and I are building them from old grain bins. I wish we could grow the fruit that you can grow. It will be great if our orchard will take off. I have planted pears, apples, cherries, and plums. Must all be hardy for zone 2 or possibly 3. Keep up the videos.

[TheKrispyfort]

Thanks, Mark 👍

My garden started a few years ago; early spring, 2230h, small trowel, hard soil, sack of chitted spuds, tears of determination - soon tada! PTS potatoes.

Saved my life.

Now I've got an interesting mix of vegies growing over a much larger area.

I seed save. I experiment.
When I have the energy for it, it's an absolute joy.

I still can't figure out how strawberries got in there though 🤔

If my plants start bolting, I just let them.

The open air pollination has yielded interesting results

[vanderfk]

Thank you! My only banana plant got taken out by the hurricane and I really want to plant a few more.

[droac]

My Atherton Raspberry has grown well in SEQ. Daleys nursery also sell a thornless variety of native Australian raspberry. Mine is just starting to fruit. I have collected the fruit in the freezer over time and then made jam. Obviously all my native Australian raspberries are grown in large containers as they can go feral.

[jennlizzy]

I really like the open space in this remodeled garden area. I gota' admit to a fair amount of garden envy.

[ThumbsUpKitty]

I aspire to be like this family.. Here in the USA, also a Banana Republic.. I just love this so much

[it]

Thank you for answering the question of your title right at the front of the video for people who just want to learn. Its refreshing to have someone on Youtube that respects their audience.

[ColettesGarden]

Love my dwarf apple and cherry trees for the same reasons.

[shanerolfe]

My family has been growing a dwarf cavandish type banana for more then 60 years, their is a stand of them at my sisters that has been in the same spot for over 65 years and they still produce well. They on get about 2 metres high maximum but can still have a 30 kg seven hand bunch. love your channels👍