When is the best time to transplant a banana tree?

Question

I want to move some banana trees from one place in the yard to another. I live in Texas. When is the best time to move them? Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall? Is it best to move them when it is cold because they are dormant or better to move them in the Spring when they are blooming and "active"? Thanks!

Answer 1

While the original bananas contained rather large seeds, triploid (and thus seedless) cultivars have been selected for human consumption. These are propagated asexually from offshoots of the plant. The plant is allowed to produce 2 shoots at a time; a larger one for fruiting immediately and a smaller "sucker" or "follower" that will produce fruit in 6–8 months time. The life of a banana plantation is 25 years or longer, during which time the individual stools or planting sites may move slightly from their original positions as lateral rhizome formation dictates. Latin Americans sometimes comment that the plants are "walking" over time.


Banana corms.Cultivated bananas are parthenocarpic, which makes them sterile and unable to produce viable seeds. Lacking seeds, another form of propagation is required. This involves removing and transplanting part of the underground stem (called a corm). Usually this is done by carefully removing a sucker (a vertical shoot that develops from the base of the banana pseudostem) with some roots intact. However, small sympodial corms, representing not yet elongated suckers, are harder to transplant and can be left out of the ground for up to 2 weeks; they require minimal care and can be boxed together for shipment.

If the distance is small then transplant them any time.

Ensure that soil drainage is good and it is constantly wet.

Banana thrive on water but detaste water logging

Answer 2

Transplanting Banana Trees

Answer 3

During the dormancy period is always the safest time to move them.

Answer 4

move them when they are dormant