2007-03-22 08:58:38 · 4 answers · asked by french1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Hi! I have a lot of banana trees (variety unknown), and they produce sweet, edible fruit about 4-6" all year long. They thrive in my South Texas zone 8 border area in heavy clay soil, and without any extra augumentations &/or precautions. These plants grow outward in a circle, as the center ones die off babies come up around the circle. They have shallow fleshy roots that are not very deep (about 18-24").
If you have mild winters they survive well, with only the older leaves drying out which you will want to cut back with a sharp knife to keep them looking tidy. They do like a moist environment, so if you live where rain is scarce, be sure to water them well at least twice a week. They propagate well within a few months by taking a large piece from the root stock and replanting at the same depth. Hope this helps you out.
2007-03-22 09:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by Margo P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm happy there are human beings than me loopy adequate to purchase a banana plant while they stay the place it gets chilly! they like fairly some photograph voltaic perpetually. i offered one referred to as Musa basjoo that i will plant outdoors as long ask I cover it extremely extremely properly so it would not freeze the roots. it is not any longer a form that truthfully has bananas on it which you will consume, that's barely an fairly massive banana plant that survives the iciness while you're careful. the single I had lasted 2 winters and then I have been given lazy and it did no longer arise final 12 months. 8( even with the undeniable fact that it became astonishing to work out on an analogous time as I had it! it might are becoming to be better if I had fed it the way you're meant to feed banana flora even with the undeniable fact that it became nevertheless a pair ft taller than me by using the time it have been given chilly.
2016-12-15 06:31:27 · answer #2 · answered by sickels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really aside from the fact that we love bananas and the plant will spread like crazy. I really do not know anything else.
We had them at a rental house and nothing seemed to ever kill them.
2007-03-22 09:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water the heck out of them, give them bright sunshine, and they're good to go. Also, watch out come winter....a good frost or freeze will kill 'em quick.
When they fruit, it helps to put a white plastic bag around them to help them fully ripen.
2007-03-22 09:17:26 · answer #4 · answered by barefoot_yank 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋