23 Different Banana Varieties! How I Turned My Backyard into a Food Forest

[@shelleycornell7282]

My favorite thing said by both, might have to dig up and move. Also, might not be the final resting place. These are very encouraging statements to me. It shows that other people screw up like me. So what. Dig it up and plant it somewhere else.

[@wellspringgardens]

Glad to hear that resonated with you. Gardening is definitely a labor of love that you never finish. Always more to learn; always things to adjust!

[@Black-ig6vh]

😮 I had no idea that a DWARF Cavendish gets that tall!! I thought I was buying a shorty lol 😂

[@wellspringgardens]

I know what you’re saying! An 8-10 foot tree is considered DWARF? 😂 But grow it indoors and it probably won’t get that tall and CAN still fruit!

[@marytanner6718]

I start trees in pots and move them around to see where they do the best, then plant

[@wellspringgardens]

Let the plants date before marrying their spot. That’s smart.

[@cbreezesports]

Very cool to see all the different varieties of plants!

[@wellspringgardens]

It is pretty neat!

[@wellspringgardens]

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[@TwilightVaramek]

i get most of my pkanst from wellspring gardens i am doing a strricly indoors food garden cus i am in zone 4 i have had good lucks with everything but the super dwarf cavandish the one that only gets 2 feet tall iv had two die alredy just after the 30 day return window but my other bannans from them have been happy

[@wellspringgardens]

That’s the only way in Zone 4!🥶🥶🥶 Glad to hear you’ve had success with most of your plants. Personally, I think gardeners get more XP every time they kill a plant. Trust me, I’ve got a lot of XP 🤣

[@TwilightVaramek]

@@wellspringgardens yea i want to get anouther truely tiney again third time is always the charm just waiting tell i have the extra money again i got two fig trees from you guys recently i like figs never eaten one but you cant buy them here cus they dont grow up here and dont last long once harvested so im growing my own to atcualyu get to taste them

[@wellspringgardens]

@@TwilightVaramek Not sure which fig you got, but I would highly recommend the Fignomenal Fig, especially for and indoor garden. They only grow 2-3 feet tall, and I've seen fruit growing on an 8-inch plant just before sending it out to a customer.

[@TwilightVaramek]

@@wellspringgardens yea fignominal is the one i got from you last year its got 8 figs on it has had them on it sense july just waitiong for them to start ripening the two others i got in july of this year was yellow longneck and latturella honey i am gonna try and dwarf them in pots and see what happens. i kinda wish way up in minnesota we had a hrteenhouse likle wellspring i really want to work at one

[@wellspringgardens]

@@TwilightVaramek that’s awesome! Congratulations on getting it to fruit indoors. If you wanted to share pics of it on Instagram, send us a DM and we’ll repost it

[@leondarasta1053]

Pop up pics would have been nice

[@wellspringgardens]

Noted! We’ll do that for our next one

[@tylertko]

I think the plants can cross pollinate and they lose their originality also the roots will fuse it happens with mint and stuff that’s related to

[@wellspringgardens]

Yes, that’s true of wild bananas - they reproduce sexually with other banana plants, ie pollination. Commercial varieties reproduce vegetatively, meaning there is no pollination involved. New ones will grow from near the base of the first plant; these are often referred to as “pups”

[@NumaNumaLambChop]

Does the pink variegated banana actually produce fruit or is it ornamental?

[@wellspringgardens]

@@NumaNumaLambChop the Pink Nono Banana does produce fruit. It’s seeded, and most of the time seeded bananas are classified as inedible, but you can just eat around the seeds.

[@brunomai3337]

All looks nice, but why would you show off a male papaya plant?

[@wellspringgardens]

Give me a timestamp of where a male papaya appears and I will give you an answer