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.
@Iammrswheelous5 ай бұрын
I just bought a dwarf banana tree a couple days ago. I’m SO excited!!! This video is so informative. Big mahalo to you
@Rick-g8uАй бұрын
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!
@ajaygotru52548 ай бұрын
Awesome 👏👏👏👍 learning from Botswana 🇧🇼. Backyard gardening 😄
@robkeaton61434 ай бұрын
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.
@andreagab63292 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Nice! I've done fried before but never boiled. Id have to add a few more trees if we find alternative uses because we are typically almost out of bananas by the time they are ripening!
@humanbeing43682 жыл бұрын
Banana ketchup is delicious!
@andreagab63292 жыл бұрын
@@humanbeing4368 that sounds interesting. Do you have a favorite recipe that you can share?
@soniahofmann49692 жыл бұрын
I grew up eating boiled green bananas with garlic and olive oil it's very Caribbean we also great them and put them into a Masa for what we call pasteles a Puerto Rican version of tamales
@humanbeing43682 жыл бұрын
@@andreagab6329 unfortunately I don’t as I purchased a bottle of Baron’s brand while vacationing in Aruba.
@thewildingslanding2 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that is a great technique!
@lathapauline1063 Жыл бұрын
Check out the delicacies from banana flowers and stems, even leaves can be used for steaming food items it is said the chlorophyll present in banana leaves removes toxins and even food taste better
@danielanderson90226 ай бұрын
This is a well used technique. Cutting up the leaves and using as much around their base does wonders too.
@soniahofmann49692 жыл бұрын
Girl you're looking good it must be all that gardening God bless
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
lol thanks! kids and gardening keep me busy!
@nune242928 күн бұрын
This was extremely helpful ❤
@sobiaomer480 Жыл бұрын
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
@sobiaomer480 Жыл бұрын
Best description so far in all of u tube....
@ellena858 Жыл бұрын
It matters where your located. Fruit growing needs are very location dependent.
@Truth-f2q5 ай бұрын
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.
@JohnPaulConteh-uy6vu Жыл бұрын
I a farmer living in Sierra Leone who want to start banana planting
@t-a94022 жыл бұрын
I leave the bloom because my honey bees love to feed on the flowers under the petals.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
more pollinators = happier plants, not a bad idea
@mariebrumer34402 жыл бұрын
Mother Nature is so cool. Thanks for sharing tips. 💖🙏✌️
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
It really is!
@TargaWheels Жыл бұрын
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. 😁
@heddyolivos6764 Жыл бұрын
How to make ocopa
@curtisholmes73052 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Bananas LOVE compost! Good idea on that. They are a great addition to spaces that have the room for it, and high producing too.
@how050 Жыл бұрын
They do well, water-wise, when they form groups. They seem to thelp canopy and trap water. At least that's the case, currently, with my blue java banana trees. Right now, Houston has been in an heat advisory. The temperatures frequently go into the triple digits. I haven't watered them munch. Every now and then ill water by hand, just to make sure they don't dehydrate, but they seem happy, non the less. Also, the past out of the ordinary winters were no joke and the banana trees would not have survived. I took a machete and wacked them towards the top of the tree. I used its own leaves to surround the group to keep them warm. Banana trees are self resourceful.
@cairozulu6700 Жыл бұрын
I have two banana seedlings and the info that that you provided in this video will help me a lot, thanks.
@jocerod1236 ай бұрын
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. 😮💨
@manjoo3861 Жыл бұрын
I usually cut the tree at ground level just before cutting of the bananas off , Just cut circularly HALF of the trunk horizontally and gently lower it to the ground, and here you are , your bananas are just waiting to be picked.
@makeithappen6212 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'll try this next time. I just harvested a 77 lbs (35 kgs) bunch of bananas and it was way to heavy, so I had to take out 3 huge hands (half of the bunch) before cutting off the bunch. There are approximately 100 bananas
@31577bowieАй бұрын
Im in North Carolina and my tree just produced its first cluster of Banana's. They're definitely not going to ripen before winter gets here. You mentally that they'll ripen the following year. Im assuming that i leave the cluster alone and wait until next year for them to ripen?
@mariaespere5662 жыл бұрын
I love banana I’m from Asia that produces a lot of banana trees. I recently move to Georgia . I was wondering if banana will be able to tribe here Georgia Please let me know if they do, and where do buy your banana plants. Glad that your channel pop up while I was watching garden stuffs. I will be your new subscriber Love gardening specially when it’s time to harvest the fruit of labor of love😆🥰🥰
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Bananas may grow in georgia if they have enough sun and proper soil, however we buy our bananas from a local grower here in St. Pete, not sure about Georgia banana growers.
@outdooraussie63556 ай бұрын
G'day there. Great vid. Thanks heaps. I just moved to the other side of the country and a completely different climate... I now have big banana trees (grasses... see I did listen!)... but just wondering how to tell if the mother or biggest tree has already fruited? Does it die quickly.. or will I have to wait a while to see whether it is 'on its way out'? Thanks again. 🍻
@sherryorr42199 ай бұрын
Awesome so much valuable information, you were so easy to follow thanks
@makeithappen6212 Жыл бұрын
I don't use fertilizer at all and I just harvested a bunch of bananas yesterday, 35kgs (77 lbs) and another one of about the same size 2 months ago. We have approximately 100 bananas each time.
@lisabafundo43552 жыл бұрын
My three year old tree grew its first flower, however the intense Florida sun burned most of the bananas except the first few..I'm so disappointed. The compost feeding is a wonderful tip. Thanks!
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Hmm how was your leaf cover?
@mariatorres9789 Жыл бұрын
There's organic sunscreen you can spray on your leaves.
@MultiFishy236 ай бұрын
If i cut down the bananas before they are fully developed, will that prevent the tree from dying? Not sure if i made sense here…
@sumanrathi3192 жыл бұрын
Very informative and abeautiful video.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@AgriAutoIndia3 ай бұрын
Useful video for farmers ..i am a organic farmer and youtuber & music Composer
@praveendandin8443 Жыл бұрын
Superb explanation 🙏
@pradeepzirpe59362 ай бұрын
Nice information
@TheUrbanHarvest2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@KosmicKaren Жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you.
@joinmeinthedirt51862 жыл бұрын
So I subscribed to your seed subscription and am loving it for 2 months. Do you have a video on the information on the seed hauls?
@dustytoes100 Жыл бұрын
Wow, excellent info on bananas in the yard. I did not plant the trees in our back corner and whenever they have bananas the whole tree falls over. Thank you so much for the info on when to cut the bunch, and does it matter where you hang it? Inside or out?
@Workinggirlhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I have a ice cream banana that I planted in the spring holy macaroni its put out 4 or 5 pups. I will move one or two :) More bananas. It is probably 15 feet tall right now. How do the bananas do in the winter? I live in North Florida
@bhemitchell2 жыл бұрын
I'm in jax. I can tell you that the leaves generally die, but your plant will come back towards the end of spring.
@evelynm.89672 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the breakdown. I have a praying hand banana and it has to be a few years since I’ve planted it and I’ve gotten no bananas yet. The maturity height on that variety is something like 14 feet though. I’ll make sure to follow your advice and hopefully I can get some bananas soon.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Yes if one of those was out of balance it can slow things dramatically. Hope they speed things up for you!
@superbizee1 Жыл бұрын
I just purchased a dwarf Cavendish from a big box store. I have not replanted it but I have kept it watered plus it has had rain. I noticed the leaves are getting some black spots on them. Is there something this tree especially needs or just to be reported. The pot it is in is small and I do feel it needs repotting. Thank you! I enjoy your channel.
@jamescenzon6856 Жыл бұрын
Black spots are an indication of a fungus that attacks the leaves of bananas. Look up sigatoka. If they are just a few spots, cut the pathes out and burn them. Do not add it to your compost. The fungus can spread.
@FredNicholsJr-n5k6 ай бұрын
Excellent video. 👍👌
@arifsutejo94862 жыл бұрын
Di indonesia ada banyak jenis pisang mbak..
@joylee74932 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips! I planted a Grand Nein banana this summer on my super big hell strip on a corner lot and it’s happy now, but I’m concerned come winter that north facing land will be too shaded out. I like your tip about planting more dwarf varieties so they can go in the south facing portion of the yard and don’t take over the veggie gardens there.
@ellena858 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video, truly helpful. What if I don’t have any manure or compost, can I buy anything I can trust at a store? I’ve heard that buying manure or compost at the store can be problematic.
@bhess12122 жыл бұрын
I've never been able to grow bananas on my property. Now I know why. I don't get much full sun and I always planted them near the tree line to keep them out of the way. That also means I don't water them because they are away from the house. So that's strike two against me. I did get some pups from a friend that came from good producing plants so I'm hoping my luck changes. Thanks for the tips!
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps improve production for you!
@hatekills8912 Жыл бұрын
Papayas need full sun also! Figs do great with some sun and dappled shade.
@curban6162 жыл бұрын
I have a banana tree but have heard they are invasive so I was afraid to plant it..I guess the secret is cutting the pups then.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
They are not going to take over and they aren't spread by birds or anything. I would think pretty low concern in my opinion.
@maggidull19522 жыл бұрын
A very informative video.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@BigMac-ev5jm Жыл бұрын
I live in South Florida. About all you can find sold here are the Cavendish dwarf trees. Any tips or ideas where I can get better, bigger, banana trees??
@Mariolio79 ай бұрын
I’m sorry this might seem irrelevant to the video, but what do I do if the leaf won’t open up?
@Mariolio79 ай бұрын
The tip turns brown and it won’t come up
@Two-k-one Жыл бұрын
I also want a small banana tree and some banana seeds. How much does it cost ?
@gasubtropics2 жыл бұрын
my banana has 2 flowering stalks in its first 2 years from a small singular pup without any fertilizer
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Glad your bananas are growing well!
@daisy6087 Жыл бұрын
Which banana plants do you recommend planting? I am looking for bananas that taste similar, of course richer in flavor, than those at the grocery store.
@nathy0308 Жыл бұрын
Manzanos are my personal favorites
@thegeorges7184 ай бұрын
Can I grow banana tree in a planter ??
@PascualaVanHook6 ай бұрын
What is the best fertilizer
@JupiterMoJo2 жыл бұрын
Great info. We've now got 7 in pots from original 3 we bought 4 months ago. Plan to plant a 10' circle with mulch pit in center in a few months. I've read to cut mother tree not to ground, but leave a few feet to feed the pups. Have you tried that yet?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
No I haven't. I would think most of the photosynthesis is coming from the leaves not the trunk but maybe it would help short term?
@JupiterMoJo2 жыл бұрын
Won't know until we try.😁. I'll comment back in about 6 months and let you know. 👍
@angeldominguez5952 Жыл бұрын
@@JupiterMoJodid it work?
@victorfaria8 ай бұрын
Have bananas that fruited in October, winter killed the leaves on the stems with bananas, new stems have good leaves, but stems with bunches have nothing. Will the other leaves of the corm support the ripening of these bunches?
@Anythingforfreedom5 ай бұрын
My "dwarf" banana is over 30 feet tall and it's STILL putting on leaves!! How do I make this produce a rack for me?
@TheUrbanHarvest5 ай бұрын
Sounds like its not a dwarf lol They will do it in their own time, there's no real way to "force" it aside from meeting their basic needs (water, fertilizer, and sun). Aside from that they will usually though not always fruit once a year.
@Anythingforfreedom5 ай бұрын
@@TheUrbanHarvest the trunk is almost 2 feet wide and it's still not fruiting yet. I asked the nursery to send a replacement.
@tonyaburnside10374 ай бұрын
I will give Wally you guys a hand made my garden. Amazing a rabbit colony bunny poo.
@sandychaganis68932 жыл бұрын
I purchased a potted Dwarf Cavendish banana with multiple plants in the pot. Should I separate them or plant them as they are?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Let the pups grow to at least over a foot tall before separating them!
@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel2 жыл бұрын
I have both a banana and a plaintain, is it ok to plant together to make that mini forest?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Yes, both can be planted together, however they will need plenty of space in between them for room to grow
@msunrise3 Жыл бұрын
My recently planted Grand banana was about 3-4 feet tall and the storm knocked down a fence on it. It broke in half, will it grow back?
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
more than likely yes. give it 2-4 weeks. probably wont even take it that long...
@chafnan22 жыл бұрын
Loved the video. Actually, they are not a grass but an herb. Awesome video though.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@SuperStyloman Жыл бұрын
Can we grow banana plant or dwarf variety in containers? If yes then please share the minimum height and diameter of container for both normal variety and dwarf variety, thank you.
@jamescenzon6856 Жыл бұрын
I once planted a dwarf cavendish on a 26x18 inches container. It was able to fruit but, when compared to planted on ground, the fruits were smaller. Due to limited space, only allow one pup to grow with the mother plant.
@Nobodynoseha5 ай бұрын
My banana tree is almost 4-5feet tall. We water it everyday morning at night just 2 buckets of water each time as the soil doesn't seems to provide enough water. But is it bad to water it at night? That's my doubt
@Truth-f2q5 ай бұрын
I'm told its good to not water daily even though people do. We just have to learn as we go. I live in Phoenix Az
@nateross14 Жыл бұрын
Bananas are actually much healthier eaten green like plantain, so you actually dont need to wait for them to ripen to eat. Of course, we all want to wait for some nice sweet ripe yellow ones to eat, but once your green bananas get a decent size, cut off a few months of wait time and just go ahead and start cooking with them and treat them like a starchy tuber or plantain.Then you have 2 types of crop growing from Bananas. Green Bananas have 70-80% starch and less than 30% sugar. Ripe bananas have about 1% starch and way more sugar.
@TheDarkGreenMarine11 ай бұрын
FIRE VIDEO!
@TheCyhel Жыл бұрын
I have a rack of bananas now but no pups. What should i do?
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
Hmmm did you remove the extras prior to fruiting? I’ve never really heard of that happening. Let it go through the maturation process and hope a pup shows up but you may end up having to source another pup to plant in its place.
@jamaicanfarmershut2 жыл бұрын
Sweet🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@prettylagoon3 ай бұрын
I moved my tiny banana to a giant pot and its stopped growing? Its still green though.
@dennislintz12 жыл бұрын
I don't know what I am doing wrong. For the past 2 years my bananas are not getting any bigger than you pinky and not growing big. I have done everything you mentioned in this video. I don't know what kind they are, but they are 15 ft tall and look like yours.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Try adding some compost to the base of your trees, perhaps they are lacking nutrients and cannot fully ripen?
@johnboedecker3094 Жыл бұрын
How many years does it take for them to produce fruit ?
@arnoldmerriam Жыл бұрын
We planted our Dwarf Cavendish from a small mail order plant, and it started producing beautiful bananas 13 months later. Removing all the pups but two, the next generation, stimulated the mother to produce.
@growfoodnotlawns50822 жыл бұрын
how to freeze bananas...how long can you preserve them like that
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Bananas in the freezer can last for months if the bag is sealed properly!
@growfoodnotlawns50822 жыл бұрын
@@TheUrbanHarvest Oh ok...Thank you😀
@lotusflo122 жыл бұрын
Love banana. What’s the name of the small banana fruit. We call them bumpy bananas.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Like the bananas themselves or the small banana tree? There are hundreds of banana cultivars probably more so lots of different kinds some small dwarf others big.
@DC-rd6oq2 жыл бұрын
lotusflo - Look up images of Lady Finger banana and Apple banana. It may be one of those. I never heard of bumpy bananas but I've had the small fruited ones when traveling outside the U.S.
@PascualaVanHook6 ай бұрын
I live in Houston Texas will I be able to get banana
@da1whoseblack2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I have a dwarf cavendish. The mother is about 3 ft tall and has produced a bunch of pups (two of which are almost as tall as the mother) are pups able to be replanted roughly at this height?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like they would be ready! Typically once the pups are a couple feet tall they are established enough to be moved and survive the replanting.
@Ang.0910 Жыл бұрын
@@TheUrbanHarvest make sure you learn the difference between pups: sword suckers and water suckers. Swords will produce while waters won’t.
@jamescenzon6856 Жыл бұрын
Sword pups will grow faster than water pups. Both will bear fruits.
@TheRubberStudiosASMR7 ай бұрын
Great video❤
@joancayenne9293 Жыл бұрын
How often to water banana trees?
@floridalife4 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you. I’m also in Florida. I have about 6 plants of various varieties that have never produced. They grow nicely, but just never produce. Is there a way to figure out what kind of banana a plant is? I know one of mine is a plantain, that’s the only one that’s ever produced and it took it like 5 years to do that. I think I have some dwarf ones because they never really grow very tall. I’d like to know what I have and if they are edible.
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
Not typically no especially without producing. The dwarf cavendish typically have a splash of red on the leaves. Definitely sounds like a few of the sun water nutrient tips might be applicable here.
@jamescenzon6856 Жыл бұрын
Dwarf varieties should fruit in less than a year. I agree with the earlier comments about sun, water, and fertilizer.
@jackielance1998 Жыл бұрын
I had fruit on my banana tree but the cold killed it how can I protect my banana fruit from freezing
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
You can wrap the tree in heavy blankets but that's about it, otherwise nature will do what nature will and some may die off from the freeze unfortunately. Try the blanket wrap for the next freeze, it is a good effort to keep harsh winds off the skin of the plant.
@amysizemore52872 жыл бұрын
My Bannana trees are going through my brick patio and somehow I get bananas and do not ever fertilize. Not sure how
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Bananas will make pups naturally, they will fruit, and send out offspring around their base so you can cut down the mother plant and let the pups take its place. Maybe move your larger banana so that it can sprout pups away from the patio.
@Spark-In-The-Dark2 жыл бұрын
What if a pup grows directly out of the middle of the stump after cutting it down? Will that produce? Thanks in advance.
@jamescenzon6856 Жыл бұрын
It is possible but the fruits might be smaller. I once cut a mature banana plant maybe 1 foot from the ground. It continued to grow from the center and bear fruit.
@brendachartier87692 жыл бұрын
My bananas trees got all mushey and died do you know what happened, Like to grow more.
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Hmmm where do you live? Did you get a freeze?
@brendachartier87692 жыл бұрын
@@TheUrbanHarvest kind of. We covered them but I guess that did not work. I live in Lake county Fl.
@DC-rd6oq2 жыл бұрын
Brenda - I am in the panhandle. We get cold temps in January but I'm determined to grow bananas anyway. I figure some years we get a freeze and some we don't so why not try. Well, I was cleaning up my plants and was about to remove a fairly "mushy" stalk when I realized it had a flower. I was shocked. There are 4 stalks total in that group and I was sure the flower was on a different stalk. That was only a few days ago. The flower opened today to reveal the first hand of mini banana wannabes. I hope the mother stalk survives long enough for me to get some ripe bananas.
@brendachartier87692 жыл бұрын
That is great@@DC-rd6oq
@jennivanhart30162 жыл бұрын
We've had a dwarf cavendish in our front yard for probably 5 years or more now and no bananas. It gets plenty of sun and water. I read about the fertilizer need and so am now wondering what you recommend. I know you say compost, but our compost pile has dwindled, not enough to feed the plant and its pups. What specific nutrients does the banana need as I probably need to go commercial this time around? TIA.
@wixbone2 жыл бұрын
10-10-10
@bhemitchell2 жыл бұрын
I just bought some banana fertilizer off amazon, it appears blue in the package. You might try that. I am just starting my compost as well so I needed to find something else in the meantime.
@Amal7572 жыл бұрын
I have a banana tree in a large container and it’s beautiful but lately the leaves have been turning brown. 😢
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Some of the older leaves are totally normal. If its the whole tree something else is going on. They will brown with cold but its not the right time of year for that!
@Gggls8442 жыл бұрын
Can you replant the pups and plant
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Yes! That's the beauty of it.
@leonjaramaz2420 Жыл бұрын
Is this a Musa Basjoo banana?
@su0019 Жыл бұрын
are you in florida?
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
yes, st pete.
@syd74792 жыл бұрын
Do you boil the green ones?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Usually we just wait for them to ripen
@dieterkaraluz18592 жыл бұрын
I’m confused… I planted 2 banana plants a year ago, one under full sun and the other under mostly shade. The one in the sun is growing slowly, the one in the shade is twice as big as the one in the sun, and as big as the ones in your video! I remember growing up in South America bananas growing as understory plants… I also planted dwarf cavendish bananas two years ago in full sun and they didn’t grow much if any… so I pulled them out and replanted in places with more shade a few months ago, so far they look nice… Could the amount of sun depend on the variety?
@TheUrbanHarvest2 жыл бұрын
Hmmm perhaps? But in my experience they all have pretty similar needs. Perhaps one of the other components was less in the sun?
@davidlane7772 жыл бұрын
I hear of other people experience they were able to grow banana trees very well in shaded areas. Maybe so.
@AM-yc5tf2 жыл бұрын
Same here, my banana in shade actually produced and my full Sun did not!
@ElMikey225th Жыл бұрын
Love the video and great video . I watched it about three times haha. I just picked up some organic compost yesterday. How do I feed the banana compost ? Should I mix it in with the soil It’s in now or just top dress it ? Also I noticed your bananas are pretty close to each other . I’m having a problem figuring out where should I put my blue Java pup because I heard the roots can get up to 20 ft underground. So idk I should plant close to my other bananas or 15 ft away . I’m in zone 9b Florida .
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
The bananas are naturally grown close together and will happily intermingle roots. No need to space the far. I just too dress mine with compost around the base of each “tree”
@felipefigueroa9449 Жыл бұрын
My compliment
@TheUrbanHarvest Жыл бұрын
😊
@joannlarson63865 ай бұрын
I plant 2 varieties. One has produced tons of bananas , but the ice cream banana has only produced pups and no banana in 3 years. Ready to tear them out.
@tyrant5616 Жыл бұрын
Where is everyone getting there banana trees from? I have been looking for Gros Michel and Blue Java online and I'm not finding people selling starts, just the fruit. (edit: I'm finding plenty of cavendish...)
@Juana4ev6 күн бұрын
Etsy
@Rosebud-272 жыл бұрын
You don’t have a banana circle. You have mats. A banana circle is a specific method of growing plants in a circular bed with a pit in the center.
@haroldramirezmedina91534 ай бұрын
Great, content, wish you dress modestly for you videos
@masexs35477 күн бұрын
good
@samgarviso5288 Жыл бұрын
Honestly watching this video the only rack I’m concerned about saving is yours .are those electrical cables running thru your bananas ?😮
@larryhenry7192 жыл бұрын
The hardest part is cutting the tree down after they produce there heavy full of water