HOW TO GROW BANANAS

[@TheWeedyGarden]

KEROSENE in my garden??? Just discovered a more “eco friendly way to stop the pups growing back. Instead of Kerosene (which some of you are a bit freaked out about), you can try salt I’ve been told in the comments, oil snd metho mixture (2 parts oil to 1 part metho spirits) or simply dig a bowl shape in the cut so that it fills with water in the rain! I’ll try the third suggestion which coincidently comes from my permi teacher Geoff Lawton. I’ll do an update video on that 😊

[@danielriddellsfoodforestgarden]

I use Double vinegar. To kill grasses. It would work too I'd say. 💚

[@danielriddellsfoodforestgarden]

The bowl method is what I was taught

[@yogafroog2693]

interesting. here in colombia they say that no water should be able to stay at any parts of the cut trunks, as it would make it "foul" (?) and destroy the whole plant ...

[@shellsea9520]

Yer I would do like a chop hole method , u might need to do a few times but it rots out eventually ❤😊

[@livingrulematrix6932]

Expainnothing I wish kow about grothpocess frmseedgreat video a bunch of unless facts though adios active I didn't know that I use that fact

[@rhysdehaan]

You deserve millions of subscribers! We all love the cinematography, and it's so informative. The weedy garden movie was AMAZING!

[@hiz-n-lowz1577]

If bananas plants are soo tall to harvest safely then the best thing to do is to chop slightly into the base of the plant and with a rope tied higher up in the plant you then pull the plant down lowering the bananas closer to the ground hwere they can be accessed without a ladder. After harvest of bananas plant is ready to go to the compost anyway, dont risk it up on that ladder with all that weight! BE WISE

[@daleireland]

This is what I do. Chop the grandmother and catch the cluster on the way down as it slowly falls. Easy

[@hajrazolj1531]

Wiser to chop Greatgrandmother down gently rather than climb ladder....you say she has to come down anyway!

[@margiemurphy3216]

That’s the way I have always harvested mine

[@amandachrome9310]

Yup ...thats how we do it in the Caribbean

[@thefloodtower4866]

Lady fingers are the tastiest bananas but they are very tall. I do the cut and catch method as well. As it slowly falls I maneuver the bunch into the wheelbarrow. Last time however, the bunch was so heavy it came crashing down. The bananas were fine.

[@TanjaHermann]

The massive biomass on that large banana plant is stunning! When I had my first non-supermarket banana during a trip to Jamaica, I almost cried, it was so delicious.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

lol. I know that feeling well 😊

[@gorillapermacuture]

Thanks buddy, we were just contemplating a jig to bag our bananas with and what you have is it. Good growing info too. Aloha!

[@JulieTorres-qe2ls]

Love you Weedy!! Just bought my first banana tree

[@hollyhorton5546]

Love your videos, they just make me so happy, and you always have some wonderful knowledge and science and ways of sharing. Love love, love it’s inspiring me to grow

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Wow, thank you!

[@gkozak430]

When someone says "living the dream," you are the true definition of it 😅👍

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🦍😁

[@CarlBartlett-g4c]

Growing up in Manado, I watched the farmers harvest bananas as follows: • estimate a spot about a meter above the halfway mark on the trunk. • use a bamboo pole to pike a series of holes in the trunk at the designated spot. • the trunk will slowly begin to fold as the holes weaken the trunk. • this gently lowers the stalk to shoulder or waist height. No damage to surrounding plants and the bananas don’t hit the ground.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yes. Watch the next video. Thanks 😊

[@alexwebo23]

Dear Sir, I feel incredibly blessed and grateful for stumbling upon this video and discovering your entire channel. The exceptional quality of your videos has truly inspired me. I am currently witnessing my blue java banana plant flowering, and there is so much more for me to learn! Thank you again!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Welcome aboard!

[@kathrynrodlun8514]

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much

[@JackAss-l5y]

After watching your channel I become banana.... greatest thing ever.

[@2brnt2b]

Just discover your channel and it's so enjoyable to watch👍❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks and welcome

[@kolapyellow7631]

I love grill plantain 😋

[@andrewradford3953]

Have a little permaculture plot just North of Brisbane with about 1000 mixed banana plants. I use a cordless reciprocating saw to cut a semicircle about a third to half way out of the trunk. Give a gentle push to start it falling, or pull on some dead leaves. Grab the tail of the bunch and guide it away from the falling plant. I use a 450mm blade to cut trunks in a single pass into 300mm segments. Kick apart so they dry and discourage borers. Pigs and goats love the leaves, pigs also love the trunk. Your bunches look great!

[@my_graphics]

This video is way better than a 4 year degree. Thank you so so much for this.

[@florencehoruavie7674]

Love your video. Thankyou for sharing your tips on growing bananas. I live in the tropics, in South Pacific. In my home banana grow every where and any where. We have local names for every type of banana.And we know exactly which banana grows well in which type of soil. Thete are bananas that we must clear the bush and burn the shrubs before planting. Then the bananas will grow well and bear fruit.Bananas are blesding to us. During dry seasons we survive on banana, coconut,fish and sago. Keep the good work of planting bananas.

[@randomx4289]

Compost worms love banana leaves and stems, pretty much the plant really. Lovely video.

[@amaturearcadia]

Your laugh after explaining radioactive bananas (whos gonna sat 10 thousand bananas) cracked me up hahaha

[@claudiaschiel4275]

💕💕 Thank you and Greetings from Madeira

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you too!

[@whanua98]

indonesian here, finally someone understand how to harvest banana, i am from another channel and watched this, some ppl think I am crazy for recommending the person to cut the whole tree XD

[@justindingle]

Love your videos. Thank you.

[@sunnyrivers]

Your narration is profoundly soothing Weedy‼️ Great content as always🍌 Thank you😎

[@pennysparks1798]

Also animals (goats and sheep) love the banana leaves, the trunks and the flowers.

[@YusufParuk]

Best video I watched on bananas! Awesome!

[@stjbananas]

I have a small organic banana farm high on a rainforest mountain here in the Caribbean. I love your channel, and thank you for this great video.

[@jeff6899]

Have a lot of establsihed gardening friends very successfully growing banana's here in the interior low desert of Metro Phoenix, Arizona, US. They apply all these concepts. Since they need some land area, are thirsty & big feeders as stated, I have stayed more with other food crops & natives. But I LOVE this video !!

[@benjohnson6833]

Love ya Weedy. I hope one day, in a couple of years, you can come look at my gardens that are because of you

[@Godisgracious85]

What a great idea❤ would make a great video series ❤

[@rogerkenyon6209]

Great story. I'm recently moved to a subtropical climate in Mexico and there are a lot of banana "trees". Now you've educated me, I think I now understand what needs to be done ! The idea of a family is very self explanatory and also that once the banana has fruited, it should be cut down, that's also something of a revelation !

[@earthangel8875]

This was a fun video I stumbled upon. I want to grow a banana tree, so I am educating myself. Thank you for the information. MountainAngel USA

[@LouisMaxBlank]

Yay, happy and radio active😂🎉. Looking forward to my first own harvest too.

[@ganbaru-inaja9387]

WoW! Is that Gandalf in the garden? That would be a miraculous garden, I think.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🦍🧙‍♂️

[@lilikoi1010]

Green cooked bananas are great as well and very nutritious.

[@vindhi]

What a great personality. Truly inspiring.

[@paulinacasatiart]

Always the best videos and watching experience 🌈🍌

[@tep64]

Here in colombia they keep it very clean around the tree to avoid diseases. When i first came here i put all the dead leaves around the trunk but the locals told me that it was not good.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Maybe it attracts some bugs that we don’t have. Ask them why

[@tep64]

I will ask next time, I personally saw white ants under the dead trunk leaves that are still on the tree so I now i clean these too. I want to try your method and the method they use here and see what happens. To me it made sense to use the leaves as nutrients for the tree and at the same time protect against weeds, but It could be that it is too wet here.

[@edibletropicaltrees]

I have 5 varieties of Bananas growing in Mesa, Arizona. I also started a KZbin channel.

[@jerriwiley1916]

YOU HAVE A DREAM GARDEN! 😍 I would be in heaven out there. My kids would have a very hard time getting me to come inside. I would spend the whole day out there growing and admiring my garden. Lol

[@mrq8746]

Beautiful video, beautiful garden, beautiful gardeners, beautiful banana.

[@supatrabodhilakorn2511]

Thank you for sharing the video 🌳❤️🌸

[@francotosi7078]

Gracias, excelente video de principio a fin. Sólo decir una cosa, la banana tiene 3 gajos y se pueden separar con paciencia. Saludos desde Argentina

[@estheremsonwithnutrimetics3343]

Thank you for the down to earth advice, gave me confidence on our new property!! Easy simple instructions for me and new hobbies for my husband !

[@FeedingMyFloridaSoul]

Very big help! Thanks for letting me know you posted this video as well about bananas. I planted some more out today. Separated a pup from one of my plants and then along side it planted 2 more small ones i bought. My dog killed a possum today so that big dude went under the plants along with some sunn hemp cover crop as the mulch.

[@NGUNOW]

Amazing Video Thank You For Sharing!

[@JackPitmanNica]

Glad to see some more youtube episodes ! I've missed your youtube videos

[@JackPitmanNica]

There is a kind of banana here in Nicaragua they like called "Manzanitas". You basically have to grow them yourself to eat them, because they have a very thin skin. But they taste different than other bananas. Thats why they call them "little apples". They actually look just like the bananas you showed in the video at the end - short and plump!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Fragile little banana. Interesting

[@suzyskye733]

Stores also call them Apple bananas go figure

[@Flippin_Crazy]

Has anyone had “Ice Cream Bananas?”I have 3+ pups, I don’t think I can kill a pup, I will grow them in another place. Just can’t do it. Florida 🇺🇸

[@vitali-opal-and-gem]

Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing. I worked on many banana farms in far North Queensland Australia and all that farmers wanted us to chop the tree down high at possible (after picking) so that all the nutrients in the grandmother would feed the next generation better.

[@EliSabeth-wc7xn]

Every time I watch your videos and hear your voice, it leaves a feeling of home in my heart. Greetings from Munich❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

nice

[@Costarica_jack]

Such a great video. Thank you for teaching me all about banana's. I just moved to Costa Rica and bought a home with 53 banana plants on it. So this was very helpful in my quest to manage, and take proper care of the gift that was given to me here. I also have 11 mango, an avocado, a limon and a couple of noni trees on the property. This is going to be the fun part of my life. Lots of learning to do. Thanks again.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Sounds great!

[@backtonature433]

Now i know how i can make my clusters of bananas ripen faster, thanks for the tip Weedy 🤜💥🤛👌👌👌💚🌱💚

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Easy 👍

[@antypanag1]

I admire the love that you give to the plants ! Greedings from Greece (Europe)

[@remotecontrolfarmer]

just spent 20 min watching a vid about bananas.😅love your energy

[@phakhinphuangmali5338]

you are very talented i see you from thailand

[@dancingdruid7932]

So glad I found your channel. My husband and I are in our 60s and have just bought an olive orchard in Sicily for our next great life adventure. I know the climate is not the same as NSW, but there are so many things that I think we can learn here and apply in Sicily.

[@Sonia-hw3yx]

Your a champion, I really loved your video. It helped alot. Plus I learnt something new. 😊

[@cythcy]

I want to live in that garden… I love it 😍

[@TheWeedyGarden]

no room sorry 😃

[@cooperj7982]

Top quality content, fantastic production!

[@collinskirui]

Thanks so much for sharing this piece of wisdom with us

[@cruisersgm]

Great timing of this video- I’m planting my first banana circle this morning with 3 dwarf variety pups. Thanks for the tips, Weedy!

[@TheWildlandersOffGrid]

Oh exciting we planted our banana circle 2 months ago, I love it already 🍌 good luck with yours 🍌🤞💚

[@ginac9008]

As always an informative video. I have inground garden compost bins that I put all my kitchen scraps straight into the gardens. And the last few months since they have been in the gardens the worm life has exploded. Banana skins are one thing that I make sure that are put into the compost system, and it has had wonderful benefits to my gardens. I have the most amazing crop of vegetables growing and everything looks so healthy. And it is a very easy system for me as normal composting is just to hard for me with medical issues. The Weedy Garden is looking absolutely amazing so vibrant and healthy. But then it helps when it’s located in gods country, my hometown very close by.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yeah. I gotta say. I’m in the perfect spot. I’ve been in 35 countries in my photography career, and this is my favorite stufio of all!

[@mahaniabdullah5056]

Love watching your videos.. I get so excited when a new one pops up:)

[@amandaargent6363]

Dave That was brilliant I love banana trees (grass) and am planting them anywhere there is a free spot in my yard at Springwood in the Blue Mountains 🍌

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Watch out! Soon you will have a banana jungle!

[@zazaleh]

Your videos are such a lift up!

[@xavierpaul852]

That trunk is also edible. You can make salads or cook it & it's yummy

[@xan_dr]

thanks for making these videos. I dream of living like you one day..

[@matguthrie8975]

Your a legend mate all the best for 2024

[@Ian-bq7gp]

Wow you are so babacool. I saw chillies, bananas growing near western Nepal in India in the Himalayan foothills in the Kumaon.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Love that area

[@markdonnelly7225]

Hi I like your video

[@gabrielalbores846]

Love the channel mate. You've done an amazing job with it so far. Honest feedback, even though I feel confident in my knowledge of gardening, I still enjoy watching "how to" videos because I often learn something new and that was certainly the case here. I'm visiting family in Perth at the end of the year, but it is a long-term goal to move over there permanently and replicate what you've done here. Thank you for your contributions to the gardening community.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you Gabriel 😊

[@TravellingKook]

Love your positivity and nature. Thank you for sharing your garden, knowledge and the process of banana growing! I’d love to work on a farm some day and learn the process first hand! Take care brother, all the very best to you ❤🙏💜

[@brianquinn5060]

So love the Video ,camera work, magic. Thank you.

[@PlantGuild]

I’ve been waiting for a new upload and so excited to see this one this morning! Looking forward to the next one from Colorado, USA.

[@MrLostitnutter]

Another great video, I live in Thailand plenty of banana’s my wife always tells me to cut the banana flower off once the banana’s are formed into fingers. Also they murder t shirts when cutting them down powerful stuff that banana juice

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Massive lol!!! My Weedy T-shirt is a total right off after that vid 🤣🤣🤣

[@phyzix_phyzix]

Since the banana plant only fruits once you can just chop it down and don't need a ladder to get to the fruit.

[@carolmcintyre8485]

That was so much fun!

[@bloodweaselthefirst7435]

Been missing your videos brother, always get ecstatic when I see you upload! All the best and a lot of love from Sweden! :)

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Mange tak. Been busy for ages but now can create again. So you’ll be getting more fixes than usual in future 👍🙏🏻

[@DeepakPandey-mf9ue]

​@@TheWeedyGarden such a delight ❤

[@thumperhunts6250]

have you tried carving out a bowl in the pub so it catches the water and slowly rots it instead of kero?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

no but now I will 🙏🏻

[@jofarley7294]

We lived in Queensland in the 70's and I loved the ladyfjngers, so sweet. I think I may have seen them in Canada once, so sad. Also miss the banana passion fruit.

[@alisonbender8611]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing

[@TheEmbrio]

Thanks for the lesson, and happy attitude ! although i’m not in the right climate, the peel method and just the better knowledge of the plant is great to have !

[@user-hz7kv6js6l]

I'll have to try the trick of laying a ripe banana on the bunch to ripen them. 😊

[@donnavorce8856]

Thanks for showing your techniques and success with berries! Cheers

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Lol 🤣🤣💪🏻👍

[@donnavorce8856]

@@TheWeedyGarden You'd really be lol-ing if you saw my bananas in small pots here in Nebraska. I do the banana shuffle when it's cold they live in the house. They're outside from May through about October. No bananas yet. Probably none ever. The dwarf pair is my best hope. The big ones . . . not ever. It's been fun trying anyway. Cheers

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@donnavorce8856 If you join the face book group, you can share your photies of that. Love to see!

[@donnavorce8856]

@@TheWeedyGarden Thanks for the invite. I went there and clicked on Follow. So I think I'm there.

[@lynoreoakley9412]

I Knew it!!! Least six bananas a day and I am super happy!! Hi Grow them and I think it’s an addiction!!! 💗💗💗 thanks for the awesome video Weedy.

[@BRING619]

I've learnt so much about the Banana I never knew, thank you so much. So disappointing we are unable to grow them in the United Kingdom, our climate has frost during the winter, and my poly tunnel is way too small. Thanks Weedy for another educational video, I love them 🤗🍌

[@NewDimension7]

Good Morning Banana Banana Yeay nice present all about banana organic . Thanks You for sharing.

[@natalieduncan3791]

You are so funny. I love your story telling ❤😊

[@Elmnt5]

Absolutley love your videos! Not only are they informative but they make me smile and feel good! I love looking how green, beautiful and tranquil life can be!❤

[@HappyDaze4200]

Im in Arizona and im really sad they probably wont grow in this dry heat! 😭🤣 amazing happy video!

[@jakobvinblad]

Your videos always gives me a nice respite from a stressful life up here in Sweden. 2 years ago you inspired med to start permaculture. Gardening what I can in this cold climate and really find tranquility in my garden. Really would love to be able to grow bananas and alot of other tropical fruits that you grow. Please keep up this wonderful videos, I love them

[@wildlifegardener-tracey6206]

Loved that. Whats not to like about a 🍌 especially a 🍌 grown on your on plot of land. Thank you.

[@prubroughton1864]

I found out the hard way that chooks love banana palm. I had one fall over couldn’t work out why til I had a close looks. Chooks has discovered where I had removed a pup. They had hollowed it out right to the centre til plant collapsed so now I give them some copped soft stem as a treat😊

[@TheWeedyGarden]

interesting😮

[@jeremychan94]

How i get my bunches down, I use a v shape branch and support the trunk of the banana plant. Then I chop a notch in the base of the trunk just enough to weaken it so it can bend from its own weight, then from the bottom, I inch the support back slowly allowing the bunches to be lowered down as the trunk bends. Most of the time I will have a ladder or tall object placed in a way that it will stop the trunk from bending too much so the bananas wont hit the ground. When its low enough I lop the whole bunch off.

[@LightsOnShetland]

I also do this too when it's time to harvest me a bunch of bananas. I love the bag idea. I will have to try it.

[@kimgeurts3584]

A super informative session on bananas ! I especially love the bagging and harvest process; will give em a go.

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

I’ve never tried growing bananas (I’m in Victoria) but I know people have done it in our climate! How gorgeous they grow well in a family… bit like us! Beautiful view looking up through the tree tops:) I learnt so much from this, THANKYOU! Have an awesome day ☺️💐🌷Anita. X

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Nice comment. Thanks Anita

[@falconole8633]

Watched a few of your videos for the first time tonight & I love your channel. Keep up the great work!

[@carlosmontoya2485]

Do you not use your LABS, on the pile to help break it down for the bananas. Just wondering. Stay growing. Thank you for your videos.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

I think it can manage without really. LAB is mostly used in the compost here. And to make fertilizer

[@khmergreen]

I were born and raise in Southeast Asia which I were surrounded by bananas that make me think I don’t need this type of video. But it is weedy video which mean it always a good one regardless of the topic! One tip on harvesting your tall banana, you just chop the banana plant halfway and the banana will lowering themselves slowly and you will try to catch them before they reach the ground.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks very much for the tip. You are more prof tham myself with bananas. I will try this next time!

[@khmergreen]

@@TheWeedyGarden I’m not a pro by any means, I just see elder folks do

[@steph6337]

I'm allergic to bananas but I'm here for this!

[@elizabethflynn8455]

Love your posts, Weedy. Can't grow bananas here (Ireland) but delighted to see how you are getting on with yours.

[@psdmaster2771]

That's one way to harvest banana, but it's a little risky since you can fall of the ladder, some type of banana can have its cluster weight up to 40kgs . I usually harvest this way: Cut the banana plant down. I place the ladder in the direction it shall fall and cut the trunk, allow it to slowly fall, I pull it by hand, make sure it fall softly on the ladder. Now I can stand on the ground and cut the cluster, much safer.