My husband and I have 6 children and we go through 200+ bananas per month. I finally planted 6 bananas trees this year. Hopefully by next year we’ll be able to eat from our land like you! 😉
We’ve had banana trees in our backyard for a few years and never even saw a flower on it and just a couple weeks ago we noticed a beautiful flower just like the ones you see in your video and 2 bunches of 12 bananas total!!! Sooo excited🤗
Man I thought this would be the year of the Gran Nain. They will fruit next year!! Great video sir. You're just at the top of your game so that's why they're rolling. Killin the game.
Love seeing your videos! My ice creams I bought from you last summer have really taken off, and I’ve got a few pups. Excited to see what we can get from them in the next few years.
I think you could be close here. Big clumps actually do hold more heat. They do this in two ways. The p-stems of bananas are full of water which holds heat. Then the old banana stalks and leaves on the ground in the can decay and compost. The chemical and organic activity that happens in compost gives off heat.
Have you grown Carolina King? What is the secret to banana success? I tried several years ago around my Sabel Palms and the bananas died. HELP!!! I have Carolina King arriving this week. Rick
Thanks for subscribing! I do not know of any that will regularly produce fruit in the 803( heck they are not regular producers here).... but Orinoco would give you the best chance.
Where are you in South Carolina?? I want to have bananas on my property so picked some up called cavendish Banana I didn’t read or research. Cold hardiness 40 to 30 •f non hardy zone of course is 1-9 I’m in South Carolina go figure they are selling them here though I was getting a deal. Anyway, I wanted to know if they will still grow bananas if there’s a way that I can get them through the cold and still be able to keep these and if they’ll get bigger than 3 feet high and 2 feet wide? Is there still a way that I’ll be able to keep these and if they’ll be able to have bananas?
I don't think that you will be able to get fruit in Asheville, NC. However the Basjoo or Japanese Fiber Banana wil be a great landscaping plant and grow back every summer!
Hi im in Ehrhardt south Carolina and would love to try and grow some bananas any tips on what kind you are now the South Carolina banana man .also i agree our climate is more tropical than it was in the 90s sadly is global warming
Hello. Amazing banana? 518 left to harvest? Because looks like many were harvested? Also what ype of banana I can grow in greenville, Sc?? Can u sell some? Thanks
Yes..they were left to harvest! There were 4-5 varieties in the video Unfortunately, I don't think that you can get any bananas to fruit in G'vegas. You can successfully grow Basjoo bananas, which are great land scape plants. They will turn brown with frost, but recover and regrow every Spring/Summer.
I live in Charleston, SC and I suggest for you to try growing the Orinoco variety of bananas. It is somewhat of a plantain variety and is cold hardy. You will need to add winter protection. I know a guy in North Carolina who places chicken fence around his banana plants and stuffs them with mulch.
@@SimplyBananas1 yeah im in deland near daytona and we still have some groves here but they built houses where all of the ones the burned up in the frost when i was a kid. But we haven't had a hard freeze in years and i want to grow mangos and sapotes and all kinds of tropical fruit without having to worry about winter
you could make a "fruit wall" like people used to do. Something like a brick wall or low fence that will radiate and reflect heat onto your plants. All about microclimates.
@@austinblanton4658 I've been debating making a block corner wall on the north side of some tropicals for the radiant factor. I'd even paint them black in the winter and white in the summer. We only get about 3 freezes a year here
@@kydenj28 I've considered experimenting with thermochromic paint so my heat reservoir can alternate in the seasons. White when it's hot and black when it's cold.
Do you think any edible fruiting bananas could be successfully grown in Raleigh NC? If so, any recommendations on which species/ cultivar? We are zone 7b (few neighborhoods inside the belt line are 8a). Thanks
@@SimplyBananas1 My wholesaler sells a 7b variety, Raleigh might be a pushing it but I would try Musa 'Dwarf Orinoco' I see a bunch of banana trees around Tabor City, NC. I plan on putting in 150 in for $350. I don't know if the deal is good but the quality of the other plants I've gotten from my supplier have been top.
Yep... I have been growing them for close to 30 years on James Island and don't really take special care for them in the . I have definitely noticed higher banana plant survival as the years have passed. So it is definitely warmer(by just a few degrees) where I am year over year. I think what is happening is that due to all of the construction is keeping our area a few degrees than it was in the past, as buildings, houses, parking lots etc can hold heat. If w went into the middle of the national forest or 40 miles out in the ocean, I think year round temps would likely be closer to normal.
@@SimplyBananas1 I tell parents earth is very slowly getting warmer there’s no denying that but earth is still coming out of it’s last ice age so there’s nothing we can stop it. The people who are trying to shove climate change down our throats are all hypocrites they won’t even do what they want us to do.
Ok thanks. Its still remarkable that years ago we would bananas only occasionly and when we had a mild winter, but now we get them in multiple consecutive years... So are the bananas changing or the just condition in which they grow (or a bit of both)? Thats is the real question!
I never even saw the cat at 02:40 mark!
Lol
My husband and I have 6 children and we go through 200+ bananas per month. I finally planted 6 bananas trees this year. Hopefully by next year we’ll be able to eat from our land like you! 😉
Sounds great!
We’ve had banana trees in our backyard for a few years and never even saw a flower on it and just a couple weeks ago we noticed a beautiful flower just like the ones you see in your video and 2 bunches of 12 bananas total!!! Sooo excited🤗
Oh wow! That is awesome!
Where are you growing them?
Man I thought this would be the year of the Gran Nain. They will fruit next year!! Great video sir. You're just at the top of your game so that's why they're rolling. Killin the game.
Thanks Billy!
Love seeing your videos! My ice creams I bought from you last summer have really taken off, and I’ve got a few pups. Excited to see what we can get from them in the next few years.
Thank you! That is awesome!
Great video. I think you are very right indeed winters are moderate and mild everywhere while hot summers and drought are killing our leafy greens.
That gas been pretty accurate as of late, but can change any year.
Im in the Charleston area as well, is it possible to buy 1 or 2 banana plants from you?
Yes... we have to wait until the weather stabilizes or the transplant bananas will not survive.
I am new to your site, and may I know the location of your farm...in what city or state, please? Thank you.
Charleston South Carolina
Hey awesome channel!! I’m in the Charleston area. Can I come try one of your bananas?
Yes you can!
We may have to wait a bit.
Maybe banana clumps are just getting more mature are able to store more energy?
I think you could be close here. Big clumps actually do hold more heat. They do this in two ways.
The p-stems of bananas are full of water which holds heat. Then the old banana stalks and leaves on the ground in the can decay and compost. The chemical and organic activity that happens in compost gives off heat.
Awesome! I live in Saint George SC. I might have to push my climate zone and try my luck growing some. Any variety you recommend? I am zone 8b.
Orinoco would probably be good in St. George. I have seen quite a few banana plants in the Cottageville areas that seem to be very healthy.
Have you grown Carolina King? What is the secret to banana success? I tried several years ago around my Sabel Palms and the bananas died. HELP!!! I have Carolina King arriving this week. Rick
The secret is warm weather, food for the banana, and plenty of water during the growing season, May- End of September.
What's your plant hardiness zone?
I'm in zone 8a. Ice-cream(Blue java) banana plant. Any advice to get fruit successfully?
8-B more or less. Its really a matter of luck in how cold the winter is. Keep them hydrated and fed in the summer.
Hey I live in south Carolina 803 I was wondering what type of bananas I need to grow edible fruits, I just subscribed to your channel
Thanks for subscribing!
I do not know of any that will regularly produce fruit in the 803( heck they are not regular producers here).... but Orinoco would give you the best chance.
Where are you in South Carolina?? I want to have bananas on my property so picked some up called cavendish Banana I didn’t read or research. Cold hardiness 40 to 30 •f non hardy zone of course is 1-9 I’m in South Carolina go figure they are selling them here though I was getting a deal. Anyway, I wanted to know if they will still grow bananas if there’s a way that I can get them through the cold and still be able to keep these and if they’ll get bigger than 3 feet high and 2 feet wide? Is there still a way that I’ll be able to keep these and if they’ll be able to have bananas?
I'm on James Island, near Charleston. I have never had much luck with Cavendish.
Where are you in SC?
Nice!
Thanks!
witch varieties by taste are the best ? my climate is 9 with minimum 32 F in winter ?
I like namwahs!
I’m in alabama,and would love to grow bananas.where do you purchase yours?
I don't.... I mostly sell them. Where in Alabama are you? Do you know which zone you are in? It will make a difference on what variety will do best.
What part of south Carolina you live in
I'm in the Charleston area.
Friends have successfully grown banana s in Memphis for at least 40 years.
Do they get fruit consistently or just foliage and an an occasional rack of fruit?
What kind of bananas?
What banana trees would you recommend for landscaping and in addition fruiting near Asheville?
I don't think that you will be able to get fruit in Asheville, NC. However the Basjoo or Japanese Fiber Banana wil be a great landscaping plant and grow back every summer!
@@SimplyBananas1 I'm not worried about fruit. What would you recommend be the largest breed that will survive in Asheville?
Hi im in Ehrhardt south Carolina and would love to try and grow some bananas any tips on what kind you are now the South Carolina banana man .also i agree our climate is more tropical than it was in the 90s sadly is global warming
We have had a setback to more normal temps so far in 2022.
How is that sad? It just means more stuff can live and thrive.
@@SimplyBananas1 out with La Nina. El Nino is coming.
Hello. Amazing banana? 518 left to harvest? Because looks like many were harvested?
Also what ype of banana I can grow in greenville, Sc?? Can u sell some? Thanks
Yes..they were left to harvest! There were 4-5 varieties in the video
Unfortunately, I don't think that you can get any bananas to fruit in G'vegas. You can successfully grow Basjoo bananas, which are great land scape plants. They will turn brown with frost, but recover and regrow every Spring/Summer.
@@SimplyBananas1 thankyou for your reply. Where is G'vegas that u mentioned in reply? Because I am in Greenville SC. Thankyou again and again.🙂🙃🙂
@@flowerflower4587 I have friends and family from Greenville, SC and they call it G'vegas all the time.
I live in Charleston, SC and I suggest for you to try growing the Orinoco variety of bananas. It is somewhat of a plantain variety and is cold hardy. You will need to add winter protection. I know a guy in North Carolina who places chicken fence around his banana plants and stuffs them with mulch.
Which do you think would be a good verity for orangeburg sc?
Probably orinoco. People tell me that they fruit in Columbia and Sumpter. Orangeburg may be a little warmer than those places.
progressive gardening
I think so!
The ele ele purple hawaian banana survived
yes
I sure hope its climate change cause I'm ready to be in zone 10 in central Florida. Then I'll be able to do full on tropicals
You must be pretty close to the frost line. I heard an old time tell me they used to have more citrus north of where it grows now. Not sure why.
@@SimplyBananas1 yeah im in deland near daytona and we still have some groves here but they built houses where all of the ones the burned up in the frost when i was a kid. But we haven't had a hard freeze in years and i want to grow mangos and sapotes and all kinds of tropical fruit without having to worry about winter
you could make a "fruit wall" like people used to do. Something like a brick wall or low fence that will radiate and reflect heat onto your plants. All about microclimates.
@@austinblanton4658 I've been debating making a block corner wall on the north side of some tropicals for the radiant factor. I'd even paint them black in the winter and white in the summer. We only get about 3 freezes a year here
@@kydenj28 I've considered experimenting with thermochromic paint so my heat reservoir can alternate in the seasons. White when it's hot and black when it's cold.
I’m in Charleston any thoughts what you would recommend
Orinocos do really well here as do Namwahs!
Cheers!
Thank you so much
Do you have frost?
Yes--we always have some frost.
In 2022 we had two upper 20F freezes as well.
Ok
Do you have pacific plantains
I'm not sure what they are? Do they go by another name?
Yes musa paradisiaca
Common Man? C'mon!
did you see me almost hit the cat with the banana stalk?
@@SimplyBananas1 Si!
Do you think any edible fruiting bananas could be successfully grown in Raleigh NC? If so, any recommendations on which species/ cultivar? We are zone 7b (few neighborhoods inside the belt line are 8a). Thanks
Honestly....I don't think so, without a lot of help.
@@SimplyBananas1 My wholesaler sells a 7b variety, Raleigh might be a pushing it but I would try Musa 'Dwarf Orinoco'
I see a bunch of banana trees around Tabor City, NC. I plan on putting in 150 in for $350. I don't know if the deal is good but the quality of the other plants I've gotten from my supplier have been top.
Climate change has nothing to do with growing bananas in South Carolina 😅
You are probably right...
@@SimplyBananas1 I live in South Carolina you can easily grow bananas here if you take care of them during the winter here.
Yep... I have been growing them for close to 30 years on James Island and don't really take special care for them in the . I have definitely noticed higher banana plant survival as the years have passed. So it is definitely warmer(by just a few degrees) where I am year over year. I think what is happening is that due to all of the construction is keeping our area a few degrees than it was in the past, as buildings, houses, parking lots etc can hold heat.
If w went into the middle of the national forest or 40 miles out in the ocean, I think year round temps would likely be closer to normal.
@@SimplyBananas1 I tell parents earth is very slowly getting warmer there’s no denying that but earth is still coming out of it’s last ice age so there’s nothing we can stop it. The people who are trying to shove climate change down our throats are all hypocrites they won’t even do what they want us to do.
Its called a mild winter... not climate change.
Ok thanks.
Its still remarkable that years ago we would bananas only occasionly and when we had a mild winter, but now we get them in multiple consecutive years...
So are the bananas changing or the just condition in which they grow (or a bit of both)?
Thats is the real question!
Hi
Im in goose creek south catolina and would like to ask you is, can bananas grow here?
I have a lot of friends who grow bananas in the 'creek'!
Nice thank you