Try planting sweet potatoes around your bananas. It will feed nitrogen to your bananas and help them grow faster, plus you can enjoy sweet potato greens on the side. :-) Looking good and best of luck to you!
OUTSTANDING!!! Great Information. Thank You ❤️ I just got 2 Blue Java's today. I Am Happy. Now I Am even Happier and More Excited. These are an Excellent addition to the Living Gardens at Morning Zen. We are in N. W. Tucson, Picture Rocks AZ. ❤️🙏🏽🧙🏽♂️😎🙏🏽❤️ Blessings Dale
Thank you so much for the information. I'm in Coolidge AZ . I had 4 of these growing well in pots, one 8' tall. I planted them in the ground and they are all dying. Watered them well. Not sure what I did wrong. Maybe planted them to late in the year or too much water. I just bought more pups to try again in the spring. I might try the sweet potato planting that someone mentioned in another comment.
@@FruitTreeI guess I thought it would be ok because they were already growing outside in the containers and getting pot bound. I always seem to learn the hard way🤷
@@FruitTree I wish you were still in the area. I would have loved to visit your food forest. I feel like the lone gardener here in Coolidge. Thank you for your videos. I will be binge watching since I've just discovered your channel.
I wanna marry Butters ngl... He's adorable, and so very sweet and kind, and when he says he'll do something, he does it, and he doesn't deserve all this trauma tbh, he deserves to fall in love and be whisked away from all that crazy fr.
Where do you purchase your trees. I’ve found a bunch of dishonest nurseries in the valley. Thank you for sharing and we are hoping to plant a few more trees at our house and at our daughters house.
It was so long ago I forgot. Its was tropica mango or green life. Some times its not even the nursery here in the valley its the supplier they get it from not being honest. I even had a comment on one face book group saying mine wasn't an icecream but by the taste and color I think they are incorrect.
@@FruitTree wow and the bananas survive 6 degrees? thats incredible. I have a variety from the mountains of Costa Rica which supposedly do well in the cold (we just haven't had below 8 degrees Celsius yet) im looking at getting 2 of the blue banana this spring. have a great Christmas :)
Didn't know blue java took 5 years to fruit. Our apple banana takes about 1.5 years from pup to cutting the bunch off. They grow to about 8 to 9 feet tall.
Good job on this excellent video. First time I've seen a video 'intro' that wasn't lame - the drone footage was a nice touch. Funny how this has so few views and the UA-cam algorithm keeps recommending the same mediocre videos.
How far apart should you plant different varieties? I want to plant 3 varieties, 2 regular 1 dwarf, and want to know if a 10x10 ft ground space (canopy room is no issue) will be good for three? Or should I stick with just 2?
I'm scared to put my two banana trees in the ground: Ice Cream and Maduro. How big should the container be if I want to contain their underground system?
The location is 3 ft from my house foundation in the corner in a 7x5 ft triangular area behind the rose bushes. I’m afraid of the invasive underground root system.
This is perfect. I am in nearby New Mexico. We have the same monsoon although for us I think we get a greater spread since we are more semi-arid then you guys. I was considering growing this in Cruces area. Zone 8a. Permaculture with Citrus trees with woodchip mulch and coffee grounds. Any general tips of getting the most and protecting from the monsoon?
Try planting sweet potatoes around your bananas. It will feed nitrogen to your bananas and help them grow faster, plus you can enjoy sweet potato greens on the side. :-) Looking good and best of luck to you!
*scribbles notes in journal*
OUTSTANDING!!!
Great Information.
Thank You ❤️
I just got 2 Blue Java's today.
I Am Happy.
Now I Am even Happier and More Excited.
These are an Excellent addition to the Living Gardens at Morning Zen.
We are in N. W. Tucson,
Picture Rocks AZ.
❤️🙏🏽🧙🏽♂️😎🙏🏽❤️
Blessings
Dale
So awesome! I myself have a brown thumb, but I enjoy learning from What's Growing On!
Come by any time and ill show you stuff I can do
Love the video!!
Thank you
Excellent video on placement and watering
Awesome job thanks fellow gardener 🤗👍🏽keep up the great work
Thank you so much for the information. I'm in Coolidge AZ . I had 4 of these growing well in pots, one 8' tall. I planted them in the ground and they are all dying. Watered them well. Not sure what I did wrong. Maybe planted them to late in the year or too much water. I just bought more pups to try again in the spring. I might try the sweet potato planting that someone mentioned in another comment.
I also found that transplanting is done best in the early fall or spring. If you did it now I bet it went into shock
@@FruitTreeI guess I thought it would be ok because they were already growing outside in the containers and getting pot bound. I always seem to learn the hard way🤷
That's how I feel. I make these videos to document the struggles as well. I always forget things and they help.
@@FruitTree I wish you were still in the area. I would have loved to visit your food forest. I feel like the lone gardener here in Coolidge. Thank you for your videos. I will be binge watching since I've just discovered your channel.
I wanna marry Butters ngl... He's adorable, and so very sweet and kind, and when he says he'll do something, he does it, and he doesn't deserve all this trauma tbh, he deserves to fall in love and be whisked away from all that crazy fr.
@@GothAtheist you ok
Yea I dug my corm up last year, got way to tall and was a hassle to keep them from toppling and they taste good but not as good as the other varieties
I agree they are good and kinda a novelty because of the blue fruit and the name.
Where do you purchase your trees. I’ve found a bunch of dishonest nurseries in the valley. Thank you for sharing and we are hoping to plant a few more trees at our house and at our daughters house.
It was so long ago I forgot. Its was tropica mango or green life. Some times its not even the nursery here in the valley its the supplier they get it from not being honest. I even had a comment on one face book group saying mine wasn't an icecream but by the taste and color I think they are incorrect.
nice vid tks, how cold does it get there ?
In AZ it rarely got below 30 degrees.
Where I'm at now is much colder we are projecting 6 degrees tonight
@@FruitTree wow and the bananas survive 6 degrees? thats incredible. I have a variety from the mountains of Costa Rica which supposedly do well in the cold (we just haven't had below 8 degrees Celsius yet) im looking at getting 2 of the blue banana this spring. have a great Christmas :)
No no I don't live in AZ anymore
How cold does it get there? Is it the age of the tree or age of the root will determine if they will fruit or not ?
In Arizona we rarely get below 32. Figs just fruit regardless of age
@@FruitTree I was referring to the ice cream banana thanks
Oh sorry. It takes about 18 months to fruit. Really hard to slow them down
Mine grew to nearly 30’ tall. 150lb racks 8’ long. It had these weird seeds in them.
Blue java dont have seeds. Mabye it was cross pollinated
Are you selling any? Here in QC
No I actually moved to Tennessee
Didn't know blue java took 5 years to fruit. Our apple banana takes about 1.5 years from pup to cutting the bunch off. They grow to about 8 to 9 feet tall.
No its 1.5 years. If I said that sorry
Good job on this excellent video. First time I've seen a video 'intro' that wasn't lame - the drone footage was a nice touch. Funny how this has so few views and the UA-cam algorithm keeps recommending the same mediocre videos.
One day ill hook into the algorithm
How far apart should you plant different varieties? I want to plant 3 varieties, 2 regular 1 dwarf, and want to know if a 10x10 ft ground space (canopy room is no issue) will be good for three? Or should I stick with just 2?
I would put 4 in that area
where can we find the seed
You need a pup. Banana don't grow true to sees and most good Banana rarely have seeds
I’ll trade something in my garden for a ice cream pup ?
I dont have any at the moment. Email me and ill let you know
I'm scared to put my two banana trees in the ground: Ice Cream and Maduro. How big should the container be if I want to contain their underground system?
Don't they get too tall for containers. In the ground is the best possible way.
Why are you afraid of in ground?
The location is 3 ft from my house foundation in the corner in a 7x5 ft triangular area behind the rose bushes. I’m afraid of the invasive underground root system.
I want to know for sure that I can control them.
The roots are so soft. They are and herb not a tree. They will not hurt your foundation.
Can I just buy the blue bananas? I live in an apartment.
I wish I had some for sale
This is perfect. I am in nearby New Mexico. We have the same monsoon although for us I think we get a greater spread since we are more semi-arid then you guys.
I was considering growing this in Cruces area. Zone 8a. Permaculture with Citrus trees with woodchip mulch and coffee grounds. Any general tips of getting the most and protecting from the monsoon?
My best tip is getting dwarf types so the winds can't knock them down
Have you Blue Java banana plant for sale me ?i live in Brasil .
Sorry no
Didn't show the banana
Its in the background. I have another video with it up close
I told my wife to let the banana talk to her but she doesn’t listen
What does it say
Or you can just break into your neighbor's house and eat their bananas.. Totally worth the trouble