Musa Basjoo Hardy Banana Plant From 5 Inches to 10 Feet in 6 Months.
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- This was the first time that I've ever attempted to grow a Banana plant of any kind. Even though they are commonly referred to as trees, they are actually herbaceous, so they are plants. I was intrigued by the possibility of growing a hardy banana that could survive the winter outside in our zone 6b garden. Musa Basjoo cold hardy banana trees are supposed to be able to survive winters as far north as zone 5.
I started out with a plant that was about 5 inches or so tall. Even though it started out fairly slowly, it still ended up getting about 10 feet tall before our first freeze slowed it down.
In this video I show the progress from the time I planted it outside, until I cut it down and got it ready for winter.
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It's five years later after you did this video, and I planted my two musa banana plants about the same time in May as you did. I hope mine will do as well as yours! I'm in zone 7.
I hope they do better than mine :) Mine are still going, and I didn't even bother covering it with mulch last year.
Best musa basjoo video i've seen and the one that made me finally decide to buy one. The fact that they grow that quicky is amazing. Living in 8a. Will see what happens. Planted mine outside today.
Thanks a bunch! Very cool! Your should do even better than mine. We are going to be above freezing for at least the next week, so I uncovered mine. No sign of life yet, but I dug down at the base of the old mushy stem and there was good color below the ground. Good luck with yours!
Rila, what happened with yours? I'm also in 8a and mine only grew to about 2ft. Trying to figure out what's going wrong.
@@jeffw7868 how long has it been ?
This is my absolutely favorite banana 🍌 tree video. Especially when I'm being impatient for my 🍌to come back to life. I mistakenly planted a dwarf variety last year and although it was beautiful. I corrected that this month.
Our last home, I actually got bananas and cut the rack down just before a rare freeze here in Houston Texas 🎉 thank you for showing your beauties
You're welcome! Good luck with yours. It's kind of fun to look at a 12 foot plant :)
Gave me encouragement as I planted my musa in October and had to cut it down and protect it. Nows it's sprouting new leaves quickly. Excited as I'm based in the UK
That's great to hear, Claudia! I remember how exciting it was when ours sprouted after it's first winter here. Yours should grow a lot this year.
That’s so impressive Jim! I can’t believe how big the base of the tree is! Thank you for the share 😊
Thanks Sasha! I wasn't sure what to expect when I decided to grow it, so it's safe to say that exceeded my expectations.
Midwest Gardener Mine too 😜
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Beautiful plants good job.
Thank you very much!
That nanner tree is a monster Mr. Jim! Awesome job done here Sir! Hope you have a great day !
Thanks CB! It sure grew more than I thought it would.
That did really, really well. Will be super interesting if it makes it back for next year. Being in zone 6b as well I have never seen a banana tree of any kind grown locally. Good stuff. For a second there when that leaf came off the pink color reminded me of a giant stalk of rhubarb. Thanks for the share!
Yep, I will be interested to see if it makes it through the winter too. So far, it's been colder than normal. I hope that trend doesn't continue :) They are pretty sturdy when it comes to holding up against a wind, but they sure come down easy when you cut into them with a limb saw.
I’m in a 3b place and someone in Saskatchewan did it while being in another 3b zone
@MidwestGardener did it make it back?
Next season remove the pups and plant them in some new spots. The will produce pups of their own as well. That is the Musa cycle. They won’t produce bananas but that’s fine because they are nasty. Not the same as normal bananas.
But these are really fun to grow. I am in zone 8b now and they come back every year. No mulch. But I bring two pups inside just incase. They are about 5 feet tall now. Soon as spring hits I’ll have them out side the window again next to my palms. I absolutely love seeing them in the morning over my coffee and watching them grow. Most satisfying plant to grow us Musa Basjoo!
Thanks for the tips. I will be happy if it just makes it through the winter here. I really enjoyed seeing it grow, but I wouldn't have room to have more than the one clump/group. 8b would open up a lot more possibilities than we have, but I'm sure it presents challenges too. Thanks for the great comment!
I think it would do great. I'm north of you, and it seems to be doing great here.
@Sally Landrith It's already about 6 feet tall this year. Good luck if you decide to get one.
I’m in 8b too and just bought one of these. Thanks for your comments!
@@MidwestGardener even edible bananas with protection
Update please! On the edge of my seat!
I plan to uncover it in late March or early April, so I will be sure to do an update then. I'm really hoping it comes back. I heard from a guy in N.C. that had his get about the same size his first year, then it got to 15 the second year. That would blow my mind :)
Yay! My banana tree is finally coming back!! It’s growing a new shoot
Nice! I'm glad to hear it.
Did ur tree came back after winter
Well done Jim, me encantó tu video, es impresionante cómo creció en pocos meses, acabo de plantar mi pequeña musa 2 days ago!!!
Thank you! It is kind of amazing how fast they can grow. Good luck with yours!
Thanks you very much for your clip. I come from Thailand. 😉😊😎
You're welcome! Thanks for watching! I have quite a few people in Thailand who watch my channel.
Amazing!!!! I'm gonna plant one this spring can't wait to see how high it grows.😁
I hope you enjoy yours as much as we enjoy ours, Nicole.
At mine doesn t grow that fast. One leaves per 2 weeks
What should I do? Please
Water a little more often.
This is soo true. I planted a 6 inch Musa Basjoo and Rojo Zebrina last year. They are as tall as the house now. Musa basjoo is flowering
Nice! Well done! Wish ours had a little more time.
@@MidwestGardener I watched your video of your Beautiful plant some 3 years ago and was wondering if your plant lived through Winter. I'm in Michigan 6b....Inquiring for next Spring. 🌺
Looking forward to the update. I'm in 6B. I'll plant a few if yours survives.
I sure hope it makes it. We have already been down into the low teens, so I got it covered up just in time I think. We will know in about 5 or 6 months if it makes it.
@@MidwestGardener sooo, did it make it through the winter??
@@unspokennene69 Yes, it's made it through every winter. It got down to 17 below zero F. here, and it still lived through last winter.
Thank u so much for this vid...I've ordered 2😂 u made my mind up...brilliant vid from England 🇬🇧 😊
You're very welcome! Always great to hear from folks on your side of the pond :) Hope yours do well for you.
WOW your banana tree grows Super fast!
Thanks James! Yes, I was surprised by how quickly it grew. It's even bigger now.
Will be watching for next springs video with new growth of bananas.
I'm not sure if we will ever get bananas, but it will be interesting to see if they make it through the winter.
It is amazing how fast they grow. Well done Jim. Have a great day. Best wishes Bob. 🍌🍌🍌
Thanks Bob! Yep, they didn't get nearly as tall as yours, but we enjoyed watching how tall it got.
awesome video Mr Jim !! bantastic from start to finish !!
Lol, thanks Simon! It was a fun one for us to watch grow.
Best video showing how fast the Basjoo ornamental Banana tree grows. I definitely will buy and plant one next early spring. Love the fact they are cold hardy. In Calif. here the winter temps get to 28, sometimes but rare 25. Wondering if I still need to cut it down too then and cover with wrap or mulch to preserve until spring or just leave it as it? No clear info on this I can find
Thanks! If you don't go much below 28, you probably wouldn't even need to cut them down. My sister-in-law didn't get hers down last year, and they still made it through the winter here in zone 6b. Another one you could try is Musa velutina. Mine have made it through the winter here for the last 3 years with heavy mulch.
Beautiful!! That's next on my list!!❤❤🙌🙌😍😍
Thanks! It was a fun one to grow 😀
Last summer my M. basjoo put up one leaf per week in summer. Greetings from west Germany
Nice! That's some pretty good growth. Always great to hear from another person in Germany!
Hi! Just found your channel and excited to see you are also in 6b. I just bought some musa bajoo pups from a lady in Springfield. This is the plant I miss most from my home state of Louisiana. I am really hoping they survive the transplant shock! I used Miracle Grow Quick Start as I do with all transplants & new plantings. New sub here looking forward to seeing all that you grow in 6b. 🌞😁
Really glad you found my channel, Felene! If you can get the pups to survive until fall, I think they should be fine after that. I was surprised by how well it does here in zone 6b. I gave a pup to my sister-in-law, and she didn't even mulch hers last winter, and it still popped up this spring.
I have younger banana plants and one of them grew a new leaf and that new leaf has a texture of red on it similar to the musa zebrina
Nice!
Its beautiful plants
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Love this video. from start to finish. Awesome, Thank you.
You're welcome! I'm very glad that you enjoyed it! That always makes my day to hear that :)
Super awesome growth! I am most certain it will come back for you next spring 😉
Thanks for your vote of confidence 😀 I'm not as certain as you, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)
Mines survived there first year north east scotland
I have a dwarf cavendish and a grand nain banana planted inside our greenhouse! Hope they produce bananas one day
Good luck with those. That would be cool if they did!
Great vid amd info. I'll hve to check out more
Thanks a bunch!
Wow, it sure got big!
I oughta get myself one of those after the weather warms up, I'm in zone 6a / 6b and if your's survived I'm sure mine will too.
Yes, you should be able to grow them in your area. I also got Musa velutina to survive the winter here. It even had bananas last year....they are pink.
@@MidwestGardener Wow, that's awesome! I thought Musa velutina was a zone 8 to 7 plant but I guess some manage to keep it alive, either way a very tropical and cool looking tree. 😄
@@maple494 We were 17 below zero F. here this winter, and I spotted one live pup already this spring on the Musa velutina, so that one might be worth a try too. I'm hoping our Dwarf Orinoco made it.
I am in zone 5-6 I can't wait 2 get it in the ground! Should I ring it in before frost?
@@sharonkocher2149 Well, to give you a temperature reference, last year was our cold year ever for the bananas. It got to 17 below zero F. here, and they made it. Chances are very good that it would be too large to bring inside.
Great video!! I live in 6b, I had a Musa Basjoo but I must have failed when I winterized it. I filled a trash bag full of leaves and pine needle then put a hole in the bottom, put that over the stump and added more leaves on top and another large trash bag over it, I saw this on a video, well my musa basjoo did not make it. Now I have a two year old musa basjoo that I've had in a pot and bring in over the winter, I'm going to plant this one outside but very worried when it comes time to winterize it, I saw how you did it, no tarp over it? I don't want to kill another one, when I cut this back how far above the ground do I leave the trunk? Thank you! This is the best video by far!
Thanks! I cut it almost to the ground now. I stopped worrying about it a couple of years back. Last winter, I decided to not even cover it with mulch. I thought it died, but it did finally did come up, so this same plant has been alive for years now.
@MidwestGardener Thanks again, I will not use the tarp again.
Just acquired my first several pups to plant next to my palm and bamboo.
I’m hoping to plant the pups in some sort of buried container to minimize creeping into the rest of the yard.
Nice! Good luck with them, because they do like to spread. That sounds like a good plan though.
Exactly. That was my concern with my bamboo. But I contain my bamboo to two 50 gallon metal drums cut in half with holes punched in the bottom for drainage. So far, that has contained my bamboo.
That's great! I see bamboo all the time that has gotten out of control. I will have to keep that little trick in mind.....thanks!
They sure grow a lot in one year. I hope she comes back for you especially if it'll produce some fruit.
They say the fruit isn't worth eating, but it would still be pretty cool to see. And those leaves can be use to wrap things when cooking. I've never tried it, but I might give it a try next year.
I wonder if it's possible to grow the types of banana trees we eat regularly. That would be cool.
Yep, that would be pretty cool. I doubt if those good eating bananas would make it here. Unless you had a really tall greenhouse :)
Hummmm, wonder if it'll grow in a bucket! Lol
Hey, there's only one way to find out 😀
How can a musa basjoo go from small leaves to long large ones like this? Mine is in a pot and the leaves are quite small, are you saying those small leaves continue to grow bigger?
It's been my experience that each new leaf will be larger than the leaf before it.
Wow is beautiful your banana tree
Thank you!!
Because someone gave me a little plant and now I know how is going to look like
@@charlyorchardgarden695 Nice!
Because I'm in 7b
Sorry zone 7b in Virginia
My banana plants are growing lots of side shoots at a very young age because it’s growing from a rhizome
There you go. Good to hear it.
My banana plant is now healthy and it grew this second shoot and as it grew it was getting to long and bending over a little from the Opposite side of were it came out of the last leaf but now it’s opening
I'm really glad to hear that your banana is now healthy. It's fun to watch them grow when they are doing well.
The secret magic I used to get the banana tree to come back is I gave it cow manure and 3 weeks later... it came back! It’s so cool how cow manure makes plants really healthy since it’s so good for plants
How deep do the roots grow? Also, how wide? May plant one in my new home, but I'm in 7b (a Oklahoma)
I don't know how deep the roots go. You will start with one plant. If it does well, the next year you will have a clump of 4 or 5. The year after that, the clump might be 10 plants and should increase each year if you do nothing.
Looking nice!
Thanks! It's doing even better this year.
Wow, that’s a monster! Incidentally, I received a small one in the mail about a week ago, didn’t plant it in the yard for a few days (that was 4 days ago) and it was down to one leaf, but has since started a new leaf. I can’t wait to see it in a few months!
That's awesome! I hope you enjoy watching yours grow as much as we have enjoyed watching ours. Ours is over waist high already :) It's off to a great start.
Midwest Gardener oh I’m sure we will. Thanks for the video - it was fun to watch the growth.
@@toothybj It's even more fun in person :)
I'd be curious to know what it's exposure was, East? And how many hours of sun per day?
It got maybe two or three hours of shade in the evening, but except for that, it was in full sun.
Thank you ever so much for this video. I bought 6 Musa Banana plants from Walmart today. I can't wait to see them grow. I was very happy to see they grew so well in your video. I'm curious did they grow back after winter?
You're welcome! This video was done in 2018, and they came up every spring since then.
@@MidwestGardener good to know they came back. I have one growing in a pot, my plan is to cut it back, cover and store. I hope it returns in the spring.
@@dulceygorham5120 Good luck!
Great video, I'm in Midwest planning to plant this beautiful banana tree this year, just curious, do you see banana coming and is it edible? Thank you for sharing this video
Thanks! Ours has never had bananas. I'm assuming our growing season isn't long enough here in zone 6b. The bananas aren't edible even if we did have some.
I have a smaller banana tree that is growing a lot of shoots at the side at a very young age
Interesting. Sounds like it has some healthy roots.
I want to plant another banana plant in our greenhouse growing in the ground so that maybe it will flower and grow bananas! I’m going to grow ether the variety grand nain banana or ice cream banana
Good luck with either you try!
Would be awesome if you could tell us how you watered and fertilized it and if it got full sun or part shade. Mine is going outdoors this week.
Thanks for the suggestion, Celeste. I don't fertilize very much. Usually once a year....but I haven't fertilized at all this year....yet. As for watering, they usually get a little water every day once the temperture goes over 90 degrees F. here.
Great vid, loved how quick that changed from pic to pic. Do those fruit?
They say that they can fruit if you get them to grow enough in one season, but I'm not sure if that will happen here or not. And if it did fruit, I've read that the bananas aren't worth eating. So it's mainly ornamental, except for the fact that the leaves can be used to wrap things when cooking.
I see you've already stated that yours survived -17f (-27c), but I'm wondering how the rest of the winter looks like for you?
Was that a freak occurence or do you have regular cold spells to the point of deep frost in the ground?
Where I'm at it seldom gets colder than -20c, but we do have sustained below freezing temps for at least four months, aswell as a snow cover. Do you reckon putting a thick heap of garden waste on top of the root system in fall, aswell as shovelling snow on top of that would help it survive?
Getting fruits from it is of course out of the question. I'm merely looking for the inevitable street cred I'd get for having a freakin banana tree up at the 60th parallel.
That would be a pretty extreme test of them for sure. The longest stretch that we had below freezing last winter was 12 days. I would have my doubts that they could survive that long below freezing. But like I'm fond of saying.....you never know till you try. That would indeed give you some pretty impressive street cred if you succeeded :)
Just wrap Christmas tree lights loosely around the base before covering . Plug in whenever it gets to extreme. Not led lights. They don't produce any heat
After 4 years, I got bananas . They small, not edible❤❤❤
Nice! Congratulations.
I have been growing musa basjoos here in NY for over 5 years now and I have had bananas growing for the past 3 years.Some I cut down and leave in the ground and others i dig up and store in my dark cool basement corner for the next spring.I have people stop by and take pictures at least 3 days a week.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing that! I'm really looking forward to seeing if mine make it through the winter.
@@MidwestGardener What state are you in?If you mulched they should shoot up this spring.Did you cut all the way down or did you leave the pseudo stem at about a foot?Next year dig some out bulb and all and store in a cool dark place for insurance .
I'm in Kansas, zone 6b. I cut them about about a foot or maybe a little less. I hope I didn't cut them too short. I guess we will see in a couple of months or so. About how big is the "bulb". Still learning about these.
@@MidwestGardener No a foot or less is fine even if the stem dies the bulb should still be alive.When you cut them cut them on an angle so the water can drip off.The bulb depends on the size of the plant some are big and heavy and some are small.Your stem might be" mush" when you uncover it this spring,if so try and make a fresh cut as low as you can and see if the stem is still alive.They are heavy feeders so I give them miracle grow once a week and they get huge.Good luck ,let me know how they come out this spring.
Thanks for the additional information! Very much appreciated! That angle cut makes sense, since they had so much water in them. I will do an update on them whether they make it or not. I will probably uncover them some time in April.
Hi, can you make a video how it is doing now? Thanks
I do an update of the garden every week or two. I usually show the Musa basjoo in those. I am also growing Musa velutina, and it produced bananas last year, but they didn't have time to ripen. This year I also added a Dwarf Orinoco banana.
Terra muito boa .
Thanks!
Interesting video. Would love to grow. This is useful.
Thanks! I hope you get a change some day. They are still growing today, and have survived every winter here in zone 6b.....with heavy mulch in the winter.
I live in zone 6A . I bought some. Crossing my fingers
Good luck, Maria! I think if you can get some size on it before it gets cold, it should be fine.
Some of my lil leaves are turning brown. What do you think could be.
@@mariacolon7518 Sometimes the lower leaves do that when they get older.
Ok. Nobody commended about fruit (banana) does that type of banana tree give fruit so.e day? Thx.
It can produce fruit, but they are full of seeds and not edible. We grow it as an ornamental, and just because we enjoy seeing it grow.
Hi, the plant was outside one year before, or you planted it as a small 5 inch plant with a tiny rootsystem outside? How often did you water and fertilise it? Was it in full sun? Thx
Hi Ádám. I planted the plant in the ground when it was a tiny 5 inch plant with a tiny rootsystem. This video documents it's growth from the time I planted it in the ground until that fall, which was about 6 months. It got even bigger last year, and it is off to an even faster start this year, so I'm thinking it should go over 12 feet this year......or about 3.65 meters.
Midwest Gardener could you tell me please the amount of water, fertiliser you gave the plant, soil type and the daily sungliht hours, that the plant received?
I had a small plant also, which i planted last may outside. I watered it every day, i gave it fertiliser every week, it was for 8 hours in the sun, and it was only 2 feet high at the end of summer. The plant was in a 50 fahrenheit room for 6 months before planting.. Maybe too much fertiliser or water?
Can you grow in your climate persimmon or fig, paw paw or similar frut trees? Thanks
You didn't say if your plant lived through the winter outside or not, but if it did, my guess is that it will do better this year. I water it with drip irrigation. It gets about 2 gallons of water once it gets hot (over 32.2 degrees C) . I don't fertilize much at all. I fertilize with some high nitrogen fertilizer one in early May. After that, it only gets water. I think it probably gets some water from our lawn sprinkler, because it is located at the edge of our lawn. That is about it. We have sandy loam soil, so I'm thinking that well drained soil might benefit them also. Good luck!
Midwest Gardener thank you, yes 2 small 4 inches long plants emerged since beginning april:) i gave it once fertiliser, and the top part of the leaf is browing..i will stop fertilising Good luck you too:)
Hey man my musa basjoo is like growing leaves but no pups and it’s not getting much taller. It has wire mesh under the roots to keep it protected from gophers. Do I just be patient and wait?
I don't have much information to go by, but if you just planted it this year, it's still early. It seems like they grow faster in sandy soil, so I don't know if that is an issue or not.
@@MidwestGardener yeah I it’s all decomposed granite like sand where I live like a desert so I’m added some fertilizer and coco to it too
If you dont mind me asking, what kind of climate do you live in?
I live in zone 6b. We can get below zero F., and above 100 F. It's sometimes very windy here too.
Wow its amazing 😲😲💪👍🌴
Thanks! And it's still growing and surviving every winter with mulch.
wow Good Work And This What I Reilly need To Now About what To Do During The Winter
@@user-Pe8hf2bp5q Thanks! There should be a link at the end of this video to a video I did on covering bananas for the winter.
@@MidwestGardener Thank You i Am Living In Virginia I Resent ILY Got It Banana Plant In Pot And My Question Is It Ok To Transfer In The Ground Now Before The Winter
@@user-Pe8hf2bp5q It should be ok as long as you don't disturb the roots too much when you transplant. I just dug up one of the Musa basjoo plants from my clump and gave it to my sister in law a couple of weeks ago. I would just make sure it has plenty of water for a week or two till it's roots spread out.
Hello from Germany, can you tell me about climatic conditions and how often you fertilized and watered the plant?,!
We get up to 40 C. in the summer, and -23 C. in winter. I water a little bit once temperatures reach 32.2 degrees C. I don't fertilize anymore. Soil and water matter more than fertilizer.
hello! i have 3 musa basjoo and was wondering how did yours get big so quick?
Lots of water. Once it gets hot, I water every day.
What do you do to get the growth so quick?
A little fertilizer at the beginning of the season, then just water.
Do you chop it back then end of year
Yes I do. I leave about a foot....sometimes a little more.
GOOD LAWD!
Lol, and you should be able to grow them there too.
I live in Oklahoma in zone 7a, will it grow well here? Will it need protection in the winter or is it fine without? I bought one and it should arrive in a couple weeks. Great video.
It should grow better where you are than here. I think I would give it some mulch in the winter. I usually cut ours down to about a foot tall, then pile leaves or straw over the stump, then use the banana leaves to help hold the leaves or straw in place. I'm guessing that it might make it through some winters where you are without protection. After you have a half dozen or so, you can experiment. Ours survived 17 below zero here in February....and it didn't get above freezing for over a week.
@@MidwestGardener Thanks! I’ll give it a try. Should be here in about a week... Excited to get it in the ground!
@@jonathanm7093 I hope you enjoy growing it as much as we have.
I think if you transplant a banana plant too many times it will shock it I transplanted my banana tree twice and it didn’t shock it but the third time it shocked it so I gave it cow manure and it came back 3 weeks later
Thanks for sharing how that worked for you. Much appreciated.
This may sound weird.. But how did you get him that big.. Did you gave him water every day?
Yes, I give the bananas water every day once it gets hot.
I forgot to mention. Our Musa velutina has flowered this year, and will have bananas on it soon.
I live in Melbourne Florida, my musa is not getting big.. It's only 5 feet tall now after nearly a year. I need to do something.. The soil is really just sand. I know it needs something, not sure what ... Miracle Grow? . Gets lots of sun..
If it's real sandy, a heavy layer of mulch wouldn't hurt. They also like lots of water and fertilizer probably wouldn't hurt. I water mine with drip irrigation, and it get's a little water every day once the temps get up in the 90s.
@@MidwestGardener im in Virginia.... How often should i water mines.... The leave on a few tend to get weak ... I was told ...too much water.... I used a mushroom compound /cow manure and compost also an organic humus and manure... If you have an email i would like to send u pics so you could help me out.... I really like the trees ... Its brings beauty to my backyard... Thanks
@@tmahonii Well, there are a lot of variables, but I wouldn't worry about watering real often till it gets hot. I have soil that is about 80% sand, so once it gets hot, the banana tree gets a little water every day. If I had soil that was more clay, I wouldn't water as often. I can't tell you exactly how often to water.
I have a Musa Basjoo and whenever a new leaf comes up, the tip is brown and the leaves also go brown around the edges, if its too hot the leaves also get floppy, I don't know what is going on with the plant and I'm not sure what to do. I am also not sure why the brown patches are appearing, is it a burn mark fro the sun?? Do you know what the problem could be? I am also in the UK could that be a problem?
It's pretty hard to tell from here, but it could be that it's not getting enough water. It seems like the more water mine gets, the better is likes it. I do think it is possible for the leaves to burn on a very hot day when watered from above.....like with a sprinkler. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Midwest Gardener Thank you for the information but I was also reading online and it said to apparently not water it as much if this is a problem and I'm not sure whether to water it more or not water it as much I will try watering it more and if the thing continues I will most likely stop again and research more, it could possibly be because it was repotted and is getting used to the new pot but I am not sure.
OK, I was thinking that it was in the ground and not in a pot. I've kept a plant indoors all winter, but I treated it entirely differently than in the ground during the summer. I don't really have any experience with keeping a banana in a container during the summer. Sorry if I wasn't of much help. Yes, researching more never hurts. Feel free to update us on how it does.
@@MidwestGardener I have researched about it and I found out that when you repot the banana, the leaves can get floppy, it also said it should go away after a week, my one has been in the new pot for maybe 5 days and I'm hoping for the floppy leaf thing to go away, I have also noticed that during the day when it gets really hot it happens to the leaves, but starting from 8PM they go back to normal, I am hoping for it to go away but the end of the week, I will keep this updated wether the leaves go back to normal or no.
@@uspturtle1039 Thanks for the update and additional information. I'm sure that others will find it interesting and helpful too.
Hello , I am new and need advice on on what to do with my potted muso bajoo banana plant for the winter (I’m in Boston) and I want to winter it inside and make it go dormant.
Q1 Do I spray it with fungicide . Put it in the dark ? Water or no? Please help !
I've never tried overwintering Musa basjoo indoor, either dormant or not dormant. I have overwintered Musa velutina, but I just kept it growing under a grow light. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I just don't feel comfortable advising on things I've never done.
I just ordered a musa basjoo. Was wondering if you could help me with care. When it was small did you water a certain amount or just let it grow on its own ?
I didn't fertilize until it was a couple of feet high, and then I only fertilized once. I tried not to let the soil around it dry out too much. Then once it got hot, it got water every day.
Midwest Gardener awesome. And thank you for answering I really appreciate it.
@@bobbybyrd1236 You're welcome.
I bought one last year but unfortunately didn’t survive the winter here in Ireland was rotted to the ground when I took the fleece off , does anyone know if it will come back from the ground with any hope
Sometimes pups can sprout for the roots if the main stem doesn't make it. I would give it a while before I give up on it.
Thanks I’m hoping
@@ishkaboooo Any update on this? I live in NJ and just planted my first banana trees. I am already foreseeing them dying but not sure if I should hope they'll re-grow or just buy another one.
That’s amazing 🇬🇧
Thanks Jon! And they are still going.
did it come back in spring?
Yes, and every spring since then. It's growing right now. Of course there are about 10 instead of just one.
Do these thing actually ever produce bananas?
They can in a warmer climate, but here in zone 6b, we just don't have a long enough season. I don't think the bananas are edible though.
How do they grow so fast!? I live in zone 9 and water +feed them plenty and hardly get to 4f by the end of the year.
There are a lot of variables, but if you are feeding them plenty, that might be the problem. Over fertilizing some plants can sometimes lead to less growth instead of more. I fertilize mine once or twice at the most. Then it is just water daily when the really hot weather hits.
@@MidwestGardener maybe it is the feeding like you say. I've been reading too many guides and if you only feed them twice... woops... Thanks for the great vids!
@@JoostShino You're welcome. I can't say for sure that is it, but it is a possibility. Good luck with it the rest of the summer.
Up stairs or down
Not sure what you mean.
That's why my son didn't understand where we were watching a show ha
We planted a Musa this year as well that started out around 5 inches. It only grew to about 3 feet but about as thick as yours. You must have some great soil. Did you do anything special or water it?
Yes, I did have a dripper on my drip irrigation system that watered it daily. Other than that, I didn't do much special to it....other than fertilize a couple of times early on. Was yours a Musa Basjoo, or Musa velutina?
I grow musa in VA last year 22 ft tall. Lots of water and fertilizer i fert 20-20-20 peters fert 2 times a week
How do I transplanted my smaller banana plants without shocking them
Well James. I don't have enough information to give you a good answer to that one. If you're transplanting them outside, hardening them first is a must.
I mean transplanting them into a smaller pot
@@jamestropicals8262 I've never moved one to a smaller pot. I've moved one outside to a pot and brought it inside, and I've moved one to a bigger pot. I would just try to keeping things as close to the same as possible....such as similar soil.
I transplanted my younger banana plants and it didn’t shock them!
@@jamestropicals8262 That's great to hear.
Is This possible.with a musa nana?
Sorry, but I'm not really familiar with that one.
Do they taste good though?
No.
@@MidwestGardener then why would anyone want to grow it? 😂
Ornamental.
If you let it go through winter it will fruit following year
It didn't flower last year, but I'm hoping it might this year. They require a long growing season, so we don't have the best chance here in zone 6b.
@@MidwestGardener try not cutting them down. Just put 2 canes solo in the yard Don't cut it. In winter cut leaves 50% and cover with bag during frost. You will teach the plant how to survive your climate. Pups will be more climate tolerant.
@@RickysFarmAndHatchery Thanks for the tips, but I don't think a bag will do it. It sometimes gets below zero F. here, or about -17.77 C.
@@MidwestGardener I will leave you with this. Try it. Then text me next year thank you. 👍
@@RickysFarmAndHatchery OK, thanks.
How much watering do they need?
Mine get a little water each day. They will grow with less, but the more water they get, the more they grow.
@@MidwestGardener thank you very much for you response.
@@veroniquet3730 You're welcome!
Would you sell the pups?
Sorry, I don't sell anything.
Why is my banana tree getting yellow leaves and not growing after transplanting it into a large pot?
That are way too many variables for me to say, James. It could be a the change in soil, too much water, or possibly a few other things.
Midwest Gardener It could be to much water maybe but it won’t grow for some odd reason
Yep, sometimes it's really hard to pinpoint without being there.
Midwest Gardener It might’ve been put into shock after transplanting it it still won’t grow
@@jamestropicals8262 Yes, I guess that is possible.
Hello where are you? i am in wichita zone 6b and just order a japanesse one that claim to be hardy
I'm in Kansas too zone 6b. I hope you enjoy growing yours as much as we enjoy ours!
A quick question: I went to your Amazon store front and saw the offering of the banana shoots there. The pictures show flowers, and even banana regimens... do you really get bananas from these? I did not think so.... although this would be the ultimate of awesome!
It's possible for it to flower and have bananas if it has a long enough growing season. Where I'm at, I think it's just about impossible. Maybe in Florida or somewhere down south, but in zone 6b where I am, it's pretty much just an ornamental. Even if I was growing this one down south, I would grow some other type to eat....not this one. We have a blast watching ours grow though. This is year number 3.
Is it ok , did it make it?
Yes it did, Ann. It's in year 3 now, and off to an early start this year.
Midwest Gardener I just got my banana plant and I am also in zone 6B. Any recommendations as far as weathering the hot summer months and wind ?
@@alcnsd I give mine a little water every day when it gets hot. If the wind gets extreme, it will shred the leaves, but it won't hurt the plant.
These are unkillable by climate here
Nice! I can see where that could be a problem though.
Bananas are not trees there plants because they don’t have woody stem or branches like a tree so there really called banana plants
True. They are herbaceous. I sometimes use terms that are more commonly used.
Any update?
Hi Nora. It's still going, and has survived every winter. It's probably a little over 10 feet right now, and is a clump of about 8 or 10 stems. It even survived the worst winter here I can ever remember, with one night getting down to 17 below zero F. I also added Musa velutina, and it has survived the last 2 winters outside also. I use heavy mulch on them. There are links to other videos I've done on the bananas in the description of this video....including the pink bananas we got.
That’s amazing. Thank you so much. It’s such a beautiful plant. I live in Napa Ca and was thinking of planting!
@@Sunandsand4life Nice! It's fun to watch them grow.
How old is it?
It's in it's third year now.
elephant in the room.....does it produce bananas
If your season is long enough. Our season is way too short.
Lol
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Not sure what that means, but ok.
This video is wrong in less than 6 month banana plant become 10 foot tree.
I also planted this year in January on this date in six months it's still a plant not a tree.
You are faking and spreading wrong info
Good point, I used commonly used language instead of scientific language. Thanks for the feedback.
@@MidwestGardener please clear how much time it takes to grow a banana plant to a tree. Viewers should know how much time they need to invest.
And thanks for taking comment positively.
@@ashutoshagrawal Thanks for the suggestion. I can't change this video after it's published.
@@MidwestGardener can include in description and as well as reply on my comment will help viewers.
Thanks.