Love this video. Very informative and presented with enthusiasm. I am in the process of propagating my suckers and even though I've been doing it for some time , I have learned a whole lot. Many thanks to you. Keep posting. Greetings from Barbados.
My brother! Thank you for the video and putting such quality time into this art piece. Very informative and I learned a lot for my Nanners! Best wishes!✌🏽
I've just subscribed to your videos Charles, and let me chime in with the rest of the comments on here, "Thank you" for posting such well explained, and helpful videos. I have had the same family of 'platano manzano' now for almost 31yrs. taking the pups, and replanting them in my yard, as well as when I've moved in the past. However, and I'm slightly embarrassed to admit this, I have NEVER "fed" my trees (wa! wa! wa! waaaaaaa!) That must be the reason for very little fruit growth. I've been fortunate to have had great soil tho. I have learned a very valuable lesson from you sir, and again "Thank You" for such educational, and helpful videos! Here's hoping that you are well and abundantly blessed!
Searched 8 video and finally found your blog, amazing you know what you doing and thanks for taking time and explaining everything clearly and good work with video.Thanks a lot!! Pls do more video
I have gotta a banana sucker which I am going to plant today, so i was looking for some information. I found your video which is very informative andgreat one, thanks for sharing.
Charles. I have been watching you for years, and have been a customer a few times. I’m so excited….. next week I’m moving to a climate where i can grow bananas, and passion fruits, figs, pawpaws etc… I’m just rewatching some of your videos. Thanks again for the content.
Great video and thank you for showing all the details. I learned few new things which I am grateful for. Here are few things that I did differently with success: -used a “root slayer” shovel while separating the pups, which is sharper and gives a cleaner cut -left the “open wound” of the pup to air for few days to get a protective coat (callous) while providing the rooted part with moist potting soil (some people leave the entire root part to dry out, but I did not want my banana pup to go through that stress without moisture for so long) in order to prevent the rot of the plant -gradually moving the pot from few days in the shade to partial shade and full sun for the hardiness of the new pup -only remove one pup at the time and always leaving three plants minimum in place (this might be on over protective measure, but I like to have my insurance in place if something goes wrong) These tips worked for me. Also, I made the mistake before to get the pups too early and killed all of them. Now I only remove them when they are a bigger size, like 3 ft tall or so.
Yes His explaining is perfect. I liked it. Regarding the ingredients he used they can be substituted with Pottash, Cowdung or goat droppings and lime powder mixed with water to spray on the leaves.
Hello Rafiqa11, You're welcome! :-) How is your dwarf Cavendish banana growing so far? Keep in mind, that as the day (and night) temperatures warm-up, your plant will grow at a rate of 1 new leaf every 1 or 2 weeks! And yes, the parent plant only makes 1 set of fruit per year. Some people allow 2-3 sets of pups to grow per year to increase the number of yields per plant, per year. I will explain the removal of the parent plant, after harvest in the next 30-60 days, once I harvest my ice cream bananas... Coming soon! :-) Charles
I live in zone 8 SC I would like to know if Red Abyssinian Banana Tree grow in the winter in pots here? I wish I lived closer so I could get one of your pups for my garden. Your videos are so informative. I have to start my garden all over again in my new home in the south from the north.
Charles, at the end of the instruction was great when you looked like the cat that caught the canary; as you stated, now you have three pups! So funny🌻🌱🌻
Glad you liked it Jeannie! Who wouldn't like FREE banana plants!!! It's always fun creating new things in the garden! Thank you for taking the time to write me! :-) Charles
I just bought an 8-inch banana plant (Gros Michel). What soil and fertilizers should I give it to grow the best bananas? Also, I hear people talk about drainage, how do I have proper drainage for the plant?
I add about 2” of mulch to my potted plants and it seems to really help with the moisture retention. Haven’t watered my fig tree in about 3 weeks (nov-dec).
Very Nice Video, I bought two dwarf banana Cavendish. I put both in the ground with all purpose garden soil and I applied citrus tone for fertilizer since it has higher potassium. Am I doing anything wrong?
Hello David Da Twin, Thank you for the compliment! :-) Sounds good so far! A higher nitrogen fertilizer may be okay initially to get the plants to the size where they will then bolt, flower and support fruit. As the plant reaches the mature size, you may want to then cut back on the nitrogen. Also, consider feeding your bananas on a monthly schedule from March/ April through August/ September. Then stop from August/ September through March... as the plant's growth/ metabolism is typically dormant for those months. Lastly, the two times I attempted to grow the dwarf Cavendish variety, they did not make in the area of my other 3 varieties of bananas because it received no direct sunlight for the months of November through February... Be sure to know your garden micro climate to know that there will be sunlight for those bananas in the coldest months of the year. Keep me posted on your successes! :-) Charles
IV Organic thank you very much for your information. I watch a lot of your videos repeatedly especially the one where you feed your citrus tree with citrus tone. Because of you I also use fish fertilizer lol although I think that it burns my leaves. I have my banana plants out in the south side of my yard here in central florida and they received alot of full sun.
Bazandanlan Hello 👋 1st, too many pups is a bad thing as it’s consuming resources of the ‘crown’ a/k/a root ball. Limit the number of pups to 1-2 per year... when I’ve had more, it would delay growth & fruiting of the parent for another year. 2nd, be patient. As the original plant gets established, production will become more consistent. It’s normal to not have fruit until 2-3 years... and then enjoy annual yields! Keep me posted on your banana growing success!!! Charles 🌱👍
Hello Martin Wittig, I have not sold anything from my garden... yet. Rather, I just give FREE. I anticipate harvesting the pups after the banana harvest, which seems to be April or May. I recommend that you start writing me here or at Info@IVOrganics.com starting early March so we can begin to coordinate. You can pick up from an address I will share at the right time in Hollywood. Charles :-)
Thanks so much! I will definitely send you an email in the spring. Also thanks for these videos. I listen to them at work and I learn something new every day!
Hey, I just need to ask you about 2 questions. (1) If my sword sucker takes about 10 months to yield than how long would it take for my water sucker to yield from the same parent plant. (2) Why don't all suckers simply occur as sword suckers, like what's the reason that a plant bears a water sucker or the reason for their appearance.
I will be praying that your makeover goes as planned. A couple hours ago I received a phone call from mr. Malki in California. He gave me some tips about winterizing the banana plant. Look up his video own winterizing the fig tree. Using that technique I will try to leave some outside wrapped and some I will put in pots and bring inside. The rest I will cut off about an inch from the ground and cover with leaves and wait for them to push out after our last frost. I asked him to contact you. He is a real fine guy and very very knowledgeable. GOD bless & give me an update. Btw: I am ordering the Japanese variety called "MUSA BASJOO". HE SAYS THAT CAN BE GROWN IN ALL OF THE LOWER 48 STATES.
Hello Ann, Ultimately, all the suckers (water & sword) need to be removed and balanced to the benefit of your top 1-3 sword suckers. Check out how I removed the suckers most recently here: ua-cam.com/video/rozuOdbZvWU/v-deo.html Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)
I noticed pine cones on the ground. Did they fall from a neighbor's towering pine? Did you leave them there because they cause no harm? or maybe they are beneficial? Or did you deliberately put them there to confuse me? lol
Hello Kevin Reed, Bananas hate freezing temps. I do not know of any varieties that can tolerate growing zone 6. However, if you can find some dwarf varieties (that grow under 10 feet), you may be able to manage growing them in 10-15 gallon containers that you can bring indoors (at least into your garage if warmer than freezing) for the winter months, and acclimate them back outdoors in the warmer spring months. You may have success if you are willing to take the extra care steps of keeping your tropicals alive during the winter. I have a friend in Canton, IL that has been growing fruiting citrus successfully for 2-3 years now by taking the extra steps of bringing them indoors, with sufficient warmth, light, water, etc, etc. Let me know what you decide to do! Charles :-)
Musa Basjoo, but you will have to over winter by applying a large mound of mulch on top during freezing temps. Search “cold hardy banana” and you will find info. Of course these will be for foliage only and will not produce fruit.
Hello Charles, Jason from Boynton Beach, Florida here. I understand removing the pups from the mother tree if she hasn’t produced fruit yet to redirect all the nutrients into her for fruit production but if she has produced fruit wouldn’t you leave the pups attached to the corm and just cut her down? Otherwise, what would be the benefit of removing the pups from a mother tree if she has already produced? Especially only to reposition them so close by as my space is limited and that is what would ultimately happen. I have dwarf Goldfinger, dwarf namwa, dwarf red, and a Manzano as well.
Hello J27santana, I living in Boyton Beach (Ocean Ridge) from 2005... then Boca... then back home to SoCal in 2012. I miss the beaches, fishing, kayaking the intercoastal waters... just about every Friday, Saturday and Sunday involved an activity near or on the water! Good times!!! :-) To answer you question, the suckers will create the future generation of parent plants & fruit. Do not remove the suckers in the winter / dormant months, nor when the parent plant is supporting fruit and/ or flowers. The only reason to remove the suckers is to control the amount of energy going to the parent and fruit... and minimize the uncontrollable sucker growth that I am currently experiencing on my Manzano (apple-type) banana. I would recommend having only 1-2 parent plants per year, and 1-2 suckers per year... the others "cut out" as I did with the shovel in early spring (before the parent blooms) or saw them clean to the ground (a temporary solution) anytime during the year to get the roots to focus on the desired selected growth. I hope this helps! And keep me posted on your banana growing successes! Charles :-)
IV Organic yes we spoke before. Our initial conversation was in regards to air layering an avocado tree. You said you would make a video which I understand would have to be sometime early next year. I was using older, hardened branches, and in one of my instagram videos you mentioned to attempt the air layer on a new, softer, green shoot instead of the older ones. I’ll have to wait till next year again. Hopefully the 5th time is the charm? Haha. Thanks for the info. Yes it helped.
I was given 2 Banana trees with roots that i planted. They were cut , so they were only trunks. They have been in the ground for 3 years and have grown tall without fruiting. There are plenty of sword suckers that have grown. Should i cut the original plant down ? Should i dig the original plant out or should i leave it or can i just cut them down to the ground ?
Remove some of the suckers, just leave one sucker with the mother plant. The sucker that you removed can be planted somewhere else. The mother plant donot produce fruits maybe because of lot of nutrient intake competition from the suckers.
All I ever used was compost, urine, and for fertilizer stump remover and epsom salts. I use a lawnmower to recycle banana trimmings. Ducks love to eat the leaves.
Hello Anja Wietholter, All the bananas that you saw in this video were grown in the southern most part of my garden where if it does not grow to height of 5-7 feet, it well see no light from November through March. This is the first year in 3 years, that a banana plant (the small goldfinger you saw in this video) that did not get sunlight all winter, yet made it! The most popular dwarf banana plants for sale at our local nurseries is the cavendish dwarf banana. Let me know if you have any other questions and keep me posted on your banana growing successes!!! :-) Charles
IV Organic Thank you so much. Iam going to look for the banana you mentioned. Also going to buy your tree paint. Thanks for making such a great product. I love all your videos. So immensely helpful. Great expertise!
Um so I was noticing that sprays ingredients and was wondering what was in it since the listed only come to .91% what's the other 98.18% since its listed as total and not water?
Nice video Charles. I have a banana tree that has water pups. I'm not interested in propagating, but should I remove them anyway? Is it healthier for the mother plant?
Hello Charles I am Jesse from Dallas Tx. Quick question ? I currently have two beautiful gold fingers there about 9 ft tall I plant them late Feb 2017 and there are doing great but one of them has produced two pups and the other one just one. Should I have transplant the pups now or should I just wait until spring? Do think if I leaving them will they survive winter in Dallas? Because the parent bananas I had them in container last year through the winter. Protected with lots of leaves and wood chips. And plant them to the ground in Feb. please advise by the way awesome videos! Very educational informative!
Hello Teresa Velazquez, Customer's that purchase directly from us can do so through our secure PayPal merchant account found at www.IVOrganics.com There are about a dozen other on-line stores including Amazon, HomeDepot, ArbicoOrganics, Walmart, Sears, etc.... Let me know if you have any other questions. Charles :-)
IV Organic thank you for your prompt reply and information. I will look into purchasing them through the online stores as I'm very impressed with your product! Wish you the best of luck and success with your product..
Question does banana trees grow fruit in the central valley and with your product once I mixed oil in the powder how long do I have to use before IV Organic expires
Hello Javier, Bananas hate two things most: (1) freezing winter nights, and (2) extreme wind. I just checked the monthly average temperature for your area, and confirmed that your weather, like Los Angeles, rarely goes into freezing nights during the winter; even though some established bananas can tolerate some freezing winter nights with very little to no injury. Here is the link I looked at: weather.com/weather/monthly/l/USCA9235:1:US About IV Organic 3-in-1 Plant Guard, once you add water, the directions recommend that you use the product within 2 weeks, or store in your freezer for up to years. If no water is added to the product, the shelf life is over 5 years!!! So if you know you are going to use less than the full can, you can just mix what you intend to use. Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)
Thanks for all your help now the banana trees were given to me they were suckers from a mother now is there a possibility that it will grow fruit or not and I live in Fresno California so it does get a little bit cold out here probably about 35° 40° do you think that's too cold for bananas anyways thanks for your all your help great video and love your product
Hello Javier, Thank you so much for the compliments!!! :-) Some varieties of bananas, can tolerate some freezing temperatures; so 35-40 degrees is okay. If you are concerned about cold, position the plants in a place that get morning sun, and plenty of early afternoon sun... This would typically be your north, north-west corners of your property. Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)
Hello Van Brant, As soon as we concluded the video, I realized that we did not cover that issue! So I will address it here.... If the smallest of the pups was in the desired location, I would have considered keeping the smallest of the 3 pups, to take the place of the existing parent plant. However, this approach is good for ensuring that all the resources are going in getting the parent plant to the maximum height as soon as possible to hopefully put out an early blossom with fruit that ripen (typically a 60-90 day processes) before it goes back into dormancy by November-ish. I will have another chance to explain the importance of keeping 1-2 pups to ensure future seasons of bananas, when I harvest my ice cream bananas in the upcoming 30 days.... So I hope! :-) Great observation!!!! :-) Charles
Excellent advice thanks I am new to bananas recently I bought a masjoo banana from Lowe's it was growing great but the pot I transplanted it to didn't drain like it was suppose to and it died I cut it down to the corm and covered it up it grew out of the dirt in about a week but it Don't seem to be doing as good I made sure the pot drains good but leaves grow out and break over they don't seem to be as wide as the first plant was what do I need to do ?
Hi I have a dwarf banana in container Still small but has a lot of smaller pups and keeps growing more Is there a maximum number for pups attached to the mother plant? I don't want to separate them
I just recently bought an ice cream banana plant, but the leaves have red on them. How do I know for sure that I have an ice cream banana plant? Thanks!
TQ for sharing. Your video teaches me many things I need to know about planting & caring of banana plants. May I know if another species of banana can also be planted around the old banana stumbs once we have chopped them after it's fruiting? Does the new species dominate & continue to grow & multiply later on.?? Tq
Hi Charles. This is the best video I have seen on bananas. I have a Mysore banana which is growing pretty good and recently I see a pup coming out. When will the mother plant fruit? And I also heard after you get 5th pup, you can separate from mother plant. Is it true.
A question what would happen if you did not separate the pups and would have let the main plant grow give fruit and then cut the main plant when it has finished with the bunch of bananas and so the pups would carry on growing and eventually become main plants and also produce bananas.Would that not be a good plan or have negative effect on the new plants?
@@chuckcampbell3927 Doesn’t look like I did. I think overwintering them indoors is what I’m going to go with. I have a smaller plant now. I have to research to find out what to do when it gets bigger, if you want to plant it on the ground.
@@aldridkg thanks for the reply. I've got them outside standing 7 or 8 ft tall but the problem is I have many of the little pups that need to be separated. I have asked for help but no reply as yet. For certain Frost will do them in. An amateur grower told me to cut them off and cover-up the stump with leaves or mulch. But those healthy young pups I might have to bring inside and try it that's all I can think of. If I learn anything else I will let you know because I imagine you've seen the same videos I have. GOD bless. Stay warm in Pennsylvania.
@@aldridkg hey good news, just a few minutes ago I got a reply. since you live in a cold area in PA and I live in cold mountains of Virginia; he said just to cut them off close to the ground and cover them up with leaves after the first frost. He also said there is a Japanese variety that does not bear fruit and it will survive the winter. GOD bless (hope that will help you too)!!
@@chuckcampbell3927 Thanks for the update. Yes, I’m familiar with the Japanese variety. From what I’ve researched it will survive the winter. We shall see. I’ll start working on this for next spring. Right now, I just have to keep everything I have potted indoors for winter. Currently having our entire yard re-done, like retaining wall, stairs, concrete paving- the works. Once that’s done I’ll start working on a landscape plan for next year. I grew up in Cuba and while I’m not going to be able to my ideal outdoor space, I would really like to try to get as much of a tropical feel as possible. I’ve been looking and was surprised to see how many tropical plant varieties (possibly hybrids) are out there tailored for 4 seasons. Like there’s a frost proof gardenia. Going to try to incorporate some bamboo in there as well for privacy purposes. Wish me luck!
I love how enthusiastic he is while he's teaching. Makes you love planting.
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Love this video. Very informative and presented with enthusiasm. I am in the process of propagating my suckers and even though I've been doing it for some time , I have learned a whole lot. Many thanks to you. Keep posting. Greetings from Barbados.
My brother! Thank you for the video and putting such quality time into this art piece. Very informative and I learned a lot for my Nanners!
Best wishes!✌🏽
You're welcome brother! Glad you enjoyed this lesson on banana care!! Cheers, Charles :-)
the big banana tree is beautiful but pops I like it too so sand some more videos of the little plants too I like the video wow that's great 👍
Charles is THE best banana guy and often gardens in dress shoes 😁 What a BOSS!!! So grateful for all the info!!💙
I've just subscribed to your videos Charles, and let me chime in with the rest of the comments on here, "Thank you" for posting such well explained, and helpful videos. I have had the same family of 'platano manzano' now for almost 31yrs. taking the pups, and replanting them in my yard, as well as when I've moved in the past. However, and I'm slightly embarrassed to admit this, I have NEVER "fed" my trees (wa! wa! wa! waaaaaaa!) That must be the reason for very little fruit growth. I've been fortunate to have had great soil tho. I have learned a very valuable lesson from you sir, and again "Thank You" for such educational, and helpful videos! Here's hoping that you are well and abundantly blessed!
I just want to know WHO doesn't like these videos! They are awesome!
Searched 8 video and finally found your blog, amazing you know what you doing and thanks for taking time and explaining everything clearly and good work with video.Thanks a lot!! Pls do more video
Thank you Koshy! With I had more time to share SO MUCH MORE!!!! TRULY appreciate the kind words!!! Charles :-)
After just one minute I just knew this was going to be a great informative video, thanks for the info, I've just gone bananes 😉
Thank you SO MUCH for the compliment John! Charles :-)
Awesome video! I have to move some banana suckers and this was very informative thank you.
thank you charles, and i do appreciat the fact that your videos or HD. much love and god,s peace be with you.
Great to hear from you Rafiqa11!
Much love and God's peace be with you as well! :-)
Charles
Thanks for being very clear in your explanation
Great tips! Keep up the great videos!
This was so important to me,am always cutting my bananas the wrong way,but thanks to you now,God bless you always.
I have gotta a banana sucker which I am going to plant today, so i was looking for some information. I found your video which is very informative andgreat one, thanks for sharing.
Hello dear friend so good video
Thank you this video was very helpful
Charles. I have been watching you for years, and have been a customer a few times. I’m so excited….. next week I’m moving to a climate where i can grow bananas, and passion fruits, figs, pawpaws etc… I’m just rewatching some of your videos. Thanks again for the content.
I'm purchasing two pups today didn't know a THING about them.. This was a great video I learned so much. Thank you :)
Great video and thank you for showing all the details. I learned few new things which I am grateful for. Here are few things that I did differently with success:
-used a “root slayer” shovel while separating the pups, which is sharper and gives a cleaner cut
-left the “open wound” of the pup to air for few days to get a protective coat (callous) while providing the rooted part with moist potting soil (some people leave the entire root part to dry out, but I did not want my banana pup to go through that stress without moisture for so long) in order to prevent the rot of the plant
-gradually moving the pot from few days in the shade to partial shade and full sun for the hardiness of the new pup
-only remove one pup at the time and always leaving three plants minimum in place (this might be on over protective measure, but I like to have my insurance in place if something goes wrong)
These tips worked for me. Also, I made the mistake before to get the pups too early and killed all of them. Now I only remove them when they are a bigger size, like 3 ft tall or so.
thank you I learned so many things, I really appreciate it
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the compliment! Charles :-)
Tysm 💕 for the detailed info re 🍌 pups
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
"I can tell we got a lot of roots with this one, check this out!" haha
Love your videos neighbor.
Thank you verymuch very useful information,
Never knew the two different types of pups. I’m going to try to separate some pups today in Texas.
Very well explained. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks so much for this video.
Very helpful 👍 thanks
Yes
His explaining is perfect. I liked it. Regarding the ingredients he used they can be substituted with Pottash, Cowdung or goat droppings and lime powder mixed with water to spray on the leaves.
Thanks for the great video i went out and trimmed my banana trees after watching this
Very informative and educational. Thanks!
greetings charles...so glad you did a video on banana,s. i have a question...mother plants only bare fruit once?
Hello Rafiqa11,
You're welcome! :-) How is your dwarf Cavendish banana growing so far? Keep in mind, that as the day (and night) temperatures warm-up, your plant will grow at a rate of 1 new leaf every 1 or 2 weeks! And yes, the parent plant only makes 1 set of fruit per year. Some people allow 2-3 sets of pups to grow per year to increase the number of yields per plant, per year. I will explain the removal of the parent plant, after harvest in the next 30-60 days, once I harvest my ice cream bananas... Coming soon! :-)
Charles
Thanks needed that
I live in zone 8 SC I would like to know if Red Abyssinian Banana Tree grow in the winter in pots here? I wish I lived closer so I could get one of your pups for my garden. Your videos are so informative. I have to start my garden all over again in my new home in the south from the north.
Great video.
Charles, at the end of the instruction was great when you looked like the cat that caught the canary; as you stated, now you have three pups! So funny🌻🌱🌻
Glad you liked it Jeannie! Who wouldn't like FREE banana plants!!! It's always fun creating new things in the garden! Thank you for taking the time to write me! :-)
Charles
I just bought an 8-inch banana plant (Gros Michel). What soil and fertilizers should I give it to grow the best bananas? Also, I hear people talk about drainage, how do I have proper drainage for the plant?
I add about 2” of mulch to my potted plants and it seems to really help with the moisture retention. Haven’t watered my fig tree in about 3 weeks (nov-dec).
I really love your teaching thank you
Thanks for the info.i have a lot of banana plants.👍
🍇💖🍇Thanks sir, love your video, God bless you and your family💖🍇🍇
Hi Charles. I loved your videos. all of it. Your are so amazing !!!!!! Love it. Great work ans success !!!!! ALWAYS !!!!!!!
Very Nice Video, I bought two dwarf banana Cavendish. I put both in the ground with all purpose garden soil and I applied citrus tone for fertilizer since it has higher potassium. Am I doing anything wrong?
Hello David Da Twin,
Thank you for the compliment! :-)
Sounds good so far! A higher nitrogen fertilizer may be okay initially to get the plants to the size where they will then bolt, flower and support fruit. As the plant reaches the mature size, you may want to then cut back on the nitrogen. Also, consider feeding your bananas on a monthly schedule from March/ April through August/ September. Then stop from August/ September through March... as the plant's growth/ metabolism is typically dormant for those months. Lastly, the two times I attempted to grow the dwarf Cavendish variety, they did not make in the area of my other 3 varieties of bananas because it received no direct sunlight for the months of November through February... Be sure to know your garden micro climate to know that there will be sunlight for those bananas in the coldest months of the year. Keep me posted on your successes! :-)
Charles
IV Organic thank you very much for your information. I watch a lot of your videos repeatedly especially the one where you feed your citrus tree with citrus tone. Because of you I also use fish fertilizer lol although I think that it burns my leaves. I have my banana plants out in the south side of my yard here in central florida and they received alot of full sun.
I was wondering how you tell the the different variety’s of banana trees I have about 30 of 1 type but unsure of the type
Let's get started.......
Will both kinds of pups produce Bananas when the plant is mature?
What you do in winter time?
How do I help with banana production? Mine are not producing any flowers after a couple of years but have grown lots of pups
Bazandanlan Hello 👋 1st, too many pups is a bad thing as it’s consuming resources of the ‘crown’ a/k/a root ball. Limit the number of pups to 1-2 per year... when I’ve had more, it would delay growth & fruiting of the parent for another year.
2nd, be patient. As the original plant gets established, production will become more consistent. It’s normal to not have fruit until 2-3 years... and then enjoy annual yields! Keep me posted on your banana growing success!!!
Charles 🌱👍
Aloha & mahalo 4 the great info. Keep up the great work.
Do you ever sell any off these Pups? I would love to get one! I live in SoCal, and I am really interested in getting some banana plants started.
Hello Martin Wittig,
I have not sold anything from my garden... yet. Rather, I just give FREE. I anticipate harvesting the pups after the banana harvest, which seems to be April or May. I recommend that you start writing me here or at Info@IVOrganics.com starting early March so we can begin to coordinate. You can pick up from an address I will share at the right time in Hollywood. Charles :-)
Thanks so much! I will definitely send you an email in the spring. Also thanks for these videos. I listen to them at work and I learn something new every day!
thanks for sharing..
You're welcome Naty Victa! :-)
Charles
Hey, I just need to ask you about 2 questions. (1) If my sword sucker takes about 10 months to yield than how long would it take for my water sucker to yield from the same parent plant. (2) Why don't all suckers simply occur as sword suckers, like what's the reason that a plant bears a water sucker or the reason for their appearance.
Very informative video
I realize this is an older video but I'm curious to know what those gorgeous red plants are? Love the contrast against the green banana leaves! ❤
I will be praying that your makeover goes as planned. A couple hours ago I received a phone call from mr. Malki in California. He gave me some tips about winterizing the banana plant. Look up his video own winterizing the fig tree. Using that technique I will try to leave some outside wrapped and some I will put in pots and bring inside. The rest I will cut off about an inch from the ground and cover with leaves and wait for them to push out after our last frost. I asked him to contact you. He is a real fine guy and very very knowledgeable. GOD bless & give me an update. Btw: I am ordering the Japanese variety called "MUSA BASJOO". HE SAYS THAT CAN BE GROWN IN ALL OF THE LOWER 48 STATES.
Hi there, any tips on removing root rot from a banana tree?
What do you do with the water suckers? Do they support the mother plant? Should they be left in place?
Hello Ann,
Ultimately, all the suckers (water & sword) need to be removed and balanced to the benefit of your top 1-3 sword suckers. Check out how I removed the suckers most recently here: ua-cam.com/video/rozuOdbZvWU/v-deo.html Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)
Thanks. I'm thinking about buying a banana tree.
I noticed pine cones on the ground. Did they fall from a neighbor's towering pine? Did you leave them there because they cause no harm? or maybe they are beneficial? Or did you deliberately put them there to confuse me? lol
Thanks for the video Charles. One question, will any banana plants survive the winters in St. Louis, Missouri? Its the 6a grow zone.
Hello Kevin Reed,
Bananas hate freezing temps. I do not know of any varieties that can tolerate growing zone 6. However, if you can find some dwarf varieties (that grow under 10 feet), you may be able to manage growing them in 10-15 gallon containers that you can bring indoors (at least into your garage if warmer than freezing) for the winter months, and acclimate them back outdoors in the warmer spring months. You may have success if you are willing to take the extra care steps of keeping your tropicals alive during the winter. I have a friend in Canton, IL that has been growing fruiting citrus successfully for 2-3 years now by taking the extra steps of bringing them indoors, with sufficient warmth, light, water, etc, etc. Let me know what you decide to do! Charles :-)
Thanks for the response. That's a good idea, I actually do have a couple large containers that would work well. I'll let you know about the results.
Musa Basjoo, but you will have to over winter by applying a large mound of mulch on top during freezing temps. Search “cold hardy banana” and you will find info. Of course these will be for foliage only and will not produce fruit.
So glad you asked this. I am trying to do this in East St. Louis right now.
Hello Charles, Jason from Boynton Beach, Florida here.
I understand removing the pups from the mother tree if she hasn’t produced fruit yet to redirect all the nutrients into her for fruit production but if she has produced fruit wouldn’t you leave the pups attached to the corm and just cut her down?
Otherwise, what would be the benefit of removing the pups from a mother tree if she has already produced? Especially only to reposition them so close by as my space is limited and that is what would ultimately happen. I have dwarf Goldfinger, dwarf namwa, dwarf red, and a Manzano as well.
Hello J27santana,
I living in Boyton Beach (Ocean Ridge) from 2005... then Boca... then back home to SoCal in 2012. I miss the beaches, fishing, kayaking the intercoastal waters... just about every Friday, Saturday and Sunday involved an activity near or on the water! Good times!!! :-) To answer you question, the suckers will create the future generation of parent plants & fruit. Do not remove the suckers in the winter / dormant months, nor when the parent plant is supporting fruit and/ or flowers. The only reason to remove the suckers is to control the amount of energy going to the parent and fruit... and minimize the uncontrollable sucker growth that I am currently experiencing on my Manzano (apple-type) banana. I would recommend having only 1-2 parent plants per year, and 1-2 suckers per year... the others "cut out" as I did with the shovel in early spring (before the parent blooms) or saw them clean to the ground (a temporary solution) anytime during the year to get the roots to focus on the desired selected growth. I hope this helps! And keep me posted on your banana growing successes! Charles :-)
IV Organic yes we spoke before.
Our initial conversation was in regards to air layering an avocado tree.
You said you would make a video which I understand would have to be sometime early next year. I was using older, hardened branches, and in one of my instagram videos you mentioned to attempt the air layer on a new, softer, green shoot instead of the older ones.
I’ll have to wait till next year again. Hopefully the 5th time is the charm? Haha.
Thanks for the info. Yes it helped.
Excellent video - thanks!
Thank for the tips and idea Sir.I’m a new subscriber to your channel and i learn a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.
I was given 2 Banana trees with roots that i planted. They were cut , so they were only trunks. They have been in the ground for 3 years and have grown tall without fruiting. There are plenty of sword suckers that have grown. Should i cut the original plant down ? Should i dig the original plant out or should i leave it or can i just cut them down to the ground ?
Remove some of the suckers, just leave one sucker with the mother plant. The sucker that you removed can be planted somewhere else. The mother plant donot produce fruits maybe because of lot of nutrient intake competition from the suckers.
I no this is a older video but will the water sucker eventually become a big health plant ?
do all the suckers produce bananas? if not, how do we know which ones do and which ones do not?
All I ever used was compost, urine, and for fertilizer stump remover and epsom salts. I use a lawnmower to recycle banana trimmings. Ducks love to eat the leaves.
Urine?? Haven't heard of that one yet.
@@dross10001 I have used it for decades, mu banana plants grow HUGE!
@@chargermopar Is there a specific kind(animal) or does human urine work?
can bananas be planted in part shade? which one would be a good dwarf banana?
Hello Anja Wietholter,
All the bananas that you saw in this video were grown in the southern most part of my garden where if it does not grow to height of 5-7 feet, it well see no light from November through March. This is the first year in 3 years, that a banana plant (the small goldfinger you saw in this video) that did not get sunlight all winter, yet made it! The most popular dwarf banana plants for sale at our local nurseries is the cavendish dwarf banana. Let me know if you have any other questions and keep me posted on your banana growing successes!!! :-)
Charles
IV Organic Thank you so much. Iam going to look for the banana you mentioned. Also going to buy your tree paint. Thanks for making such a great product. I love all your videos. So immensely helpful. Great expertise!
Thank you so much for all those kind complimentS! :-) Very much appreciated Anja! And keep me posted on your banana growing experience! Charles :-)
Informative .
What about container pups? I live in Oklahoma so I have bananas in containers. Some bananas are 3 feet with 2 small pups less than 1 foot depending.
How long will it take the propagated ones to fruit?
Do you have any icecream banana trees, tired of buying them from Larry clark
"i can tell we're gonna get a lot of roots with this one" gets like two roots lmao
Um so I was noticing that sprays ingredients and was wondering what was in it since the listed only come to .91% what's the other 98.18% since its listed as total and not water?
Do you always use suckers to propagate the bananas? Or can you use the base of the mother plant after the banana bunch is harvested?
Nice video Charles. I have a banana tree that has water pups. I'm not interested in propagating, but should I remove them anyway? Is it healthier for the mother plant?
Hello Charles I am Jesse from Dallas Tx. Quick question ? I currently have two beautiful gold fingers there about 9 ft tall I plant them late Feb 2017 and there are doing great but one of them has produced two pups and the other one just one. Should I have transplant the pups now or should I just wait until spring? Do think if I leaving them will they survive winter in Dallas? Because the parent bananas I had them in container last year through the winter. Protected with lots of leaves and wood chips. And plant them to the ground in Feb. please advise by the way awesome videos! Very educational informative!
Is it all the same with Dwarf bananna plants? I'm growing in a container indoors.
Just a question if you don't seperate the pup will it affect fruiting of the parent or the general health of it ?
Is purchasing the iv organic directly from you an option?
Hello Teresa Velazquez,
Customer's that purchase directly from us can do so through our secure PayPal merchant account found at www.IVOrganics.com There are about a dozen other on-line stores including Amazon, HomeDepot, ArbicoOrganics, Walmart, Sears, etc.... Let me know if you have any other questions.
Charles :-)
IV Organic thank you for your prompt reply and information. I will look into purchasing them through the online stores as I'm very impressed with your product!
Wish you the best of luck and success with your product..
Thank you Teresa! :-)
Charles
I’ve seen other videos that say to leave one pup to replace the parent plant. Will the parent plant produce more pups before it dies off?
Question does banana trees grow fruit in the central valley and with your product once I mixed oil in the powder how long do I have to use before IV Organic expires
Hello Javier,
Bananas hate two things most: (1) freezing winter nights, and (2) extreme wind. I just checked the monthly average temperature for your area, and confirmed that your weather, like Los Angeles, rarely goes into freezing nights during the winter; even though some established bananas can tolerate some freezing winter nights with very little to no injury. Here is the link I looked at: weather.com/weather/monthly/l/USCA9235:1:US About IV Organic 3-in-1 Plant Guard, once you add water, the directions recommend that you use the product within 2 weeks, or store in your freezer for up to years. If no water is added to the product, the shelf life is over 5 years!!! So if you know you are going to use less than the full can, you can just mix what you intend to use. Let me know if you have any other questions! Charles :-)
Thanks for all your help now the banana trees were given to me they were suckers from a mother now is there a possibility that it will grow fruit or not and I live in Fresno California so it does get a little bit cold out here probably about 35° 40° do you think that's too cold for bananas anyways thanks for your all your help great video and love your product
Hello Javier,
Thank you so much for the compliments!!! :-)
Some varieties of bananas, can tolerate some freezing temperatures; so 35-40 degrees is okay. If you are concerned about cold, position the plants in a place that get morning sun, and plenty of early afternoon sun... This would typically be your north, north-west corners of your property. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Charles :-)
Hello Me Charles! I wonder why you removed all the banana pups from that spot, don't you want banana plants to continue to grow in that spot any more?
Hello Van Brant,
As soon as we concluded the video, I realized that we did not cover that issue! So I will address it here.... If the smallest of the pups was in the desired location, I would have considered keeping the smallest of the 3 pups, to take the place of the existing parent plant. However, this approach is good for ensuring that all the resources are going in getting the parent plant to the maximum height as soon as possible to hopefully put out an early blossom with fruit that ripen (typically a 60-90 day processes) before it goes back into dormancy by November-ish. I will have another chance to explain the importance of keeping 1-2 pups to ensure future seasons of bananas, when I harvest my ice cream bananas in the upcoming 30 days.... So I hope! :-)
Great observation!!!! :-)
Charles
Thank you so much! I have heard that once my banana palm bears fruit I should cut it down since it will not bear fruit again. Do you agree with that?
Hello MAC Millstone,
That's true! I just now published the life cycle of a banana plant: ua-cam.com/video/hivXPGOErPU/v-deo.html
Excellent advice thanks I am new to bananas recently I bought a masjoo banana from Lowe's it was growing great but the pot I transplanted it to didn't drain like it was suppose to and it died I cut it down to the corm and covered it up it grew out of the dirt in about a week but it Don't seem to be doing as good I made sure the pot drains good but leaves grow out and break over they don't seem to be as wide as the first plant was what do I need to do ?
Hi
I have a dwarf banana in container
Still small but has a lot of smaller pups and keeps growing more
Is there a maximum number for pups attached to the mother plant?
I don't want to separate them
I just recently bought an ice cream banana plant, but the leaves have red on them. How do I know for sure that I have an ice cream banana plant? Thanks!
I,v got a grand nain and a icecream banana that are doing well after trying them 4 times
Is it necessarily to remove the pups? I have about 6-10 plants right together.
No.
TQ for sharing. Your video teaches me many things I need to know about planting & caring of banana plants. May I know if another species of banana can also be planted around the old banana stumbs once we have chopped them after it's fruiting? Does the new species dominate & continue to grow & multiply later on.?? Tq
does your red maurelii banana fruit taste good or is it an ornamental plant?
I’m curious, why do you cut the leaves on the pups?
Hi Charles. This is the best video I have seen on bananas. I have a Mysore banana which is growing pretty good and recently I see a pup coming out. When will the mother plant fruit? And I also heard after you get 5th pup, you can separate from mother plant. Is it true.
A question what would happen if you did not separate the pups and would have let the main plant grow give fruit and then cut the main plant when it has finished with the bunch of bananas and so the pups would carry on growing and eventually become main plants and also produce bananas.Would that not be a good plan or have negative effect on the new plants?
The water sprout ended up having the most roots by far which was opposite of the lesson taught in this video. ???
Do water pups grow sword suckers eventually
All pups are genetically identical to the mother plant. After surviving the transplant and then growing to a more mature specimen, yes it will.
Yes. The truth is they are the same. One just grows faster. That’s it.
How much chlorine is in your city water that you’re using ? I fill 5gal buckets let sit overnight then use it if no rain is available
Curious- I live in PA, can banana plants survive outdoors in winter?
Hey I saw your question about surviving in the winter! did you get an answer? If so please relay it to me! Thank you. GOD bless
@@chuckcampbell3927 Doesn’t look like I did. I think overwintering them indoors is what I’m going to go with. I have a smaller plant now. I have to research to find out what to do when it gets bigger, if you want to plant it on the ground.
@@aldridkg thanks for the reply. I've got them outside standing 7 or 8 ft tall but the problem is I have many of the little pups that need to be separated. I have asked for help but no reply as yet. For certain Frost will do them in. An amateur grower told me to cut them off and cover-up the stump with leaves or mulch. But those healthy young pups I might have to bring inside and try it that's all I can think of. If I learn anything else I will let you know because I imagine you've seen the same videos I have. GOD bless. Stay warm in Pennsylvania.
@@aldridkg hey good news, just a few minutes ago I got a reply. since you live in a cold area in PA and I live in cold mountains of Virginia; he said just to cut them off close to the ground and cover them up with leaves after the first frost. He also said there is a Japanese variety that does not bear fruit and it will survive the winter. GOD bless (hope that will help you too)!!
@@chuckcampbell3927 Thanks for the update. Yes, I’m familiar with the Japanese variety. From what I’ve researched it will survive the winter. We shall see. I’ll start working on this for next spring. Right now, I just have to keep everything I have potted indoors for winter. Currently having our entire yard re-done, like retaining wall, stairs, concrete paving- the works. Once that’s done I’ll start working on a landscape plan for next year. I grew up in Cuba and while I’m not going to be able to my ideal outdoor space, I would really like to try to get as much of a tropical feel as possible. I’ve been looking and was surprised to see how many tropical plant varieties (possibly hybrids) are out there tailored for 4 seasons. Like there’s a frost proof gardenia. Going to try to incorporate some bamboo in there as well for privacy purposes. Wish me luck!