Musa Basjoo Growing Tips
the_virginian
16 years ago
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Comments (1)I think the plants will wait for the temperature to warm. The soil temperature that is. Good luck....See MoreFirst time growing musa basjoo need tips
Comments (11)My musa basjoo grew to about 4 feet the first year, from a seedling in spring. I think that bananas in general grow quicker planted directly in the ground than in a pot (providing you have good soil). I basically put composted manure in the soil and then used miracle grow during the season. As I wouldn't have a chance overwintering mine outdoors, I dug out of the ground, potted, and kept in a bright window for the winter. Full sun is best but my window was a north window with not much sun. Anyways, I watered pretty sparingly (as the plant wasn't active in growth) and didn't fertilized, and sprayed every once in a while with neem oil and water (as a precaution against bugs). So now they are back outside planted in a flower bed. The only bad thing is when they adjust back to outside, the leaves it grew indoors pretty well get tattered in the wind, sun burnt and eventually yellow and die, but the new leaves it gets once it's used to full sun are stronger and nicer looking. Glen...See MoreMusa Basjoo leaves turning black
Comments (3)I am in zone 6 - Kansas - and I lost a couple of smaller pups earlier this summer that turned black and then just withered away. I believe it's caused by soil that does not drain well and overwatering. The overwatering was not entirely my fault as we had alot of rain in May and June. The plant has since thrown a couple of new pups and with the drier ground these pups are doing fine. Good luck....See More1st time grower of Musa Basjoo
Comments (20)I've gotten bananas here in SW-Pa and the problem is that when the bananas first form, you need almost 6 months for the bananas to ripen on the plant. Here, when my banana flower started (dwarf orinoco), it was the first week of August. Problem was that it was too close to garbage season, ahem...cough.... winter. I tried to bring in the bananas to ripen before the first frost during the last week of October but it didn't happen. Not to take away from getting edible bananas, I think that if I had gotten the flowers in early June, I would have more time for the bananas to grow on the tree before I had to bring them in to ripen. Also, just getting the flowers and seeing them form into bananas was a wonderful experience. The banana flowers, it seem to me had a very musky scent that I could smell across the yard. It's not like any other flower I've smelled. Lemon tree flowers, I'd say are the most fragrant flowers out there, but that's another topic! :)...See Morefranktank232
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