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Guide to Growing Banana Plants
Musa nana
12-17-97
Dan Lang wrote:
I have a banana tree that was grown from a shoot off of another plant.
My brother gave it to me, but I am not sure how to properly care for
it. I have it in a window with afternoon sun and have been keeping it
well watered. Please let me know if I am doing things right and if I
need to be doing anything else for its success. Thanks!
Hi Dan,
Banana plants (Musa sp.) are fun to grow, but don't do 30 like I did, unless you have a
machette...
It sounds like you are doing fine with your plant. Give it a lot of root space, and the
plant will grow proportionately. Banana plants need a rich, humus soil, and heavy feeding
when they are actively growing. I would use soluable 20-20-20 fertilizer monthly.
Banana plants like it hot and humid so it is helpful to mist the leaves often, and sponge
them off when they get dusty. Since you are growing the plant indoors, protect it from
the very hottest sun in the afternoon, otherwise it needs full sun.
Some varieties of banana plants produce edible fruit, others are inedible, and others
even make little tiny miniature bananas. Which ever you have, it's cool!(as long as you
have enough space!)
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