Tropical Plant Care : Care of Banana Plants

Care of banana plants includes regular fertilizing and keeping the banana plants in full sun. Get banana plant cultivation tips in this free video on tropical plant care.

Expert: Stan DeFreitas
Bio: Stan DeFreitas, also known as Mr. Green Thumb, has experience as an urban horticulturist working for the Pinellas County Extension Service and has taught horticulture at the St. Petersburg College.
Filmmaker: Demand Media

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• tropical plants
• plant care
• hibiscus care
• banana plant care
• plumeria care
• growing tropical plants

[4Zeus20]

ya i was up one night and seen a commercial about the banana plant, so i ordered a few.. idk if they were in the shipping box too long or what so i called and mailed me 2 more and now they are dieing on me.. geez what bust

[ouhouhcflo]

What about the time it takes to grow? If there is a sickness developping what to use/technic to get rid of it? How to protect the bananas before some bats eat them on the plant...etc to sad, I have to search for another video more precise :(

[NoelHein]

And you enjoy them rofl (just kidding, here (in Costa Rica) theres many banana plants, I got like 7 in my backyard, but the stupid guard comes and steals my bananad -.- )

[lslavychecker]

BANANA DREVESA niso samo za dekoracijo ampak dajejo tudi okusne sadeze...ene vrste so dobre tudi za hladne clime...lahko jih zacnete iz semencecev....

[MatteJz]

I had an musa basjoo overwintring but it died now in the spring..:O(..Shall try

Musa sikkimensis this time.

[kaczerm]

Hey ya'll currently i am growing , musa basjoo, orinoco, dwarf cavendish, Red Kru and siam ruby. basjooisnt edible but The red kru, orinoco and cavendish are. i got them in Aug as 8-10 inch plants and now they are 3 feet each. I am going for a flower this Nov even if i have it in a big pot. They grow one leaf a week and yes each leaf or every two they get much bigger. I put in may my basjoo in the ground and by september it was 4.5 feet tall. with 3 pups. good luck everyone :)

[meowwoem10]

@tomagotchii nope.....

it takes like 2-3 years

[mihaellathe1]

I have 4 of this dwarf banana tree & I did not know that they grow this tall. I have one question to ask .What should I do with the offshoots that keeps on growing from the mother plant?

[bj616]

Those sure look alot like Musa acuminata that produce very tastey full size fruits. I have been growing Musa basjoo outdoors for ouver 20 years now. They will go easily through our west coast winters.

[AuronWarrior]

So if you feed them plant food banana will have super large leaves right? I can;t wait to see. I gave it plant food a week ago. There are new leaves shoots. I hope the leaves are prehistoric large like you said.