Hardy Banana tree Musa basjoo

Me showing you how tall my banana tree is now since may when i uncovered it from the winter. I'm 5'7 so, you can go from there. Grown in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada

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[unitedstateskingdom]

Can you eat the bananas from this kind

[atah275]

@unitedstateskingdom No, unfortunately they are inedible. This banana is used for its look and for making clothing!



[unitedstateskingdom]

Do these grow bananas

[atah275]

@unitedstateskingdom kinda, they need about 18 growing months so if you can get the false stem to come back often enough it will flower.....

[kaczerm]

Im in 5b are you live the same or 5a? im just 35 min north of toronto. i have 2 that are almost the same hight if you want you can check mine out i just uploaded the vid this afternoon. it has most of my banana plants in it.

[atah275]

@kaczerm no im in a 5a. And I will check out your vids. Unfortunately this one didn't survive but the pups did, and they are getting up there, 4-5 of them are around 6ft if not more. I hope that they reach 10ft or so for this season, and i'll post a new vid soon.

[atah275]

@kaczerm thank you, However that was last year, and this year there are like 5 around the same height. I hope that they get close to the same height as last year. But that is great to hear about your 1st over winter was a success. You start somewhere. The banana's do grow big clumps over time. What zone are you in?

[kaczerm]

looks fantastic i grow lots of types. i should make a video of mine soon. first over winter in ground a sucess !

[BananaJSSI]

Looks awesome! Healthy Banana!!

[atah275]

@rendallcat I cut it down to about 2ft. bubble wrap, Styrofoam cone, stuffed with dry leaves and then ceader mulch around it. We'll see how it does. I was told that you don't wanna completely seal it because you want airflow, or it will rot. Oh where are you in Canada?