I am growing banana tree s all around my food forest. But I made sure to plant banana trees that don't get no more that 6 feet in hight ( that is the hight of the leaves not the stem.) All you have to do is cut out the young trees and use them as fertilizer for the other fruit trees. So you are getting food, mulch, and fertilizer for free. This is working out very well for me and my family for generations.
Great observations Paul. I actually find them to be less maintenance than other trees. Other trees to keep small you really have to plan and think about. Bananas I just pick one and cut the rest and let one grow next to it when it gets big. But you know the height and I find they have lest pest pressures. Squirrels eat all of my fruit before it is ripe enough for me to eat. Bananas and Citrus are the only thing they don’t eat. Rats bug both but I don’t get total losses like I do with other fruit trees.
I have some dwarf type bananas and yes they do grow quickly and will multiply a lot. However, I have them in one corner of the backyard. The only things I do with them is remove the stalk after harvesting the fruits and water the plants once or twice weekly. That’s it. Of course, I don’t have all the fruit trees that you have in your backyard so my banana plants do not adversely affect any other plants!
Joe Biden says we will be having food shortages. If its going to be bad as they say it is going to be, then maybe you might need those bananas. Im planting more and more.
Nice video Paul, I hear you... they're constant maintenance, unless you have a couple acres and plenty of room to just let them grow wild when you lack the time to care for them... like us... we know eventually we'll get around to trimming them feeding them mulching them, etc. Sometimes we have helpful wwoof volunteers who help us out greatly with banana care which is always such a relief... but one thing I just gotta say... when a banana produces fruit it is properly called a "bunch"... you may be used to calling it a "rack" as most people are, but the proper term is bunch... I had to train myself to only say bunch... and every time I do, I remember that song that goes "6' 7' 8' BUNCH, daylight come and me wanna go home... carry me banana, daylight come and me wanna go home"
Yep always learning. It's good to fill out the space because they fruit fast but I rather eat more papayas anyway. You got enough crops from them and once the space gets close you cut them and mulch the fruit trees. Good work there!
Im going thru and cutting out all palm trees from my property in preparation for a little forest im doing, bananas have definitely been on my list too grow but im planing on finding one variety that will produce really good and grow a few plants of it cause (like you) im limited on space. I would live to have them grow all over but i also would love to have a at least one or two plants of all sorts of fruit trees. Im doing the same with my raised garden beds. Im really cracking down on what i grow. Focusing more on what grows really good and getting rid of the duds.
You have to keep on top of the bananas. I constantly cut the dead material and put around my fruit trees. They are great "crop and drop" material to be mulching around your avocado trees, etc. Don't put them out by the curb for pick up; put them around your fruit trees! Good stuff!
This is blasphemous! Haha :) I have 8 different kinds all over my yard and keep planting then in new spots. My yard is smaller than yours. I only want a few mango trees because as those get bigger they require a lot of pruning for them not to get giant. I am afraid of not being able to control the growth. I do agree digging up pups is not easy.
I definitely see your point with the space they take in your yard. I have my bananas in pots. Trying to live Miami dreams in the PNW, so growing bananas to fruit is a project. Got pups last summer and just put them back outside this week. Growing dwarf variety’s- Nan Wah, Grand Nain, Ice Cream, Manzano and Teeny Tinny. If they give me fruit, I’ll be ecstatic! Just got my Julie mango this week as well. THAT is the real prize project.
No argument here. I laugh at myself as a fruit lover and new to Central Florida, I just babied my 4 different banana plants through those freezes. Lived in Hawaii for years and considered them weeds; messy-looking and attracted vermin. Not to mention that sap any time you want to trim/chop. I do love apple bananas although the ones here are slightly different than the Hawaii common variety. There, they don't have to be dead ripe to be edible. I have one of each (I have a good amount of room so it's not going to encroach) Apple, Dwarf Namwah, Kokopo and Pisang Ceylon. Your yard looks great after all that hard work! I'm sure someone will like the keiki (pups).
I also lived in Hawaii, but we live in south Florida now... we loved the "Williams" variety in Hawaii, so I tried growing it here in south FL but it just doesn't grow well here... dwarf Namwa is our best banana so far... we have about 12 different varieties now. Got all our banana varieties from "Going Bananas" nursery, and a couple from friends in the area. Good luck in central FL growing them... I think as long as you feed them a LOT (bananas are heavy feeders) and mulch them (15" deep mulch) and like Paul said water them via irrigation, keep them cut back to no more than 5 keikis (we also call them keikis) per spot then yours should fruit well for you
@@FruitfulTrees Just keep ducks and chickens and they will not leave even one banana plant alive. I am having a challenge growing banana plants because not one plant is left alive.
I live in Hawaii for 4 years and now I’m in central Florida. Every year freeze gets my bananas and we have yet to get any bananas. I have almost given up growing things in Florida. The soil where I live sucks and the annual freezing has killed many of my citrus. I have had some success with persimmons and blue berries and im going to try plantings some pineapple guava
I love and welcome my banana tree varieties. Any plants that will grow here. My property was mostly gravel and couldn’t even grow grass when I first acquired it. I have a giant eucalyptus that causes the most problems for me. I just haven’t got the heart to take it all the way out because the wild birds live in it. I’m going to get two more banana trees to plant. The lady I’m buying them from for $5 each doesn’t know what variety they are. I have a small property in a busy area. Very interesting video. I just wanted to know how I can identify the banana trees I’m getting today.
How to terminate bananas: while growing bananas, only keep mother(has bananas), one daughter(one medium size) and one grand daughter, and remove the rest. When decided to terminate, after harvest, instead working hard to cut down to bottom and dig out, leave the whole thing-will dry up in several months. And keep cutting off new suckers, whenever come out. Some point , It will stop producing suckers. I have 600 banana but it is easiest thing to get rid of, but it takes times.
I noticed that you have too many mangoes and theirs going to be a time when you are going to be without a fruit to harvest, you could have some white zapotes and American paw paw both could fill up your beautiful yard with very delicious fruits,have a blessed day Paul!
I can't wait to cut down bananas because they make for compost gold! I understand what your saying but to me its not a problem its a benefit! Old saying rings true, one man's trash is another man's treasure!
For an urban environment, yes, not the easiest to maintain, but if you have acres of sandy soil you want to improve, I don't know of a better way than bananas, certainly better than Brazilian pepper which can also improve soil but harder to remove and no food.
Hi Paul, great video about my favorite fruit. If it were up to me, the more banana plants, the happier I would be. What video equipment did you use? The quality of the video is excellent. Was it recorded in high def or in 4 k?
I love my banana trees. When the new plants emerge, just transplant or dig up and bury them. Same thing with the stalk after it produces. Earthworms love them and worms provide the best fertilizer.
I feel as though it’s not that the banana plants are pests or overbearing. I think you just mismanaged your layout. You say “look how close this is to ___” but you planted them there lol.
I have the dwarf variety and I wish I had your problem. I am so disappointed mine don't grow fast or tall enough. I feel like you should planted dwarf varieites because yours look huge. I have watered and fertilized mine and never had them grow out of control or take over, I could only wish. I have 3 different ones and I removed 2 of them. It was very easy, the chrome is a giant ball that you just dig out with minimal horizontal roots. Getting rid of that gets rid of future bananas.
Hey Paul, just send those corm my way. Lol One man's trash is another's treasure. This is coming from someone that just ordered rhinohorn banana from Puerto Rico a couple of weeks ago and looking to order some more plantain varieties. You're definitely right about banana because you have to keep an eye and 2 nose on them or they'll push over your fence with pups that grow or just topple over your more precious tree. Btw what varieties do u grow and which were cut down cos I'll like some more in my tiny yard. Lol
where are you located. I have the best varieties. They keep growing back lol. I don't have time to mail but local I may be able to get you some roots as they grow
Love your yard. I'm looking for a property like yours. What area are you in? Thanks Btw, I had ordered the ValAsta from you and love it. Took it all last year.
@@FruitfulTrees thank you for the reply, Paul. I was looking in Port St Lucie but couldn't find anything. I didn't even mind a fixer upper I just want a garden.
I tried growing a Raja Puri banana tree last summer from a pup I uppotted it and it got stem rot so I cut it off because someone said it would grow back but it just died , it didn't even try to regrow, I don't know if uppotting is what caused the stem rot or not. What variety banana is the best tasting, it's a matter of the persons taste preference? I was also thinking of trees where you need a ,male and a female tree for them to fruit, can a person cheat and graft a male scion to a female tree and it fruit?
I don’t disagree with this logic. You are dead on that you learn as you go ! I planted my bananas on corners of my property and the back edge to avoid being in any walking paths .
Really wish I could have meet up with you and took those bananas off your hands. I'd have dug them up and all 😆 🤣 😂 I love them as well and have plenty of space. I have a few varieties as well and this problem of space is real. Luckily I've tried to prepare for it. Peace N Love my friend
Just keep 1 growing of each and remove the suckers until it fruits. Should have left the coconut palms as well. The trees are what take up too much space. Lol
I guess you don't like bananas as much as the other fruits, LOL. It also sounds like you need to plan better and get rid of the roots becase they are coming back soon.
This guy is just lazy. His yard isn't looking so good. There's a palm tree stump in the back and front yard? I guess he never properly removes anything.
My neighbor has passion fruit that they neglect and let run wild. It’s a pain!!! I want to kill it so bad! They won’t even notice! I am hoping to have your banana “problem”🤣. I have a big family with a lot of kids. I have 6 right now this is my first year.
@@FruitfulTrees Really awesome to hear your reply. I would absolutely take one from you if it wasn't the distance. Currently watching your video with Walter zill. Thank you for the awesome content.
I like my banana plants. But you only appreciate them if you have the space to accommodate them. I use mine as a privacy hedge.
I am growing banana tree s all around my food forest. But I made sure to plant banana trees that don't get no more that 6 feet in hight ( that is the hight of the leaves not the stem.) All you have to do is cut out the young trees and use them as fertilizer for the other fruit trees. So you are getting food, mulch, and fertilizer for free. This is working out very well for me and my family for generations.
Do you dig out old banana stumps so the clump doesn't spread on the ground
Great observations Paul. I actually find them to be less maintenance than other trees. Other trees to keep small you really have to plan and think about. Bananas I just pick one and cut the rest and let one grow next to it when it gets big. But you know the height and I find they have lest pest pressures. Squirrels eat all of my fruit before it is ripe enough for me to eat. Bananas and Citrus are the only thing they don’t eat. Rats bug both but I don’t get total losses like I do with other fruit trees.
I just plant over 40 around my property to create a hedge
Exactly what I was implying. One man's trash is another's treasure. Lol
Too many bananas can drive one bananas.
Your yard is looking. like a tropical jungle. I love it. thanks for posting all the great videos.
I have some dwarf type bananas and yes they do grow quickly and will multiply a lot. However, I have them in one corner of the backyard. The only things I do with them is remove the stalk after harvesting the fruits and water the plants once or twice weekly. That’s it. Of course, I don’t have all the fruit trees that you have in your backyard so my banana plants do not adversely affect any other plants!
Joe Biden says we will be having food shortages. If its going to be bad as they say it is going to be, then maybe you might need those bananas. Im planting more and more.
So true.
Yep. Agree I got rid of all my bananas years ago. They were a mess
Nice video Paul, I hear you... they're constant maintenance, unless you have a couple acres and plenty of room to just let them grow wild when you lack the time to care for them... like us... we know eventually we'll get around to trimming them feeding them mulching them, etc. Sometimes we have helpful wwoof volunteers who help us out greatly with banana care which is always such a relief... but one thing I just gotta say... when a banana produces fruit it is properly called a "bunch"... you may be used to calling it a "rack" as most people are, but the proper term is bunch... I had to train myself to only say bunch... and every time I do, I remember that song that goes "6' 7' 8' BUNCH, daylight come and me wanna go home... carry me banana, daylight come and me wanna go home"
I love your garden videos and your morning prayers. I love cats too and I saw one of yours following you. My cat follows me around the garden too.
Thank you so much!
What a good problem to have for me looking in from the outside. I can imagine if it was me I'd probably do the same. Get overwhelmed by maintenance.
I like how the cat is keeping up with u.
Yep always learning. It's good to fill out the space because they fruit fast but I rather eat more papayas anyway. You got enough crops from them and once the space gets close you cut them and mulch the fruit trees. Good work there!
That's your yard and you know what produces the most but I wish I had a banana tree problem.
Im going thru and cutting out all palm trees from my property in preparation for a little forest im doing, bananas have definitely been on my list too grow but im planing on finding one variety that will produce really good and grow a few plants of it cause (like you) im limited on space. I would live to have them grow all over but i also would love to have a at least one or two plants of all sorts of fruit trees. Im doing the same with my raised garden beds. Im really cracking down on what i grow. Focusing more on what grows really good and getting rid of the duds.
Your cat is awesome, seen it in a few videos following you around 👍
You have to keep on top of the bananas. I constantly cut the dead material and put around my fruit trees. They are great "crop and drop" material to be mulching around your avocado trees, etc. Don't put them out by the curb for pick up; put them around your fruit trees! Good stuff!
Humans are never happy. Most who try growing tropical fruit in marginal climates would feel lucky to be able to grow Coconuts and bananas
This is blasphemous! Haha :) I have 8 different kinds all over my yard and keep planting then in new spots. My yard is smaller than yours. I only want a few mango trees because as those get bigger they require a lot of pruning for them not to get giant. I am afraid of not being able to control the growth. I do agree digging up pups is not easy.
I have many other trees there is not room for both
You’re doing just what you should.
Bananas and vines function as pioneer crops when building a food forest.
I definitely see your point with the space they take in your yard.
I have my bananas in pots. Trying to live Miami dreams in the PNW, so growing bananas to fruit is a project. Got pups last summer and just put them back outside this week. Growing dwarf variety’s- Nan Wah, Grand Nain, Ice Cream, Manzano and Teeny Tinny.
If they give me fruit, I’ll be ecstatic! Just got my Julie mango this week as well. THAT is the real prize project.
No argument here. I laugh at myself as a fruit lover and new to Central Florida, I just babied my 4 different banana plants through those freezes. Lived in Hawaii for years and considered them weeds; messy-looking and attracted vermin. Not to mention that sap any time you want to trim/chop. I do love apple bananas although the ones here are slightly different than the Hawaii common variety. There, they don't have to be dead ripe to be edible. I have one of each (I have a good amount of room so it's not going to encroach) Apple, Dwarf Namwah, Kokopo and Pisang Ceylon. Your yard looks great after all that hard work! I'm sure someone will like the keiki (pups).
I kept my apple bananas love them but they are very tall so I might get rid of them.
I also lived in Hawaii, but we live in south Florida now... we loved the "Williams" variety in Hawaii, so I tried growing it here in south FL but it just doesn't grow well here... dwarf Namwa is our best banana so far... we have about 12 different varieties now. Got all our banana varieties from "Going Bananas" nursery, and a couple from friends in the area. Good luck in central FL growing them... I think as long as you feed them a LOT (bananas are heavy feeders) and mulch them (15" deep mulch) and like Paul said water them via irrigation, keep them cut back to no more than 5 keikis (we also call them keikis) per spot then yours should fruit well for you
@@FruitfulTrees Just keep ducks and chickens and they will not leave even one banana plant alive. I am having a challenge growing banana plants because not one plant is left alive.
I live in Hawaii for 4 years and now I’m in central Florida. Every year freeze gets my bananas and we have yet to get any bananas. I have almost given up growing things in Florida. The soil where I live sucks and the annual freezing has killed many of my citrus. I have had some success with persimmons and blue berries and im going to try plantings some pineapple guava
@@TomBTerrific you should try south Florida instead
Thank you, great video
Great video! ❤️
I love and welcome my banana tree varieties. Any plants that will grow here. My property was mostly gravel and couldn’t even grow grass when I first acquired it. I have a giant eucalyptus that causes the most problems for me. I just haven’t got the heart to take it all the way out because the wild birds live in it. I’m going to get two more banana trees to plant. The lady I’m buying them from for $5 each doesn’t know what variety they are.
I have a small property in a busy area. Very interesting video. I just wanted to know how I can identify the banana trees I’m getting today.
How to terminate bananas: while growing bananas, only keep mother(has bananas), one daughter(one medium size) and one grand daughter, and remove the rest. When decided to terminate, after harvest, instead working hard to cut down to bottom and dig out, leave the whole thing-will dry up in several months. And keep cutting off new suckers, whenever come out. Some point , It will stop producing suckers. I have 600 banana but it is easiest thing to get rid of, but it takes times.
But bananas is not easy thing to grow at home landscape.
I noticed that you have too many mangoes and theirs going to be a time when you are going to be without a fruit to harvest, you could have some white zapotes and American paw paw both could fill up your beautiful yard with very delicious fruits,have a blessed day Paul!
I have a great selection of other fruits besides the mangos. I have 4 white sapotes. I love them.
I can't wait to cut down bananas because they make for compost gold! I understand what your saying but to me its not a problem its a benefit! Old saying rings true, one man's trash is another man's treasure!
For an urban environment, yes, not the easiest to maintain, but if you have acres of sandy soil you want to improve, I don't know of a better way than bananas, certainly better than Brazilian pepper which can also improve soil but harder to remove and no food.
Hi Paul, great video about my favorite fruit. If it were up to me, the more banana plants, the happier I would be. What video equipment did you use? The quality of the video is excellent. Was it recorded in high def or in 4 k?
Thank you. I don't use anything fancy and I don't show in 4K
Im doing this too. I initially wanted them between trees to offer some shade and protection but they are getting out of hand.
Yes they can multiply over time… I ended up thinning my bananas last year. They also require lots of resources to produce well
I love my banana trees. When the new plants emerge, just transplant or dig up and bury them. Same thing with the stalk after it produces. Earthworms love them and worms provide the best fertilizer.
I agree but for my small yard they take too much room
Manzano bananas are my favorite, can’t get them here in NE Pa….
Love that rooster!!
I feel as though it’s not that the banana plants are pests or overbearing. I think you just mismanaged your layout. You say “look how close this is to ___” but you planted them there lol.
Hey why you don’t advertise free banana trees as long they are willing to come & dig them out for free I got rid of some oleanders that way !!
Good idea but I got rid of the ones I wanted to. I recently replanted some new ones
You are right about the banana trees and vines
I have the dwarf variety and I wish I had your problem. I am so disappointed mine don't grow fast or tall enough. I feel like you should planted dwarf varieites because yours look huge. I have watered and fertilized mine and never had them grow out of control or take over, I could only wish. I have 3 different ones and I removed 2 of them. It was very easy, the chrome is a giant ball that you just dig out with minimal horizontal roots. Getting rid of that gets rid of future bananas.
If I had room dwarf is the way to go but I just don't have the room the leaves take up a lot of space
Im seeing new spots opening up for other trees 🌳.
I can forsee this in your future...😅.
No More Banana Trees For Me. Good video. I support your video. Watched the video on March 29, 2022 rat like. Thank you so much
funny, i consider bananas to be one of the easiest fruit plants to control, remove or relocate
Hey Paul, just send those corm my way. Lol One man's trash is another's treasure. This is coming from someone that just ordered rhinohorn banana from Puerto Rico a couple of weeks ago and looking to order some more plantain varieties. You're definitely right about banana because you have to keep an eye and 2 nose on them or they'll push over your fence with pups that grow or just topple over your more precious tree. Btw what varieties do u grow and which were cut down cos I'll like some more in my tiny yard. Lol
where are you located. I have the best varieties. They keep growing back lol. I don't have time to mail but local I may be able to get you some roots as they grow
@@FruitfulTrees Im definitely not local but thanks for offering. Im in Southern California.
🍇🍑🍉🍒🍎 great video 🙏🏾
It's just a matter of time before I come to Orlando and visit you and your yard.
@@FruitfulTrees i believe it, and it will be awesome
Find a spot in your yard, select the best varieties you have and make banana circle. If you don't know what that is, research it.
I do know but there is no room in my yard for that.
@@FruitfulTrees hey, you have plenty of other fruits you prefer, so like you said, just keep and manage a few bananas that you like.
Love your yard. I'm looking for a property like yours. What area are you in? Thanks
Btw, I had ordered the ValAsta from you and love it. Took it all last year.
Lake worth Florida. Thank you
@@FruitfulTrees thank you for the reply, Paul. I was looking in Port St Lucie but couldn't find anything. I didn't even mind a fixer upper I just want a garden.
interesting! you live ya learn
Could you recommend a reputable place I can order pups from?
I tried growing a Raja Puri banana tree last summer from a pup I uppotted it and it got stem rot so I cut it off because someone said it would grow back but it just died , it didn't even try to regrow, I don't know if uppotting is what caused the stem rot or not. What variety banana is the best tasting, it's a matter of the persons taste preference? I was also thinking of trees where you need a ,male and a female tree for them to fruit, can a person cheat and graft a male scion to a female tree and it fruit?
Taste is subjective each person may like different things. With bananas they are don't need male or female I don't think it matters.
I don’t disagree with this logic. You are dead on that you learn as you go ! I planted my bananas on corners of my property and the back edge to avoid being in any walking paths .
You truly hate bananas Uncle.
How do you feel now a year later? Still happy you removed your babana plants?
Double mahoi are fun bananas!
Really wish I could have meet up with you and took those bananas off your hands. I'd have dug them up and all 😆 🤣 😂 I love them as well and have plenty of space. I have a few varieties as well and this problem of space is real. Luckily I've tried to prepare for it.
Peace N Love my friend
they keep growing, where are you located?
You mentioned keeping the stalks short. How do you do that? I have an ice cream banana that can get 20 ft tall 😳!
I think it depends on the variety you're growing... if you dont like how tall yours get, then cut them out, and replace with a dwarf variety
yes it depends on the variety you want a small one
No bananas to messy to keep you are right
Once you cut the banana stalks convert the area larger than the root system with a tarpaulin
Thank you for that tip
Just keep 1 growing of each and remove the suckers until it fruits. Should have left the coconut palms as well. The trees are what take up too much space. Lol
All you do is place a plastic over the area and cover the plastic. It will eventually rot away . Same with an area with weeds
This video aged so well... lol 😂
lol yep changed my mind on that one
Your bananas are going bananas
I guess you don't like bananas as much as the other fruits, LOL. It also sounds like you need to plan better and get rid of the roots becase they are coming back soon.
I did get rid of the roots and I did replant the bananas somewhere else
Hey!........... You want some bananas? 😆 😂 😆 😂
Che varietà di banano è?
This guy is just lazy. His yard isn't looking so good. There's a palm tree stump in the back and front yard? I guess he never properly removes anything.
By looking at your banana, I bet in your area must be very windy.
I can remove them all and bring to my house
💔 Corazón roto
I disagree.. you didn't plan accordingly and have them in the wrong spots. Designate a corner for them. I love my bananas.
I ran out of space I don't have a big yard.
@@FruitfulTrees love your videos Paul! You add so much to our fruitful community! Godspeed 🙏
My neighbor has passion fruit that they neglect and let run wild. It’s a pain!!! I want to kill it so bad! They won’t even notice! I am hoping to have your banana “problem”🤣. I have a big family with a lot of kids. I have 6 right now this is my first year.
Too bad you live so far away, else I would remove the trees for free!
Why dont you sell the pups.
I'd give them away first. Thanks
@@FruitfulTrees Really awesome to hear your reply. I would absolutely take one from you if it wasn't the distance. Currently watching your video with Walter zill. Thank you for the awesome content.
I have saba banana that 25ft haha