BEST (& WORST) Way To Harvest Bananas | FIVE (5+) Banana Care Tips
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2018
- Charles Malki, Biologist & Plant Expert for ivorganics.com/ discusses the right & wrong ways for harvesting bananas PLUS five (5) banana care tips, which include: controlling the ‘queen’s crown’, harvesting pups (aka suckers), centering the parent plant, use of IV Organic products to prevent transplant stresses to sun and pests.
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got my first bananas this year, after about 3 years. I had NO idea of any of this. It's been growing wild and messy. Thank you SO much. I'm south of you in the Coachella valley desert.
When I bought my house 20 years ago the previous homeowner told me that the banana's in the back yard were just ornamental and not edible, so I never messed with them. This year I cut one off and let is get yellow. It was delicious! so much sweeter that any store bought banana I have ever had. I don't know what kind they are, but I'm eating them from now on!
At first I thought wow, 42 minutes. However, I learned a whole lot from the video. Thank you for posting this and sharing your expertise. I'll be looking forward to more videos!!
That first batch of bananas looked so healthy and delightful. Yummy! The second batch, I believe you said they were manzanos, reminded me of people who decide to go strict vegan ; not too healthy and barely hanging on (no offense to vegans but there are some who really need to do a better job with balancing their diets). Anyway, thank you for your wonderful, informative videos!
Do you need to wait till the purple flower comes off before you harvest?
you make me wish I could grow bananas where I live, but once again you knock the video out of the park
Good afternoon Matt,
So great to hear from you!!! And thank you for the compliment! I never knew growing bananas would be this enjoyable when I integrated them into my backyard food forest. They are a beautiful addition to the landscape and harvesting fruits is a PLUS! Consider a dwarf banana variety that you can grow in container, and bring indoors during the winter? Wishing you and your family and enjoyable & happy week/ weekend! Charles :-)
Charles, first of all thank you so much for making this. I really appreciate that you didn't try to cut it down for mass consumption, because I found everything to be really helpful. I have so many questions!
You explained that over time the bananas can become sweeter and used the example of five years being really prime. Does that mean the entire patch? Or do you have to be patient and prune the mother plant to get to that flavor?
If you have the space and really like the dramatic effect of them growing taller, will they eventually start fruiting again or will the older plants eventually die?
Thank you so much again for taking the time to make this video!
My bananas form about 2 to 3 layers and after that they fall to the ground leaving a bare stalk with only 2 or 3 layers on the whole bunch. What can I do to help the plant produce properly?
Just found your video and really enjoyed it. I've starting to grow bananas in my backyard in Florida and I am a novice of novices. I also have the ice cream variety and dwarf bananas. I learned a lot and really appreciate your to the point, thorough video. Thank you.
Great video, I have just found my first bunch of green Dacca bananas and harvesting seems not too easy. I love all your videos, great information thanks for sharing!
Thanks charles i will give growing bananas a shot. I have aSilly ? Ive use the white iv organic for a long time now ,but i was wondering if i can spray the brown on the leaves of my trees to keep them from burning or should i stick with the white for spraying my leafs . Will it keep it cooler or does the color have no affect .
Loved your video. I have two 2-year old plants about 3 or 4' tall that both bloomed last year. Didn't know a thing about how to care for them. Your video covered tall plants. A question....do all plants grow tall or do I just have a different variety?
Are there any store locations in southern California where I could purchase the 3 n 1 locally?
Nice video! There is an actual poking tool to weaken a tall plant up high and have it fold over. I don't think they are sold in the US...but there may be something comparable.
I really enjoyed your video. That looks like really hard work. I have banana trees in my back yard here in Florida and I needed to know when and how to cut them down cause there are little green bananas hanging from my tree. Google says late spring early summer to cut down. We’ll see how it goes in a couple of months
Hi Charles, I planted two banana suckers about 3 weeks ago and they’re growing pretty well so far (just became spring where I am) and it looks like a few suckers are growing from the one plant. The thing is these suckers appear to be quite far from the mother between 0.5-1m away from the base and the mother is only about a meter tall. I was wondering if these are banana suckers growing also I dug around one of the little ones and it looked like it has developed its own corm. Just wanted to ask you if these are really banana suckers or not?
I have some Dwarf Cavendish banana plants. One I grow under grow light. I know it grows 2 M then blooms. What you say will be possible to bloom inside?
The leaves grow beautiful and tan with red. Thank you!
Now I want to grow my own bananas. great video. hey, just a suggestion: to lower a bunch of bananas, you could girth hitch a loop of rope just below your cut. Then install a carabiner in the loop. Now tie a separate lowing rope to the stem of the bunch and put it in the carabiner. If you use a munter hitch knot at the carabiner, it will add friction and make it super easy to control the lowering with one hand. Then make the cut and lower the bunch as fast or slow as you want to. I am a tree climber, and this is the technique I use all day long to lower heavy oak branches by myself. girth hitch, munter hitch, carabiner- just look up if you haven't heard of any of these, it is totally valuable info and I would love to see you show it in one of your videos.
First time banana grower. My ice cream banana tree flowered in October and produced about 8 layers of fruit before it got too cold. Did you do anything to protect fruit over winter? Still waiting to see if the fruit survived enough to harvest. Thanks!
hi do you sell banana seeds im after some Manzano banana seeds but cant seem to find any to buy any were on the internet
I forgot to ask....do you have ANY tips to keep bunnies out of a garden? I have an electrical fence on around our garden...trying it. We live in the COUNTRY and its about impossible to keep 🐇 out. Help
haha great video man thanks for sharing :)
You're welcome BetterYouBetterWorld! Charles :-)
What is the best soil to start growing bananas? My bananas I think are dwarf but not sure what kind. They have fruited but never plumped.
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I’m also in Southern California, Murrieta , Temecula area
Helo nice video, I have some tips to get your fruit down safely. In many banana plantations in Mexico they cut the plant at about 6 inches from the base they use bamboo tied together into a stand to have the plant be loward on it wile a part of the plant is still attached at the base it is better to have others help you to slowly lower the plant downward you can also use two ladders with wood or pipes in between them, put the ladders facing to each other with a few feet of space put wood or pipes on any of the steps to connect the ladders and slowly lower the plant and to have the fruit hang behind your ladder stand so you can harvest easily hope this is helpful.
Can you do a video on this please
Wow that banana looks sweet and tasty. Lol... 😂 that was funny. Great video. 👍
That tip works! Yea... what do you do with that many pounds of bananas🍌? Can you do a video on how you use the fruits- even lots of citrus or other fruits? Is there a much smaller banana plant. I can’t prune it on a latter? 5 feet would be a max for safety! It looks like you struggled to get the pups out. I guess I won’t ask you for a cutting- lol. They will make someone so happy to have your wonderful banana pup to start their own banana plant in their garden.
I like this guy ,he always got good info for my banana plants ,( keep up the details on the plants ) it helps
Thank you for the compliment Julian Hopkins! Charles :-)
IV Organic. no problem,,I have questions about banana plants all the time if I can speak to you privately I’d appreciate it,just let me know we’re to reach you thank you
Hello Julian. You can e-mail me at Info@IVOrganics.com or e-mail me your phone number and best time to call. Charles :-)
Perfect I’ll email you my number
IV Organic what’s your email
Can the spray be effective against white fly on my tomato plants? And aphids on my rose bushes?
Patti Hayden wood ash
After freezing how do you eat them? Do you eat them frozen and if you let them thaw first, are they mushy? What else can you do with excess bananas or is freezing the only option for storage? I have my first flower of the ice cream bananas so this video helped me! Thanks. I went from San Diego gardening to Southeast FL! Big difference here but I planted a 6" plant in April of 2020, now I have 3 pups around it. I actually culled as some sprouted because I didn't like their position. I also read that suckers with round leaves should be tossed.
Eat frozen in smoothies or make into ice cream or defrost for banana bread or in pancakes
One trick to harvesting your bananas is to take thin but strong rope @ 4-5' long. Tie two overhand loops in the middle about 8" apart. Tie one end around the top of the Stalk of bananas just above the fruits. I use a cinching knot. Tie the other @1' above that. There should be some slack between the two attachments but not soo much. Take a longer rope, length depends on how tall the plant is. run it through the upper Overhand Loop and tie it to the lower Overhand loop. Cut the Banana Stalk. It will hang on the shorter piece of rope. Tension the longer piece of rope. Cut in between the two overhand loops and lower slowly the 80# clump to the ground.. Sounds complicated, but it's not, it's controlled and safe for you and your fruits..
Can you cut off just the yellow top bananas and leave the green to ripen? If you shade the lower green ones can you extend the growing season, while harvesting only the ripe bananas?
The lower ones yellow first. You can cut off what you want
@@csabo1725the top ones are what ripen first
Although i don't have any space to plant a banana plant but i enjoy watching your informative video. Thank you so much my teacher.
Thank you so very much for the compliment MH MH! Charles :-)
Try the table purple banana ( not sure the name ) 👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽
Has anyone come across the Florida banana plant yet?? They are a cross between tangerine and banana. Orangish in color.
Namwah!
Raja Puri or Dwarf Namwa, for sure.
Since I'm New to gardening and I live in the southern U.S. , I have a question about 🍌 plants. We get very cold contrary to popular belief , Jan thru March ...then in spring thru summer 80 to 105 are our temps. CAN I grow bananas at ALL here? I've gotten conflicting stories. Oh also how do you feel about using Epson salts, wood ash, vinager and baking soda in your garden?
I grow them in New Orleans .. I've got three stalks of bananas right now on my Blue Javas .. they are one of the most cold hardy ... made it though the 3 day Jan 2018 freeze .. my plantains and 100 hands lost thier upper growth and have come back from the mother corm .
When harvesting the banana you should cut the tree half way through the plant and stem then you are able to cut it down easier , rather that the fruit dropping on the ground
Since it's been two years, how are your banana plants been doing?
Better.
Red bananas!
That's a great idea! That would look great to see some red & yellow bananas ripening in the garden! Thank you for the suggestion!!! Charles :-)
IV Organic youve got youre medium small banana with the Apple. The larger ice cream Bean. And a red medium large. If space becomes an issue. Lady finger dwarf banana also would be a great addition. Cheers!
plantane green bananas
In Thailand very popular: "Nam Wah" banana
Hello zwicknagel,
Thank you for sharing! I will do my research on the Nam Wah, and any other varieties others recommend... and I'll share what I end up purchasing in the upcoming months. Thank you!! Charles :-)
On my wishlist: Musa dwarf orinoco
I'll check that one out, too! Thank you!!! :-)
Namwah are great! They have a thin skin so you'll never find them in the store but worth growing in the garden!
Don't use a saw the cane knife works heaps better !!!! Go up the ladder put the bunch on your shoulder the cut the stamp watch your ears !!! After a little practice you will stick to this practice keeping the knife sharp make the job a lot easier
Snake oil ad? Also u are hanging bananas upside down
RUclips is full of video fails of people sawing trees and limbs from a ladder. Your second attempt came close to knocking you on your butt. That doesn't feel very good (don't ask how I know this). I would suggest using more ropes to control the swing of the plant. Possibly a support frame as previously suggested by Juan.
Gary Z my grandfather used to cut half the tree at once .....tied and then lower down n cont to cut down after harvest. It took two people and a rope. Worked every time and no damage...butttt he had a lot more room in his garden and wasn't trying to video without help. Haha
Get a taller ladder.
Hello Your last victim,
By cutting at the 3/4 way up the plant, a taller ladder is not needed. But, it may be needed one day soon as I am noticing the bananas are getting higher and harder to reach with each growing season and the banana crown becomes more established. Thank you for sharing! Charles :-)
thumbs down for having advertisering 32 seconds into the video.....
Ummmm terrible video edits 🤪