I’m growing dwarf Cavanish in my backyard in the Dallas Texas area. We are taking the two biggest plants indoors and covering the smaller ones outdoors for winter. Love your positive presentation, manner and enthusiasm for banana plants and leaf height.
Hi Peter - actually I'd love to see a flower too so I am a bit conflicted. I'm going to grow a little collection so that if one does flower the others will survice. Mark
Hi Mark, I live in Brittany and have had a banana plant for 10 years. my plant will flower on a 4 year old trunk. After it flowers and produces small bananas that trunk will die but not the plant. You have to make sure that each plant has trunks of 4 different ages, 1to 4 years. After it dies, I cut the trunk into small sections and add to my compost pile,
Hi Mark, I have had my plants for about 10 years. 15 in total up to 5 mtrs high. Very slow start this year and lots of wind damage in spring. Only just recovering. I use the old leaves to protect mine over winter. I dont cover them up here in Norfolk. So far they have survived 2 winters at -8c
@@MarksHouseandGardenUK I'm in south Wales by the sea, but sheltered. My clump is twenty ish years old and about 13 feet+ tall. I don't cover them at all. They lose their leaves in the first frosts in about late November or December, but put them out again in April or May. Once the stems are large enough they are bomb-proof, not troubled by frosts at all. The texture of the stems, with wide air spaces makes them very frost-proof, so only the outer layers are frosted.
Liquid seaweed is just an additive of trace minerals to be used along side general plant feed which contains the NPK. I use liquid seaweed in between feeds of a soluble banana feed that has a very high nitrogen content. Also it’s only the flowering stem that dies, all the pups it’s thrown out are growing along side to keep itself alive.
I think the flower is inevitable Mark, your best bet is to create a grove of them so losing one won't make a big impact. I had a clump of 12 year old basjoo and would get a flower every year but the pups soon replace the dead mother. the flower does add some extra tropical interest.
I purchased 3 Musa Basjoo after watching your previous videos. They are currently in large pots and my plan is to over winter them in the greenhouse until next spring due to their small size. Would you recommend this please? Thanks 🤙🏼
I never had flowers, but for height, I saw on it utube ,to cut your leaf off when you get more than 2 ,I am trying this at the moment to get more height and it seems to be working..of course I won’t be able to do this when I can’t reach the top, what’s your thoughts on this ?
Only the mother plant will die after flowering, in my experience the pups grew so fast within the year grew taller than the original mother plant that died. The following year 10 pups emerged from where the mother plant died back
I’m growing dwarf Cavanish in my backyard in the Dallas Texas area. We are taking the two biggest plants indoors and covering the smaller ones outdoors for winter. Love your positive presentation, manner and enthusiasm for banana plants and leaf height.
Thanks Mack. Really appreciate your encouragement and good luck with your Banana plants 😊
I've recently purchased them for the first time. I will protect them over winter as I'm in Fife, Scotland. Thank you for the helpful tips
Fantastic as always. Thank you, Mark.
Thanks Sam, your support and feedback is very much appreciated. Mark
Great video Mark! Definitely one of my favourite plants in the garden! I actually want mine to flower, but mostly out of intrigue.
Hi Peter - actually I'd love to see a flower too so I am a bit conflicted. I'm going to grow a little collection so that if one does flower the others will survice. Mark
Hi Mark, I live in Brittany and have had a banana plant for 10 years. my plant will flower on a 4 year old trunk. After it flowers and produces small bananas that trunk will die but not the plant. You have to make sure that each plant has trunks of 4 different ages, 1to 4 years. After it dies, I cut the trunk into small sections and add to my compost pile,
I really like your succession idea. Mine will be 4 years old next year I think. So I'll be keeping an eye open.
Another good one mark
So,do i cut off the flower ,as 7 hands growing,rest dropping off?,thanks in advance
Hi Mark, I have had my plants for about 10 years. 15 in total up to 5 mtrs high. Very slow start this year and lots of wind damage in spring. Only just recovering. I use the old leaves to protect mine over winter. I dont cover them up here in Norfolk. So far they have survived 2 winters at -8c
Very Encouraging Comment thanks Darren, I hope others will also see this and be encouraged. Mark
@@MarksHouseandGardenUK I'm in south Wales by the sea, but sheltered. My clump is twenty ish years old and about 13 feet+ tall. I don't cover them at all. They lose their leaves in the first frosts in about late November or December, but put them out again in April or May. Once the stems are large enough they are bomb-proof, not troubled by frosts at all. The texture of the stems, with wide air spaces makes them very frost-proof, so only the outer layers are frosted.
Liquid seaweed is just an additive of trace minerals to be used along side general plant feed which contains the NPK. I use liquid seaweed in between feeds of a soluble banana feed that has a very high nitrogen content. Also it’s only the flowering stem that dies, all the pups it’s thrown out are growing along side to keep itself alive.
Thanks for the additional information, much appreciated. Mark
I think the flower is inevitable Mark, your best bet is to create a grove of them so losing one won't make a big impact. I had a clump of 12 year old basjoo and would get a flower every year but the pups soon replace the dead mother. the flower does add some extra tropical interest.
Great Idea Lee thanks, i hadn't seen it that way but that's what I will do. Mark
If south is towards the camera I can’t see how west is to your left.
You may be correct. I often miss speak on camera. It's totally unscripted and in the moment words often come out wrong
I purchased 3 Musa Basjoo after watching your previous videos. They are currently in large pots and my plan is to over winter them in the greenhouse until next spring due to their small size. Would you recommend this please? Thanks 🤙🏼
Yes I think tht is a good solution, thanks Mark
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Thanks DJ. Mark
I never had flowers, but for height, I saw on it utube ,to cut your leaf off when you get more than 2 ,I am trying this at the moment to get more height and it seems to be working..of course I won’t be able to do this when I can’t reach the top, what’s your thoughts on this ?
Excellent, thanks Ann, I can kind of see why this would work. I'll try it. Mark
Only the mother plant will die after flowering, in my experience the pups grew so fast within the year grew taller than the original mother plant that died. The following year 10 pups emerged from where the mother plant died back
Hi Amir. That's very encouraging thanks. So I may get ten plants for the price of one 🙂
@@MarksHouseandGardenUK they are one of the plants that just keep on giving, love them 😁