Growing Dwarf Cavendish Banana Trees

In this video I show you 3 of my Dwarf Cavendish Banana trees. These bananas are about 3.5 years old and are 6' to 7' tall. I am really hoping for a flag leaf and flower this year! Let me know if in the comments if you think I should be separating the pups from the largest trunk in order to improve chances of getting a flower soon.
Thanks for watching!
Like and subscribe!

[@mnj640]

You might be giving them too much love Craig

[@craigweinzapfel]

Haha, I wish they would show the love back as bananas!

[@sunnycharacter]

you might be able to get them to produce if you separated all the large plants into their own pots and give them plenty of room. Bring them inside in late fall, or wrap them, don’t cut them back.

[@craigweinzapfel]

Thanks for watching a commenting!
I think I am going to try separating them. I have not done it before (only ever separated palm tree pups), so I will have a little learning to do first.

[@sunnycharacter]

@@craigweinzapfel I’d wait until your temps are not blazing hot as they go through a little stress as it is. Use a sharp, clean (with alcohol) tool. Remove the whole clump from the pot. It tight and rootbound, hose it down until it’s looser. Cut your pups away either midway between its trunk and the mother trunk, or closer to the mother trunk to ensure you have plenty of the mother corm and roots for each pup. Return mother to one per pot. Small intact pups with corm and roots can be planted together in a pot until spring. Cut all but 2 pup leaves and use to mulch on top of soil. Use well draining soil, for pots I like cactus and palm soil with at least 1/3 extra perlite added. If you have a bit of blood,eat,or potash add a couple tablespoons mixed in, water and place all the pots in outside shady area for about a week or until a new leaf emerges. From now on, you can keep them outdoors until night temps turn 45 or below, then wrap well and keep on protected southwest area of yard near house, or place in greenhouse or in the home until spring. The best pups to preserve are the sword suckers instead of water suckers. Ie., sword suckers early leaves are very narrow and swordlike. Water suckers grow slower and early leaves are large and full to start with. Hope this helps!

[@craigweinzapfel]

Thank you for the great detail. I am going to give it a try on one of my trees in September. If I am successful, I will repeat on the others.

[@sevimlim4901]

Any know how to dwarf my banana plant.???

[@craigweinzapfel]

I am not sure how to accomplish that. My bananas are of a dwarf variety so I did not have to do any extra work to accomplish that. What variety of banana do you have?