Watch This BEFORE You Grow Bananas
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Date: 2025-01-11
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akhilchalil1585
Some of the ways we use banana in our daily life:
Banana leaf is used to serve food.
From the longer portion of cut stem, we can make strings/rope thats strong and biodegradable. Normally used in gardening activities.
After chopping, the innermost part of the stem can be used to make salad, fries and the juice of it is excellent for constipation.
Bananan leaf is used instead of paper or aluminium foil while steaming certain dishes made with rice paste.
Dried Banana leaf is used to start moina culture by fish keepers
The heart of sucker/new growth can be cooked to make a dish like mashed potatoes
The flower can be used to make salads
Raw banana/plantain can be chopped into thin slices and made into chipsby frying to eat as snacks.
Baby food can be made using drying and powdering raw banana/plantain
And the list goes on.
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Some of the ways we use banana in our daily life:
Banana leaf is used to serve food.
From the longer portion of cut stem, we can make strings/rope thats strong and biodegradable. Normally used in gardening activities.
After chopping, the innermost part of the stem can be used to make salad, fries and the juice of it is excellent for constipation.
Bananan leaf is used instead of paper or aluminium foil while steaming certain dishes made with rice paste.
Dried Banana leaf is used to start moina culture by fish keepers
The heart of sucker/new growth can be cooked to make a dish like mashed potatoes
The flower can be used to make salads
Raw banana/plantain can be chopped into thin slices and made into chipsby frying to eat as snacks.
Baby food can be made using drying and powdering raw banana/plantain
And the list goes on.
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freddiekinnaputi
The trunk can be shredded, and then add cracked corn for all purpose feed for livestock. You should try and see if it works on your ho. estead it's an asian-pacific practice. Loads of water in tbem trunks. Natice CHamoru(Guam) here. The heart of banana too is edible just need to strip the fibers off.
Big fan here great job you doing on YT. Funny thing growing up on Guam in the 70s-90s is that Homesteading wasn't a lifestyle alternative but our way of life period and it was the best never had to go to hospitals or clinics till I moved to the Mainland US. All our food were grown from meats to starch & veg. Beef was the only food we bought. We also sold surplus and fished. Awesome life. Peace&Smiles y'all
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The trunk can be shredded, and then add cracked corn for all purpose feed for livestock. You should try and see if it works on your ho. estead it's an asian-pacific practice. Loads of water in tbem trunks. Natice CHamoru(Guam) here. The heart of banana too is edible just need to strip the fibers off.
Big fan here great job you doing on YT. Funny thing growing up on Guam in the 70s-90s is that Homesteading wasn't a lifestyle alternative but our way of life period and it was the best never had to go to hospitals or clinics till I moved to the Mainland US. All our food were grown from meats to starch & veg. Beef was the only food we bought. We also sold surplus and fished. Awesome life. Peace&Smiles y'all
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epic_gardening
I have over 100 banana plants currently growing! It has been so fun watching your journey of learning how to grow banana plants! I remember talking to you at one of the seed events and telling you I am the one who keeps messaging you about how to grow the bananas! It is definitely a process but once you learn it is so easy. We love using the machete to chop the bananas down. We cut the trunks in half and place the inner side against the soil so they break down faster. Using the leaves and the flowers in cooking is fun too. Our freezer is always full of mashed bananas to use in muffins, breads, and smoothies. And the best part is how beautiful they look in my tropical food forest!
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I have over 100 banana plants currently growing! It has been so fun watching your journey of learning how to grow banana plants! I remember talking to you at one of the seed events and telling you I am the one who keeps messaging you about how to grow the bananas! It is definitely a process but once you learn it is so easy. We love using the machete to chop the bananas down. We cut the trunks in half and place the inner side against the soil so they break down faster. Using the leaves and the flowers in cooking is fun too. Our freezer is always full of mashed bananas to use in muffins, breads, and smoothies. And the best part is how beautiful they look in my tropical food forest!
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dasl. 6420
Kevin, hate to break it to ya, but your banana isn't a Blue Java. It's a similar looking variety called Dwarf Namwa, and it's often mislabeled by retailers. Namwa is often considered a better variety for growing and eating, so it's more common and even sold in Asian markets as Thai bananas. Even so, your bunch looks absolutely gorgeous, and I've no doubt it'll taste leagues better than store-bought ones!
I suggest reaching out to the San Diego branch of California Rare Fruit Growers, one of their members is a banana specialist and has real Blue Java bananas. He's got some other cool varieties occasionally available, like Praying Hands, White Iholena, or Pisang Klotek!
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Kevin, hate to break it to ya, but your banana isn't a Blue Java. It's a similar looking variety called Dwarf Namwa, and it's often mislabeled by retailers. Namwa is often considered a better variety for growing and eating, so it's more common and even sold in Asian markets as Thai bananas. Even so, your bunch looks absolutely gorgeous, and I've no doubt it'll taste leagues better than store-bought ones!
I suggest reaching out to the San Diego branch of California Rare Fruit Growers, one of their members is a banana specialist and has real Blue Java bananas. He's got some other cool varieties occasionally available, like Praying Hands, White Iholena, or Pisang Klotek!
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epic_gardening
I find eating up all the bananas tricky as it is a famine and feast affair! Mine got damaged snapped due to a storm just before Christmas and all ripened on Christmas day the one day I really didn't need any more to eat! I had to cut and put in freezer bags and freeze on boxing day! I don't have many good sunny areas in my garden (all trees) so mine are packed in and still fruiting well for me. probably too well! I have another bunch I am slowing down by leaving the flower on. Also homegrown seems to taste much more creamy (regardless of variety) maybe because I have never cut the flower off Beautiful bunch there Kevin well done.
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I find eating up all the bananas tricky as it is a famine and feast affair! Mine got damaged snapped due to a storm just before Christmas and all ripened on Christmas day the one day I really didn't need any more to eat! I had to cut and put in freezer bags and freeze on boxing day! I don't have many good sunny areas in my garden (all trees) so mine are packed in and still fruiting well for me. probably too well! I have another bunch I am slowing down by leaving the flower on. Also homegrown seems to taste much more creamy (regardless of variety) maybe because I have never cut the flower off Beautiful bunch there Kevin well done.
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reploid123
Nice video, I live in the Caribbean and bananas are one of my favorite fruits, we learned a little about this in school but not much at all, I remember learning about the suckers, and if I go to certain areas you'll see banana fields with the blue bags over them.
We have another type of banana that we call 'green banana' they never really turn yellow and you have to cook them they can't be eaten raw people use them as a side or put them in soup but they seem to grow the same way
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Nice video, I live in the Caribbean and bananas are one of my favorite fruits, we learned a little about this in school but not much at all, I remember learning about the suckers, and if I go to certain areas you'll see banana fields with the blue bags over them.
We have another type of banana that we call 'green banana' they never really turn yellow and you have to cook them they can't be eaten raw people use them as a side or put them in soup but they seem to grow the same way
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alclowe1481
Kevin, I'm sorry to say that I was a fool. I was mislead by others thinking that urea nitrogen was a bad thing to use for plants.
They're three types of nitrogen source Urea, Ammonium/Ammoniacal, Nitrate.
Not every plant uses it, but its extremely beneficial for thier growth, when it comes to soil microbial life.
So, its back to the drawing board again, and I need to study up on why Urea Nitrogen is very important in both plants and soil's microbial colonies.
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Kevin, I'm sorry to say that I was a fool. I was mislead by others thinking that urea nitrogen was a bad thing to use for plants.
They're three types of nitrogen source Urea, Ammonium/Ammoniacal, Nitrate.
Not every plant uses it, but its extremely beneficial for thier growth, when it comes to soil microbial life.
So, its back to the drawing board again, and I need to study up on why Urea Nitrogen is very important in both plants and soil's microbial colonies.
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jennhoff03
Love it! My biggest question is this: how do you permanently cut down each protostem when you have a hundred of them popping up in the spring Each time I cut them down, they grow right back. The only thing I've had success with is hiring someone to dig them out with a shovel, but it's very expensive and time-consuming. Last year I cut down 45 before calling it quits and letting the rest grow. Anyone have any ideas
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Love it! My biggest question is this: how do you permanently cut down each protostem when you have a hundred of them popping up in the spring Each time I cut them down, they grow right back. The only thing I've had success with is hiring someone to dig them out with a shovel, but it's very expensive and time-consuming. Last year I cut down 45 before calling it quits and letting the rest grow. Anyone have any ideas
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Jeremy-qd6mo
Pee is the key! I live in swampy lowland tropics. Our soil is clay and very poor in nutrients because of the massive rainfall. I rotate dumping pee from the previous day on different bananas without diluting it because the rain usually does that. And yes, MOUND THEM! Especially if your soil isn't free draining! Also amend with char, compost and/or sand if you are mounding clay soil.
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Pee is the key! I live in swampy lowland tropics. Our soil is clay and very poor in nutrients because of the massive rainfall. I rotate dumping pee from the previous day on different bananas without diluting it because the rain usually does that. And yes, MOUND THEM! Especially if your soil isn't free draining! Also amend with char, compost and/or sand if you are mounding clay soil.
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kevinpoe8137
Bananas are also perennials, meaning that in more temperate zones (like zone 8b where I’m at, they’ll die back in winter and reemerge in spring
Also, when I got my bananas (Musa basjoo) back in late July, they were like 1. 5ft tall and by November they were close to 4. 5ft tall, it’s honestly kinda crazy how fast they grew
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Bananas are also perennials, meaning that in more temperate zones (like zone 8b where I’m at, they’ll die back in winter and reemerge in spring
Also, when I got my bananas (Musa basjoo) back in late July, they were like 1. 5ft tall and by November they were close to 4. 5ft tall, it’s honestly kinda crazy how fast they grew
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epic_gardening
How big and tall does the ice cream get I would like to get one in a pot and put it in my greenhouse but not sure if they would get to tall Id bring them outside in summer. The greenhouse is about 12 feet tall. Would the ice cream banana plant grow to big for a height that tall Does blue java come in dwarf
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How big and tall does the ice cream get I would like to get one in a pot and put it in my greenhouse but not sure if they would get to tall Id bring them outside in summer. The greenhouse is about 12 feet tall. Would the ice cream banana plant grow to big for a height that tall Does blue java come in dwarf
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WDWormsnGarden
I really miss growing bananas. The only way to grow it here is in a greenhouse. I learned something new. In Jamaica, we usually just let all the sucker's remain unless we are farmers and not gardeners. I've never noticed that some sucker's were different from others. Thanks for sharing.
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I really miss growing bananas. The only way to grow it here is in a greenhouse. I learned something new. In Jamaica, we usually just let all the sucker's remain unless we are farmers and not gardeners. I've never noticed that some sucker's were different from others. Thanks for sharing.
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Will_Grow_Plants
Awesome, I was waiting on this one. My bananas stalled out. they didn't make it before winter. I will see if, by chance, they pick up development again in the spring, but I assume I will just have to hope the next stem can produce in time for next season. 9b, Bay Area, CA.
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Awesome, I was waiting on this one. My bananas stalled out. they didn't make it before winter. I will see if, by chance, they pick up development again in the spring, but I assume I will just have to hope the next stem can produce in time for next season. 9b, Bay Area, CA.
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epic_gardening
G'day Kevin.
A snake catcher just removed a venomous Red Bellied Black Snake from one of my banana pots 2 days ago. I was watching your video and looking out for a deadly Aussie snake half the time.
Great video with such good info mate.
All the best,
Daz.
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G'day Kevin.
A snake catcher just removed a venomous Red Bellied Black Snake from one of my banana pots 2 days ago. I was watching your video and looking out for a deadly Aussie snake half the time.
Great video with such good info mate.
All the best,
Daz.
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Nihlink
Been in the 40s here at night and the Bananas definitely aren’t stoked. They’re hanging on though. One thing is my bananas went in around june and I’ve gotten like 6 pups off 1 but the maine one just won’t grow much. Not sure what im doing wrong.
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Been in the 40s here at night and the Bananas definitely aren’t stoked. They’re hanging on though. One thing is my bananas went in around june and I’ve gotten like 6 pups off 1 but the maine one just won’t grow much. Not sure what im doing wrong.
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lyndelgado6138
OMG! Last year, I finally had a banana flower and I waited and waited for the bananas to start from it. And I didn't realize that it started way up top like you just showed so if I'd left it alone, I could have had bananas! I am kicking myself!
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OMG! Last year, I finally had a banana flower and I waited and waited for the bananas to start from it. And I didn't realize that it started way up top like you just showed so if I'd left it alone, I could have had bananas! I am kicking myself!
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AkawichPonIn
Be careful of the banana zap when you cut the fruits from the tree. It's unwashable when it drops on your clothes and will turn brown. In some countries, they use banana zap as an organic textile pigment.
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Be careful of the banana zap when you cut the fruits from the tree. It's unwashable when it drops on your clothes and will turn brown. In some countries, they use banana zap as an organic textile pigment.
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laxlyfters8695
These plants are awesome you can use the leaves to wrap tamales lookup guatemalan tamales and the violet colored banana blossom is also edible there is a delicious vietnamese salad you can make with it
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These plants are awesome you can use the leaves to wrap tamales lookup guatemalan tamales and the violet colored banana blossom is also edible there is a delicious vietnamese salad you can make with it
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epic_gardening
If you are growing ornamental banana trees for the tropical look in your yard you will want to cut the flower off before it grows bananas. If you don’t cut the flower off your banana plant will die.
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If you are growing ornamental banana trees for the tropical look in your yard you will want to cut the flower off before it grows bananas. If you don’t cut the flower off your banana plant will die.
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HealyMeans
hi kevin
i have limited space in my yard, and none in-ground.
i researched a tiny banana that can grow in containers. would the same care and feeding that you shared in this video apply
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hi kevin
i have limited space in my yard, and none in-ground.
i researched a tiny banana that can grow in containers. would the same care and feeding that you shared in this video apply
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