Divide & Propagate Banana Plants- Free Bananas For Life!
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2021
- Learn how to divide and propagate banana pups. It's extremely easy and it will allow you to have free banana trees for life! Growing bananas is fun and actually very simple!
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Hahaha I just watched this and went out in my yard and dug out 2 pups and moved them to their own space. I did, however, put my shoes on. Normally I just wear flip fops everywhere. Thanks for the watering tip.
Thanks for this video. I have like 11 small pups on my potted puerto
Rican plantain tree! (Very similar to a banana tree.). They each just have one leaf. I removed two but also broke two. I think the optimal size is to let it grow at least maybe as thick as a quarter so I can pry them out. Even digging with my fingers they are very delicate and the stem is likely to break.
I like the advice on cutting the pup leaves to promote more root growth. Thanks dude and happy gardening!
I put a banana plant in the ground and shortly afterwards got some cold and wet whether. The plant rotted and fell over. I thought it was gone but a few weeks later it came back and started growing again.
I was just perusing through videos and came across yours and thought I'd drop a comment. I used to have an apartment in Shreveport, LA which is in the northern part of the state. This apartment had a small patio with a couple of spaces not covered in concrete. I decided to give it a tropical flair and put down bananas (Musa paradiscica) and elephant ears, both Alocasia and Colocasia, after I had thoroughtly plowed the native soil. I didn't add anything to the soil or fertilize, but MAN did I get gigantic plants! I trimmed it with lariope and seasonally planted impatiens and begonias for color each year. I took some pictures at the end of the summer when all the plants had peaked and brought the pics to work. My co-workers were raving and wanting me to landscape their yards! Great channel and good luck. Just keep crankinig out interesting videos. 🌱🌴
Great vid for us those that love banana plants. 🍌
Tht pops sounded so satisfying 4:14
This video was very helpful! My son and I just went and pulled out 2 pups and put them in the front yard! We will be watching ur other videos thanks!
Happy to help and thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for talking in your video.
OSHA approved flip flips. 🤣
Please don't turn me in, haha.
I have a cavendish and a blue ice cream, haven’t gotten any fruit yet. I was watching another video of somebody talking about what he called “water pups” pretty much banana trees that suck up nutrients and almost produce little to no fruit at all. Do you think this is just a variety thing or are not all banana pups created equal? I’ve lost the initial mother plant on both and I am hoping that the tree growing now will actually produce lol.
So simple and fun. Great video and explanation! Thank you!
Glad it helped, thanks for watching!
I like the straight long type blade shovel to cut down then the curve when pup is too close together.
Thanks
I have a banana tree in a 5 gallon bucket with a pup coming up. The mother was “pulled out of the ground” last summer or so and is about 4’ tall after being stuck in the utility room last year because it gets pretty cold for a couple days in 7b. If this thing gets 12’ tall and doesn’t fruit this year, do I want to cut it all the way down, or can I cut the top off and be good?
Great video
🍌🌴🍌🌿🍌THANKS FOR SHARING!!! JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW!!! ... HOWEVER, I'M BASICALLY USING MINE FOR THE DECORATIONS THEY ADD TO MY YARD; BUT LORD KNOWS I WOULD WELCOME MY OWN HEALTHY, HOMEGROWN BANANAS 🍌 🌿 🍌 🌴🍌🤓👍🏽🙋🏽
Glad it was helpful!
We are in zone 8. We cut them back to about 18” and covered with straw for the winter. Found out later others in my are just cut back below bottom leaf. My question is two of the fastest are full of water but no new growth yet, others are fine. Do we wait to see or dig out?
Hi me again. I just separated my Cavendish Banana into 3. So far so good. Thank you for this video!!!
During the winter do you cut down or leave alone until spring clean up
I let it be during winter. Once Spring comes then I prune back.
Good video on how to remove a sucker (pups are baby dogs) from its mother corm. I suspect you already know that this one was left to grow for too long. Also, instead of cutting away the leaves only, you might want to completely cut away the whole stem at 12 inches above ground.
What time of thee year is best to do this? Looks like you posted this video in mid August last year, is this the right time to dig up pups? Thanks for this great vide BTW!
Thanks for watching! you can really do it anytime of the year, from April to October. If you do it later in the year, you'll need to protect it from the cold the following winter.
great video man! how have you been liking all this rain lately? what part of the valley are you in?
I love all the rain! I'm in Mesa. Val Vista & the US 60.
@@TheGardenNerd Hey man. I has messaged you a few months back about possibly getting banana pup from you. Would you still be willing to part with one of them?
@@bbqsauceeverywhere yes. I actually have one right now you can come and dig up! Email me at thegardennerdaz@gmail.com
Great info, I’ve got to try growing bananas and thank you for sharing.
They are pretty easy and they look really cool!
Do the transplanted pups turn into mother trees or grow a corm or whatever so it can keep growing after the pup fruits and dies?
Yes. It will produce others pups
Great instructions. Here's mine, wear proper shoes to set good habits and safety.
I like to live on the wild side...
Need help! I separated some banana pups and when replanting the leaf that was growing is not, I had to chop one in half and it started growing again. Am I gonna have to do that with all the pups I separated? They all had a lot of roots.
I think I understand what you're asking. Just be patient, as it warms up, it should start pushing out new growth. Don't worry about the existing leaf, it will push new ones.
Does it need to be that big of a pup to start separating it and re planting?
No, as long as it's about 2 feet or taller you'll be good.
@@TheGardenNerd thank you!
Question! When transplanting a banana tree, do you prune the top off? If so how low do you go? I topped mine off since the leaves die out anyway, and it looks like the top is hard and dry, making it difficult for the new leaf to come out.
I cut the leaves, but don't just hack it. give it some time, how is it looking now?
Leave at least 1 or 2 leaves
How many days it took to grow it's own new leave back after being propagated?
Probably 4 months or so.
Would it be easier to use a sharp shooter or flat blade shovel…with shoes on? If I did that I’d surely cut my foot! Lol
Hello GN,
Do you know if its wise to remove pups and more mature shoots while one of the shoots is starting to fruit? Working with a neglected plant and would like to see the fruit succeed.
My only concern would be that it may damage the roots of the mature pups. However, I know that the more pups, the more energy is sucked away. I try to only allow 2 to 3 pups at a time to allow the fruiting stalk to have the energy to grow nice, big, healthy bananas.
@@TheGardenNerd thanks for your insight 👍
I did this BEFORE watching your video & came up with a stalk w/no roots! What do I do with it now?😢
I will grow roots! You're okay. Go ahead and plant and it will quickly grow roots and start to take off.
how do you deal with a banana bending over (no fruit) - I suspect rot. What can be done?
Once it rots and starts to fall over, not much you can do. Cut it out and wait for a new pup to grow.
🥺😭@@TheGardenNerd
I tried to propagate mine and I’m afraid I damaged the roots. Will it root if I put it in soil?
It should still root with no problem. Go ahead and plant and you should be good!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@TheGardenNerd thank you! I can’t even tell if I have any on there anymore so hopefully it does ok 🤞🏼
@@diamOndzforaLi I once threw a pup down on the ground and forgot about it for 3 months. It started growing roots and survived. All while laying on the ground, with no roots to begin with. You should be fine!
@@TheGardenNerd okay I feel way better! Thank you!!!
If a banana tree has broken in half, can the top half be saved?
Many times it can, yes. Continue to care for it and you should see some new growth. Good luck!
I've never understood the concept of cutting off the leaves for roots to grow. The plant needs the leaves to photosynthesize energy, and energy will be needed if root cells are dividing and growing.
The whole stalk of the banana tree is actually a leaf. The plant can do photosynthesis still, even if you cut off the top leaves.
Because it will put all its energy into trying to keep the leaves alive and not enough into rooting
@@spartanpatriot3163 it’s can only obtain energy by having leaves with chloroplasts. It’s literally like “I’m going to take my solar panels down so my battery can charge more”
Cutting off leaves in most plants will help strengthen the roots system to prepare for more leaves later.
@@kellylovesgreen5765 but how can it add strength to roots when the leaves are what generate energy for the plant. It sounds theoretical rather than fact.
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The whole idea of me watching it was to see how it's transplanted and what you must do to prepare it thanks for a crap video
Thanks for watching and commenting. This helps my video get more views which allows me to make more crap videos for more people. Your service is much appreciated.