kbrown12887
05-04-2012, 12:11 PM
Hi Everyone! I am new to the forum... well actually joined a while ago but just finally activated.
I was hoping to get some information on anyone who has successfully grown bananas in Massachusetts area. I have to DC bananas (since last September) and they are still only around 5 inches high (slightly larger than when I purchased them). I didn't fertilize them much until this past weekend. I also added a good handful of compost to give them more nutrients. They are in a small container (about the size of a standard US 1 gallon container). Should I transplant them to a larger container? I was thinking I should wait until they got bigger but they haven't grown much. They keep producing new healthy leaves (at about the rate of 1 per week to two weeks) but never get any taller. The lowest temperature they reached in the winter was about 50 degrees (we kept them in my mothers room with cathedral ceilings and skylights but it is north facing). Sometimes I also brought them near the wood stove in the kitchen and kept them near a window (not too much light but they were very warm and I sprayed frequently to keep humidity up). Also, I made a little makeshift greenhouse around it (just took barbeque skewers and placed around the edges of the pot and put saran wrap around them so it is about 6 inches high around the edges of the pot, with the top completely open.
Does anyone have any suggestions that about when I should transplant/nutrients/etc... I want to eventually get bananas from these babies!
Thanks! :goteam:
I was hoping to get some information on anyone who has successfully grown bananas in Massachusetts area. I have to DC bananas (since last September) and they are still only around 5 inches high (slightly larger than when I purchased them). I didn't fertilize them much until this past weekend. I also added a good handful of compost to give them more nutrients. They are in a small container (about the size of a standard US 1 gallon container). Should I transplant them to a larger container? I was thinking I should wait until they got bigger but they haven't grown much. They keep producing new healthy leaves (at about the rate of 1 per week to two weeks) but never get any taller. The lowest temperature they reached in the winter was about 50 degrees (we kept them in my mothers room with cathedral ceilings and skylights but it is north facing). Sometimes I also brought them near the wood stove in the kitchen and kept them near a window (not too much light but they were very warm and I sprayed frequently to keep humidity up). Also, I made a little makeshift greenhouse around it (just took barbeque skewers and placed around the edges of the pot and put saran wrap around them so it is about 6 inches high around the edges of the pot, with the top completely open.
Does anyone have any suggestions that about when I should transplant/nutrients/etc... I want to eventually get bananas from these babies!
Thanks! :goteam: