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Vickie H.
03-27-2013, 11:36 AM
I posted this last yr. I am reposting in case anyone missed it. You can grow bananas in water.


Growing a banana tree in a pond (http://www.bonniesplants.com/banana.htm)

Vickie H.
03-27-2013, 11:41 AM
here is one of my bananas in water from past yrs.


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_5648.jpg

Vickie H.
03-27-2013, 11:43 AM
here is another
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_5801.jpg

raygrogan
03-27-2013, 09:00 PM
Interesting. Maybe one solution to having a 12' greenhouse and a 17" banana plant is to dig a 5' pond in the greenhouse floor.

It looks like you tend to leave some of the banana's soil above the water, right? I have a banana plant growing on the berm of a former taro field that gets a few inches of water occasionally, so I can confirm that they don't mind wet feet too much. Have you tested putting the corm fully under water?

Vickie H.
03-27-2013, 09:46 PM
Not always. That banana is bigger so pot bigger pond not deep. Other bananas under water. Maybe 3 or 4 inches over pot. None of my ponds more then 23 inches deep. Lots are 12 inches some 10 inches.