Is MUSA VELUTINA edible? - Page 2

lorax · 06-09-2009, 06:50 AM

Your winters are too cold to leave your dasycarpa outside, Hollyberry. However, if it's in a pot it makes a lovely houseplant, so I wouldn't worry - just bring it in before the first frost.

Dasycarpa here goes from sprout to fruit in about 8-10 months on about 6' of pstem when they're in the ground, and about 4' of pstem in pots. However, like Tog, this assumes no winter.

Tog Tan · 06-09-2009, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

Oh I am quite aware of where you live Tog - you lucky duck!

Quack...Quack...Quaaccckkk!!!!

The Hollyberry Lady · 06-09-2009, 10:09 AM

LoL Tog!

So great to know about it making an attractive house plant, Lorax! That's just terrific. I am so thrilled that I will have so many beautiful looking plants this season.

I am also losing my nervousness about growing these plants because you guys seem to know so much. I see I am in good hands.

: )

alpha010 · 06-09-2009, 01:08 PM

Those two have an ignorant amount of nanner and horticultural knowledge! I bow before them as King and Queen of nanner-ville!

Miss Lady, if you are going to grow this, keep it in a nice sized pot (20 gal and bigger) well fed and well watered and as pest free as possible and it makes a wonderful houseplant as stated before. Good Luck on the germination!

The Hollyberry Lady · 06-09-2009, 01:39 PM

I totally agree, even though I've only been here a short time. They are super nice, and good people as well. They have helped me a whole lot, and I feel fortunate to be associated with both of them. Alright, enough of all this sappy stuff.

; )

So, just to be clear, we are talking about the musa velutina (dasycarpa) that makes a nice houseplant, right? Didn't you say too though Lorax, that the one of the palm seeds I have could be grown indoors as well? Or am I way off base?

How should I prepare the earth for my new banana plant when it's ready? I may grow it in the ground, and then dig it up and containerize it in the Fall, and bring it inside. Will it produce the bananas indoors then at Christmas time - because this will then be about 8-10 months?

Also, what kind of organic and synthetic fertilizers should be used on these plants? I am huge into blood and bonemeal - do banana's like this? Do they like full-sun?

One last question, how do these plants hold up to strong winds and heavy rains at times? Do they require staking?

Thanks everyone. You people are really getting me into this, you know. I am feeling the banana insanity that has been referred to on this forum. I just hope I can grow one successfully. I mother my plants like crazy though, so hopefully it will like what I do for it. I feel like a foreign person is coming for a visit, and I am worried if they will like it here, and be ok with the way we do things! Hahahaha.

: )

alpha010 · 06-09-2009, 03:28 PM

In order to keep things short and sweet....There is a posting somewhere of how exactly to prep the ground for nanner planting, with pics too (if I remember correctly)! There is also a forum dedicated to fertilizer....good reading in there and should get you up and going.

About the fruiting when indoors......its a double-edged sword in our neck of the woods. What I have read and been told by others with experience, we will use a dwarf cavendish for arguements sake, it takes anywhere from 12-18 months for a DC to fruit. That being said, the 12-18 months are said to be "proper" growing months, i.e. tropical. So if we have 6 months a year of being able to grow bananas outside in proper climate and 6 months of not necesarily proper growing climate (lower light conditions generally unless supplemented) we are looking at 2 to 2-1/2 years to flower AND if we are extremely lucky on flower timing, possibly fruit at 3 years.....if you are lucky. There are people that grow potted nanners indoors and reported of as long as 5 years for fruit that was less than desirable. BUT, try it out, watch it grow and have fun with it! Try different things.

The Hollyberry Lady · 06-09-2009, 06:55 PM

The great thing for me is that I have an HID light system with an amazing SunMaster bulb that emits rich blue, green, orange and red light. My banana plant will always have great light, no matter what time of year. So exciting.

: )

BULLYBITE · 06-11-2009, 06:05 AM

Hi Hollyberry, I tried some Velutina from seed knowing nothing about gardening, plants, germination or any other technical stuff like that, I followed the basic instructions I got with seeds and got some help and support from these nanna addicts, Hey presto about three weeks from sowing I got three shoots showing through. All three are doing quite well standing about 5" high. So good luck with the seeds. I am now hooked and trying some snow banana and some chinese dwarf. I already have a basjoo and a helens, not to mention a very small garden, LoL.

Bananaman88 · 06-11-2009, 06:24 AM

[quote=The Hollyberry Lady;79303][color="DarkOrchid"][b]
Thanks everyone. You people are really getting me into this, you know. I am feeling the banana insanity that has been referred to on this forum.

Our evil plan to convert everyone into banana fiends is working! (Insert evil laugh here)

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