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Will Bananas Always Grow Straight Up?
The soil has settled around a few of my recently planted bananas in such a way that they have a slight lean. This got me wondering, do bananas always grow straight up? I can't really ever remember a banana growing with a lean unless it was seriously crowded. Will they straighten themselves out as their roots develop?
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Re: Will Bananas Always Grow Straight Up?
They grow straight up unless the plant is in the shade and the source of light is coming from only one direction. In that case, the plant will lean towards the source of light. In an open area, in the ground, the plant will grow vertically.
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Re: Will Bananas Always Grow Straight Up?
Unless something is blocking the growth like a rock or concrete.
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Re: Will Bananas Always Grow Straight Up?
Most of mine grow pretty straight up....but my Siam Ruby has a definite lean to it. It gets plenty of light and isn't any more shaded than the others, but it leans very far toward the South (even though the sun is pretty high overhead). I'm not sure why, but since it's in a container, I just rotate it 180 every so often to get it to grow more straight. Guess it's not so easy to do that to a plant in the ground, huh? LOL.
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Re: Will Bananas Always Grow Straight Up?
I had the same problem with the TC ice cream and apple banana I have they leaned towards the south and when I re potted them I straightened them out and now I rotate them as well.
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