Originally Posted by Astroraider

I live in south of Fort Meyers in Florida

I got a banana plant from Mom -- no clue what kind it is. It is now planted and growing (in the ground) in the side yard. I started with one stem (now dead and gone) and now have 7 actively growing. The first stem died without blooming. The second stem is now blooming and has set 5 hands of bananas but the rest of the blooms have come and gone and no more bananas are being set ... so I have a long stem with a couple of hands of bananas at the top and 20 or 30 places where hands could be but aren't and I still have the big purple bud at the end.

What am I doing wrong?

And ... do bananas have a "season" ... will they produce bananas only one time a year or ???

Enquiring minds want to know!!

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