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Fruiting Bananas in containers?
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Posted by aladatrot 9a (My Page) on Thu, Mar 26, 09 at 13:24
I know this has been asked before, but many were trying to grow them in smallish containers. I'm on the Texas Gulf Coast, and I have two banana trees coming in the mail any day now. What I'd like to know is if these will thrive and fruit if I plant them in a 300 gallon container (like a 4" oak tree would come in) at a rate of one tree per pot. If so, what type of soil shall I fill the containers with? If not, how can I keep the bananas from taking over in a regular bed? Also, should I expect to see edible bananas this year from these trees (pups)? Many thanks
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RE: Fruiting Bananas in containers?
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| Bananas prefer a fairly loose soil. Properly grown, they will sucker profusely. The require about 15 months of warm weather to ripen fruit. |
RE: Fruiting Bananas in containers?
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Except for some of the smaller types like superdwarf cavendish bananas won't do well in pots. No matter how big the pot. And you'd have to use a decent soil so that would be expensive. Some bananas sucker more than others. The ones in my front yard produce few suckers but the same banana in the backyard suckers like crazy. I think it's wetter in the back, shadier for sure.
Dig up the pups, trade them off, leave them in unlocked cars in parking lots-wait, that's zucchini isn't it?-ah, same principal.
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