How to Grow and Care for Banana Tree?

Banana is the most commonly grown in the UK. Banana looks fantastic in a bold border, with other strong foliage plants, such as the canna lily, or contrasting with finer leaved plants like bamboos. With a real tropical jungle in your house, there’s one plant that can’t be missing, the banana plant. In a domestic situation, it’s plant can become very large, even larger than ceiling. If the banana plant is happy inside your house, the plant will grow pups. It may sound like it would be too hard to grow banana plant, but it’s actually pretty easy to propagate this plants.

How to Grow Banana

First clean the knife under hot water. After cleaning the knife properly, it is best to remove the plant from its pot. Pups of the banana plant grow next to its mother plant. Carefully dig out the stem of the mother plant. Cut the pup from the mother stem. Make sure that you cut as close to the mother plant as possible. Then let the cuttings dry and then place the cuttings in their new decorative pot. Use a new potting soil, so that the cuttings get extra nutrients. Place your cuttings on the windowsill. Then look for the sunniest spot in your house. The midday sun is especially important for the new banana plant. The cuttings have to work hard to take care of himself.

Care

Maintain adequate soil moisture by watering if it necessary, especially during the hot weather. Apply fertilizer monthly through the whole growing season. If you plant it outdoors, select a location in full sun to partial shade and sheltered from strong winds, as the leaves are susceptible to damage. Prepare the planting site by mixing some fresh compost into the soil. Make sure that you have enough space for the height and spread of your particular species.

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