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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: danny_lewis on April 14, 2004, 20:31:12

Title: banana plants!!
Post by: danny_lewis on April 14, 2004, 20:31:12

hi evry1, i bought a banana plant the other day, a pretty good strong one aswell, i researched about it and i hardly got any info coz all the information i got was all foreign!!! can any of you give me any tips on how to keep it growing (all i know about it is it's gotta b kept in a hot place) ta eva so. from danny lewis ::)

Title: Re:banana plants!!
Post by: Chaz Hunter on April 14, 2004, 20:38:23

I know that Bob Flowerdew has some in his garden, he keeps them outside all year, and if I remember rightly, in autumn he packs straw around them then covers them with netting to keep the straw in place.

Title: Re:banana plants!!
Post by: Chaz Hunter on April 14, 2004, 20:45:53

I've found a link for you....
http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0502/bananas.asp
(hope the link works, tells you all you need to know there).

Title: Re:banana plants!!
Post by: philcooper on April 15, 2004, 10:24:41

Many of the mail order sites selling bananas offer advice e.g. http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/BananaArticle.htm (http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/BananaArticle.htm)

Take a look at www.plant-seed-mailorder.org.uk (http://www.plant-seed-mailorder.org.uk)'s exotics page and check out those offering bananas

Phil