Banana Plant-Anybody know what can be the problem?

Carmen
by Carmen
Thus us a picture of a plant that I planted almost a year ago and it's still pretty small. Everyone is telling me it should've matured by now. Anybody know what can be the problem?
  9 answers
  • Shui Shui on Jul 18, 2017

    Make sure it is in a warm environment, especially the roots. Avoid frost.

  • Jacks Beta Jacks Beta on Jul 18, 2017

    The Super Dwarf grow only 3 to 4 feet tall, maybe you got a dwarf?

  • Josh Bullington Josh Bullington on Jul 18, 2017

    From your picture it looks like it is in the shade or partial shade. Banana plants are tropical plants and need plenty of sun. You should move them in the fall just before the first frost. According to where you live, you should dig them up before the first frost and put them in a warm dark place for the winter. My parents(who lived in Memphis, TN) dug their banana trees up every fall, palced them under their house and re-planted them every spring. Their plant grew to about 12' - 15' high and produced smart small bananas after a few years.

    • Judy Rempe Judy Rempe on Jul 19, 2017

      Looks like you have a warm climate, considering the surrounding trees. Bananas are pretty hardy. They need BRIGHT light. They'll do just fine without sunlight all the time.


  • Dianacirce70 Dianacirce70 on Jul 18, 2017

    they don't like to be too wet, and they can get mites, but I don't know much else about them

  • Cuky Cuky on Jul 18, 2017

    First of all you need to place them in a sunny area, keep the blocks away from the plant and buy fertilizer to place around it. And last check the place were you got them to see if they have other suggestions.

  • Deb3350875 Deb3350875 on Jul 18, 2017

    we had a half acre of banana trees and the mother tree has her daughter

    tree beside her. the mother tree has to be chopped down for the daughter tree

    to thrive and bear fruit. kind of sad but true!


  • Fiddledd224 Fiddledd224 on Jul 18, 2017

    Looks like it may be root-bound. It should be repotted into a container that is at least 50% larger. When you transplant it, feed it either granular or liquid fertilizer to prevent transplant shock.

  • Yaky Yaky on Jul 19, 2017

    Hola carmen , yo creo que tus plantas estan en mucha sombra, pero se ven saludables. Yo tengo el mismo caso lo unico que las mias estan en pleno sol. El problema es la tierra que tiene mucha arena.

  • Jacks Beta Jacks Beta on Jul 19, 2017

    You still get Bananas and an easier tree to maintain