My water banana is putting up pups

[Vickie]

[landey1230]

That's cool.  I tried to over winter a banana plant, but it was a no go.  I now have a regular one potted outside of my pond.  Good luck.  Keep us posted with pics as it matures. 

[Jerry]

I put banana plants in my sKIPPY!  tHEY LOVE POND WATER AND THE NUTRIENTS.

[jw]

When mine get big and have more babies I'm gonna have to try that idea 

[Jonna]

Is that a real banana or Typhonodorum lindleyanum?  If it's the second one, I'm really jealous. I've been looking for one of those for years.  If it is a banana I'm also interested, maybe I should try one in my pond?

[Vickie]

Jonna it is Dwarf Cavendish. I bought it in 2007. It was in water when I bought it. It winters over in my basement in water. And it gets down to 50* or 55* F in the winter.

[Jerry]

When immature the Cavendish has brown flecks, as does yours.  They are fading,  I do get fruit, but it takes some time.  Mu guess is 14 or 15 months,  The planr dies  after fruiting, but plenty of pups.  Jonna, I'd think they would be easy to buy in Mexico

[Jonna]

I'll look, names seem to always be different but I have seen some dwarf varieties here.  I've got an area in my yard that doesn't drain well at all.  I'm thinking I'll raise it a bit and put bananas there, they should love the water.

[MikeW]

Where have you been Jonna - missed you!

Could any bananna grow in water - I have a red Abyssinian I need to move?

Cheers,

Mike

[Jerry]

Mike. I will stick my neck out and venture YES.
You can see easily enough. Try it.

[Missa]

How deep is it?

[Vickie]

If your going to try to make a banana grow in water I would start out with the pot setting in one inch of water. Then slowly raise the water level over the summer. This is the way you do cannas if you are trying to grow them in water and they have been land cannas. I would not keep the water deep over the banana maybe 2 or 3 inches at the most once it is use to growing in water.

[Jerry]

In my Skippy it is close to that, maybe 2 inches.