You can visit our Musa basjoo page or browse the pictures using the next and previous links. If you've been inspired take a look at the Musa plants in our garden centre.
They were tiny and miserable back in April this year
By Tommymoo
27 Oct, 2011
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19 April 2011
Left: Musa basjoo
Right: Abyssinian banana
Comments on this photo
How did you manage to get them so big Tommy?...
28 Oct, 2011
Delonix1:
You are right, they grow very fast, although some of mine didn't grow very much. 4m is impossible though for us :-)
Moti:
We dig a big and deep hole and prepare the soil before planting things. We concoct a special cocktail of cow exrament, compost, original earth and water (sounds unappetising lol but it works). The position helps too. The south-facing white wall seems to be very good for bananas and cannas. The same sized banana planted in a different place didn't grow much. Location, location, location!?
29 Oct, 2011
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What else?
See who else is growing Musa basjoo (Japanese banana).
See who else has plants in genus Musa.
This photo is of "Banana - turned out to be 'musa basjoo' " in Tommymoo's garden
They sure have grown!
Bananas are extremely fast growers here in San Diego, CA. They will usually grow from 1ft/31cm - 12ft/4m or more in one summer.
28 Oct, 2011